Wicked Attraction (2008–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - Our Little Secret - full transcript

ON THE MORNING OF MAY 19, 1977,

20-YEAR-OLD COLLEEN STAN
LEAVES EUGENE, OREGON,

TO VISIT A FRIEND
IN WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA,

ALMOST 400 MILES AWAY.

IT WAS MY FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY
THAT DAY,

AND I JUST DECIDED THAT I WAS
GONNA GO DOWN AND SURPRISE HER.

I WENT OUT,
AND MY CAR WAS ON THE BLINK,

AND I COULDN'T GET IT TO START.

SO I THOUGHT, "NO PROBLEM.
I'LL JUST HITCHHIKE."

IN THOSE DAYS,
IT WAS THE HIPPIE-TYPE DAYS.

THERE WAS KIDS
HITCHHIKING ALL OVER.



SHE WANTED TO GET OUT
AND GO AND DO HER OWN THING.

WELL, I WAS YOUNG.

AND I JUST FELT THAT I HAD THE
WORLD AT MY DISPOSAL, YOU KNOW?

COLLEEN MANAGES TO HITCH RIDES

WITH SEVERAL TRUCKERS.

BY EARLY AFTERNOON, SHE MAKES IT
TO RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA,

LESS THAN 100 MILES WEST
OF HER DESTINATION.

AT RED BLUFF, THE TRUCK DRIVER
DROPPED ME OFF AT I-5,

AND I HAD TO WALK UP
THE OFF-RAMP UP TO HIGHWAY 36.

SO I STARTED TRYING
TO HITCH A RIDE.

THERE'S FIVE GUYS IN THERE,

AND THEY'RE LIKE,
"YEAH, WE'LL GIVE YOU A RIDE.

WE'LL TAKE YOU
WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO."

AND I TURNED THEM DOWN



'CAUSE I THOUGHT ME AND
FIVE GUYS WASN'T A GOOD MATCH.

IT IS NOT LONG
BEFORE ANOTHER CAR STOPS.

SHE IS RELIEVED TO SEE
A YOUNG COUPLE WITH THEIR BABY.

I JUST SAW THIS GUY.

HE WAS REALLY
KIND OF GEEKY-LOOKING.

AND THE LADY...
SHE LOOKED PRETTY AVERAGE.

HOP ON IN.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO I HOPPED IN
THE BACKSEAT OF THEIR CAR.

I NOTICED THIS GUY,

HE'S LOOKING
IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.

I GOT KIND OF A CREEPY FEELING
AT THAT POINT.

FIVE, 10 MINUTES GOES BY.

THEY STOPPED AT A GAS STATION,

AND I GOT OUT
AND WENT INTO THE BATHROOM.

I GET IN THE BACKSEAT
OF THE CAR,

AND THERE'S THIS STRANGE...

WOODEN BOX
SITTING ON THE SEAT NEXT TO ME

THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE.

AND I LOOKED AT IT,
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS,

SO I KIND OF IGNORED IT.

AND WE PROBABLY TRAVELED
MAYBE ANOTHER 20 MINUTES OR SO.

AND THEY ASKED ME,

"IS IT ALL RIGHT IF WE STOP
AND LOOK AT THESE ICE CAVES?"

I WAS JUST GRACIOUS
THAT THEY HAD STOPPED

AND GIVEN ME THE RIDE,

SO I SAID, "IF IT'S NOT GONNA
TAKE VERY LONG, THAT'S FINE.

I DON'T CARE."

AND SO HE TURNS ON THIS ROAD.

SO THEY STOPPED, AND THE WIFE
AND THE BABY GOT OUT,

AND THEY WENT DOWN
TO THIS LITTLE CREEK.

AND I'M LOOKING AROUND,
WONDERING,

"WELL, WHAT HAPPENED
TO THIS GUY?

WHERE'D HE GO?"

SO HE PUTS THIS BOX
OVER MY HEAD.

THE BOX WAS VERY CONFINING,
VERY, LIKE, CLAUSTROPHOBIC.

AND HE HAD INSULATED IT
WITH CARPET

SO THAT IF I SHOULD YELL OUT,
NOBODY'S GONNA HEAR ME.

I WAS VERY FRIGHTENED, AND,
OF COURSE, I'M JUST WONDERING,

"WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE
GONNA DO TO ME?

"ARE THEY GONNA KILL ME?

ARE THEY GONNA RAPE ME?"

I HEAR THE WOMAN AND THE BABY
GETTING BACK IN THE CAR,

AND HE STARTS THE CAR
AND THEY TURN AROUND,

GO BACK TO THE HIGHWAY.

COLLEEN IS DRIVEN
BACK TO RED BLUFF...

...TO A SMALL HOME
ON OAK STREET.

THE BOX IS TAKEN OFF HER HEAD,

AND, STILL BLINDFOLDED,
SHE IS LED INSIDE THE HOUSE

AND DOWN INTO ITS BASEMENT.

SO HERE I AM,
SUSPENDED BY MY WRISTS.

IT WAS VERY PAINFUL.

AND HE STARTS WHIPPING ME.

PLEASE.

I SEE HIM AND HIS WIFE,

AND THEY'RE HAVING SEX.

I BLACKED OUT.

WHEN COLLEEN
REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS,

SHE IS BEING UNHOOKED
FROM THE CEILING.

HE WALKED ME ACROSS THE BASEMENT
TO A CORNER OF THE BASEMENT,

AND HE HAD THIS... FOR LACK OF
A BETTER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT...

IT WAS LIKE A CRATE BOX.

I'M BLINDFOLDED.
I DIDN'T SEE IT.

BUT I CAN JUST TELL
FROM WHEN I SAT IN IT,

THAT'S WHAT IT FELT LIKE.

HE PUT THE HEAD BOX BACK ON
MY HEAD, AND HE JUST WENT AWAY.

AND SO...

THAT WAS BASICALLY
THE FIRST NIGHT THAT HE HAD ME.

IN MAY OF 1977,

20-YEAR-OLD COLLEEN STAN
IS KIDNAPPED BY A YOUNG COUPLE

AND TAKEN TO THEIR HOME
IN RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA,

WHERE SHE IS SUBJECTED
TO PAIN, TORTURE,

AND DEGRADATION
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

I WAS TOTALLY FREAKED OUT,
VERY PANICKED,

AND JUST TOTALLY TERRORIZED

BY EVERYTHING
THAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME.

THE MAN TORTURES HER DAILY.

AND THE ONLY THING
HE WOULD EVER SAY TO ME

WAS TO GIVE ME A COMMAND...

TELL ME TO GET UP,
STAND UP, SHUT UP.

IT IS NOT ONLY THE MALE ABDUCTOR

WHO TORMENTS COLLEEN.

HIS WIFE...
FOR WHAT REASONS I DON'T KNOW...

SHE CAME OVER
AND SHE BIT ME ON MY SIDE

WHILE I WAS HANGING THERE.

COLLEEN SOON LEARNS
THE WOMAN'S NAME.

WHEN THEY WERE DOWN IN THE
BASEMENT AND TORTURING ME,

AND HE SAID,
"JAN, GET SOMETHING."

SO I KNEW HER NAME WAS JAN.

BUT WHAT COLLEEN DOESN'T KNOW

IS THAT JAN IS JANICE HOOKER,

AND SHE'S JUST HAPPY TO HAVE
SOMEONE ELSE TAKE HER PLACE.

IN 1973, JANICE IS A PLAIN,
INSECURE 15-YEAR-OLD

SUFFERING FROM EPILEPSY
AND LOW SELF-ESTEEM,

WHEN SHE MEETS
19-YEAR-OLD CAMERON HOOKER.

SHE'D NEVER BEEN
ALLOWED TO DATE.

SHE'D NEVER BEEN ALLOWED
TO WEAR SHORTS,

WEAR A TWO-PIECE BATHING SUIT,
FOR EXAMPLE.

SHE WAS RAISED
BY OVERLY STRICT PARENTS,

AND SO WHEN CAMERON HOOKER
ENTERED HER LIFE,

SHE HAD NO EXPERIENCE.

SHE WAS VERY NAIVE.
SHE WAS EASILY MANIPULATED.

BY ALL OUTWARD APPEARANCES,

CAMERON HOOKER
IS AN UNREMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL.

CAMERON WAS A VERY QUIET TYPE
OF PERSON.

IN FACT, WHEN HE FIRST MET
JANICE AND HE ASKED HER OUT,

SHE SAID, "YOU'LL HAVE TO
TALK TO MY PARENTS,

BUT THEY'VE NEVER ALLOWED ME
TO GO OUT BEFORE."

CAMERON GOES TO THE HOUSE

AND IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME,

CONVINCES THOSE
OVERLY STRICT PARENTS

TO ALLOW HER
TO GO OUT ON A DATE WITH HIM.

ON THEIR FIRST DATE,

CAMERON PERSUADES JANICE
TO ALLOW HIM TO UNDRESS HER

AND TIE HER TO A TREE
SUSPENDED BY HER WRISTS.

CAMERON HOOKER
IS A SEXUAL SADIST.

A SEXUAL SADIST
IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS AROUSED

BY THE SUFFERING AND FEAR
OF ANOTHER PERSON.

IT'S NOT THE INFLICTION OF PAIN

THAT'S AROUSING
TO THE SEXUAL SADIST...

IT'S THE SUFFERING
OF THE VICTIM.

HOWEVER, HE WILL USE
PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL PAIN

AS TOOLS
TO ELICIT THAT SUFFERING.

THIS TREATMENT IS PAINFUL

AND HUMILIATING TO JANICE,

BUT SHE CRAVES THE AFFECTION
CAMERON SHOWS HER.

JANICE INITIALLY
AGREED AND WENT ALONG WITH THIS

BECAUSE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
IN HER LIFE,

SHE WAS ALLOWED
TO DATE A YOUNG MAN.

SHE HAD NO FRAME OF REFERENCE.

SHE ASSUMED THAT THIS WAS,
IN FACT, SEX.

SOON CAMERON IS WHIPPING JANICE

WHILE SHE IS SUSPENDED

AND STAKING HER
INTO THE GROUND.

WHEN CAMERON HOOKER
WAS TORTURING JANICE,

IT PLAYED INTO A LONG-TERM GOAL,

AND THAT WAS TO SHAPE
HER SEXUAL RESPONSES,

TO SHAPE HER ATTITUDES
TOWARD SEX

AS BEING ACCEPTING
OF WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HIM.

IT ALSO CONVINCED HIM
THAT SHE WAS NAIVE.

IT CONVINCED HIM
THAT SHE WAS EASILY MANIPULATED

AND THAT HE WAS
GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

ON JANUARY 18, 1975,

CAMERON AND JANICE ARE MARRIED
IN RENO, NEVADA.

HIS TREATMENT OF HER
ONLY GETS WORSE.

HE WANTS TO HAVE A SEXUAL SLAVE.

JANICE IS GONNA BE
HIS FIRST SEXUAL SLAVE.

BUT AFTER SEVERAL YEARS,

THE LEVEL OF CRUELTY
ESCALATES TO A POINT

WHERE JANICE
CAN NO LONGER TAKE IT.

CAMERON WANTED TO HAVE
A SEX SLAVE,

A WOMAN WHO HE COULD PERFORM
BONDAGE ON,

WHO COULDN'T SAY NO.

JANICE WANTED TO HAVE A CHILD.

SO THEY AGREED THAT CAMERON
COULD HAVE THE SEX SLAVE.

