A Friend of the Family

“There's one bad guy in my story and it's the predator,” Broberg, who previously explored her story in the documentary "Abducted in Plain Sight," told TODAY.

"This way of telling the story allows the audience to become involved — to see themselves — so they can stop it in its tracks," Broberg told TODAY of the new series. "With these actors, and this production team who cared about the bigger purpose of telling my story, which is to raise awareness and prevention," Broberg said. Berchtold kidnapped Broberg for the first time when she was 12 and took her out of the country to Mexico. During the abduction, Berchtold informed Broberg they were part of an alien mission and that she was chosen to have his child. Broberg has since pursued a career in acting and the film industry. Broberg told TODAY she was initially cautious of a drama series about her story. "There's one bad guy in my story and it's the predator," she continued. 6, with additional episodes releasing weekly (Peacock is part of TODAY’s parent company, NBC Universal). Broberg and her mother, Mary Ann Broberg, were producers on the show — but this isn't Broberg's first foray into the television and movie scene. Broberg We talked about everything. Broberg is now back in the spotlight with the release of "A Friend of the Family," a Peacock series based on the true story of Broberg's abductions, and how family friend Robert "B" Berchtold, her kidnapper, was able to abuse, manipulate and gain the trust of her entire family.

In 2017, Netflix released Abducted in Plain Sight, a true-crime documentary about the bizarre double kidnappings of Jan Broberg in the '70s. Twelve years old at ...

Episode 3, “The Gift of the Tongues,” does the real work of going over how “B” executed his multi-pronged approach to gaining the confidence of each member of the Broberg family with compliments, confidences, and sexual manipululation. And we see how the Morman bubble of traditional patriarchal rules helped groom the women in “B’s” orbit to do as he wished. Patriarch Bob (Colin Hanks) is a florist and the sole provider for his supportive wife, Mary Ann (Anna Paquin), and their three children: Jan (Hendrix Yancey), Karen (Mila Harris), and Karen (Maggie Sonnier). Her framing is an implicit acknowledgement that the details of the case to come are bizarre and outlandish but she lived them, which helps to dispel any sensationalism. The doc revealed the details of what “B” did to hoodwink Jan’s entire family to commit his crimes, but there was something missing about exactly how someone could accomplish what he did with such audacity. Twelve years old at the time, she was the unwitting obsession of close family friend and secret pedophile Robert “B” Berchtold.

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A Friend of the Family is a new true crime drama on Sky about the multiple kidnappings of Jan Broberg in 1970s Idaho. The series is a dramatised version of ...

Episodes will then release weekly on Fridays. A Friend of the Family episodes 1-3 are available on Sky and NOW on Friday October 07 2022. The first three episodes of A Friend of the Family are available to watch from Friday October 07 2022. There are nine episodes in total of A Friend of the Family. [Sky](https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/sky/) and [NOW](https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/now/). A Friend of the Family follows the true story of the multiple kidnappings of Idaho teen A Friend of the Family on Sky: Is it based on a true story? A Friend of the Family in Sky: How many episodes are there? When does it start and how can you watch A Friend of the Family? Shockingly, a friend of the family targeted Jan and abducted her – under her parents’ noses. A Friend of the Family is a new true crime drama on Sky about the multiple kidnappings of Jan Broberg in 1970s Idaho. [A Friend of the Family](https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/a-friend-of-the-family/) – including how many episodes there are, how to watch the show and who’s in the cast…

Peacock's new series delves into the true crime story of Jan Broberg, who kidnapped twice by a family friend.

Her mother, Mary Ann also wrote a book, one with a much shorter title, [ Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story](https://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Innocence-Jan-Broberg-Story/dp/0974515205/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Q55Z6EGQLQAB&keywords=Jan+Broberg+book&qid=1665140827&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjgyIiwicXNhIjoiMC44MSIsInFzcCI6IjAuOTQifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=jan+broberg+book%2Caps%2C74&sr=8-1). She’s been in series such as “Criminal Minds,” “Colony,” and movies such as In Plain Sight, Maniac, The Devil’s Door, and Behind You. When I first heard it, I empathized with the family’s vulnerability, and I felt like I understood their story from the outside. When Jan was 14 he kidnapped her again, relocated, and even enrolled her in school as his own daughter. But the family brought him back into the fold. Now, Broberg’s story has inspired the new limited Peacock series, “A Friend of the Family,” from showrunner, writer, and executive producer Nick Antosca (Brand New Cherry Flavor, The Act, Channel Zero)

A nine-episode limited series based on the harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of ...

This is the story of how their lives were permanently altered – and how they survived. A Friend of the Family – First three episodes available on Peacock from Friday 7 October. A nine-episode limited series based on the harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a charismatic, obsessed family “friend.”

Jan and Mary Ann Broberg helped produce the series bast on their own terrifying true story.

However, what can be said about A Friend of the Family, is that everything about it screams quality. That being said, A Friend of the Family remains dramatically rewarding if uncomfortable for obvious reasons. There is nothing overtly showy about the way Nick Antosca has approached this topic and both Jan and Mary Ann Broberg are listed as executive producers. Shot through with warm copper tones and era-appropriate opening credits, A Friend of the Family ensures that every aesthetic detail is recreated, which consciously pushes audiences back to that time and place. Joint family dinners soon escalate into overnight stays for members of the Broberg family, who have been favored by B and his endlessly ingratiating demeanor. 7 this dramatization of the Broberg case may cause some ripples.

'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.

[Robert kidnapped Jan Broberg](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/abduction-in-plain-sight-netflix-timeline-true-story-details) for the second time. Throughout this tour, [Robert would occasionally show up](https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=127952&page=1) and spin his story to the media, denying that he sexually abused Jan. Following the second kidnapping, [Robert stood trial for the charge of first degree kidnapping but was only sentenced to six months in a mental facility](https://www.ranker.com/list/abducted-in-plain-sight-case-timeline/jodi-smith). He took her to California, where he enrolled her in an all-girls Catholic school and [told the administrators that he was in the CIA](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/abduction-in-plain-sight-netflix-timeline-true-story-details) and needed to keep his and Jan’s information completely private. During these 10 days, Robert convinced a few fellow criminals [to burn down the Broberg’s store](https://collider.com/a-friend-of-the-family-real-history-explained/) for money–and they did. [He then raped her](https://people.com/crime/abducted-in-plain-sight-netflix-documentary-people-explains/), and shortly after, her parents flew to Mexico to find her. Upon returning to the U.S., [Robert was arrested](https://people.com/crime/abducted-in-plain-sight-netflix-documentary-people-explains/) and charged with kidnapping. He continued to send her letters, and Jan still believed she was still on a mission to save her family. Robert became a figure in the Broberg family, [developing intimate and occasionally sexual relationships with *both* Jan's parents](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/jan-broberg-a-friend-of-the-family-abducted-in-plain-sight-1235391982/), Bob and Mary Ann. [pedophile Robert “B” Berchtold](https://www.eonline.com/news/1015608/why-the-unbelievable-true-story-of-abducted-in-plain-sight-really-is-that-disturbing). The Netflix documentary is based on the book, [Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0974515205), making this new Peacock series the third iteration of one of the most-discussed kidnapping cases in recent history. In the 1970s, [Robert abducted Jan](https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-happened-to-robert-berchtold-from-a-friend-of-the-family) two separate times–once when she was 12 and again when she was 14, all in front of her parents’ eyes.