Killer Thriller Docu: Abducted in the Middle of the Night by A Complete Stranger but Police Called Her the Real Life “Gone Girl”
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4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Denise Huskins was abducted in the middle of the night from her boyfriend’s house. The police first believed her boyfriend murdered her then when they received a voice recording of Denise alive they were convinced she was copying the movie “Gone Girl”. In a bizarre twist Denise was released 48 hours later and upon her return she realized that the police and media didn’t believe she was actually abducted and were not actually looking for her captor.
Denise Huskins joins Jenn to talk about her horrifying experience and what she endured trying to convince the world that she was indeed kidnapped.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:17.0 | Hi, guys. |
| 0:17.9 | Welcome back to Killer Thriller, Docu Edition. |
| 0:20.3 | I'm your host, Jennifer Fessler. So today we are |
| 0:23.4 | talking about the Netflix docu series American Nightmare. And this story is certainly a nightmare on March 23rd, |
| 0:32.0 | 2015, Aaron Quinn and his girlfriend, Denise Huskins, were asleep in in their home and at 3 a.m. |
| 0:37.8 | They were awoken to a home invader. |
| 0:40.5 | Aaron was tied up and sedated while Denise was abducted from the home and held hostage for 48 hours. |
| 0:46.0 | This case tells the shocking story of these two victims who were believed to be lying by the Vallejo Police Department. |
| 0:54.2 | Law enforcement claimed the case was a hoax and that Denise was following the plot of Gone Girl. |
| 0:59.1 | I don't know if you guys have seen the movie, but they thought that she was a real-life gone girl. |
| 1:05.5 | So this documentary was so hard, as many of them are, most of them are so hard to watch uh and denise is |
| 1:14.9 | the most amazing woman and and Aaron you feel his pain in this and these these two were just |
| 1:22.1 | um brutalized by law enforcement and obviously uh Denise was brutalized by her captor. And we're going to |
| 1:30.1 | talk to her all about it and just sort of talk about the case and the way their words were twisted |
| 1:36.2 | against them. So I'm going to bring in this unbelievable heroic woman. Hello to Denise. Welcome. |
| 1:47.4 | Thank you. Thank you for having me. Thank you so much for being here with us. I have to say first that I'm sure most people when they, you know, begin with an interview, |
| 1:53.5 | want you to know how sorry that they are for everything that you've been through. Documentary is |
| 1:59.3 | it's well done and it's fascinating, but it is also |
| 2:04.4 | so heartbreaking for me as a viewer, I can only imagine what you've gone through in real life |
| 2:10.4 | and real time, and I hope that you're doing okay. Thank you. I appreciate you saying that. |
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