Seven Years in a Box: Colleen Stan’s Harrowing Tale of Survival

In 2003, a seemingly ordinary pizza delivery turned into one of America’s most shocking crimes when Brian Wells was forced to rob a bank with a live bomb locked around his neck. What followed was a bizarre and deadly chain of events that exposed a twisted web of deception, greed, and murder unlike anything the FBI had ever seen. Author: Mike Colucci Huge thanks to our sponsors: Acorns: Sign up now and Acorns will boost your new account with a $5 bonus investment. Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to get started. SelectQuote: Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, and save more than 50% at ⁠selectquote.com/crimehub⁠. Shopify: Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/crimehub⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. * * * DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion. #crimehub #truecrime #truecrimestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rachel Barber was a gifted 15-year-old dancer from Melbourne whose future seemed destined for brilliance—until she mysteriously vanished after receiving a call from someone she trusted. That caller, 19-year-old former babysitter Caroline Reed Robertson, had become dangerously obsessed with Rachel’s beauty and success, lured her to her apartment under false pretenses, murdered her, and buried her body in a shallow grave in a delusional attempt to become her. Author: Samantha Davis Huge thanks to our sponsors: Acorns: Sign up now and Acorns will boost your new account with a $5 bonus investment. Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to get started. SelectQuote: Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, and save more than 50% at ⁠selectquote.com/crimehub⁠. Shopify: Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/crimehub⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. * * * DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion. #crimehub #truecrime #truecrimestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A young hitchhiker named Colleen Stan was abducted in 1977 by Cameron and Janice Hooker and held captive in unimaginable conditions for over seven years—locked in boxes, tortured, and psychologically enslaved—before ultimately escaping and helping bring her sadistic captor to justice. Huge thanks to our sponsors: Acorns: Sign up now and Acorns will boost your new account with a $5 bonus investment. Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to get started. SelectQuote: Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, and save more than 50% at ⁠selectquote.com/crimehub⁠. Shopify: Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/crimehub⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. * * * DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion. #crimehub #truecrime #truecrimestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1970s Delhi, a charming French-speaking stranger lured a group of young travelers into his web with stories, drinks, and “medicine.” But the man they knew as “Daniel” was really Charles Sobhraj—The Serpent—a conman and killer whose final scheme was about to unravel. Author: Mike Colucci Huge thanks to our sponsors: Acorns: Sign up now and Acorns will boost your new account with a $5 bonus investment. Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to get started. SelectQuote: Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, and save more than 50% at ⁠selectquote.com/crimehub⁠. Shopify: Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/crimehub⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. * * * DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion. #crimehub #truecrime #truecrimestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2003, 14-year-old Jodi Jones was found brutally murdered in the woods near her Scottish hometown, and her boyfriend Luke Mitchell was swiftly cast as both the prime—and only—suspect. Convicted on circumstantial evidence after the longest trial in Scottish history, Luke has spent decades behind bars insisting on his innocence, fueling one of the UK’s most controversial true crime battles. Author: Samantha Davis Huge thanks to our sponsors: Acorns: Sign up now and Acorns will boost your new account with a $5 bonus investment. Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to get started. SelectQuote: Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, and save more than 50% at ⁠selectquote.com/crimehub⁠. Shopify: Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/crimehub⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. * * * DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion. #crimehub #truecrime #truecrimestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2008, 24-year-old realtor Lindsay Buziak agreed to show a luxury home to a mysterious couple with an urgent, million-dollar budget. What should have been the biggest sale of her career became a carefully staged trap that ended her life. Author: Samantha Davis Huge thanks to our sponsors: Acorns: Sign up now and Acorns will boost your new account with a $5 bonus investment. Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to get started. SelectQuote: Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, and save more than fifty percent at ⁠selectquote.com/crimehub⁠. Shopify: Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/crimehub⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. * * * DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion. #crimehub #truecrime #truecrimestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In December 1987, Ronald “Gene” Simmons carried out the deadliest act of familicide in U.S. history, murdering 14 of his own relatives on his isolated Arkansas farm before killing two more and wounding four in a nearby town. A controlling abuser with dark family secrets, Simmons left behind only a chilling letter and a trail of bodies that revealed the monster he had long been hiding. Author: Mike Colucci Huge thanks to our sponsors: Acorns: Sign up now and Acorns will boost your new account with a $5 bonus investment. Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to get started. SelectQuote: Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, and save more than fifty percent at ⁠selectquote.com/crimehub⁠. Shopify: Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/crimehub⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. * * * DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion. #crimehub #truecrime #truecrimestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On May 18th, 1927, a quiet Michigan farming town was torn apart when school board treasurer Andrew Kehoe wired a local school with dynamite, murdering 45 people—including 38 children—in the deadliest act of school violence in U.S. history. What began as a summer morning of finals and playground chants ended in fire, rubble, and screams that still echo nearly a century later. Author: Mike Colucci Huge thanks to our sponsors: Acorns: Sign up now and Acorns will boost your new account with a $5 bonus investment. Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to get started. SelectQuote: Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, and save more than fifty percent at ⁠selectquote.com/crimehub⁠. Shopify: Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/crimehub⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. * * * DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion. #crimehub #truecrime #truecrimestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1985, 28-year-old nurse Deborah “Debbie” Wolfe vanished after a routine shift—only to be found days later submerged in a pond under chillingly suspicious circumstances. Officially ruled an accidental drowning, her death remains shrouded in vanishing evidence, conflicting accounts, and haunting questions that refuse to die. Author: Samantha Davis Huge thanks to our sponsors: Acorns: Sign up now and Acorns will boost your new account with a $5 bonus investment. Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to get started. SelectQuote: Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, and save more than fifty percent at ⁠selectquote.com/crimehub⁠. Shopify: Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/crimehub⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. * * * DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion. #crimehub #truecrime #truecrimestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In December 2000, brothers Reginald and Jonathan Carr went on a brutal weeklong crime spree in Wichita, Kansas—robbing, raping, and murdering five innocent people in what became known as the Wichita Massacre. Their sole surviving victim, Holly G, narrowly escaped execution and played a crucial role in bringing the brothers to justice, who remain on death row to this day. Author: Mike Colucci Huge thanks to our sponsors: Acorns: Sign up now and Acorns will boost your new account with a $5 bonus investment. Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to get started. SelectQuote: Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, and save more than fifty percent at ⁠selectquote.com/crimehub⁠. Shopify: Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/crimehub⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. * * * DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion. #crimehub #truecrime #truecrimestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices