🌀 Twisted Tale Tuesday: The Girl in the Box
California, 1977 — a kidnapping tale straight out of a horror novel… except it’s all true.
Colleen Stan was hitchhiking from Oregon to California when she accepted a ride from Cameron and Janice Hooker. What followed was a seven-year nightmare of captivity, silence, and psychological torture.
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🔒 Colleen was imprisoned in a coffin-sized box under their bed for up to 23 hours a day.
🧠 Hooker convinced her there was a powerful organization watching her, and that escape would mean death — not just for her, but her entire family.
💍 At one point, she was even forced to sign a slave contract and act as a “nanny” in public, while still under his control.
Eventually, she was allowed brief freedoms. But she didn’t run. The psychological grip was too deep — until Janice, the wife, cracked and helped her escape in 1984.
🎭 This is more than a case of abduction — it’s a chilling study in coercive control, trauma bonding, and survival.
And even more twisted? Janice was never charged.
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👁️🗨️ What would you have done in Colleen’s shoes?
Could you survive life inside a box?
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