The Kidnapping Of Jan Broberg (A Friend Of The Family Review)

Not Another True Crime Podcast

Betches

Comedy, True Crime, Society & Culture

3.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Sara and Danny are back to discuss the multiple kidnappings of Jan Broberg by Robert Berchtold, which took place during the 70s in Idaho. They cover all the details of the story, and how Robert was able to gain the confidence of Jan's parents before kidnapping her multiple times. They also talk all about the recent drama series based on the story: what it got right, and where it missed the mark. RESOURCES: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jan-broberg-kidnapping-friend-of-family-peacock-b2197093.html https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/jan-broberg-bob-berchtold-real-life-a-friend-of-the-family Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Premier League is exciting.
0:04.0	It's exhilarating.
0:08.0	And sometimes it's...
0:11.0	So when you need something to help you ride the highest and loads of all that action,
0:17.0	grab a Coke to keep you in the game.
0:20.0	Time to refresh. Time for a Coke. Coca-Cola,
0:25.0	official partner of the Premier League. Welcome back everybody to Not Another True Crime Podcast. I'm Sarah Levine. And I'm Danny Murphy, where your partners in wine, crime, and time. And Sarah, I'm glad you're back this week. Oh, yes, I know. I don't know, man. The booster just, I think, knocked me out. And, like, I was just like, I'm really sorry really sorry guys but I need to nap.
0:54.4	Columbia also was really trying me that day.
0:56.6	Like I had an 8 a.m. meeting, a 5 p.m. meeting. But one was on Zoom. One was in person, right? That's intense. Yes. I was like, what the fuck is wrong with you guys? And then I had to go to class. I was like, oh, wow. No. So they tried me, but I prevailed.
1:12.2	We did use your absence as a PSA to
1:14.2	get your booster even if you might be knocked out for a day because yeah so i mean i got some good
1:20.3	naps in like i've never been able to nap and i was just like you know what oh i'm just going
1:27.0	going back for 45 minutes.
1:28.4	Yeah, that was good.
1:29.5	But yeah, I got your booster, guys.
1:31.7	I feel like there was something I also wanted to say that I just don't remember, but happy
1:37.7	to be back.
1:38.3	I did watch that submarine documentary and, wow.
1:44.7	Crazy, right?
1:45.6	Yeah, yeah.
1:46.7	It was crazy.
1:47.4	But today we're going to be talking about something even crazier.
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