# The Stayner Brothers : a Miracle Escape and a Murderous Secret

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Podcast: [Mysteries and Histories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-and-histories-1576928)
Published: 2026-06-08T11:10:01+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgiamariexo/episodes/The-Stayner-Brothers--a-Miracle-Escape-and-a-Murderous-Secret-e3kg5h1
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The Stayner brothers’ story is a nightmare split in two: in 1972, seven‑year‑old Steven Stayner was abducted on his way home from school in California and held captive for seven years by a pedophile who tried to remake him as his “son.” Steven finally escaped as a teenager, rescuing another kidnapped child in the process and becoming a national symbol of survival, only for the family to be dragged back into horror decades later, when Steven’s older brother Cary was unmasked as a sadistic serial killer who murdered four women near Yosemite, turning one family’s tale of victimhood and heroism into something far darker and more tragic.

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