Robert Berchtold's reign of terror on the Broberg family - True Crime Compendium

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The story of Robert Berchtold's double kidnapping of Jan Broberg is so bizarre and tragic, that you may find it unbelievable.

In the 1970s, Jan Broberg was kidnapped twice by family friend, Robert Berchtold. First when she was 12, and again when she was 14.

She was abducted twice because after the first time, Jan's parents signed affidavits stating they'd given Berchtold consent to take Jan away with him, which was a lie.

Although we may think we have come a long way from the culture that played a part in this horrifying story, when it comes to childhood sexual assault, the statistics haven't changed.

Some audio from this episode has been taken from "A Friend of the Family", a new True Crime series coming exclusively to 7plus on October 25, 2023.

If you have been affected by anything discussed in this episode you can contact:

Lifeline on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)

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0:25.8	This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests.
0:29.1	So please consider this your warning that it's not suitable for children and it probably will
0:33.8	contain content that may be triggering to some people. Also it's an Australian
0:38.4	true crime podcast so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
0:42.0	listeners should be aware it may contain the voices of deceased people.
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1:51.0	Mary Ann, Bob, why don't you stay down?
1:57.0	I'm not sure how to put this, but...
2:00.0	Do you know what a pedophile is?
2:08.0	Is it a medical term? Well, uh, actually, I'm just, I'm just hearing the word for the first time myself.
2:13.8	Apparently it's a condition where an adult man develops a
2:20.7	fixation on young girls.
2:23.0	fixation?
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