When Shasta Groene was eight years old, she survived 47 days in the forest with the serial killer and apex child predator who’d killed her family and abducted her: Joseph Edward Duncan.

Her tale of survival in the hands of this brutal monster is beyond harrowing and disturbing, but it is also a tale of resilience, hope, and, eventually, healing.

Listener discretion is strongly advised.

MURDER COASTER PODCAST

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REFERENCES:

Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home by Gregg Olsen. Thomas & Mercer, August 1, 2025. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1662522420

STOLEN IN THE NIGHT by Gary C. King. Smp, February 6, 2007. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250092915

The Fifth Nail: The Journals of Joseph Edward Duncan III. Independently published, April 2, 2022. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8445861003

The Seattle Times July 12, 2005 "Fargo businessman helped Idaho suspect make bail"

The Seattle Times. November 4, 2005 "Brother of molester Duncan speaks for first time"

The Spokane Review July 6, 2005 "Duncan's History: By age 17 he fit definition of a sexual psychopath"

KHQ NEWS October 29, 2015 Shasta's Story: Shasta Groene's new path 10 years after tragedy | Spokane News | khq.com

People Magazine, April 4, 2024 by Angel Saunders. Serial Killer Survivor Shasta Groene's Home Burns Down

Oparah Daily, July 22, 2025 by Shasta Groene McClain Exclusive: I Survived the Serial Killer Who Murdered My Family

THE SPOKESMAN REVIEW, August 1, 2025 by Cannon Barnett 20 years after escaping serial killer who murdered family, Shasta Groene McClain returns to Coeur d'Alene for book signing

The Cinemaholic, June 6, 2022 by Visa Vanapalli Shasta Groene Now: Where is Brenda Groene's Daughter Today? Update

US Department of Justice March 28,2021 District of Idaho | Convicted Child Murderer Joseph Edward Duncan, III, Dies on Death Row | United States Department of Justice

AP March 31, 2021 by Nicholas K. Geranios 'My soul is lighter': Serial killer's death brings closure | AP News

Newsweek, March 29, 2021 by Anders Anglesey Joseph Edward Duncan, Serial Killer Who Slaughtered Family, Dies on Death Row - Newsweek

Joseph Edward Duncan - Wikipedia