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The episode. The.

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Girl in the Box. In

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Nineteen seventy Seven, hitchhiking in the

0:43

U S was a common mode

0:45

of transportation, even for young girls.

0:48

Colleen. Stan was a free spirited

0:51

twenty year old girl hitchhiking her

0:53

way from Eugene, Oregon to the

0:55

small Northern California town of Westwood

0:57

to surprise a friend for her

0:59

birthday. After accepting rides with truckers

1:01

down Interstate Five, she made her

1:03

way to Red Bluff, California where

1:06

she needed to change on the

1:08

highway Thirty Six: While waiting for

1:10

a ride at the on ramp

1:12

to Highway Thirty Six, she turned

1:14

down a few rides. They just

1:16

look like they could be trouble.

1:19

Finally a couple stop to offer

1:21

her a ride. Cameron and Janice

1:23

hooker just looking at them. They

1:26

seem to be a safe enough

1:28

couple. Cameron. Looked a

1:30

bit nerdy with his big seventies style

1:32

eyeglasses and Janice was holding a two

1:35

month old baby in her arms. So.

1:37

Colleen accepted their ride. During

1:40

the right there was almost no

1:42

conversation at all. Cameron. Just

1:44

kept glancing at her in the rearview

1:47

mirror, which may colleen a bit uneasy.

1:50

When. They stopped at a gas station.

1:52

Colleen took the opportunity to use the

1:54

restroom. Something. Inside her

1:56

felt that she should find another ride,

1:58

but she was so close the to

2:00

or destination. She. Decided to just

2:02

continue writing with a couple. A

2:05

bit further down the road, Cameron asked if

2:07

it was okay if they made a stop

2:10

to see some ice caves just off the

2:12

main highway. And. Colleen said she

2:14

didn't mind she wasn't in a

2:16

hurry. They. Drove down

2:18

a dirt road for a while then stopped

2:21

and the couple walked down to a creek

2:23

while Colleen state in the car. She.

2:25

Had lost sight of the couple when

2:28

suddenly Cameron jumped into the back seat

2:30

of the car with her. He grabbed

2:32

her, hand, cuffed her wrists, blindfolded her,

2:35

showed a gag into her mouth, and

2:37

forced her head into a large wooden

2:39

box. The. Wooden Box

2:42

Who's a homemade bondage device

2:44

called a Sensory Deprivation Head

2:46

box? It. Was large and heavy

2:48

with two sides to it. There were

2:50

hints together at the top like a

2:53

clamshell and assholes. the bottom just big

2:55

enough for her neck to fit through.

2:57

The. Inside of the box was coated

3:00

with carpet to muffle her screams. Colleen.

3:03

Was lying helpless in the back seat.

3:06

When. The car finally stopped. Cameron removed

3:08

the box from her head letter into

3:10

our house and into the basement. He.

3:13

Removed her clothes and blindfolded

3:15

her. Forcing. Colleen to

3:17

stand on a metal ice chest.

3:19

Cameron bound her wrist with leather

3:21

restraints connected to hooks on a

3:23

ceiling. Been. Then. He pulled

3:26

out the ice chest from beneath her,

3:28

leaving her suspended from the ceiling by

3:30

her wrists. He. Began

3:32

whipping her back with a leather

3:34

whip. washy dangled, kicking and screaming.

3:38

As Cameron was whipping her through a

3:40

gap in her blindfold, Colleen could see

3:42

a magazine with a photo of a

3:45

woman strapped up like she was. He

3:48

was acting out his fantasy from

3:50

a Bdsm. Bondage. Discipline

3:53

Domination, Submission. Sadism

3:56

Masochism Magazine. He

3:58

then let her rest are. Those on a

4:01

Box war Cameron and Janice had

4:03

sex while looking at her. When.

4:05

Calling screamed out camera would yell at

4:07

her. Go. Ahead, scream or cut

4:09

your vocal chords out. I've done it

4:12

before. She. Believed him

4:14

and it may have actually been

4:16

through. The. Year prior a

4:18

young girl in the area named

4:20

Maria Monarchy went missing. Janice

4:22

later revealed that the couple had

4:24

kidnapped her as well. Cameron.

