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A Friend of the Family is an American biographical crime drama television miniseries. Based on true events, it focuses on Robert Berchtold, who in the 1970s sexually abused and twice kidnapped Jan Broberg. The show stars Jake Lacy as Berchtold, and Hendrix Yancey and Mckenna Grace as Broberg at different ages.
Nov 10, 2022 · Anna Paquin as Mary Ann Broberg, Mckenna Grace as Jan Broberg, and Colin Hanks as Bob Broberg Courtesy of Peacock. The ugly and bitter truth of insidious and pervasive child sexual abuse (1 in...
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A Friend of the Family: Created by Nick Antosca. With Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks, Lio Tipton, Anna Paquin. The harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years in the 1970s by a charismatic, obsessed family "friend."
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Aug 9, 2022 · How A Friend of the Family Turns a Horrific Abduction Saga Into Something Beyond True Crime. In a Vanity Fair exclusive, Abducted in Plain Sight subject Jan Broberg and an all-star creative...
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Her harrowing ordeal began when Berchtold and his wife and kids moved to the Brobergs' middle-class neighborhood in Pocatello, Idaho, in 1972 and became fast friends. The Brobergs became so close to Berchtold — or "B" as they called him, short for Bob — that she and her parents considered him family, she says. But, as she points out, child molester...
Delving into the series' difficult subject matter wasn't easy for Broberg or the cast, she says. Jake Lacy, who plays Berchtold, "was amazing to work with," she says. When they first met, "He was scared. I was scared. And now we've become these great friends." Lacy played the part of the charismatic, seeming-"good father" really well, she says. "An...
Broberg's story has been told before. In 2003, her mother wrote the book Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story. Heavily redacted, it hid the fact that Berchtold had sexually seduced both parents in order to get to their daughter. In 2019, Broberg's surreal story was the subject of the shocking Netflix documentary, Abducted in Plain Sight. A Frien...
Based on the book by Jan Broberg, the series dramatizes how a neighbor groomed her parents and abducted her twice. Broberg, now a producer, shares her story and how she coped with the trauma.
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Oct 3, 2022 · Based on the documentary "Abducted in Plain Sight", this series follows the harrowing story of Jan Broberg, who was kidnapped twice by a friend of her family in the '70s. The show explores the manipulation, betrayal, and trauma of the Broberg family and their neighbors, with Jake Lacy as the charismatic but evil Bob Berchtold.
The harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose young daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times in the 1970s by a charismatic, obsessed family "friend." Devoted to their faith, family and...
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