American Nightmare: The Kidnapping Hoax That Wasn’t
Killer Psyche
Audible | Treefort Media
4.6 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
When Denise Huskins was kidnapped in 2015, police in Vallejo California were skeptical, convinced she and her boyfriend were carrying out an elaborate hoax. Now, their unbelievable true story is the subject of the Netflix docuseries “American Nightmare,” which details how investigators got it all wrong. Local crime journalist Henry Lee was contacted by the kidnapper Matthew Muller early in the investigation, hoping to use him as a conduit to the press. In today’s Headlines, Henry joins Candice to discuss his role in the case, and how he navigated being pulled into the story himself.
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| 1:14.6 | Please be advised. During my years as a radio host in San Francisco, I got to know a crime reporter named Henry Lee very well. |
| 1:33.5 | He had established quite the reputation |
| 1:36.0 | as the definitive voice on the Crime Bee in the Bay Area. |
| 1:40.4 | I recently watched the Netflix docueries American Nightmare, which details the kidnapping of Denise |
| 1:47.5 | Huskins, a truly strange case that was treated as a hoax by the police. Henry Lee not only covered the case, |
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