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People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer Sneak Peek

Today, Investigation Discovery, the leading true crime network, announced the return of PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES: SURVIVING A SERIAL KILLER. In partnership with PEOPLE Magazine’s award-winning true crime reporting team, the new season will feature six gripping episodes unpacking the real-life, harrowing accounts of survivors who crossed paths with serial killers and lived to share their story. Capturing the stories of survivors of John Wayne Gacy, Robert Hansen, among others, PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES: SURVIVING A SERIAL KILLER premieres Tuesday, June 2 at 9PM ET/PT on ID. Episodes will be available to stream on HBO Max.

The first season of PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES: SURVIVING A SERIAL KILLER reached over five million viewers across linear and streaming*, featuring unprecedented access to survivors, law enforcement, and the loved ones of the deceased victims. The new season will continue to deliver a powerful and unflinching examination of what it’s like to come face to face with true evil and survive, with new exclusive survivor interviews and access to the authorities who investigated these cases and the families who were affected. Each episode will provide deep insight into the lives lost and the lasting impact on those left behind, while revealing how many of these survival stories helped bring dangerous predators to justice.

In the season premiere, Surviving the Butcher Baker, airing on Tuesday, June 2 at 9/8c on ID, a sadistic client tortures a young sex worker named Cindy Paulson in Anchorage, Alaska in 1983, and then tries to fly her to a remote location. When she miraculously escapes, her harrowing story helps lead Anchorage authorities to discovering the man’s identity – Robert Hansen, known as the ‘Butcher Baker’ – who had been hunting young women across Alaska for years. Now, decades later, Paulson sits down and shares her story of survival.

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