Overview
- The 2019 Netflix documentary recounts Jan Broberg’s two 1970s kidnappings by neighbor Robert Berchtold, drawing from her 2003 memoir.
- Regional outlets report a surge of social-media reactions, with viewers calling the film “absolutely horrifying” and “the craziest ever.”
- Director Skye Borgman describes the interviews and editing as emotionally taxing, characterizing the process as “brutal.”
- The film presents Broberg’s account of grooming and coercive deception, with key interventions by the FBI central to the narrative.
- The documentary remains available to stream on Netflix, where renewed interest is driving fresh discussion.