2: Episode 2: The Kidnapper

Obsessed with: Abducted in Plain Sight

Obsessed With: Abducted in Plain Sight

True Crime

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

It's been a year since the smash hit documentary Abducted in Plain Sight premiered on Netflix and set the internet ablaze with shock, fascination, disbelief, and rage over the story of 12 year-old Jan Broberg who was kidnapped TWICE by her neighbor and family friend Bob Berchtold. This four-part series goes behind the scenes of the documentary and shares new interviews with Jan and her parents, deleted scenes, shocking plot lines cut from the film, never-before-heard audio journals from the kidnapper and his wife recovered by the FBI, and so much more.

In episode 2 we're taking a hard look at the kidnapper, Robert Berchtold. We'll share clips of a truly insane plot line left out of the film, you'll hear Jan read an excerpt of an unpublished manuscript written by Berchtold about his affair with her mother, you'll hear from Joe Berchtold--the kidnapper's brother and the only member of the Berchtold family willing to speak to the filmmakers--, and we'll discuss new information that led to Jan Broberg being kidnapped twice.

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0:00.0	My name is Patrick Heins and the co-host of True Crime Obsessed Podcast.
0:04.4	Welcome to episode 2 of Obsessed with Abducted in Plainsight.
0:13.6	In episode 2 we're taking a hard look at the kidnapper, Robert Birchtold.
0:18.3	We'll share clips of a truly insane plot line that was left out of the film.
0:23.2	You'll hear Jan read an excerpt of an unpublished manuscript written by Birchtold
0:27.8	about his affair with her mother.
0:29.2	You'll hear from Joe Birchtold, the kidnapper's brother,
0:31.9	and the only member of his family who was willing to speak to the filmmakers.
0:35.1	And we'll discuss new information about the circumstances that led to Jan Broberg being kidnapped.
0:42.8	To recap.
0:46.2	Here's what we learned about the kidnapper from the film Abducted in Plainsight.
0:49.6	Robert Birchtold and his family moved to Poca-Tella Idaho in June of 1972.
0:54.9	The Birchtold met the Broberg family in church.
0:57.8	And the two families almost immediately struck up an intense and seemingly wonderful friendship.
1:03.2	You know between the Brobergs and the Birchtold family there was a best friend for everyone.
1:07.4	We had some of our best family times when we were with the Birchtold family.
1:11.4	Birchtold was great with the kids, but had an eye for one of them in particular,
1:15.8	and her parents took notice.
1:17.3	He did give special attention to Jan that annoyed both Bob and I.
1:22.0	What Jan's parents couldn't have known was that Birchtold was a pedophile
1:25.8	with a history of thwarted attempts to abuse little girls.
1:29.2	And Jan was his new obsession.
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