Abducted in Plain Sight

TeresaBelle · Feb 1, 2019

I watched this documentary on Netflix last night, and it left me flabbergasted!!! Has anyone else seen it? It's about the kidnapping of Jan Broberg in Idaho in the 1970's... and so much more! Very disturbing!!

Donaldswife · Feb 1, 2019

TeresaBelle said:
I watched this documentary on Netflix last night, and it left me flabbergasted!!! Has anyone else seen it? It's about the kidnapping of Jan Broberg in Idaho in the 1970's... and so much more! Very disturbing!!

I watched it the other night. I found myself shaking my head and say "What the Hell" at least 10 times while watching. The whole story left me flabbergasted! SO MUCH CRAZY!!!

TeresaBelle · Feb 1, 2019

Donaldswife said:
I watched it the other night. I found myself shaking my head and say "What the Hell" at least 10 times while watching. The whole story left me flabbergasted! SO MUCH CRAZY!!!

Agree! I can't believe the parents... I have an extremely hard time believing they were that naïve. 1970's or not!

cayennews · Feb 1, 2019

I have not seen this, but now I am intrigued. I'll have to look it up in Netflix.

disykat · Feb 1, 2019

I watched it last night. Part of me gets that he was super manipulative, but it's truly hard to believe the extent to which they were brainwashed into believing the crazy things he said. However, people get involved with crazy cults and one of the big components of most cults is to basically abandon their children to the leaders so it's not that unheard of.

Soldier's*Sweeties · Feb 1, 2019

I can’t believe that those parents were that naive. There was a major parenting/psychological issue going on with those two. It’s almost unbelievable the way they describe it.

TeresaBelle · Feb 1, 2019

disykat said:
I watched it last night. Part of me gets that he was super manipulative, but it's truly hard to believe the extent to which they were brainwashed into believing the crazy things he said. However, people get involved with crazy cults and one of the big components of most cults is to basically abandon their children to the leaders so it's not that unheard of.

I agree. This documentary seemed to downplay the religious aspects, and not a word about cult activity. There must be more to the story!

Soldier's*Sweeties said:
I can’t believe that those parents were that naive. There was a major parenting/psychological issue going on with those two. It’s almost unbelievable the way they describe it.

I know! I kept feeling like I was being punk'd!

Soldier's*Sweeties · Feb 1, 2019

The part that got me was the sexual encounter with the father. He just did what any good friend would do??? Like wut......the.....heck.

TeresaBelle · Feb 1, 2019

Soldier's*Sweeties said:
The part that got me was the sexual encounter with the father. He just did what any good friend would do??? Like wut......the.....heck.

YES! That, and the "therapy" they allowed him to use Jan for. Sleeping in her room 3/4 nights a week!! WHO in their right mind would allow that???

RangerPooh · Feb 1, 2019

I watched it this week. I had to wonder about therapy received and how much the parents actually knew. If your child was being predated on by a friend wouldn't you have done something? B was doing things that should have sent up red flags early on. And the whole alien thing was just bizarre.

disykat · Feb 1, 2019

I thought the "what any good friend would do" words were B's, not the fathers. I agree that it is shocking that he would fall for it. It's a big reason I think there was cult like brainwashing going on. He felt it was wrong, but felt he had to do it anyway. I think the "do it for the greater good" idea was put into play long before "the mission." B somehow became their God figure.

Diznygrl · Feb 1, 2019

I watched it last week and yeah, WOW is the right word for this bizarre story. I know it was a small town in the 70s, and yes maybe they hadn't ever heard of the word pedophile or could comprehend the possible existence of such a person (I've seen other documentaries about various subjects that make the same claim), but my goodness! To be that completely naive is just staggering to me. If there really was something else going on with this family related to cult activity or whatnot then I'm disappointed that the documentary didn't share that info. It would definitely give this story a bit more perspective.

Soldier's*Sweeties · Feb 1, 2019

disykat said:
I thought the "what any good friend would do" words were B's, not the fathers. I agree that it is shocking that he would fall for it. It's a big reason I think there was cult like brainwashing going on. He felt it was wrong, but felt he had to do it anyway. I think the "do it for the greater good" idea was put into play long before "the mission." B somehow became their God figure.

The kidnapper (I don’t want to get the names mixed up) convinced the father to “relieve” him. The father said he was just doing what any friend would do... Or something along those lines.

disykat · Feb 1, 2019

ick ick ick. Like everyone has said, it is unthinkable. That's why I think it was brainwashing in a cultish way. Somehow they were convinced there was some sort of greater good they were working for. They may not have been the brightest bulbs, but I didn't pick up on any lack of IQ, developmental disabilities or anything like that. The fact that they were willing to publicize their part in falling for this is certainly questionable IMO, but maybe they truly felt they would be educating other vulnerable people? Somehow they've all moved forward and forgiven both the parents for their part in this, so kudos to them for that. The love and loyalty of their now adult children certainly speaks well of the parents so there had to be some functionality there.

jaybirdsmommy · Feb 6, 2019

This whole story is horrific, but what really creeped me out the most was B's brother and how matter of factly he talked about his brother's liking little girls. Like, "I don't get it, but whatever makes him happy - he was a great car salesman." Just weird.

RangerPooh · Feb 6, 2019

jaybirdsmommy said:
This whole story is horrific, but what really creeped me out the most was B's brother and how matter of factly he talked about his brother's liking little girls. Like, "I don't get it, but whatever makes him happy - he was a great car salesman." Just weird.

And that should have been a red flag that something was off/wrong with him. Maybe I'm too young, but was pedophilia not as terrible of a thing at that time as it is today? It seems like it should have been noticed and reported. Were they so completely brainwashed as to not report it or were reports not followed up? I know that B threatened to expose the parents sexual acts outside of marriage, but was common sense non existent? You need to report when your child is being sexually abused.

jaybirdsmommy · Feb 6, 2019

RangerPooh said:
And that should have been a red flag that something was off/wrong with him. Maybe I'm too young, but was pedophilia not as terrible of a thing at that time as it is today? It seems like it should have been noticed and reported. Were they so completely brainwashed as to not report it or were reports not followed up? I know that B threatened to expose the parents sexual acts outside of marriage, but was common sense non existent? You need to report when your child is being sexually abused.

I think the mother was. It sounds like she was just as infatuated with him as the daughter was. She put the child on a plane and sent her to him. I think the father was just scared of being exposed.

I'm not quite as old as Jan, but yes, pedophilia was a known thing back then. It wasn't called that, and really wasn't talked about, it was just known that you kept your kids away from certain people, because they were "funny."

They did report it, then when he threatened to "out" the father, they dropped the charges against him.

LSUmiss · Feb 6, 2019

jaybirdsmommy said:
This whole story is horrific, but what really creeped me out the most was B's brother and how matter of factly he talked about his brother's liking little girls. Like, "I don't get it, but whatever makes him happy - he was a great car salesman." Just weird.

I know! He was also bizarre the way he described B’s suicide.

kashzan · Feb 6, 2019

I watched this and honestly it made me so angry. I actually think that my anger was more directed at the parents than at anyone else.
They ALLOWED that monster "B" to pretty much do what ever he wanted to do with their child.
The mother had an affair with him after he kidnapped and had sex with her child..What was wrong with her.
How can any parents (or any adult) be that naive.
It just makes me furious that people like like actually raised children
Sorry for the rant !!!

VandVsmama · Feb 6, 2019

I'm only a few minutes in to this documentary right now, but holy cow! So disturbing.

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