From Mary Stauffer to Colleen Stan to Elizabeth Shoaf and more, read the unbelievably horrific true stories of women and young girls who were kidnapped, raped and tortured—in some cases for many years—before they escaped.

Lisa McVey was 17 years old when she was abducted, beaten and raped by a serial killer—and managed to survive. We spoke with McVey, now a master deputy in the Hillsborough County (Florida) Sheriff's Office, about how she outsmarted her kidnapper, Bobby Joe Long.

It's an exceedingly rare group of people who escape the clutches of a serial killer—only to find their lives forever changed by the ordeal. Read what happened afterward to five survivors.