Episode
Episode 38: Colleen Stan, The Girl In The Box
- Podcast
- Wine, Whiskey, and Murder
- Published
- Feb 18, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 4310
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Summary
This week’s episode begins in a similar fashion to last week’s. A young girl hitchhiking in the 1970s unfortunately accepts a ride from the wrong “family.” What follows are years of abuse in every form from a cruel “master” who slowly groomed her to be so dedicated to him that she was willing to do anything to keep him happy. Even after she was kept locked away in a tiny space with no light, room, food, or access to basic needs for more than 20 hours a day for years, Colleen Stan fought through it all by compartmentalizing and looking forward to even the smallest of rewards believing she was letting herself be put through this torture in order to save herself and her family.