Until the age of 18, Maude Julien was imprisoned and subjected to tests and drills by her father who wanted to turn her into a superhuman. She escaped her physical confines, but it took more than a decade to be free from the prison that had been constructed in her mind.

People who believe they have electromagnetic hypersensitivity [EHS] report debilitating headaches, pain, ear ringing and heart palpitations in the presence of electromagnetic fields, but some experts say there's no scientific proof for their illness. Piya visits a man in rural Ontario who claims to have EHS to find out how he left the city and outfit his home to find peace.

Saskatoon's Jorgina Sunn traces the drug and gang involvement of her early adulthood back to childhood trauma and abuse. She tells Piya how she escaped a life of crime and pain and what she's doing today to atone for the wrong she's done, and forgive those who've wronged her.

In 2011, Nicole Moore survived a vicious shark attack while on vacation in Cancun, Mexico. A shark bit a 30-centimetre chunk out of Moore's left thigh and bit her left arm, which was eventually amputated. Despite the trauma, Nicole says she isn't afraid of the ocean or of sharks. In fact, she's since become an "amateur expert" on sharks and a shark conservationist.

For 19 years, Perry Bulwer was a member of a religious cult called The Children of God. He moved around world from commune to commune. He had no money of his own. His access to newspapers, TV or radio was completely controlled. Perry talks about how he got out, and why he's still haunted by the experience.

Geoff Eaton has had cancer twice. But for him, surviving treatment didn't mean escaping the effects of the illness. Geoff explains how many people continue to struggle with long-term physical effects of their care, the financial hit of being out of the workforce, social isolation, and the emotional toll of having a near death experience.