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The Little Girl Who Lived
Episode 1543
It's finally here! We actually recorded this episode live at Bramble Fest 2025, and we’re joined by Brian and Patrick to dissect the 2025 Lifetime thriller The Little Girl Who Lived.
ABOUT THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVED
When rising crime novelist Alice reveals her childhood abduction in a new book, the killer returns-kidnapping her sister and demanding she rewrite his legacy before cancer takes him for good.
AIR DATE & PLATFORM FOR THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVED
October 5, 2025 | Lifetime Channel
CAST & CREW OF THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVED
- Brittany Bristow as Alice Kerrigan
- Marcus Rosner as Detective Ethan
- Directed by Dylan Pearce
BRAN’S THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVED SYNOPSIS
The movie kicks off with a girl running out of a cabin and hiding. From what? From whom? While running through the woods, her necklace falls off. A bald dude who’s following her picks it up. The little girl makes it to a path and runs into a woman who’s jogging. She says, “Don’t let him find me.”
Cut to author Alice Kerrigan at a reading for her new book. A megafan is asking questions, and Alice drops a bombshell — her next book is going to be a firsthand account of her time with a serial abductor, The Strigoi, who kidnapped her as a kid.
This guy has never been caught, but Alice believes that by now he’s too old to pose a threat and finally feels ready to tell her story. But between the creepy megafan and her big announcement, Alice gets a bit jumpy.
Her cop sister comes to pick her up (very late, FYI), and they finally get to spend some time together. Her sister isn’t thrilled that Alice doesn’t paint the cops in a positive light in her books — and she’s really not thrilled to find out Alice plans to publicly share her story. They get into an argument. It’s not great.
That night, Alice wakes up to banging and booming outside her room. She grabs a lamp that’s lying nearby and goes to investigate. She gets downstairs and — surprise — the house has clearly been burglarized. Stuff is everywhere. But then she discovers the necklace she dropped in the woods as a kid, next to a note attached to a brick:
“You don’t know my story well enough to tell it. Maybe she will.”
Clearly, it’s The Strigoi. Speaking of Strigoi, I know we all know what that means, but let’s say it together:
“Strigoi, in Romanian mythology, are troubled spirits said to have risen from the grave. They can transform into beasts, become invisible, and gain vitality from the blood of their victims.”
Yes, thank you.
Back to the movie: the police show up. Detective Marcus Rosner doesn’t believe her story, nor does he believe it’s The Strigoi. He points out that she announced her new book today, and that probably made her cop sister mad, drink too much, and leave.
So it’s up to Alice to figure this out herself. She examines the brick and sees a number: 55868.
As Alice is walking around trying to find out more about the brick, she bumps into the megafan, Claire. She immediately decides to open up to her (for reasons I don’t understand) and tells her what she’s working on — and the megafan is PUMPED.
Claire pulls up a blog that lists three suspects for The Strigoi:
Dr. Adrian Blake – doctor for three of the missing girls
Charles Mercer – bad guy, convicted of other crimes
The Trenchcoat – a mysterious figure often seen by the railroad tracks
Alice is sure it isn’t Dr. Blake
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