November 3, 2025
She Survived Florida’s “Vampire Rapist” — And Lived to Tell the Horrifying Tale
How One Woman Escaped John Crutchley, Florida’s “Vampire Rapist,” After 20 Hours of Torture — And Exposed a Hidden Web of Horror In November 1985, a 19-year-old woman named Laura Murphy was hitchhiking in Florida when she accepted a ride from a seemingly ordinary man. That decision would plunge her into more than 20 hours of unspeakable anguish at the hands of John Brennan Crutchley — a man later dubbed the “Vampire Rapist.” What Murphy endured, and ultimately survived, stands as one of the most shocking cases of sexual violence and torture ever documented in the United States. Her escape