JANICE WOULD GET PREGNANT
AND HAVE THE CHILD,

AND HE WOULD PRACTICE BONDAGE

ON THE PERSON WHO WOULD BE KEPT
AGAINST HER WILL.

NOW, TO YOU AND I,
THAT SOUNDS CRAZY.

SHE COULDN'T POSSIBLY AGREE
TO SUCH A THING AS THIS.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND

IS THAT HE HAD A VERY
PLIABLE PERSONALITY TO WORK WITH

FROM THE GET-GO.

IN JANICE,

CAMERON HOOKER HAS CREATED
A COMPLIANT VICTIM.

A COMPLIANT VICTIM
IS A WOMAN WHO IS COMPLIANT

OR ACQUIESCENT
IN HER OWN VICTIMIZATION

IN RETURN FOR SOME TRADE-OFF.

HE REWARDS HER
BY ALLOWING HER TO HAVE A BABY.

HE WILL EXCHANGE
HER HAVING A BABY

IN RETURN FOR HIS BEING ABLE
TO HAVE A SLAVE.

SO SHE AGREED TO THIS,

BUT PART OF THE AGREEMENT
WAS HE COULD HAVE A SLAVE,

BUT HE WAS NOT TO HAVE
ANY SEX WITH THIS SLAVE.

THE SEX...

WAS RESERVED FOR HER.

MORE THAN ONE WEEK
AFTER SHE IS LAST HEARD FROM,

COLLEEN'S PARENTS IN CALIFORNIA

GET A CALL FROM HER ROOMMATES
IN EUGENE, OREGON.

WHEN SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP,
THEY CALLED US,

AND WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD
AND HEAD UP THERE

AND SEE, YOU KNOW,
IF WE COULD FIND HER.

THEY DRIVE
FROM RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA,

TO EUGENE, OREGON.

THEY REPORT
THEIR DAUGHTER MISSING

AT VARIOUS POLICE DEPARTMENTS
ALONG THE WAY,

BUT COLLEEN HAS DISAPPEARED
WITHOUT A TRACE.

THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND FALL
OF 1977,

COLLEEN IS KEPT NAKED
AND BLINDFOLDED

IN A COFFIN-LIKE BOX
BUILT BY HER CAPTOR

IN THE BASEMENT
OF THE SMALL HOME.

PRETTY MUCH, THE ROUTINE BECAME,

HE WOULD COME DOWN
IN THE EVENINGS,

GIVE ME SOMETHING TO EAT,
SOMETHING TO DRINK,

LET ME USE A BEDPAN,

AND THEN HE WOULD HANG ME UP,
WHIP ME.

FROM CAMERON HOOKER'S
POINT OF VIEW,

THE ISOLATION OF THE VICTIM
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

HE DOESN'T WANT HER TO HAVE
ANY INPUT FROM ANYONE ELSE

OTHER THAN HIMSELF.

HE WANTS TO BECOME
THE ABSOLUTE RULER

OF ALL ASPECTS OF HER LIFE.

BY THE END OF 1977,

THE ONLY WORLD
20-YEAR-OLD COLLEEN STAN KNOWS

IS ONE OF TORTURE AND CAPTIVITY

AT THE HANDS OF CAMERON HOOKER
AND HIS WIFE, JANICE,

IN THEIR HOME
IN RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA.

IN JANUARY OF 1978,

NINE MONTHS
AFTER ABDUCTING COLLEEN,

CAMERON HOOKER GETS AN IDEA

FROM AN ARTICLE
IN ONE OF HIS BONDAGE MAGAZINES.

PORNOGRAPHY PLAYED A VERY
IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE SHAPING

OF CAMERON HOOKER'S SADISTIC
AND VIOLENT FANTASIES

BY GIVING HIM NEW IDEAS.

HE CAME DOWN ONE NIGHT,
AND HIS WIFE CAME DOWN.

AND HE MAKES ME
READ THROUGH THIS CONTRACT,

AND IT GOES THROUGH ALL THIS
KIND OF LEGAL, LIKE, WORDING

ABOUT HOW I'M SIGNING OVER
MY BODY AND SOUL TO HIM

AND THAT HE OWNS ME,
THAT I COULDN'T SAY NO TO HIM...

FOR ANYTHING.

IN THE CONTRACT,

IT WAS STATED THAT I WAS TO
ADDRESS HIM AS "MASTER, SIR"

AND THAT I WAS TO ADDRESS HER
AS "MA'AM."

THE SLAVE CONTRACT
PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE

AS FAR AS CAMERON HOOKER
WAS CONCERNED.

NUMBER ONE... IT LENT SOME
LEGITIMACY TO WHAT HE WAS DOING.

NUMBER TWO... IT SERVED AS A
PROP FOR HIS SADISTIC FANTASIES,

HAVING A SLAVE.

AND NUMBER THREE...
IT VALIDATED HIS POWER,

HIS POWER OVER ANOTHER PERSON,

SPECIFICALLY HIS POWER
OVER COLLEEN STAN.

AND IT ALSO STATED THAT HE WOULD
AFFIX A COLLAR AROUND MY NECK,

WHICH HE DID.

CAMERON HOOKER
THEN TAKES THINGS A STEP FURTHER

BY TELLING COLLEEN
ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION

THAT ENFORCES
THE SLAVE CONTRACT,

KNOWN ONLY AS "THE COMPANY."

CAMERON HOOKER TELLS HER
THAT THERE'S A COMPANY

THAT IS AN UNDERGROUND NETWORK
OF SLAVE TRADERS.

CREATED TO HELP
KEEP SLAVES IN LINE

IF THEY WERE DISOBEDIENT
OR THEY TRIED TO RUN AWAY.

THEY WERE LIKE,
"GO AHEAD AND PICK UP THE PHONE.

