Close Encounters with Evil

Rhonda Stapley was a student at the University of Utah when she was attacked by one of America's most infamous serial killers.

Art student Mo Lea moved from Liverpool to Leeds to begin an exciting new life at University. But her dream turned into a nightmare when she was attacked by the Yorkshire Ripper.

For five years Cindy Brown was married to Bobby Joe Long. During that time she was physically and emotionally battered by her husband who would go on to kill 10 women in Florida.

When Tony Antonucci took up an apprenticeship with local contractor, John Wayne Gacy, he had no idea that his new boss was an active serial killer.

In December 2006 the bodies of five sex workers were discovered in Ipswich. It was a terrifying time for Jade Reynolds who worked in the red light district.

In 1979, US army medic, Billy Joe Capshaw, was stationed in Germany. He had no idea that his roommate was a notorious serial killer named Jeffrey Dahmer.

Jane Carson Sadler was brutally raped but survived at the hands of a man who murdered 13 people.