A Friend of the Family

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4.4 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Robert Berchtold seemed the perfect neighbor and close friend to the Broberg family. But his fixation on their daughter Jan led him to abduct the girl and flee to Mexico. Parents Bob and Mary Ann were left confused as to why their trusted friend would take their child. But long after their return, Berchtold continued to hold Jan under his spell, keeping each parent at arm's length through blackmail. His diabolical scheme to possess Jan lasted years and threatened to tear the Broberg family apart. Jake Lacy, Anna Paquin, and Colin Hanks star in the Peacock mini-series “A Friend of the Family.” The show recounts the story first told in the shocking documentary “Abducted in Plain Sight.” The dramatization focuses on the interpersonal dynamics between its players while highlighting the bizarre crimes. It’s a cautionary tale on what happens when a master manipulator befriends the easily fooled.

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0:00.0	To get the Crime Riders on Aftershow right now, go to patreon.com slash partners in crime
0:06.0	media.
0:07.0	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Riders on.
0:14.0	Crime Riders on is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime, pop
0:27.5	culture, other podcasts, and on this episode, an Idaho man kidnaps his neighbor's school
0:33.6	age daughter, then does it again when she's a teen.
0:38.5	We'll talk about the Peacock mini series, A Friend of the Family.
0:43.2	Joining me to get that done and more is True Crime author, TV journalist and host of these
0:48.2	other stories podcast, my husband and love of my life, Kevin Flynn.
0:51.5	Hello, Kevin.
0:52.5	I just need relief.
0:53.5	Oh, Jesus Christ.
0:54.5	Just since kid stuff.
0:57.5	Come on.
0:58.5	I cannot.
0:59.5	By the way, do you remember that from down Abby?
1:02.4	What?
1:03.4	There was also that weird moment on down Abby where the guy from down Abby, the dad talked
1:07.4	about that happening in the Lord Grantham or what?
1:10.2	Remember that?
1:11.2	There was a weird, tiny moment in down Abby.
1:13.8	Yes, you to yeah, Lily came across that recently and texted me though.
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