"THEY'RE LISTENING.

"GO AHEAD AND WALK OUT THE DOOR.
THEY'RE WATCHING THE HOUSE.

"YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST
PUT A SHOTGUN TO YOUR HEAD

AND PULL THE TRIGGER,
BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA GET YOU."

JANICE HOOKER WENT ALONG WITH

THE STORIES ABOUT "THE COMPANY"

BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY USED TO
HIS PERVERTED FANTASIES.

AND THIS WAS JUST ANOTHER MINOR
EXAGGERATION OF HIS FANTASY...

CERTAINLY NOTHING FOR HER
TO BECOME CONCERNED WITH.

SHE HAD A KIDNAP VICTIM
LIVING IN HER HOME.

THAT WAS A MAJOR ISSUE.

THE COMPANY WAS A MINOR ISSUE

AS FAR AS JANICE HOOKER
WAS CONCERNED.

ONCE I SIGNED THE CONTRACT,

HE STARTED BRINGING ME UPSTAIRS

TO DO THINGS
LIKE CLEAN THE KITCHEN,

DO THE DISHES, MOP THE FLOOR,
WHATEVER... DO STUFF LIKE THAT.

COLLEEN'S ARRIVAL
IN THE HOUSEHOLD

GAVE JANICE HOOKER TWO REWARDS.

NUMBER ONE... SHE NO LONGER
HAD TO CLEAN HOUSE.

THERE WAS NOW A SLAVE
TO CLEAN HOUSE.

AND NUMBER TWO...
SHE NO LONGER HAD TO SUFFER

THROUGH THE WHIPPING
AND THE BEATINGS

AS MUCH AS SHE HAD IN THE PAST.

THAT WAS A REWARD
THAT SHE CONSIDERED TO BE

A VERY VALID ONE.

BUT THE HUMILIATION

AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE
CONTINUES.

WHENEVER HE HOLLERED OUT,
"ATTENTION,"

NO MATTER WHAT I WAS DOING,

I WAS TO RUN OVER
TO THIS ARCHWAY,

STRIP OFF MY CLOTHES,

THROW MY HANDS UP
ONTO THE TOP OF THIS ARCHWAY.

AND HE GRABBED A WHIP...

...AND HE WHIPPED ME.

I TRIED TO BE A GOOD SLAVE

BECAUSE I WAS TOO AFRAID
OF THE COMPANY.

IN FEBRUARY OF 1978,

JANICE HOOKER MAKES
AN UNEXPECTED SUGGESTION

TO HER HUSBAND.

SHE SAID SOMETHING TO HIM LIKE,

"IF YOU WANT TO,
YOU CAN HAVE SEX WITH"...

MY SLAVE NAME WAS K...
"WITH K."

I THINK THAT SHE WAS THINKING
THAT HE WOULD HONOR THE DEAL

AND NOT HAVE SEX WITH ME.

SO HE JUST MARCHES HIS BUTT
RIGHT ON DOWN TO THE BASEMENT,

GETS ME OUT OF THE BOX,
TAKES ME UPSTAIRS,

TIES ME UP TO THE BED,

AND PROCEEDED
TO START RAPING ME.

WHEN CAMERON HOOKER
STARTS HAVING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE

WITH COLLEEN,
WHAT HE WAS DOING AT THAT POINT

WAS VIOLATING THE PACT OR THE
AGREEMENT HE HAD WITH HIS WIFE.

AND IT CHANGED THE DYNAMICS

BETWEEN CAMERON HOOKER
AND HIS WIFE.

ONCE THAT DOOR WAS OPENED,

YOU KNOW,
THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK.

I WOULD SAY
THAT HE WAS PROBABLY RAPING ME

AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH
AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE.

FOUR MONTHS LATER,

CAMERON AND JANICE HOOKER
BUY AN ACRE OF LAND

OFF OF HIGHWAY 99
JUST OUTSIDE OF RED BLUFF

AND MOVE INTO A TRAILER HOME,
TAKING COLLEEN WITH THEM.

BECAUSE THERE IS NO BASEMENT
IN THE NEW HOME,

CAMERON HOOKER IS FORCED
TO COME UP WITH A NEW WAY

TO KEEP COLLEEN CONFINED.

THEY HAD A WATER BED,

AND WHAT HE DID
WAS HE CONSTRUCTED THESE BOXES

UNDERNEATH THE PEDESTAL
OF THE WATER BED...

BASICALLY, HAS ME
GET DOWN ON MY KNEES

AND TELLS ME
TO CRAWL IN THIS BOX.

SO, I CRAWL IN THERE,
HE CLOSES IT ALL UP.

AND THIS IS MY NEW...

HOME, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.

COLLEEN SPENDS THE REST OF 1978

LIVING IN THE BOX UNDER THE BED.

SHE IS LET OUT INFREQUENTLY,
USUALLY TO PERFORM HOUSEWORK

OR TO BE WHIPPED, TORTURED,
AND RAPED BY CAMERON HOOKER.

BACK AT HOME, THE LENGTH OF TIME
COLLEEN HAS BEEN GONE

IS TAKING A TOLL
ON HER LOVED ONES.

I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK

THAT MAYBE SHE WAS IN SOME KIND
OF A CULT OR SOMETHING.

A LOT OF THAT WAS GOING ON
BACK IN THOSE DAYS...

RUNAWAY KIDS THAT, YOU KNOW,
WOULD GET IN WITH CULTS.

HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY,

CAMERON HOOKER HAS COLLEEN HELP
HIM BUILD A SHED IN THE BACKYARD

SO HE HAS A PLACE
TO STRING HER UP, WHIP HER,

AND STRETCH HER ON A RACK.

