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Necronomipod

Abduction of Jan Broberg

Necronomipod

Cool Down Media

Comedy, True Crime

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Jan Broberg was kidnapped twice — by the same man — while her parents stood by and did nothing. In this episode of Necronomipod, we cover the true crime case behind the Netflix documentary Abducted in Plain Sight: how Robert Berchtold groomed Jan Broberg over years, manipulated her entire family, and carried out not one but two abductions. We break down how Berchtold gained the family's trust, the psychological manipulation and control he built over Jan, how the first kidnapping unfolded, and how he managed to insert himself back into their lives for a second abduction. We also cover the FBI investigation, the eventual reckoning, and where Jan Broberg is today. https://www.necronomipod.com https://www.patreon.com/necronomipod Sponsored by BetterHelp https://www.betterhelp.com/necro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

In 1974, a trusted but perverted family friend took a 12-year-old girl horseback riding.

0:11.0

But instead, drugged her and drove her to Mexico.

0:15.0

He told her aliens had chosen her for a secret mission,

0:19.0

that she had to bear his child to save a dying planet.

0:21.6

While her parents stalled and believed his lies, the FBI traced a call and brought her home.

0:27.6

He pled guilty to kidnapping, but served just 10 days in jail.

0:31.6

After the slap on the wrist, he took the girl again, this time hiding her under a false name at a boarding school.

0:38.3

He kept the alien mission alive, manipulated her parents, and even threatened to burn their lives down if they fought back.

0:45.3

When she finally broke free, new charges followed, but once again, he avoided real prison time.

0:52.3

And years later, another child would come forward with the same story.

0:58.0

This is the story of Jan Broberg.

1:00.7

I'm Mike.

1:01.7

I'm Ian.

1:02.7

And I'm Dave.

1:03.7

If you ever said to yourself, fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, we can't

1:10.3

get fooled again, stick around. Apparently, that is not exactly true. This is Necronomopod. The

1:30.3

The So we were over the weekend a fabulous Daytona 500 race party at Mike Nama Pod's house, tremendous spread, excellent company, good time.

2:00.1

But at one point before the race,

2:01.4

we're sitting around. I said, what is that scent? Smells delightful down here, which led into

2:07.2

probably a 10, 15 minute discussion on candles and scents, bad the body works. And I'm like,

2:13.6

if only everyone could see us now, this is what we actually do in our spare time, sit around and discuss candles and fragrances. I know. As soon as I saw it, that it was book loft. I'm like, oh, yeah, I have that in my office. Like, that's the scent that's going on in the where I record at home. I'm really excited about it. I always forget what they're called. And then, Dave, your wife always has to remind me,

2:36.4

I have like a wallflower plugged in at like the started like the right by the basement steps.

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