Abducted in plain sight - Netflix - WTF?

[mrsm43s]

I've just watched this and I'm actually speechless. The amount of times I had to pick my chin up off the floor! Mum shags daughters abuser, and Dad gives him "relief". And allowing him such access to their daughter even after he abducted her the first time! Then the brainwashing, the aliens?

I'm really struggling to take this at face value - no parents could possibly be that naive, surely? There's lots of different stuff at play - their religion, their manipulation, the social climate in the 1970s.

Without a shadow of a doubt, this child was failed by her parents. But were they duped, naive and manipulated, or was there more going on? Were they complicit?

I'd love to know what others think. This has been one of the most thought provoking docs I've watched since Dear Zachary.

I'm watching it now and it is sick. At the very least...the parents failed her. At worst... they were in on it.

I can't believe I've seen memes about this show. If it's really a true story then that's sick af.

I can't believe I've seen memes about this show. If it's really a true story then that's sick af
The memes I've seen have been about how bizarre and messed up the story was and the absurdity of the parents behaviour.
More or less saying what everyone is thinking!

I watched this last night.

I agree people were much more naive back then. I agree with the detective that you knew all about "stranger danger", but what a stranger might do, and paedophiles... no. Lots of "nasty" things were not spoken about, either.

However, these parents are in a class of their own. Not reporting her disappearance in the first place! However clueless about people I was, I'd be having a pink fit if dd disappeared. Even if it was nothing sinister, you'd be afraid there had been a car accident or something.

And then the sexual activity of the parents with "B". Both of them! And the mother carrying on after the kidnapping! It just doesn't make any sense. I agree that the parents sailed their dd down the river for the sake of their reputations and proclivities.

Sorry for reviving an old thread but I just watched some of this. Gave up in disbelief after the hand relief in the car confession. These parents aren't dim or innocent at all. They are complicit lying bastards. I think they were active and knowing enablers. That mother!

I thought I'd killed the thread!

I think when the Brobergs wrote book/participated in documentary they envisaged being lauded as survivors. It goes without saying that of course the B character was evil, but most people's reaction is that the parents were absolutely derelict of duty. As the FBI bloke said, if the parents had reported their daughter missing straightaway in the first place and cooperated with police, B would have been sent to prison for 20 years and the subsequent events wouldn't have happened.

Agree that the parents would not imagine for a moment that they would be viewed badly after the airing.