How a 17-year-old Convinced a Serial Killer to Spare her Life

The amazing story of Lisa McVey’s fight for survival against one of America’s most predatory criminals.

Jessie London
7 min readJan 15, 2021

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Lisa McVey had always been a survivor. Growing up a victim of abuse, daughter of a mother with drug and alcohol problems, Lisa was sexually assaulted on a regular basis between 14 and 17…

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Jessie London

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MA Creative Writing (UEA) | PGCE English (Durham) | BA Hons Literature (UNN). Tech Entrepreneur for 15 years. Now a full-time Author & Writer of fiction & fact.

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