A college student is abducted in the premiere of this series recalling kidnapping stories.

A convenience-store worker and two of her friends are kidnapped by masked gunmen.

A expectant mother is abducted by a woman claiming to be a caseworker.

A Miami man is abducted and tortured by gang members.

Alicia Kozakiewicz was a typical 13-year old who made friends in chat rooms. But when she agreed to meet Scott Tyree in person, she had no idea he was a 38-year- old sadistic pedophile.

Cynthia Vigil is a street-smart teen from Albuquerque But a fatefu meeting ends with Cynthia in chains and forced into the horrifying world of the Toy Box Killer a madman who, along with his girlfriend, subjects Cynthia to a world of torture and fear.

Peter Brandt could never have predicted the dark secrets he would uncover by inviting a brilliant man into his home.

The case of Karen Kummerer, who was captured by her ex-boyfriend and taken on a terrifying, multi-state road trip in her own car in November 2006. The 50-year-old managed to advise police of her plight by leaving a trail of paper notes at the women's toilets she was permitted to enter

The attack on friends Elizabeth Reiser and Brandi Hicks by Matthew Vaga in May 2000. Vaca's original motive was to rob the Philadelphia teenagers after he offered them $20 for a ride home, but in the event he forced their vehicle into a field before murdering one girl and attempting rape upon the other

The story of Arkansas couple Sam and Suzanne Peebles, who spotted someone in need on the roadside and pulled over to help - little realising the stranger was a wanted murderer

The case of armed psychopath Steven Johnson, who in June 2002 took over a New York bar. Trapped in the back room Ann-Margret Gidley and her friends scrambled for a means of escape

Two young girls are coerced into a stranger's vehicle; to save their families the girls are forced to do unspeakable things.