"I should have been one of the victims."
On a summer day in 2017, Sean Cribbin walked into an encounter that should have ended his life.
He didn't know he had been drugged.
He didn't know he had been restrained.
He didn't know he had come face-to-face with one of Canada's most notorious serial killers.
He only knew one thing months later:
He survived.
Walking Out of the Storm is a gripping, deeply personal true story of survival, trauma, and the long road back from the unthinkable.
At the centre of one of Canada's most shocking criminal cases?the Bruce McArthur murders?Sean shares, for the first time, the reality of what it means to be:
- a victim
- a witness
- and a survivor carrying the weight of those who didn't make it
This is not just a true crime story.
It is a raw and unfiltered journey through:
- survivor's guilt and PTSD
- public exposure and media scrutiny
- victim blaming and societal judgement
- the fight to reclaim identity after trauma
With courage and brutal honesty, Sean takes readers inside:
- the moment everything changed
- the investigation that followed
- the courtroom, the headlines, and the aftermath
- and the ongoing battle to heal
But above all, this book is a tribute.
A tribute to the eight men who lost their lives.
A tribute to those who continue to fight unseen battles.
And a powerful reminder that survival is not the end of the story
it's the beginning of something far more difficult.