IT'S LIKE A MEDIEVAL DEVICE,

WHERE THEY USED TO STRETCH
THE PEOPLE AND DISMEMBER THEM

AND KILL THEM AND THOSE KINDS
OF THINGS IN OLD DAYS.

SO, HE WOULD WIND IT UP...

STRETCH ME OUT.

EVERYTHING HURTS.
EVERYTHING'S BEING STRETCHED.

SO I'M JUST PRAYING,
"DEAR LORD, I'M GONNA DIE.

HELP ME."

SO HE MESSED ME UP PRETTY BAD
WITH THAT THING.

THE AMOUNT OF TIME
CAMERON SPENDS WITH COLLEEN

DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED BY JANICE.

SHE FELT SOME SENSE OF RELIEF

BECAUSE HE WAS PRACTICING
THE HEAVIER BONDAGE ON COLLEEN.

BUT SHE HAD OTHER FEELINGS,
AS WELL.

SHE DIDN'T LIKE ME,

AND SHE DIDN'T LIKE ME
BEING THERE.

TWO YEARS INTO HER CAPTIVITY,

CAMERON HOOKER
REMOVES COLLEEN'S COLLAR

AND ALLOWS HER TO WORK OUTSIDE
IN THE GARDEN.

WHEN HE TAKES
THE COLLAR OFF OF COLLEEN,

HE'S CONVINCED SHE WON'T ESCAPE
BECAUSE HE HAS CONVINCED HER

OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE COMPANY.

BESIDES, FEAR IS HER COLLAR.

BY DECEMBER OF 1980,
COLLEEN, NOW 23,

HAS BEEN MISSING
FOR 2 1/2 YEARS.

HER CAPTOR, CAMERON HOOKER,

DECIDES TO GIVE HER
A CHRISTMAS GIFT.

AND HE SAID, "I'M GONNA
ALLOW YOU TO CALL HOME."

I DIDN'T KNOW WHY.

AND HE SAID,
"BUT I'M RIGHT HERE.

"IF YOU SAY ANYTHING
THAT I DON'T WANT YOU TO SAY,

"OR IF YOU SCREW UP IN ANY WAY,
I'M CUTTING THE PHONE OFF,

AND I'M GONNA MAKE YOU WISH
YOU HADN'T SAID IT."

I FELT GREAT TO HEAR FROM HER.

AND HE'S LIKE,
"WELL, WHY HAVEN'T YOU CALLED?"

AND I WAS REALLY VAGUE
ABOUT IT...

AS VAGUE AS I COULD POSSIBLY BE
ABOUT EVERYTHING.

SHE DIDN'T REALLY SOUND
LIKE THE OLD COLLEEN.

AND THEN HE'S LIKE,
"CUT IT OFF."

AND SO HE HUNG UP THE PHONE,
AND THE CONVERSATION WAS OVER.

IT WAS REALLY
AN EXCITING MOMENT FOR US.

BY EARLY 1981,
23-YEAR-OLD COLLEEN STAN

HAS BEEN HELD CAPTIVE
FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS

BY CAMERON AND JANICE HOOKER.

COLLEEN IS KEPT IN A BOX
UNDER CAMERON AND JANICE'S BED.

SHE IS LET OUT
TO PERFORM HOUSEHOLD CHORES

AND TO BE SUBJECTED
TO TORTURE AND ABUSE.

CAMERON HOOKER
WAS A SEXUAL SADIST.

CAMERON HOOKER WAS THE ONE
WHO CONVINCED JANICE HOOKER

TO ALLOW HIM
TO ACT OUT HIS FANTASY.

DOES THAT ALLEVIATE
HER RESPONSIBILITY?

DOES THAT REDUCE
HER RESPONSIBILITY

IN THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIME?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.

COLLEEN HAS BEEN GRANTED

CERTAIN FREEDOMS BY THE HOOKERS,

WHO KNOW SHE WILL NOT DISOBEY
BECAUSE OF THE COMPANY.

I WAS OUT, WORKING IN THE GARDEN
AND JOGGING.

BUT I NEVER TOLD ANYONE
THE TRUTH

ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

SHE HAS BEEN
PROGRAMMED TO BELIEVE

THAT THE COMPANY IS WATCHING
HER EVERY MOVE.

I TRULY AND HONESTLY BELIEVED
IN THE COMPANY

AND THAT THEY WOULD HURT ME.

COLLEEN STAN CAME TO ACCEPT

WHAT CAMERON HOOKER EXPLAINED
TO HER ABOUT HER LIFE,

ABOUT THE COMPANY, BECAUSE
THAT'S ALL SHE WAS SUBJECTED TO.

COLLEEN
SOON FINDS HERSELF REWARDED

FOR HER YEARS OF SERVITUDE.

IT WAS IN MARCH OF 1981.

HE SAID THAT THE COMPANY
HAD OKAYED IT

FOR ME TO GO AND HAVE A VISIT
WITH MY FAMILY.

ON MARCH 20th,

CAMERON TAKES COLLEEN
TO SEE HER FAMILY IN RIVERSIDE.

AS WE WERE DRIVING
DOWN THE INTERSTATE,

HE'S PREPPING ME WHAT TO SAY.

HE SAID TO TELL THEM
THAT HE WAS MY FIANCé.

HE WAS GOING TO A SEMINAR
DOWN IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA,

SO HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA

FOR ME TO GO AND SPEND SOME TIME
WITH MY FAMILY

SINCE I HADN'T SEEN THEM
IN SO LONG.

CAMERON ALSO TELLS COLLEEN

HER FATHER'S HOUSE IS UNDER
SURVEILLANCE BY THE COMPANY

AND IF SHE TRIES
TO TELL THE TRUTH,

THE COMPANY WILL KILL
EVERYONE INSIDE.