4:26

Couldn't control himself though and killed

4:28

her after only one day in

4:30

captivity. Colleagues. Torture

4:33

went on for hours and so he

4:35

finally let her sit naked on the

4:37

ice chest. Cameron. Then

4:39

put the wouldn't sensory deprivation box back

4:41

on her head, laid her in a

4:43

larger wooden box about the size of

4:46

a coffin. Change. Her wrist

4:48

together and tied her feet to the

4:50

corners of the box. Cameron.

4:52

Hooker had been busy building homemade

4:55

Bond Is devices preparing for his

4:57

victim, and the following day he

4:59

put Colleen on another one he

5:01

called the Rak. He'd.

5:03

Chained her wrists and ankles to the

5:06

corners the rack and left her there

5:08

until the next day. On.

5:10

The third day, Cameron tried to feed

5:12

Colleen, but she couldn't keep any food

5:14

down. This. Only angered him. So

5:16

he hung her by her wrists and

5:18

whipped or more. And when he

5:21

was finished. He. Attacked her to

5:23

the rak again. Later that

5:25

week, Collines roommates were getting worried when

5:27

they heard she hadn't showed up at

5:29

her friend's house. They. Called

5:31

her family in Riverside California and

5:34

the family began searching for her.

5:37

They. Drove from Riverside California nine

5:39

hundred miles north to Eugene, stopping

5:41

in every town along the way

5:43

to report Colleen as missing. Sadly,

5:47

They found no clues and return

5:49

to Riverside. Colleen.

5:51

Was kept naked, chained to the rack

5:53

and wearing the head box for the

5:55

entire first week. Over. The next

5:57

five months, Cameron kept Coleen. They. In

6:00

the box in the basement, she

6:02

was gagged, blindfolded, bound, and still

6:04

wearing the head box. She.

6:06

Was let out once every evening

6:09

to urinate, desiccate, eat, and drink.

6:11

Always. With Cameron watching. During.

6:14

These first several months he would take her

6:17

out of the box for his sadistic pleasures.

6:19

He would whip her choker, shocker,

6:21

burn her genitals with a heat

6:24

lamp, and hold head underwater in

6:26

the bathtub to the edge of

6:28

drowning. Colleen. Recalled

6:30

that Cameron Hooker hung and

6:32

whipped her at least ninety

6:34

times during these first six

6:36

months. But. He was just

6:39

getting started. In October,

6:41

nineteen Seventy seven, Cameron built another

6:43

box to hold his slave. This.

6:46

Was a triangle shaped that fit

6:48

neatly beneath the stairs he called

6:50

the Workshop. Colleen.

6:52

Would spend the next six

6:54

months change and locked inside

6:56

the workshop. She. Was only let

6:59

out during this time for his bond

7:01

is pleasures and to do chores around

7:03

the house. Cameron. Built

7:05

another device he called the Stretcher

7:08

in which collins arms and legs

7:10

were pulled, taught, and stretched, Over

7:13

time this device cause permanent damage

7:15

to her back and shoulder. Cameron.

7:18

Hookers mental manipulation of Colleen really

7:20

took effect when he told her

7:22

have an underground organization of slave

7:25

owners called The Company. According.

7:28

To Hooker, the company was

7:30

a powerful organization that was

7:32

all of her movements very

7:34

closely. Their. Members were

7:36

everywhere. Any. Slaves the were

7:38

caught trying to escape were taken from

7:40

their current masters and sold other masters.

7:42

That can be much worse than what

7:45

he was doing to her. She.

7:47

Believed his story, But. It

7:50

was actually a work of fiction that

7:52

he read about in one of his

7:54

bondage porn magazines. Over

7:56

the subsequent years, he expanded on

7:58

the company story, making her more

8:00

and more frightened of them. When.

