The BEST episodes of I Survived... season 5
Every episode of I Survived... season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of I Survived... season 5!
What would you do if you were confronted with death? What gives someone the strength to survive? Is it luck, chance, instinct? In a stripped-down, simple-yet-cinematic interview style, I Survived... allows survivors to explain, in their own words, how they overcame unbelievable circumstances -- offering insight into what got them through the experience that changed their lives forever.
#1 - Regan/Gary and Scott
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/9/2013
A 14 year old and her friend are abducted and taken to a house in the orange groves outside Vero Beach, Florida whre they are repeatedly sexually assaulted. 2 men are horrifically burned in a plane crash.
#3 - Singer/Romina and John
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/23/2013
Four young Americans, kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan, face a desperate situation: kill or be killed. And a young couple's dream holiday at a Thai beach resort turns into a terror-filled fight for survival as a tsunami strikes.
#4 - Debbie/Ray/Jasmine
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2012
A Williamsburg, Virginia woman is attacked in her kitchen and raped in the woods outside her home. A small get-together with 3 friends in Indianapolis, Indiana turns into a nightmare when a woman's friend's jealous ex-husband kills everyone but her.
Watch Now:Apple TV#5 - Amy/Trish and Darrell
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/24/2013
A New Haven, Connecticut bartender is raped and beaten with a tree branch by a co-worker. A family seek shelter as a tornado rips apart their Henryville, Indiana home.
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#6 - Dorothy/Jim/Bud and Katrina
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/30/2013
A mother in Eustis, Florida is abducted, raped and shot 4 times. A man picking blueberries in Clayton, Georgia is bitten by a timber rattle snake. A gunman open-fires at a swimming hole in Niagara, Wisconsin.
#7 - Bill/Mike and Ginger/Wanda
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 7/7/2013
3 people are shot at a televised school board meeting in Panama City Beach, Florida. A Birmingham, Alabama woman is kidnapped and raped at gunpoint.
#8 - Louie and Wade/Sayeh
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/30/2012
2 Canadian forest workers are attacked by a bear. In Pensacola, Florida, an 8-year-old and her little sister are abducted by their mother's pedophile ex-boyfriend. He drives them into the woods where, after repeatedly raping the older girl, slits both girls throats leaving them to die.
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#9 - David/Sandy and Ken/Maura
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/16/2013
A 13-year-old boy from San Bernardino County, California is abducted and raped. A nanny is attacked by a crocodile in Africa. A Pacifica, California woman is carjacked and stabbed 4 times.
#10 - John/Kevin/Helena
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/3/2013
A Kirkwood, Missouri man is shot by a friend. A man is subjected to a vicious storm that lashes against his fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean. A 17-year-old is raped at gunpoint in Santa Barbra, California
Watch Now:Apple TV#11 - Mike/Chris/Neza
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/2/2013
Hurricane Sandy hits the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, causing devastation and bringing New York City to its knees. One man is swept out to sea in pitch dark as his beachfront cottage is torn apart by waves.
#12 - Shannon/Ken/Angela
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2012
A Colorado Springs, Colorado woman is shot in the back when she and her infant son are taken hostage by her ex-husband. A man is stranded on the remains of his sunken boat in the Gulf of Mexico. An Akron, Ohio woman is sexually attacked at a public payphone and will stop at nothing to bring her attacker to justice.
Watch Now:Apple TV#13 - Angel/Elyse/Richard
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/31/2013
A woman is shot and run over with a car in Webster, Texas. A snowboarder survives an avalanche in Washington state. A Dallas lawyer is shot in the neck by a former client.
#14 - Kristen/Kimball/Thadius
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/14/2013
A college student is abducted in Newark, Delaware and sexually assaulted in a cellar. A man swims to shore after his boat sinks in Strawberry Reservoir, Utah. A 12-year-old from Baraboo, Wisconsin is kidnapped and tortured by his neighbor, who twists his ankles until they snap.
#15 - Morgan and Aaron/David/Amanda
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/7/2013
2 minor league baseball players are held hostage in a Bonifay, Florida motel. An Alaskan fishing boat catches fire. A convenience store worker in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is abducted, taken to an apartment and raped.
#16 - Natasha/Tim/Kelle
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2012
A Manhattan, New York woman is raped on the roof of her apartment building. A man working at a chemical plant in Jacksonville, Florida is victim to a large explosion. A young woman in Orlando, Florida is attacked by a man who rapes her, beats her with a Tea kettle and slashes her throat to the bone.
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#17 - Shaunna and Brad/Lee/Emily
Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 7/21/2013
A woman and her boyfriend are shot by her ex-boyfriend before he sets their Los Angeles, California home on fire. A man is trapped after he wrecks his car. A single mom from Grape Creek, Texas is attacked and stabbed in the throat with a knife.
#18 - Brent/Hanna and Miranda/Karen
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/10/2013
An Atlanta, Georgia stockbroker is attacked by Mark O. Barton, a man who used to trade at his facilities. 2 sisters must find shelter after their rowboat capsizes on a frozen Alaska lake. A Hackettstown, New Jersey woman is kidnapped for ransom.
Watch Now:Apple TV#19 - A.J/Carolyn and Stacy/Lynne
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2012
People witness a shooting at a mall in Salt Lake City, Utah. A woman working on a cruise ship is scared for her life when the boat begins to sink in the south coast of Africa
Watch Now:Apple TV#20 - Audrey/Todd/Kimberly
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/2012
A mother of two teenage boys in Apollo Beach, Florida filed for divorce when she found that their father was a compulsive liar. Outraged, her husband attacked her one day, beating her with a hammer, dousing her in Gasoline and setting her on fire. A man in Sun Valley, Idaho survives for days in a freezing cold blizzard, after his car breaks down on a deserted road. A woman in San Francisco, California jumps 8 feet out her apartment window to escape her attacker.
Watch Now:Apple TV#21 - Gilles/Angela and Richard/Jeffrey
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2012
An Edmonton, Alberta, Canada man is led into the lair of a serial killer. A man and his wife are attacked by a bear in their Pennsylvania home. And a vampire movie comes to life when a Nanuet, New York man awakes to find his neighbor ready to pound a sharpened crucifix into his chest.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#22 - Tricia and Linae/Jason/Mary
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/2012
After witnessing their mother and grandmother being shot dead, and their father critically injured in their Oakley, Utah home, 2 young sisters are abducted by 2 men and driven off a cliff. A man and his friends are buried in a Montana avalanche while going snowmobiling. A Concord, New Hampshire woman is held hostage at her law office by a man who has stalked her for years.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#24 - Rhonda/Jason/Patrick
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 7/14/2013
A Pensacola, Florida woman is kidnapped, stabbed and raped, but fakes amnesia to escape her attacker. A Henryville, Indiana man clings to his mobile home when a tornado threatens to rip it from the ground. A man is brutally shot by his brother-in-law at his family Thanksgiving dinner in Jupiter, Florida.
#25 - Kim/John/Charlene
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2012
A model in Memphis, Tennessee is stabbed and raped by a close friend of hers. A man is kidnapped and held for ransom in Colombia. A Vancouver, Washington woman's family movie night turns into a bloodbath when her home is broken into by 3 armed men.
Watch Now:Apple TV