I WAS NOT ONLY SCARED
FOR MYSELF,

BUT I WAS SCARED FOR MY FAMILY

OR ANYBODY ELSE
WHO MAY HELP ME,

THAT THEY WOULD ALSO HARM
THOSE PEOPLE.

COLLEEN PROVIDES
FEW DETAILS ABOUT HER LIFE,

AND HER FAMILY IS RELUCTANT
TO ASK.

I DIDN'T WANT TO PUSH HER
WHERE SHE WAS

BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID
THEN WE WOULDN'T HEAR FROM HER.

I FELT THAT THE COMPANY
WAS WATCHING, WAS LISTENING,

WAS THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
YOU KNOW?

AND I DIDN'T WANT
MY FAMILY TO GET HURT,

SO, OF COURSE,
I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING

THAT WOULD PUT THEM IN JEOPARDY.

COLLEEN'S VISIT COMES TO AN END

LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER.

SO, HE SHOWS UP.

AND MY DAD'S WIFE...

SHE SAYS, "LET ME
GET A PICTURE OF YOU GUYS."

AND MEANWHILE,
THEY'RE ASKING HIM,

YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS LIKE,
"WELL, WHERE DO YOU GUYS LIVE?

CAN WE GET YOUR ADDRESS
AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER?"

AND HE'S MAKING ALL
THESE EXCUSES AND SAYING THAT,

"WELL, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING.

WE'LL FORWARD
THAT INFORMATION TO YOU,"

WHICH, OF COURSE, NEVER HAPPENED
'CAUSE IT WAS ALL A LIE.

CAMERON BRINGS COLLEEN
BACK TO RED BLUFF,

WHERE SHE SUDDENLY FINDS WHAT
LITTLE FREEDOMS SHE ONCE HAD

ARE NOW GONE.

I WAS PRETTY MUCH,
FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THAT,

EXCLUSIVELY LOCKED UP
IN THE BOX.

AND SHE WAS PLACED
BACK IN THE BOX BENEATH THE BED

BECAUSE HE WANTED TO KEEP HER
OFF BALANCE.

HE WANTED TO CONVINCE HER

THAT SHE WAS BACK
IN HER ROLE AS A SLAVE

AND TAKE AWAY FROM HER

ANY FEELINGS OF GOODNESS
THAT SHE EXPERIENCED

AS A RESULT OF BEING FREE
FOR THAT BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME.

SHE IS ONLY LET OUT
LATE AT NIGHT TO DO HOUSEWORK

OR TO BE TORTURED AND SEXUALLY
ABUSED BY CAMERON HOOKER.

CAMERON HOOKER
BELIEVES THAT WOMEN ARE EVIL...

WOMEN ARE EVIL
AND THEY DESERVE TO BE PUNISHED.

HE ALSO BELIEVES THAT WOMEN
ARE THERE FOR HIS OWN PLEASURE,

AND IF THEY DON'T
MEET HIS NEEDS FOR PLEASURE,

THEN HE CAN FEEL JUSTIFIED
IN PUNISHING THEM.

IN 1984,
SEVEN YEARS AFTER HER CAPTURE,

COLLEEN IS ABLE
TO CONVINCE CAMERON

TO LET HER TAKE A JOB
OUTSIDE THE HOME

TO HELP SUPPORT THE FAMILY.

SHE WORKS CLEANING ROOMS
AT A LOCAL MOTEL.

I WAS DELIGHTED JUST TO BE
OUT OF THE BOX, AND...

AND I WAS HAPPY TO BE ABLE
TO GO OUT AND WORK AND WHATEVER,

JUST BE ANYWHERE BUT THERE
AND LOCKED UP IN THAT BOX.

HOWEVER, COLLEEN IS REMINDED

THAT BEING OUT OF THE BOX
DOES NOT MEAN SHE IS FREE.

IT WAS AT THIS POINT,

THEY WERE LETTING ME SLEEP
IN A BACK BATHROOM.

THEY WOULD PUT A CHAIN
AROUND MY NECK

AND PUT IT AROUND THE TOILET.

SPURRED ON BY THE MORE
OPEN LIVING ARRANGEMENTS,

CAMERON HOOKER BEGINS TO HAVE
SEX WITH HIS WIFE AND COLLEEN

ON ALTERNATE NIGHTS.

EMBOLDENED BY HIS POWER
OVER BOTH WOMEN IN HIS LIFE,

HE ANNOUNCES HIS PLAN TO BUILD
A DUNGEON

AND COLLECT MORE SEX SLAVES.

ONE OF THE FEATURES OF A SEXUAL
SADIST IS THEY ENJOY POWER.

POWER OVER ONE
BECOMES ABSOLUTE.

POWER OVER TWO
BECOMES ABSOLUTE.

IF TWO ARE GOOD,
THREE WOULD BE BETTER.

IT'S SIMPLY PROVING TO HIMSELF
TIME AND TIME AGAIN

THAT HE HAS THE ABILITY
AND THE POWER

TO CAPTURE AND CONTROL
MULTIPLE HUMAN BEINGS.

BUT THE THOUGHT OF BEING FORCED

TO SHARE HER HUSBAND
WITH MORE WOMEN

PUSHES JANICE HOOKER
OVER THE EDGE.

SOMETHING CHANGES INSIDE OF HER.

JANICE BEGAN TO SEE COLLEEN
AS A HUMAN BEING,

SOMEONE WHO HAD TERRIBLE THINGS
DONE TO HER.

THEY BEGAN TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS,

AND THEY DEVELOPED
A RELATIONSHIP

THAT WORKED AGAINST
CAMERON HOOKER.

THAT'S WHEN THE RELATIONSHIP
TOOK ON A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

IT WASN'T SLAVE, WIFE.

IT WAS TWO WOMEN
SHARING EQUALLY CAMERON HOOKER.