8:03

His wife, Janice had knee surgery and

8:05

came home with a bandage on her

8:07

knees. Cameron explain to Colleen the Janice

8:09

had once been a slave who had

8:11

tried to escape. He said they tortured

8:13

her for trying to escape and damaged

8:15

her legs. The

8:17

truth was, the Janice was never

8:20

a slave. she was Cameron's wise,

8:22

but she had certainly endured his

8:24

sexual sadism. But. Not to the

8:26

extreme that Coleen was currently experiencing.

8:29

Janice. However, couldn't take any more

8:31

of it. She. Wanted to

8:33

have a baby so she made in

8:35

agreement with her husband. She. Could

8:38

have a baby and he can have

8:40

his sexual slave under one condition. He.

8:42

Was not to have sex with his slave.

8:45

Sex. Was reserved for his

8:47

wife exclusively. Collines.

8:49

Enslavement would go through different stages,

8:51

and in January Nineteen Seventy Eight,

8:54

a new state was about to

8:56

begin. This stage involve

8:58

the contract. Cameron.

9:00

Produced a slave contract

9:03

to Colleen. This.

9:05

Contract was an official document stating she

9:07

was a slave and the he owned

9:09

her soul. Again, It

9:11

was actually something he'd seen in a

9:14

bondage magazine. Coleen. Refused

9:16

to sign it, but Cameron complained

9:18

that a representative of the company

9:20

was waiting for the signed contract.

9:23

Once. The contract with signed from

9:25

this point on Collines name was

9:28

changed to a slave name k

9:30

and she was to address Hooker

9:32

as sir or master. And

9:34

she was. the call. Janice Ma'am.

9:37

The. Contract also required her to

9:40

bow neil and ask permission

9:42

before doing anything at all.

9:45

A leather color with steel ring was

9:47

placed around her neck to be worn

9:49

at all times so she would never

9:51

forget she was a slave. He.

9:53

Also pierced her lady or another

9:55

symbol of or slavery. Though.

9:58

Cameron had an agreement with. That

10:00

said, he wouldn't have sex with a

10:02

slave. It was actually Janice that first

10:04

suggested he have sex with her. She.

10:07

Thought it might excite her if she watched

10:09

him raping her. He. Didn't. It.

10:12

Only spark your jealousy. He

10:14

was also the start of many more

10:16

raves to com. Internally,

10:19

Colleen retreated to the confines

10:21

of her mind. She. Learned

10:23

that she could do anything and

10:25

be anywhere in her mind. That.

10:28

Was the only way she could cope. Colleen.

10:31

Cried every day, but never let

10:33

Cameron see you're crying because she

10:35

knew it would anger him. In

10:38

April Nineteen Seventy Eight, the hookers moved

10:40

from their small house into a mobile

10:43

home on an acre of land nearby.

10:45

This. Began the third stage of

10:48

Collines Enslavement. In. The

10:50

new home Cameron build a new

10:52

box for Colleen that would double

10:54

as a pedestal that they're waterbed

10:56

would rest on. Colleen.

10:58

Lived in a small box just beneath

11:00

where they slept and had sex. He

11:03

only allowed her to have a

11:05

bedpan, some toilet paper, and a

11:08

radio in her new box. She.

11:10

Spent the majority of every day and

11:12

night in confinement beneath the bad to

11:15

be let out only once per day

11:17

late at night. In

11:19

September Nineteen Seventy eight, Janice

11:21

gave birth to their second

11:23

child. She. Gave birth on

11:25

the water bed while Coleen was locked

11:27

in the box below. The.

11:29

Following year Janice got a night

11:32

job and cameron work days. In

11:34

genesis absence, Colleen was let out in

11:37

the evenings to do chores and make

11:39

dinner for her master. By.

11:42

June Nineteen eighty. Camera knew that

11:44

a fear of the company was

11:46

enough to keep Coleen in line.

