A Friend Of The Family is set to explore the true story of the Broberg family and the multiple kidnappings of their young daughter, Jan, from a chilling new perspective. Here’s everything you need to know.
Is there a trailer forThere is, and if reading about the case itself wasn’t enough to send shivers down your spine, the new teaserIn it, we get a glimpse of the initially idyllic life of the Broberg’s before their new neighbours move in just two houses away. The Berchtolds are cheery and friendly, but as we see stolen glances between Robert and Jan, we start to get an insight into how Robert really is beneath his façade. “He gets these impulsive moods,” his wife tells Mary Ann.
As we see Robert drive away with Jan sleeping in his car, in a separate chilling scene, Bob is resounded to saying at the Broberg family dinner table: “They were supposed to be back some time ago.”With Jan and Mary Ann producing the series,true crime case. Speaking about her involvement in the new series, Jan says: “We were a loving, trusting, educated family. We were not stupid or careless. So how could this happen in our neighbourhood, where we knew everyone, and everyone was a friend? The truth is that most predators are not strangers but people we know – people who can build trust, create specialShe adds: “This story will make you talk, shout, cry – and it will make you angry. Good.
“In the course of working on this story and talking with others who have worked on it, one thing has become clear: it’s more relatable than it first seems. The Broberg’s story is an extreme point on a continuum that more of us are on than we realise.” He added: “It was a wrenching, complicated story to work on. In addition to the thousands of pages of trial transcripts, FBI notes, interviews and childhood diaries that we were able to use to tell the story, we have had the privilege of working with Jan Broberg herself. We could not and would not tell this story without Jan and her family’s blessing and participation.”A Friend Of The FamilyThe nine-episode series will be available to stream on Peacock from 6 October in the US.
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