well that was a close one welcome to
watch mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 people who survived
famous serial killers
he's coming towards us
oh my god he has a gun for this list
we're looking at those people who
narrowly avoided dying at the hands of
famous killers
either by escaping the attack itself or
by surviving their injuries
the criminals don't have to meet the
strict definition of serial killer
as long as they killed multiple people
they fit the bill
i'm called the banana and i look
really good and he actually got picked
number one all right
number 10. holly dunn survived and hell
rescinded
rescindeth went by the name of the
railroad killer a man who claimed at
least 15 lives throughout mexico and the
united states during the 80s and 90s
on august 29 1997 resendith attacked
both christopher meyer and his
girlfriend holly dunn
who were walking alongside some train
tracks he tied both of them up and
killed meyer by dropping a large rock on
his head
i got my hands untied i held onto my
belt behind my back so it looked like i
was still tied up he proceeded to stab
dunn in the neck with an ice pick
beat her over the head with a plank of
wood and sexually assault her
she managed to survive her injuries
becoming the only known victim of the
railroad killer to have done so
number nine rose stewart survived dean
carter
in march of 1984 dean carter murdered
five women
and received the death penalty for his
crimes however
his first attempt at murder was not
successful rose steward a woman whom
carter had known and grown attached to
woke up to find him in her room
whereupon he had his way with her for
five hours
however stuart pretended to enjoy his
company due to the compassion she showed
him
he let her live and she promised to call
him while he was leaving
steward quickly went to the authorities
but carter was long gone
steward later testified against carter
in court helping to put him behind bars
number eight teresa thornhill survived
robert black
throughout the 1980s robert black
kidnapped raped
and murdered numerous young girls
throughout the uk with most ranging in
age from 5 to 11 years old
the 15 year old teresa thornhill was
almost added to his body count when she
was grabbed by black on the streets of
nottingham
however she managed to squeeze his groin
during the struggle which in turn
loosened his grip
and allowed her to scream for help her
nearby boyfriend heard her screams and
raced to her aid
resulting in black hopping back into his
car and speeding away
i feel like i'm happy to be here
and i'm like happy that i've survived
the tale
another two years passed before black
was apprehended in scotland
he was sentenced to life in prison where
he died in 2016.
number seven tali shapiro survived
rodney alcala
no one knows how many lives rodney
alcala ended
some say it could be 50 others say it
could be as high as 130.
between takes he might find him
skydiving or motorcycling please welcome
rodney
alcala
known as the dating game killer because
he once appeared on the game show before
his crimes were known
he was sentenced to death in 2010 for
five murders
and received an additional 25 years
after copying to two others
his spree began in 1968 with
eight-year-old tali shapiro
whom he sexually assaulted and beat with
a steel bar in his
apartment after responding to a 911 call
a police officer found the bloodied
shapiro
but alcala had fled shapiro survived the
ordeal
and now works as a chef why in the world
are there so many other victims when it
was a known fact of what he did to me
number six larry flint survived joseph
paul franklin
the first male victim to appear on our
list is larry flint
the president of larry flint
publications and the producer of hustler
magazine
on march 6th 1978 flint and his lawyer
were shot by a man who was standing
across the street from him
years later white supremacist joseph
paul franklin who had slain between 7
and 22 people throughout the late 70s
claimed responsibility franklin stated
that he was upset by interracial photos
that were featured in hustler
he supposedly had shot me
over a black and white photo feature
that we published in the magazine
while flint survived the attack his
spine was irreparably damaged
leaving him permanently paralyzed and
dependent on medications
number five corazon amural survived
richard speck
while spec's reign of terror lasted only
one night it is harrowing all the same
on the night of july 13th and 14th 1966
speck broke into a dormitory that housed
student nurses
and it was here that he brutally raped
and murdered eight of its occupants
amoral could have been the ninth victim
but she hid under a bed while speck was
finishing off the other eight women
she stayed under the bed until 6 am when
she finally emerged amid
the blood and bodies emerald later
identified spec in court
a move that helped sentence him to life
in prison it was there he died from a
heart attack in 1991.
number four kathy kleiner and karen
chandler survived
ted bundy bundy is a killer who needs no
introduction
the man who killed 30 plus people almost
added two more to his list on the
morning of january 15
1978 when he broke into a florida state
university sorority house
after bludgeoning one woman with a fire
log and strangling another
he attacked kleiner in chandler and he
had a log
a log a piece of firewood that he had
picked up
and he struck me in the head with it
kleiner suffered a broken jaw and a
lacerated shoulder
while chandler suffered a concussion a
crushed finger a broken jaw
and some lost teeth bundy's attacks on
all four women lasted all of 15 minutes
had he stayed longer there's no telling
how many more would have suffered
number three whitney bennett survived
richard ramirez
known as the night stalker this monster
burgled many homes and
murdered at least 13 people in
california from june 1984
to august 1985. he almost added 16 year
old whitney bennett to his list
and among ramirez's survivors her story
is perhaps the most perplexing
bennett was beaten with a tire iron and
strangled with a telephone cord
however ramirez saw sparks shoot from
the cord and when bennett took a breath
he was frightened and ran away ramirez
was a satanist
and he believed this was a sign that
jesus christ had saved his victim
hence his fear he left bennett alive but
with massive lacerations to her scalp
that required 478 stitches to close
number two brian hartnell survived the
zodiac killer
the zodiac killer is one of the most
infamous serial killers of all time
and perhaps his most well-known attack
was the one at lake berryessa
on the afternoon of september 27 1969
brian hartnell and his girlfriend
cecilia shepard were having a picnic at
lake berryessa
it wasn't long before the zodiac
complete with an executioner's hood
appeared
the couple was tied up and the zodiac
proceeded to stab them numerous times
while they were on the ground you have
to have a successful set of goals
and if you can keep this going and you
can keep your mind active
you i don't whether you die or not
you're at least psychologically
attuned hartnell survived his wounds and
later told his story to the authorities
however it was in vain the zodiac killer
was never caught
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
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he snuffed out 10 people's lives that
had done nothing
and my sister
she suffered so much
he didn't strike me as someone who was
going to kill me
he striked me as someone who
was trying to push my limits but then
it quickly turned to this guy's not
respecting my limits
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number 1. rebecca garde survived gary
ridgway
known as the green river killer
ridgeway's 49 confirmed murders make him
the most prolific serial killer in
american history
and unconfirmed murders could bring the
total higher than 90.
he's a waste of society and a waste of
space
if i had one thing to ask you today it
would be
kill him godday was almost added to the
tally when she was picked up by ridgway
while hitchhiking along the pacific
highway
after offering to perform an intimate
service on ridgeway she was taken into
the woods
where ridgway attacked her she managed
to fight him off and ran to a nearby
trailer home where she was quickly taken
in and sheltered
while she could barely speak immediately
after the attack she survived
and is extremely lucky to have done so
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