Captive Audience

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True Crime, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Performing Arts, Panel, Writer, Crime, Author, Review, Arts

4.4 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In 1972, seven-year-old Steven Stayner was kidnapped and raised by his abductor under an assumed name. At age 14 he made his escape and returned home. Reporters couldn’t get enough of the miraculous story, and a TV miniseries captivated the nation. But there was no storybook ending for the Stayners. The following years brought conflict, tragedy, and an unthinkable crime. The Hulu documentary “Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story” follows the ordeals of Steven and Cory Stayner. It supplements its historical footage with clips from the 1989 TV miniseries and with research interviews from its screenwriter. It shows how a story can be manipulated and how the media can treat you like heroes one day - and villains the next.

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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.
0:23.6	Crime Riders on is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime, pop
0:27.8	culture, other podcasts.
0:29.9	And on this episode, a young boy is kidnapped for seven years.
0:35.4	Even after returning home, a happy ending eluded his family.
0:39.9	We'll talk about the Hulu documentary, captive audience.
0:44.0	Joining me to get that done and more is True Crime author, TV journalist and host of
0:49.0	these are their stories podcast, my husband, Kevin Flynn, hello, Kevin.
0:52.4	Hello, Rebecca.
0:53.7	Also with us is private investigator certified pet detective resident cat lady and author
0:58.6	of Dead on Deadline, Lara Bricker.
1:01.2	Hello, Lara.
1:02.5	Hello, Rebecca.
1:04.0	And finally, our resident doubting Thomas, author of the city trilogy, host of strange
1:09.3	arrivals and our Patreon deep dive book club podcast host Toby Ball.
1:14.7	Hello Toby.
1:15.7	Hey, Rebecca.
1:16.7	So Toby, I just wanted to mention a quick thing.
1:19.6	So your last Patreon deep dive book club podcast was a book called the library book, right?
1:24.6	Correct.
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