Stanley Alpert Story on CBS

“Live to Tell,” from the producers of “48 Hours Mystery,” is a provocative limited-run series, featuring unfiltered, first-hand accounts from extraordinary individuals who came face-to-face with death but refused to give in.

On Jan. 21, 1998, the night before his 38th birthday, federal prosecutor Stanley Alpert was walking home in lower Manhattan, when he was kidnapped at gunpoint, triggering a 25-hour hostage ordeal which would range from the horrific to the oddly humorous. Now, Alpert recounts the bizarre events of his kidnapping – from his abduction to his release – in “Live to Tell: The Birthday Party,” Saturday, Dec. 19, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

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