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.

In May 1980, Mary Stauffer and her young daughter were kidnapped by Stauffer's former student, Ming Sen Shiue. Over the next 53 days, Shiue held them at his house, repeatedly raping Stauffer and threatening Beth until they finally managed to escape.