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Feb 2020
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Episode 116: The Amazing Survival Tale o...

Morbid Network | Wondery
About this episode
It's finally Part 2 after a short hiatus! In this installment, we cover Gina DeJesus' abduction, more of the nightmare these women went through while spending a decade in Ariel Castro's House of Horrors and their eventual harrowing escape.

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Check out Michelle, Amanda and Gina's books!

Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Me-Reclaimed-Cleveland-Kidnappings-ebook/dp/B00HSNMGBI/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Michelle+knight&qid=1581751607&sr=8-1

Life After Darkness: Finding Healing and Happiness After the Cleveland Kidnappings https://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Darkness-Happiness-Kidnappings-ebook/dp/B071YYP4K5/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Michelle+knight&qid=1581751607&sr=8-2 Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland https://www.amazon.com/Hope-Memoir-Survival-Cleveland/dp/B00VEMM38A/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3KSIFFH1GFQRV&keywords=gina+dejesus&qid=1581751732&sprefix=gina+deje%2Caps%2C134&sr=8-1
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