100. Abducted By A Sociopath (Part Two)
Dear Little Me
Dawn Chitty
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Harrowing true story of the Broberg family. A Friend Of The Family
Jan Broberg was kidnapped by her neighbour, Robert Berchtold, under the watch of her parents.
Robert Berchtold was a sociopath, perhaps even a psychopath. He lived in a fantasy world and he manipulated EVERYBODY. His entire life revolved around planning and executing this kidnapping and then incredibly, after they were caught and brought home, he abducted Jan a second time.
One in four girls and one in six boys have been sexually assaulted by someone who is familiar to them. Only three percent are attacked by what you would call a stranger. For ninety-seven percent of victims, it’s someone that is acquainted with the child or with the family. These are terrifying statistics and it is the reason Jan continues to share her story to try and bring awareness to how deeply manipulative and easily missed this abuse can be.
Please support Jan in her quest to educate on this important topic by purchasing her book, The Jan Broberg Story https://amzn.to/3TvY15i Listen to her podcast, The Jan Broberg Show www.thejanbrobergshow.com and if it resonates, you can find her community for child abuse survivors, called Thrivivors here www.janbrobergfoundation.org
Also just released, is a new Peacock limited series called A Friend of the Family starring Anna Paquin, Colin Hanks and Jake Lacey which tells Jan's entire story over 9 episodes. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=384474613832473&ref=sharing
If you have a story to share for this podcast please connect with me at www.instagram.com/mybigloveproject or send an email to bigloveproject@iinet.net.au. I would LOVE! to connect with you.
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| 0:00.0 | It's like reading the best true crime story you've ever read, and you just can't put it down, |
| 0:05.7 | and that, to me, is how people really can enter into the psychology of how this master manipulator |
| 0:15.1 | groomer did that, not just to the child, but to the parents, to the siblings, to the congregation, |
| 0:21.6 | to the community, to the neighbors. Everybody loved him and trusted him. And that's what you want |
| 0:28.3 | to see through, so that you can have that little spidey sense on the back of your neck, |
| 0:33.2 | or that little thing that hits your gut for a brief second. And instead of dismissing it, |
| 0:38.7 | the next second, and saying, oh, that's not possible. That's our, you know, he got school teacher |
| 0:44.0 | of the year last year, or oh, that's not possible. She's everybody's favorite, and she takes the kids |
| 0:49.3 | to the movies all the time. It's not possible. You know, instead don't do that, and look, and watch, |
| 0:57.7 | and see how your child responds, because it's so subtle. |
| 1:07.5 | Welcome to how my parents raised me. I'm Dawn Chitty. When we are born, we arrive here as pure |
| 1:14.0 | and perfect souls, and the direction our life takes from that moment is deeply connected to what |
| 1:21.2 | our parents bring to our lives. And what our parents bring to our lives is deeply connected, |
| 1:27.7 | to what their parents brought to their lives. And that's the cycle of families. |
| 1:33.8 | I have always craved connection with real and raw stories to understand what makes you |
| 1:41.2 | you, what makes you the absolutely unique human that you are. Stories are medicine for the soul. |
| 1:50.1 | They can connect us, and they can change the world. And so in this podcast, I'm listening to |
| 1:57.1 | beautiful souls sharing their story. What happened to them, how they got through, and how they |
| 2:03.7 | have healed and thrived despite everything to arrive right here in this moment. Content warning, |
| 2:13.0 | if you are triggered by the themes of this podcast, please seek a help line in your city. |
| 2:20.2 | Hello, my beautiful friends, and welcome back to the podcast. Last week, we heard the incredible |
| 2:30.1 | true story of Jan Broberg and how she was kidnapped twice by a man called Robert Birchtold. |
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