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The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

A Miracle In Cleveland: Kidnapping, Captivity & Survival

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Fox News

True Crime

4.8708 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On August 23rd, 2002, 21-year-old Michelle Knight was kidnapped, making her the first victim of Ariel Castro. She, along with Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry, was held captive in a deteriorating and dilapidated house on Seymour Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. For years, the girls lived an unthinkable nightmare as Castro chained, starved, beat, and raped them. But on May 6th, 2013, everything changed. The trio made headlines across the country when they were finally rescued from Castro. Their story was dubbed the 'miracle in Cleveland.' Michelle, who now goes by Lily Rose Lee, discusses her time in captivity and shares the remarkable story of her rescue. Later, she explains how the experience led her to create Unleashed Animal Rescue, a shelter dedicated to providing animals with love and protection by finding them forever homes. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It was the day Michelle Knight had prayed for for almost 11 years. Hidden away in a house of horrors on Seymour Avenue, she had been chained,

0:42.5

starved, raped, and tortured every single day of her captivity. Despite suffering unthinkable abuse

0:51.5

at the hands of her captor, Michelle had an unbreakable will to live.

0:56.7

On May 6, 2013, Michelle heard loud thuds coming from the floor beneath her.

1:02.8

The moment she saw a police badge shined through the open door, she was free.

1:08.3

It was a miracle in Cleveland, and Michelle Knight, who now goes by Lily Rose Lee, has lived to share her story of survival.

1:17.3

I'm Emily Campano, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast.

1:21.3

Thank you. Ten years ago, Lily, along with Amanda Barry and Gina DeHesouz, made headlines across the country

1:53.1

when they were rescued from the deteriorating and dilapidated house of Ariel Castro, a bus driver

1:59.6

for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

2:02.6

Lily was the first victim of Castro when in August of 2002 he lured, tricked, and kidnapped

2:09.6

her outside of a local family dollar store.

2:12.6

Lily then entered a hellish nightmare.

2:19.3

Eight months later, Castro kidnapped 16-year-old Amanda Berry, forcing her to experience

2:24.8

the same torture, and the following year, Castro kidnapped yet another young girl, 14-year-old

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