What Is Stockholm Syndrome?

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7. Colleen Stan

In 1977, Colleen Stan was kidnapped by Cameron Hooker as she was hiking her way to see a friend in California. Stan was taken to Hooker’s home where she was kept beneath a bed in a wooden box for 23 hours a day. She was treated as a sex slave during her ordeal.

In order to be released from the box, Stan agreed to become a slave of Cameron and his wife, Janice. The Hookers had managed to convince Stan that an organization known as “the company” would cause her harm if she tried to escape, and she stayed with them despite being allowed to visit her parents. Stan eventually went home alone, escaping from the Hookers. She kept in touch with Cameron, trying to convince him to reform. It was months before she eventually called the police.

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