I SURVIVED: I Was Going to Have to Cut My Leg Off

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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April is brutally assaulted then set on fire by an acquaintance after taking them and her ex-boyfriend for a ride. Mark is forced to amputate part of his leg after it is caught in a drive shaft of an oil well. An act of kindness backfires on Jesse when he is attacked with a hammer and run over by the hitchhikers he reluctantly gave a ride Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive.

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0:00.0	Hi, I Survived listeners.
0:02.0	I'm Marissa Pinson.
0:03.0	And if you're enjoying this show, I just want to remind you that episodes of I Survived,
0:06.7	as well as the A&E Classic Podcast, Cold Case Files, City Confidential, and American Justice,
0:12.3	are all available ad-free on the new A&E Crime and Investigation Channel on Apple Podcasts and Apple Plus
0:18.5	for just $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year. And now onto the show.
0:24.7	This episode contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners. Listener discretion
0:30.0	is advised. I didn't want to die. I knew that if I didn't get away, he was going to kill me.
0:39.0	And there was no getting away.
0:40.5	Real people.
0:43.8	There was nothing left of my leg below the knee.
0:48.4	The only way I was going to get free, I was going to have to cut my leg off.
0:50.0	Who faced death?
0:53.7	I just felt that I wasn't supposed to do that, that I wasn't supposed to die.
0:56.8	And lived to tell how.
0:58.7	I remember being in the trunk and it just being completely lit up with the fire that was coming off of my body.
1:06.6	This is I survived.
1:17.8	It's November 2005 in Paris, Tennessee.
1:23.2	April's ex-boyfriend Brandon has asked her to pick him and a friend up for a joyride.
1:30.3	Brandon got into the passenger seat and Virgil got in the back and they said, let's ride and we just took off riding. I just thought Virgil was a nice guy, just funny and fun to hang around with.
1:36.3	You know, maybe into a little drinking and stuff, but not anything psycho or anything.
1:43.3	It got quiet and we were on a really dark road.
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