11:48

And when Janice got a day

11:50

time job, they allowed Coleen to

11:52

baby sit the two children by

11:54

yourself. This started yet another

11:56

stage out of fear that the

11:59

company was always watching She didn't

12:01

run. She believed that if she

12:03

was caught, she would be tracked

12:05

down, tortured, or possibly even killed.

12:08

Cameron. Also told her that they would

12:10

kill her family as well. During

12:12

this stage of her enslavement, Colleen

12:14

was allowed to sleep in the

12:16

back bathroom chain to the toilet.

12:19

The. Two children had no idea that

12:21

Colleen even lived in the same

12:23

house. By February Nineteen

12:25

Eighty one, Cameron One call leaned back

12:27

in the box he has built under

12:30

the water bed. But. Janice said

12:32

she would work from home to watch

12:34

over Colleen instead. During. This

12:36

time Colleen was allowed much more

12:38

freedom. Still, The threat

12:40

of the company loomed over her, so

12:42

she stayed compliant and didn't attempt to

12:45

escape. Colleen. Was

12:47

permitted to work for genesis employer

12:49

assembling electronics at home. But.

12:51

The paychecks were all handed over to

12:54

Cameron. She was also required

12:56

to health cam and dig a large hole

12:58

in the yard of the property. The.

13:00

Whole was lined with concrete blocks and

13:03

took two years to build. Cameron.

13:06

Had big plans for the whole that

13:08

he hadn't told Janice. It.

13:10

Was to be the dungeon and he would

13:12

build a shed over it to house more

13:15

slaves. He. Had established

13:17

has power over Janice and now had

13:19

plans to have duct for more slaves.

13:22

By. Nineteen eighty Hoping Cameron may

13:24

treat her better. Colleen.

13:27

Told him she loved him and

13:29

wrote him love letters. I.

13:32

Seem to be falling deeper and deeper

13:34

in love with you. He's passing day.

13:37

Sometimes. I feel that being your slave

13:39

is may be more of a woman. But.

13:41

There are other times when I seal it is made

13:43

me less of a woman. You.

13:46

Know how to make me feel good about

13:48

myself. And. I love you so much for

13:50

it. My. Love for you

13:52

is growing with every changing day.

13:55

You. Feel my life with happiness and love.

13:58

And I pray that happiness. Love

14:00

will never end. Colleen.

14:03

Also ass Cameron several times to

14:05

allow her contact with her family

14:07

just to let them know she

14:09

was okay. Writing. The

14:11

love letters to him may have actually

14:13

paid off. After. Almost four

14:16

years of confinement, Cameron felt

14:18

confident in his control over

14:20

her. He knew she was terrified

14:22

of the company and would do with she

14:25

was told. He granted her a

14:27

phone call, but made sure she knew that

14:29

the company was listening and that she and

14:31

her family would be tortured or killed if

14:33

she said the wrong thing. By.

14:36

This time her family had almost

14:38

completely lost hope of finding her

14:40

alive. When. She called.

14:42

Her younger sister. Bonnie answered the

14:44

phone. Colleen. Didn't

14:47

give her any details, just let her

14:49

know that she was alive and well.

14:52

Then. She said her goodbyes, The.

14:54

Family didn't contact police, they were

14:56

happy she was alive, but they

14:59

were still left with many unanswered

15:01

questions. They. Assume she had

15:03

become a member of a cold which

15:05

was com and in California at that

15:07

time. It. Appeared that hooker

15:09

might have actually enjoyed letting her

15:11

talk to her family and giving

15:14

her bits of freedom. Because.

15:16

She wouldn't run. It proved that he

15:19

had the ultimate control over her. By.

15:21

February Nineteen Eighty One He told her that

15:24

he would take her to visit her family

15:26

the following month. He. Told her

15:28

he had put up a thirty thousand

15:30

dollar deposit with a company to cover

15:32

extra cost of watching her and her

15:34

family during the visit. Before.

15:37

The trip, however, Coleen would need

15:39

to prove her obedience. He

15:41

handed her a gun and told her to put

15:43

it in your mouth and pull the trigger. She.

15:46

Did as she was told, Just.

