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- 1. Horseback Riding in American Falls Oct 6, 2022
- B. takes Jan on a trip, but as night looms and they're still not back, the Brobergs grow worried.
- 2. The Mission Oct 6, 2022
- The Brobergs call in the FBI to search for Jan; Jan is tasked with a disturbing responsibility.
- 3. The Gift of Tongues Oct 6, 2022
- As B. deepens his bonds with the Broberg family, Bob starts to feel like he's losing control.
Nov 10, 2022 · Jan Broberg writes about why she shared her story of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of a close family friend in the Peacock TV show.
Nov 7, 2022 · Here's what happened to the real Robert Berchtold, the alleged child predator and subject of Peacock's limited dramatic series A Friend of The Family.
Oct 6, 2022 · Peacock's A Friend of the Family tells the story of a master manipulator and years of abuse and abduction. Here's the truth behind the crimes.
A Friend of the Family is an American true crime drama television miniseries. Based on true events, it focuses on Robert Berchtold, who in the 1970s sexually abused and twice kidnapped Jan Broberg. The show stars Jake Lacy as Berchtold, and Hendrix Yancey and Mckenna Grace as Broberg at different ages.
Oct 6, 2022 · For years, actress Jan Broberg kept the story of childhood sex abuse she endured at the hands of a family friend mostly private. But in 1989, a friend asked her to talk about the abuse at...
Oct 7, 2022 · Broberg, who first shared the true story of her kidnapping in the documentary Abducted in Plain Sight, tells VF about the new Peacock series she helped make, and how it’s helped her heal.
A Friend of the Family: Created by Nick Antosca. With Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks, Lio Tipton, Anna Paquin. The harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years in the 1970s by a charismatic, obsessed family "friend."
Oct 7, 2022 · ‘A Friend of the Family’ on Peacock is based on the true story of Jan Broberg and Robert “B” Berchtold of 'Abducted in Plain Sight.' Here's what happened IRL.
Oct 6, 2022 · A new Peacock drama is based on a mind-boggling 1970s kidnap case in Idaho when a trusted church member and father of five abducted an adolescent family friend twice.
Oct 4, 2022 · How about the fact that Bob Berchtold, a close friend of the Brobergs, didn’t just kidnap Jan and take her to Mexico—he kidnapped her again two years later? How about his technique to brainwash Jan, convincing her that aliens had taken both of them and would destroy her loved ones if she didn’t consent?