Stand Up Eight

Susie Kahlich of Pretty Deadly Self Defense describes at fateful night in Los Angeles.Support Stand Up Eight. Buy Lenore a Coffee.

Lenore returns to the scene of the crime on her own terms.

In the dramatic conclusion of season 1, the bad guy puts a small pistol in Lenore's hands.

Through stories, Lenore connects with her best friend and finds a way to survive.

Detective Stu Gillett and Lenore talk about storytelling. Back at Camp Hell, Lenore shares a story about her scars.

Lenore questions faith. Her captor reads the local papers.

Stu, Mom, and Dad are at a loss of what to do. Lenore looks for ways to break free.

Lenore's first night in Camp Hell. She searches for a way to adapt.

Compliance. Lenore faces her abductor who has drawn a gun. He wants her to start walking out of the store. Her abandoned car becomes a vital clue.

This is the beginning. The first never-heard-before accounts from a homicide detective and the victim herself on what they experienced when facing a mysterious crime.

Over 30 years ago, on Friday, July 3, 1992, Lenore Rattray, then 21, was taken at gunpoint from a Hastings Street business in Vancouver to a hideout near Mosquito Creek in North Vancouver. For over a week she was held captive and sexually assaulted by her captor until he was apprehended by North Vancouver RCMP on July 12, 1992. He was sentenced as a Dangerous Offender for violent sexual crimes against four women in BC and finally convicted for a double murder. Lenore, for the last three decades, has chosen to remain silent about her traumatic experience despite the media sensation her abduction/disappearance created at the time. Until now. STAND UP EIGHT - a personal account of survival, living with trauma/PTSD, and how her past experiences have impacted her life both professionally and personally, especially as a mother to her young daughter.