15:49

Like he promised. Hooker took Colleen

15:51

to Riverside, but on the drive

15:54

south they stopped at the company

15:56

headquarters. Hooker. Told cool that

15:58

the company required. Destroyed

20:00

many of the bondage items over the

20:02

next month. But. Janice hid

20:04

some items. Janna. Suffered

20:06

debilitating anxiety attacks and was unable

20:08

to eat or sleep and on

20:10

September twenty eighth, she left once

20:13

again and mood back in with

20:15

their parents. The. Months after

20:17

Coleen laugh, she continued to communicate

20:19

with both Janice and Cameron on

20:22

the telephone and through letters. Janice.

20:24

Begged her not to go to the police that

20:27

she was trying to get help for Cameron. She.

20:29

Initially agreed, but Collines family

20:32

pressured her to contact the

20:34

authorities. Colleen. Was initially

20:36

grateful just to have her freedom

20:38

back. Janice. Was still

20:40

very afraid of Cameron and worried that

20:42

he would hurt her of the children

20:45

and for her past. His advice Contacted

20:47

the police. When. A woman

20:49

comes into a police station and says

20:51

that she and husband had kidnapped a

20:53

young woman. Captors. A slave

20:56

and tortured her for seven years.

20:58

It's a little hard to believe.

21:00

Initially, police didn't know what to think

21:03

and doubted her story. After.

21:05

Traveling down to Riverside and speaking to

21:07

call mean. They. Believed her story,

21:10

And. Police arrested Cameron Hooker for

21:12

kidnapping with use of a deadly

21:14

weapon. Three. Counts of imprisonment.

21:17

Seven. Counts of forcible rape. Two.

21:19

Counts of abduction for illicit relations

21:22

and single counts of forcible sodomy.

21:24

Forcible. Oral copulation and

21:26

penetration with a foreign object.

21:29

He. Brazenly pled not guilty

21:32

to all charges. At

21:34

trial, the prosecution produce over

21:36

one hundred pieces of evidence,

21:39

including the head box. Photos

21:41

the Cameron had taken of Coleen

21:44

on the rack and in bondage.

21:46

a copy of the Slavery contract,

21:48

and they rebuilt the entire waterbed

21:50

pedestal and the stretcher inside the

21:52

courtroom for the jury to see.

21:55

The. Prosecution even invited the jury members

21:57

to lie inside the box to see

21:59

what. Like. And. Some

22:01

accepted. Hooker. Admitted

22:03

that he kidnapped Go lame. But.

22:05

Claims that in the later years she was

22:08

free to go each time she liked and

22:10

had plenty of opportunities to leave. The

22:12

defense also presented the love letters that

22:14

Coleen had written, the hooker and a

22:16

photo of her at her family's house

22:18

smiling with her arms around him. He.

22:21

Claimed all of their sex was

22:23

consensual. Both. The prosecution

22:26

and defense brought in psychologists.

22:29

The. Prosecution psychologists believe Colleen was

22:31

coerced by the fear of the

22:33

company and did not have the

22:35

ability to leave. The. Defense's

22:38

psychologists believed the exact

22:40

opposite. The. Jury found

22:42

Hooker guilty of ten felony

22:44

counts. Guilty of all

22:46

but one charge. The. Last

22:49

charge of rape resulted in a

22:51

hung jury. Charges. Of

22:53

the murder of Murray spawn a key

22:55

would never brought against Hooker for lack

22:57

of evidence. The. Judge sentence

22:59

Cameron Hooker to a total of

23:01

ninety five years in prison and

23:04

a fifty thousand dollar fine. In.

23:06

Return for her testimony against Cameron.

23:08

Janice Hooker was not charged and

23:11

now lives in California under a

23:13

different name. Coleen.

23:15

Stan has appeared on several television

23:17

shows and a Lifetime movie was

23:19

made of her story. Seeing.

23:22

Her on television. She seems

23:24

to have endured the ordeal

23:26

amazingly well. Thanks.

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