B blackmailed Brobergs parents, Bob and Mary Ann, into signing affidavits claiming he had consent to bring their daughter to Mexico after the first kidnapping, according to the documentary. Yet only 10 minutes of my story made the documentary. I didn't know it was wrong right away. My little sisters not missing. Berchtold vanished from their lives, but managed to avoid going to prison. his) demands if she wanted her family to stay safe. Every hand goes up. Shes gone., The Brobergs relative calm in the face of their 12-year-old daughters abduction by an adult man is one of the most immediately disturbing elements of the story. Watching Jake Lacy become Berchtold was seamless. I really see those things as being almost separate. Born in 23 Oct 1924 and died in 7 Dec 1980 Erie, Pennsylvania Robert F Berchtold Robert Berchtold is an abuser who groomed the Broberg family in order to become close to their 12-year-old daughter Jan. Jan Broberg's abuser convinced her she was the last chance for an alien species. [There] was the brainwashing that was groomed into me before I was kidnapped[like being led to believe] that there were aliens. It did. Directed by Skye Borgman, Abducted in Plain Sight begins in the early 1970s in Pocatello, Idaho. I already knew of Jan, before I was an adult, because Bob had talked about her. Berchtold then fled with Jan to Mexico, where he married her and asked her parents permission to return to the United States and be legally wed under U.S. law. His mother was still alive during the whole ordeal, she would have been 60 years old or so when he abducted Jan, Must have been hard for her witnessing this of her son. Listen and subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Spotify, Stitcher or the ABC News app. Robert kidnapped Jan Broberg, who was only 12 years old girl. Her dad owned Atkin Florist, while her mother was a homemaker. I dont know why, but I did.. Jan begged her parents to let her work with Berchtold for the summer. I did this terrible thingthat part took me until that day I hung up the coat. Robert E Berchtold of Logandale, Clark County, Nevada was born on February 7, 1936. I was sitting on the couch, in my pajamas, flicking through Netflix and trying to find something to watch, when I came across the documentary Abducted in Plain Sight and the face of Robert Berchtold: the man who destroyed my childhood. Berchtold said he was listening to a series of tapes meant to help curb his desire, but also claimed that he would need to spend more time with Jan to help him get over his obsession. Although he ruined Jans childhood, Berchtold never fully paid for his vile crimes against Jan Broberg in prison. After years of intense grooming, Jan started to gain romantic feelings towards Berchtold. Find out more about how we use your information in our privacy policy and cookie policy. A friend sent it to them. In addition, B would consistently show Broberg's parents, Mary Ann and Bob, newspaper clippings of alleged UFO sightings around the country. The affidavits that they signed, they retracted four days later. In a new book, Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story, Felt's mother reveals the details of the actress's childhood memories. That forever changed my DNA. Bob kidnapped Jan twice, whereas he never kidnapped me. Jan, being a child, believed she was in love with him and that they still had to complete their mission. Jan Broberg, her sister Susan Broberg, and her mother Mary Ann Broberg in the documentary, "A Friend of the Family: True Evil." Robert Berchtold passed away at age 69 years old on November 11, 2005. Before we moved to Salt Lake City, my mother had been so overprotective of me that I wasn't allowed to play in the front yard by myself. He brainwashed her with false narratives in order to sexually abuse her. I felt she had dismissed me. He drove her to California, where he enrolled her in an all-girls Catholic school claiming that she was his daughter. He brought her to California and enrolled her in a Catholic school, posing as her father and a CIA agent, according to the documentary. A staff writer for All That's Interesting, Austin Harvey has also had work published with Discover Magazine, Giddy, and Lucid covering topics on mental health, sexual health, history, and sociology. Thats really my mantra: Have a happy childhood at any and every age. Lets figure it out. Jans family waited several days before notifying the FBI, and even after doing so were reluctant to accept that Robert Berchtold had actually done anything wrong. And the sad thing is, unfortunately, you're getting attention from somebody. The next time I stayed at his apartment was the first time I didn't get my "vitamin," so I was conscious during the assault. So that I get to be the doctor. They settled in Utah, where . On the day that I was filmingIm on set and I have a little scene with ColinIm standing there, talking to those two [actors] and all of a sudden, Colin sticks his hand out to Nick and he says, Hello, doctor. And I looked at him and I went, Oh, my gosh, how did you know? [That was one of] my dads funny phrases. We will do a better job. When Bob was 3 yrs old his father passed away and in 1939 his mother