This program contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners. Listener discretion is advised. Bobby Joe Long has been convicted of raping and brutally murdering Tampa Bay women. I had sex with her, and then I stabbed her with the knife in the neck. We're dealing with a sick, sick person. The problem is how many more women would die before we got a break in that case. Out of nowhere, I felt someone just yank me off my bicycle. I see a black revolver in his left hand, and I just know I'm going to die. He hated women and enjoyed exercising power over women. This guy was the worst demon you'd ever want to know. I took my blindfold off, and then I turn around and I just start running. Real people who faced death and lived to tell how. This is I Survived a Serial Killer. I am Lisa McVeigh Nolan, and I survived a serial killer. Back in 1984, I was a 17-year-old little girl. I was living in Tampa, and I worked at a donut shop. It was November 2nd. I had went to work like any other day. And at 2 o'clock in the morning into November 3rd, I started to run my bicycle home from work. As I'm pedaling my bicycle, I come to an intersection of a church, and I noticed in the church parking lot was a car parked. It just struck me odd. The road was dark. It was frightening, but I had to get home. So I just keep pedaling. Then out of nowhere, I felt someone just yank me off my bicycle. A man put his arm around my neck, and next thing I know, I felt the cold steel barrel of a gun to my left temple. He drug me to the car. He threw me into the car. I noticed it was maroon-colored car, white seats. He orders me to take all my clothes off. And at that moment, I knew this guy was the worst demon You'd ever want to know. Randy Latimer is a retired sergeant from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Six months before Lisa was abducted, we found a victim that had been murdered next to the interstate. Lana Long was a dancer. I pulled at night. She started fighting and screaming, and I just tied her up. Lana Long had a ligature around her neck, and she had been raped. Dad tells me that we're dealing with a sick, sick person. Two weeks after we discovered Lana Long, we found the body of 22-year-old Michelle Sims. This is the voice of Bobby Joe Long. The same thing with Long. I tied her up, had sex with her. I tried to strangle her, but it didn't work. And then I stabbed her with the knife, the neck. We sent the evidence off to the FBI lab, and Lanolong and Michelle Sims both had this red carpet fiber on their bodies. The fiber came from a car. At this point, we felt that the two cases were similar enough to where we needed to keep them together. Larry Pinkerton is a retired sergeant from the Tampa Police Department. They had some physical evidence, but no suspects, no person of interest. After my abduction, he decides to tie my wrists up in my legs and blindfold me. I was scared, but at the same time, I was going to do whatever it took to survive. I'm thinking, if he blindfolds me, how am I going to see anything? So I would tighten my jaw to make the blindfold loose. And it worked. At any given moment, I was able to peek beneath the blindfold. I had to try to see if I can identify anything in the car that would help me recognize the car again if I was to go to the police. And then I saw the word Magnum on the dashboard. I just categorized it in my mind Magnum PI. So I can remember to the T of what type of car I might have been in. And that's when he ordered me to perform an oral act on him. When there's a person that has a gun to your head, you tend to do what they say, because at any given moment, you're risking your own life. Afterwards, we went on about a 20-minute drive. Eventually, he pulls over. He orders me to get dressed. And then he gets out of the car, and I'm praying the Lord's Prayer because I'm thinking he's going to rape me. He's going to shoot and kill me. Next night, he grabs my arm, and we walk up to a door. He opens the door. We enter the apartment. I still blindfolded but all my senses were extremely heightened I can hear the sound of a box fan He removes my ligatures my blindfold insisting and demanding that I keep my eyes shut. And he escorts me into the bathroom. He puts me into the shower. Then he climbs in the shower with me. Then he bathes me. It was almost like he was living out a fantasy, as if we were just two lovers in the shower. It was just odd. But then he orders me out of the shower, and that's when the first attack happened. He got enraged. He threw me down on the back and floor and just brutally raped me. It was horrible. When Lisa was abducted, she knew that she was in trouble. But I really don't think she knew just how close she was coming to die. From June of 1984, for the next six months, law enforcement was involved in four more finds of bodies of women. Of those four women, one of them was shot and the other three were strangled. There was also red carpet fibers found on three of the four women. We felt without a doubt that these additional four murders also joined the first two that we were working already. We knew then we were dealing with a serial killer. But they had no suspect, no witnesses. The city was on edge with this murderer in their midst. Authorities are urging everyone to be on the lookout for any suspicious activity. I had to believe that he would be caught. The problem was how many more women would die before we got a break in that case. After the attack in the bathroom, he gets me up, walks me into the bedroom. He escorts me to the bed. He retires my wrists and my ankles, re-blindfolds me again. I lost count how many times he attacked me. I asked why he was doing this. He said he was getting back at women in general due to a recent bad breakup. It was a clue for me to be able to get inside his head. I can coddle him at all times to basically keep myself alive. About 3 o'clock the next morning, he says, what am I going to do with you? And I said, listen, we can stay together. We don't have to tell people how we met. You seem like a really nice guy, and I'll take good care of you. I had to use basically reverse psychology. Like, he finally got someone to care about him. But then he told me he couldn't keep me. It wouldn't work out. Then he took me back to the car. We got in the car. And I really for sure thought he was going to kill me. Finding the one can feel impossible. And in today's world, it's even harder. False profiles, inaccurate pictures, incompatibilities, ghosting on dates. Is this sounding familiar? But if you're ready to make your move to a new place, it doesn't have to feel like dating. All it takes is a simple search on apartments.com to find your perfect match. 