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The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart

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Today: #132 in True Crime on our combined chart.

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#91#117#144#170#196Chart rankOct 15Oct 18Oct 21Oct 24Oct 27#132Episode released Oct 19: He Came Back to Kill Me: Alisa Mathewson Part 1Episode released Oct 26: My Attacker Cross-Examined Me: Alisa Mathewson Part 2
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Oct 19#142#119—
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Latest episodes

  • My Attacker Cross-Examined Me: Alisa Mathewson Part 2

    October 26, 2026 · 38 min

    After a desperate escape attempt fails, Alisa Matthewson is recaptured, bound, and taken even farther from safety. When her 55-hour ordeal finally ends, she expects to be reunited with her children — instead, she finds herself fighting a…

  • He Came Back to Kill Me: Alisa Mathewson Part 1

    October 19, 2026 · 36 min

    Alisa Mathewson wakes at 3:00 a.m. with the terrifying certainty that someone is standing in her bedroom. It is her estranged husband — the man she has spent months trying to escape. In Part One of her story, Alisa reveals how her…

  • Torture Box: Eduardo Valseca

    October 12, 2026 · 38 min

    Eduardo Valseca is locked inside a tiny box, its coarse walls tearing at his skin whenever he moves. He doesn’t know where he is, what has happened to his wife, or why the men holding him refuse to speak. Then the message comes: his…

  • Cornell Case: The Survivors' Take with Kimberly Corban and JoDee Neil

    October 8, 2026 · 35 min

    As the sexual assault allegations at Cornell University dominate the headlines, Elizabeth and fellow survivors Kimberly Corban and JoDee Neil engage in a challenging conversation about consent, reporting, bystanders, and what people still…

  • Taking Down the Serial Killer: Lisa Mae Part 2

    October 5, 2026 · 28 min

    After surviving more than 26 hours in captivity, Lisa Mae reaches the police expecting them to help her — only to find herself fighting to convince investigators that her story is true. Then a news report about another murdered woman leads…

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  • I Made a Serial Killer Trust Me: Lisa Mae Part 1

    September 28, 2026 · 28 min

    Seventeen-year-old Lisa Mae has already decided she doesn’t want to live. Then, riding her bike home through the darkness after a late shift, she notices a car sitting strangely in an empty church parking lot. Seconds later, a man lunges…

  • Listener Q&A: Kara Robinson Chamberlain, Chris Cander and Kimberly Corban

    September 21, 2026 · 36 min

    For the first time, Elizabeth sits down with three fellow survivors — Kara Robinson Chamberlain, Chris Cander and Kimberly Corban — to answer questions directly from listeners. They share new details from their remarkable stories, talk…

  • Facing My Attacker: Kimberly Corban Part 2

    September 14, 2026 · 30 min

    Three weeks after Kimberly Corban is attacked in her own bedroom, police bring in a suspect — but can Kimberly identify him, even though she never saw his face? In the finale of her story, Kimberly reveals how investigators uncovered why a…

  • I Never Saw His Face: Kimberly Corban Part 1

    September 7, 2026 · 30 min

    Twenty-year-old college student Kimberly Corban wakes in the middle of the night to find a stranger inside her bedroom. Unable to see his face and terrified that her roommate could be next, Kimberly focuses on surviving the attack — while…

  • I'm Not Going To Die Like This: Chris Cander

    August 31, 2026 · 36 min

    Nineteen-year-old Chris Cander is studying abroad in Madrid when a stranger locks her inside his car and drives her far outside the city. Alone in an abandoned industrial area with a knife pressed to her neck, Chris realizes the man…

  • I Escaped From a Serial Killer: Kara Robinson Part 2

    August 24, 2026 · 30 min

    After 18 harrowing hours of captivity, Kara Robinson leads police back to her abductor's apartment — where they discover evidence connecting him to the unsolved murders of three young girls. Kara learns she didn’t just escape a predator…

  • I Escaped From a Serial Killer: Kara Robinson Part 1

    August 17, 2026 · 28 min

    Fifteen-year-old Kara Robinson is kidnapped at gunpoint in broad daylight and taken to her abductor’s apartment. Trapped with a man who seems to have planned every detail, Kara begins making a plan of her own — studying her surroundings…

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About the show

Hosted by famed abduction survivor turned advocate Elizabeth Smart, The Survivor Files is a true crime podcast featuring firsthand accounts from ordinary people who were thrust into impossible circumstances. Targeted by serial killers, held-hostage, stalked, attacked, and controlled – their stories reveal what survival really looks like. Guided by Elizabeth’s uniquely personal perspective, each conversation explores the choices, instincts, and strength that helped survivors make it out alive and rebuild their lives.