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Chilling true crime documentary left Netflix viewers so disturbed it ‘altered their view of humanity’

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Updated 10:10 16 May 2024 GMT+1Published 10:06 16 May 2024 GMT+1

Chilling true crime documentary left Netflix viewers so disturbed it ‘altered their view of humanity’

Netflix users are flooding to social media after discovering a 'gut-wrenching' true crime documentary set in Idaho first released in 2019

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Netflix users are flocking to social media in horror over a 'gut-wrenching' true crime documentary.

If you've already rewatched the true crime series starring Jennifer Garner multiple times and are in need of a one-off documentary film to get you through the last few days of work, the streaming service has you covered.

Prepare to nibble your nails in anxious anticipation:

Synopsis

The documentary was directed by Skye Borgman - known for 2007's The Cellar Door and 2022's Girl in the Picture - and produced by Top Knot Films.

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It covers the kidnappings of a child from Pocatello, Idaho named Jan Broberg, who was abducted on two different occasions in the 1970s - at the ages of 12 and then 14 - by the same person.

The documentary draws on information detailed in a memoir published by Broberg and her mother in 2003 titled Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story and also includes interview footage with Broberg.

And while the documentary - titled Abducted in Plain Sight, but also known as Forever B - was originally released in 2017 at Mammoth Lakes Film Festival and brought onto Netflix in 2019, some users are only discovering it for the first time, flocking to social media to weigh in with their views.

Abducted in Plain Sight is about two kidnappings which took place in Idaho (Netflix)
Abducted in Plain Sight is about two kidnappings which took place in Idaho (Netflix)

Reaction

The documentary has achieved a solid Rotten Tomatoes' tomatometer score of 74 percent and a matching audience score of 74 percent too and the love - but also terror - for it has spilled onto social media to.

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A user named u/MorganAndMerlin took to Reddit thread r/NetflixBestOf to share certain 'cults/ true crime documentaries' which make them 'question humanity' asking others for more options.

U/ ATipsyBunny replied: "Abducted in Plain Sight."

"This is the one that truly altered my view on humanity," u/Cafrann94 responded.

U/frickjerry wrote: "Yup this is the one to watch OP. Watched it once alone and again with my fiancé. Just as shocking. It’s like every time you think you know the full story they throw in another crazy incident."

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And X users have been left similarly taken aback by the documentary.

The documentary has been reviewed as 'gut-wrenching' (Netflix)
The documentary has been reviewed as 'gut-wrenching' (Netflix)

One X user said: "Abducted in Plain Sight is still one of the wildest documentaries I’ve seen in my life!"

"Had to rewind this documentary at least three times to make sure I heard what was being described. Abducted in Plain Sight (Netflix)," another added.

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And a third commented: "Abducted in Plain Sight. Gut wrenching documentary."

Featured Image Credit: Netflix

Topics: Crime, Film and TV, Netflix, Reddit, Social Media, True crime, US News, Twitter

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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