CONSUMED BY GUILT

AND FEARFUL
OF HER HUSBAND'S PLANS,

ON AUGUST 9, 1984,

JANICE HOOKER VISITS
WITH THE PASTOR OF HER CHURCH.

SHE BREAKS DOWN AND TELLS HIM
EVERYTHING ABOUT COLLEEN.

SO HE, OF COURSE, SAYS,
"WELL, THIS IS UNNATURAL.

THIS IS NOT GOOD.
YOU NEED TO GET OUT."

TAKING THE PASTOR'S ADVICE,

JANICE HEADS TO THE MOTEL
WHERE COLLEEN WORKS.

SHE SAYS,
"THE WHOLE THING'S A LIE."

AND I'M THINKING, "MY GOD.
HOW COULD I HAVE BELIEVED THIS?

"AND WHY IS SHE WAITING
ALL THIS TIME

TO COME TO ME
AND TELL THE TRUTH?"

I MEAN, THIS IS OVER
SEVEN YEARS LATER.

COLLEEN
CALLS HER FATHER IN RIVERSIDE

TO TELL HIM SHE IS COMING HOME.

BUT BEFORE LEAVING RED BLUFF,

COLLEEN SPEAKS TO CAMERON HOOKER
ONE MORE TIME... ON HER TERMS.

I GO OVER TO THE BUS STATION.

I WENT OUT TO THE PAY PHONE
OUTSIDE THE BUS STATION,

AND I CALLED HIM UP
AND I TOLD HIM, "I'M LEAVING,

AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO
TO STOP ME."

HE STARTED CRYING.

AND I HUNG UP THE PHONE,

AND I GOT ON THE BUS,
AND I LEFT.

BUT COLLEEN WOULD SOON FIND OUT

THAT, WHILE NO LONGER A SLAVE,

SHE IS STILL NOT FREE
FROM CAMERON AND JANICE HOOKER.

IN THE SUMMER OF 1984,

AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF TORTURE,
ABUSE, AND FORCED SERVITUDE,

27-YEAR-OLD COLLEEN STAN
ESCAPES FROM HER CAPTORS,

CAMERON AND JANICE HOOKER.

IT WAS FANTASTIC.

I WAS SO HAPPY.

MY FAMILY HAD MANY QUESTIONS.

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GET
INTO ALL THE GORY DETAILS,

BECAUSE I ALREADY KNEW THAT THEY
HAD SUFFERED THROUGH SO MUCH.

BUT SHE EVENTUALLY OPENS UP.

SHE TELLS US
THAT SHE WAS TORTURED

AND HUNG UP AND IN A BOX.

YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE

ALL THE STUFF THAT HE HAD
DONE TO HER AND SURVIVE.

YOU KNOW...

BACK IN RED BLUFF,

JANICE HOOKER LEAVES HER HUSBAND
AND GOES TO THE POLICE.

JANICE HOOKER
WAS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL,

AND SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY
VERY, VERY SCARED.

BUT WHEN JANICE
FIRST TELLS HER STORY,

SHE IS SURPRISED
BY THE RESPONSE.

I WAS VERY SKEPTICAL.

YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY
STARTS TELLING YOU

ABOUT KEEPING SOMEBODY
IN A WOODEN BOX

UNDERNEATH
THEIR WATER BED FOR...

VIRTUALLY YEARS ON END,

THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT
FOR ME TO BELIEVE.

IT'S EXTREMELY HARD
FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND

HOW SUCH A THING COULD OCCUR.

AND THE REASON
IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US

IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
A FRAME OF REFERENCE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE
WITH THIS TYPE OF PERSON,

THIS TYPE OF VICTIM,
OR THIS TYPE OF CRIME.

THE RED BLUFF POLICE
CONTACT COLLEEN,

WHO CONFIRMS EVERYTHING
JANICE HAS TOLD THEM.

ARMED WITH JANICE'S CONFESSION
AND COLLEEN'S STATEMENT,

ON AUGUST 22, 1984,
POLICE ARREST CAMERON HOOKER.

I EXPLAINED TO HIM

THAT HE WAS BEING ARRESTED
FOR THE SEX CRIMES,

THE KIDNAPPING,
AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT.

AND I REALLY EXPECTED
THAT HE WOULD QUESTION

SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

AND HE WAS JUST, "YEAH, OKAY.
NO PROBLEM."

HE HAD VERY,
VERY LITTLE REACTION AT ALL.

POLICE SEARCH
THE HOOKER RESIDENCE

AND CONFISCATE
A NUMBER OF ITEMS.

BUT NOTHING THAT PROVES
COLLEEN WAS HELD THERE

AGAINST HER WILL.

THEY ARE UNAWARE
THAT SINCE THE ARREST,

JANICE HOOKER
HAS RETURNED TO HER HUSBAND.

AND UNDER HIS ORDERS,

SHE DESTROYS
EVERYTHING IN THE HOME

THAT CAN BE CONNECTED
TO COLLEEN.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE
TO SEE JANICE AS A VICTIM

BECAUSE WE EQUATE
THE WORD "VICTIM"

WITH A LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ACTIONS TAKEN.

SHE, IN FACT, WAS A PERPETRATOR.
SHE WAS AN OFFENDER.

BUT SHE WAS ALSO A VICTIM
OF CAMERON HOOKER.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN
SHE'S NOT RESPONSIBLE

FOR ANY CRIMINAL ACTION
SHE MAY HAVE TAKEN.

BUT JANICE DOESN'T
GET RID OF EVERYTHING.

CHRISTINE McGUIRE AND MYSELF
WERE IN MY OFFICE WORKING

AND LOOKING THROUGH
SOME OF THE VARIOUS MAGAZINES

THAT HE HAD,
AND THIS NEGATIVE FALLS OUT.

