Today we're exploring those rare and hopeful instances where victims managed to break out of their captors' clutches and flee to freedom. We'll dive into clips from shows across the Parcast Network, and discuss all the ways in which a victim might escape and the psychological effects their traumatic experiences might have had on them.

After struggling through difficult marriages and mental health issues, Celeste Beard found a confidant in Tracey Tarlton in 1993.

Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias met at a legal services conference in 2006. They were both tending to broken hearts, and found a panacea in each other. But as their relationship progressed, jealousy pushed the couple apart.

Today we're taking a closer look at women who subverted their maternal expectations to lead a life of crime.

By the time Celeste Johnson celebrated her 30th birthday in 1993, she had already been married 3 times.

Today we explore the idea of Psychological Manipulation—the tactics criminals use to deceive, coerce, and exert control over their victims.

In the wake of the Roaring 20s, flapper Ruth Snyder conspired with her lover to murder her husband Albert.

She loved bright lights, dancing, and crowds. Her husband rarely wanted to do anything more than sit at home.

Just because John and Lorena Bobbitt were acquitted for their individual crimes in 1994, it didn’t mean their challenges were behind them.

After the now-infamous maiming on June 23rd, 1993, Lorena and John both faced criminal charges. Lorena for the violent wounding, and John for the years of abuse that led to her actions.

Lorena thought she’d found her piece of the American dream when she married John Bobbitt in 1989.

When Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten informed her husband that she wanted a separation, he went into a tailspin.

Paul Snider brought Dorothy Stratten to Hollywood. While her career took off in the 1970s, he enjoyed the benefits of her success and spent her money. When their relationship became troubled, she felt compelled to stay with him, despite multiple red flags.

On May 19th, 1992, 17-year-old Amy Fisher shot her boyfriend's wife, 37-year-old Mary Jo Buttafuoco, in the side of her head.

With no plans to leave his wife, 17-year old Amy Fisher decided to take matters into her own hands.

Soon after marrying his high-school sweetheart, New Yorker Joey Buttafuoco found his relationship on the rocks.

In 1987, Linda Edelman was contacted with disturbing information about her soon-to-be ex-husband, real estate tycoon Robert Edelman.

Dallas real estate tycoon Robert Edelman and his wife Linda rose to prominence during the city’s economic boom in the 1980s.

The vengeful murder of newspaper editor Gaston Calmette would shock Paris in 1914.

What started as a breezy spring day in Paris on March 16, 1914 would ultimately end with a gunshot.

Scotland 1967: It soon became clear that a clean break from her husband wouldn’t be possible.

1967: A husband. A lover. And one of the most infamous murders in Scotland’s history.

In 2011, Tyler Hadley took revenge on his parents after they tried to discipline him.

Tyler Hadley grew up with a loving family in a stable home. Yet he suffered from behavioral issues from childhood, and his parents had trouble disciplining him.

After being abducted in 1980 by her former student, Ming Sen Shiue, Mary Stauffer plans her and her daughter’s dramatic escape.