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.

Last Updated: 9/26/2024Network: LMNStatus: Ended
star
8.50
8 votes

#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.

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star
8.33
3 votes

#2 - The Taliban: Jere

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/5/2012

A journalist is kidnapped and held captive in Pakistan.

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star
8.33
9 votes

#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.

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star
7.68
25 votes

#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.

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star
7.50
12 votes

#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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Dorothy/Jim/Bud and Katrina
star
7.50
14 votes

#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.

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star
7.50
4 votes

#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.

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star
7.47
15 votes

#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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David/Sandy and Ken/Maura
star
7.45
11 votes

#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.

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star
7.43
14 votes

#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

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star
7.43
7 votes

#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.

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star
7.42
26 votes

#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.

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star
7.33
15 votes

#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.

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star
7.33
12 votes

#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.

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star
7.33
9 votes

#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.

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star
7.33
18 votes

#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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Tricia and Linae/Jason/Mary
star
7.25
8 votes

#17 - 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.

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Shaunna and Brad/Lee/Emily
star
7.25
12 votes

#18 - 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.

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star
7.23
13 votes

#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

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Brent/Hanna and Miranda/Karen
star
7.18
17 votes

#20 - 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.

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star
7.05
19 votes

#21 - 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.

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star
7.00
21 votes

#22 - 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.

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star
7.00
15 votes

#23 - Hostage: Keith and Marc

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/17/2013

A routine drug surveillance mission over the Colombian jungle turns into a nightmare when Keith and Marc's plane crash-lands and they are captured by FARC guerillas and held hostage for five grueling years.

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Rhonda/Jason/Patrick
star
6.91
11 votes

#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.

star
6.70
23 votes

#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.

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