AND I PICKED IT UP
AND PUT IT TO THE LIGHT,

AND WE DISCOVERED
THAT IT WAS A PICTURE

THAT CAMERON HAD TAKEN
OF THE ACTUAL CONTRACT

THAT HE HAD COLLEEN SIGN.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

FINALLY HAS THE PROOF THEY NEED
TO TAKE THE CASE TO TRIAL,

AND CAMERON HOOKER IS INDICTED
ON 10 COUNTS

OF KIDNAPPING AND RAPE.

WE WERE ABLE TO BRING
INTO EVIDENCE AT THE TRIAL

WHIPS, CHAINS, THE STRETCHER,
SENSORY-DEPRIVATION HEAD BOXES.

WE HAD THE SLAVE CONTRACT.

HE KEPT COLLEEN IN A BOX
UNDER HIS WATER BED

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

WE WERE ABLE TO RECONSTRUCT THAT

AND PUT THAT IN THE CENTER
OF THE COURTROOM.

AND IT SAT THERE EVERY DAY
DURING THE COURSE OF THE TRIAL.

JANICE HOOKER AGREES
TO TESTIFY AGAINST HER HUSBAND

IN EXCHANGE FOR IMMUNITY.

BUT THE PROSECUTION KNOWS
THEIR CASE ULTIMATELY RESTS

ON THE TESTIMONY
OF COLLEEN STAN.

COLLEEN APPEARED TO THE JURY
TO BE VERY CALM.

SHE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE OR SOUND
LIKE SHE WAS OUT FOR REVENGE.

THERE WERE TIMES WHEN SHE WOULD
APPEAR A BIT SURPRISED

WHEN SHE DESCRIBED
HER OWN BEHAVIOR.

SHE DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND
WHY SHE DID CERTAIN THINGS

OR WHY CERTAIN THINGS HAPPENED.

BUT SHE LEFT IT TO THE EXPERTS
TO EXPLAIN TO THE JURY

WHY CERTAIN THINGS HAPPENED.

EXPERTS
LIKE DR. CHRIS HATCHER.

DR. CHRIS HATCHER...
HE WAS A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST.

HE WAS EXPERT
IN CAPTIVITY CASES,

AND HE WAS ABLE TO KIND OF
PULL EVERYTHING TOGETHER

FOR THE JURY,

EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS
THAT DESPITE THE APPEARANCE

THAT SHE WAS FREE
TO COME AND GO,

SHE REALLY WAS NEVER FREE
TO COME AND GO.

CAMERON HOOKER...
WHAT HE DID WAS HE TORTURED HER.

HE WHIPPED HER.
HE BEAT HER.

HE CUT OFF ALL LIGHT, ALL SOUND.

HE DID THIS
OVER A PERIOD OF TIME,

AND HE GOT HER TO THE POINT
WHERE HE COULD, IN ESSENCE,

BREAK HER AND COERCE HER
INTO A SET OF BEHAVIORS,

HE HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND
THAT I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

ON OCTOBER 18, 1984,

CAMERON HOOKER TAKES THE STAND
IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.

HE TOLD THE JURY FLAT-OUT
THAT HE DID KIDNAP HER

AND HE KIDNAPPED HER
BECAUSE HE DID WANT A SEX SLAVE,

BUT THEN AT SOME POINT IN TIME,
HE DECIDED TO SET HER FREE,

BUT SHE CHOSE
TO REMAIN WITH HIM

BECAUSE HE SAID, BY THIS TIME,
SHE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HIM.

AND HE SAID THAT THE SEXUAL ACTS
THAT HE HAD WITH COLLEEN

WERE, IN FACT, CONSENSUAL
AND NOT RAPE.

HIS STRATEGY DOESN'T WORK,

AND CAMERON HOOKER IS
FOUND GUILTY ON ALL 10 COUNTS.

ON NOVEMBER 22, 1984,

CAMERON HOOKER IS SENTENCED
TO MORE THAN 100 YEARS IN PRISON

FOR KIDNAPPING, SEX CRIMES,

AND FOR USING A KNIFE
DURING A KIDNAPPING.

JUDGE CLANCY KNIGHT,
WHO PRESIDED OVER THE TRIAL,

TOLD THE PUBLIC
AT THE TIME OF SENTENCING

THAT HE WAS GOING TO SENTENCE
CAMERON HOOKER

TO THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE

BECAUSE HE SAID THAT HE WAS
THE MOST DANGEROUS PSYCHOPATH

HE HAD EVER COME UP AGAINST,

HE APPEARS TO BE THE EXACT
OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE REALLY IS,

AND THAT HE WOULD BE A DANGER
TO WOMEN AS LONG AS HE LIVES.

AFTER THE TRIAL,

JANICE HOOKER SETTLES
INTO A LIFE OF ANONYMITY.

SHE REFUSES TO DISCUSS HER LIFE
WITH CAMERON HOOKER

OR CRIMES AGAINST COLLEEN STAN.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE
GOOD FEELINGS TOWARDS JAN

BECAUSE I FEEL THAT...

EVEN THOUGH I FEEL
THAT SHE WAS ALSO A VICTIM...

THAT SHE WAS FREE
AND SHE HAD CHOICE.

AND I THINK THAT
SHE COULD HAVE MADE THE CHOICE

TO PUT AN END TO THIS
WAY SOONER THAN SHE DID.

YOU KNOW,
JAN COULD HAVE SAVED ALL OF US.

CAMERON HOOKER
IS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE

SOMETIME IN 2022.

I DEFINITELY FEEL
THAT HE'S A DANGER TO SOCIETY.

I DON'T FEEL
THAT HE SHOULD EVER BE LET OUT.

HE'S NOT CHANGED,
BUT HE DOES HAVE A PAROLE DATE.

AND I GUESS
THE ONLY THING I CAN HOPE

IS THAT MAYBE
THEY WON'T LET HIM OUT.