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It was 26 hours that this monster had me in captivity I come this far I going to do exactly what he says I was blindfolded but I could see beneath my blindfold and I knew exactly where we were. After we leave the ATM machine, he pulls into his side of a business and parks the car. And then he gets me out of the car. He goes, I need you to stand here for five minutes. Is he going to shoot me now in the back? Is he going to kill me? But just as quick as he took me, he drove off. And I'm standing there, I'm frozen. And I'm thinking to myself, what just happened? I was in shock that I was still alive. I took my blindfold off. Then I turn around, and I just start running. I just was so afraid of him coming back to kill me. It was a half a mile to run home. And it seemed like the house was getting further and further away. But eventually, I made it back to my grandmother's house. My grandmother calls the police. I had to go to the hospital. I had to have a rape kit done. It was almost like being violated all over again. It was horrible. But I did it. I had to do it. And that's when they decided to take my clothes for evidence. I took Lisa's statement. Her story of what happened was in such detail that it was like a plot for a movie. I said to myself, this man could be the serial killer of all six women. We made sure that the evidence from all these cases were compared to the evidence from Lisa. November 14th, we got the results back on the analysis of Lisa's clothing. The FBI lab told us that we had a match with the red carpet fiber with hers and the other murder victims. And so we knew now that she had been abducted by our serial killer. Now, we not only have evidence, we have a live witness. Lisa is the key to everything. But after Lisa reported her abduction to the police department, We found two more bodies. Authorities are responding to skeletal remains found in a pasture in Pasco County. We've got eight women murdered. Now we're racing against time because we've got to find him and stop him before he kills again. We don't need any more evidence. We need him. Lisa had so many pieces of good information. She knew they were at an ATM machine, so that led us directly to the bank. who was opinionated their ATM records from the night that she was abducted. Because of the description that Lisa gave us of a car, everyone was looking for the Dodge Magnum. We were able to get a printout from the Department of Motor Vehicle of all Dodge Magnums in Hillsborough County, and we were able to compare the two lists. One name was the only name that showed up on each list. Her name was Robert Joe Long. November 16th, about two weeks after Lisa was abducted, we were able to find his car in the parking garage of the movie theater, and when he came out of the movies, he was taken down and arrested. The task force announced the arrest of Long at 11 o'clock this evening, and here he is, 31-year-old Robert J. Long. Larry Pinkerton told me about Robert Joe Long's arrest. I was relieved that he'd finally been caught and that he couldn't do this to women anymore. He's covering his face with his manacled arms. He's now in the car. The car now pulling away. Robert J. Long, charged here in Hillsborough County tonight. We were able to get a search warrant for his automobile and in searching Long's car, we were able to find the red carpet fibers. It was the same fibers in Lisa's case and the murder cases. We took Long to the sheriff's office to ask him if he was involved in the rape and abduction of Lisa. And after a period of time, he admitted that he did abduct her. So then I threw out the pictures of all the homicide victims and asked him if he knew any of them. He hung his head down and finally he looked up and I was surprised at what we got. I don't know about you, but I like keeping my money where I can see it. Unfortunately, it feels like the big wireless companies like keeping it too. 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And he said that he had been dubbed the classified ad rapist. What other rapes did you do, Bob? We were sent down to Miami and Lauder deal. He terrorized this area for a long time. They were on high alert and they were scared. He would read a classified ad, he'd go to their house, and if it was a woman by herself, then he would rape her. He said that he probably raped more than 50 women. That's when he said, and I knew when I took Lisa and let her go, that I was going to get caught. I had a pretty good idea she could see underneath the blindfolds. And it was a real problem we were trying to decide if I should let her go or not. I didn't want her. This guy, he knew what he was doing. He had me. I could have been dead. I could have been lying down in some ditches somewhere. I think the reason why I was the only one that made it out was because I did what I had to do to get him to listen with his heart instead of just his evilness he had in his mind. And it worked. He killed 10 women. We've only found 10, but I think he killed more than 10. September 24, 1985, Long pled guilty to the murder of eight women and the abduction of Lisa, Long received more than two dozen life sentences and one death sentence for the murders. After 34 years, Bobby Jolong, the man convicted of raping and brutally murdering Tampa Bay women, is scheduled to be executed. I chose to go to Robert Jolong's execution because I'm stronger than ever, and I needed to close that chapter of my life. Bobby Jalon, thank you. Thank you for choosing me instead of another 17-year-old little girl. The reason why I say thank you now is because I have forgiven you for what you have done to me. Lisa is now a deputy for the Hildesburg County Sheriff's Office and she is now and always will be my hero. I became a deputy because of what I've been through in my life. There's times I get victims of rape and I tell them my story to show them this doesn't mean you can't make something of yourself. 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