True Crime

The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart

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.

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I Escaped From a Serial Killer: Kara Robinson Part 1 Aug 17, 2026

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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, memorizing anything she might be able to use against him, and waiting for the moment he lets his guard down. In Part One of her story, Kara reveals how she survived 18 terrifying hours of captivity and made a daring escape, that would ultimately uncover something even more horrifying about the man who took her.

For information and resources related to mental health, domestic and sexual abuse, child abuse, and human trafficking, go to ElizabethSmartFoundation.org

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Introducing: The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart Aug 06, 2026

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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.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.