Overview

• Netflix's new docuseries 'American Nightmare' tells the real-life story of Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn, who were victims of a home invasion and abduction in 2015.
• The series highlights the institutional bias in law enforcement and media, as Huskins and Quinn were initially not believed and even accused of staging a hoax.
• The series reveals that the detective assigned to the case used to date Quinn's ex-girlfriend and that basic trauma-informed care was ignored during the investigation.
• The city of Vallejo eventually reached a $2.5 million settlement with Huskins and Quinn.
• The docuseries has been praised for its suspenseful storytelling and damning indictment of the American judicial system.