married Joseph Ersol Berchtold who raised Bob and . That womans two daughters had been raped and molested [by him], and they ran away from home. Without the Brobergs as witnesses, the court had no way of proving Berchtold was guilty of anything. I wanted to play in the dirt and toss a football. Their childhood was . I was so involved and so consulted and so cared for. He took her inside the motor home and abused her, while I waited outside. By the second kidnapping she had filed for a divorce, Broberg said. Berchtold, it transpires, had repeatedly tried to infiltrate other families with young girls, and had been reprimanded by the high council in his church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, for doing so. The "alien" voice, which Bob pretended was coming from the car itself, said that I should be listening to Bob and doing as he told me. I'd been led up to that moment," Broberg said. After earning the Broberg family's trust with his charismatic personality, Berchtold began grooming daughter Jan (Mckenna Grace and Hendrix Yancey in different time periods) in 1972, and. On Oct. 17, 1974, Robert Berchtold picked up his young neighbor Jan Broberg from her piano lessons in Pocatello, Idaho, so he could, he claimed, take her horseback riding. Robert Berchtold began taking the Broberg kids to school every day and took Jan on activities including horseriding and family vacations. I found my mother's cold reaction to be just what I expected from her. Not trying to sympathize with him, but just curious about his childhood. I could see if the lining was coming out or if I really felt like I needed to put it back on because I needed somebodys empathy or sympathy for what happened to me. Kerry Washington Goes for LaughsAnd TruthIn Hulu Comedy. Idaho, who quickly become close pals with their new neighbor, Robert Berchtold, and his wife and kids. But I didnt know what was missing in the conversation. the way she approached me and the way she smiled and the way she was like, Oh, can we hug? It was [like] watching myself. Berchtold continually raped Jan as he drove his motorhome to Mexico, where the minimum age requirement for marriage was only 12 years old. Or, see how Michaela Garechts kidnapping was finally solved 30 years after her death. Today, Jan Broberg has a "wonderful relationship" with her parents. Jan, Karen and Susan. How many of Berchtolds alleged victims did you hear from? The first abduction occurred when she was just 12 years old and the second, two years later, at the age of 14. As it turned out, Berchtold had helped Jan escape out of her bedroom window that night. Then he twisted that into, They want us to get married, and then everything will be okay. "You have to think again how the grooming happens," Broberg explained. Either it happened to you, Julie, or it happened to somebody close to you. It didn't take long before Bob had his own key and could come and go as he pleased. Thats why Im so grateful to have this series. The nine-episode series, which premiered this week, retells the sagathis time making it clear how a family like the Brobergs could have let Berchtold (plus his wife and young children) into their lives and continue to give the neighbor second chances. Berchtold went from seducing both Bob and Mary Ann, driving them apart while learning their weakness simultaneously. She was rescued by the FBI, who found Broberg and B in his mobile home in Mexico, according to the documentary. I could dig into the pockets. Berchtold would show up to the events and pass out fliers denying anything the Brobergs had to say about him. Peacocks new drama miniseries, A Friend of the Family, is based on the real events of what happened to Robert Berchtold and the Broberg family in the 1970s. He told the Brobergs he needed to sleep in Jans bed. You can never blame them or their family members who didnt know. Vanity Fair: Your story is so complicated, but the show does a great job at laying out this elaborate abduction plan beat by beat to show how Berchtold targeted your whole family. That was a really crazy little period of time. All rights reserved. [The older sister] came to the conference when he showed up with the gun. Thank you for taking the time to have this conversation. March 21, 2004 -- Actress Jan Broberg Felt says her childhood abductor returned when she decided to share her strange and frightening story with the world. Of course, my insecurities show, and my anger pops out. He gave her allergy medication that knocked her out and drove with her to Pasadena, California where he enrolled her in a Catholic school with the alias Janis Tobler, feeding the nuns a fake story about being a CIA agent who needed someone to care for his daughter. Berchtold was born on February 7, 1936 in Tremonton, Utah. I'm insecure and don't feel like I deserve better. Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. But a lot of people just didnt.. I sat down. In 2005, Berchtold was found guilty of the assault committed during the Stolen Innocence book tour. When Jan Broberg shared the story of her stranger-than-fiction kidnapping in the 2017 documentary Abducted in Plain Sight, she did not anticipate the charged response it would elicit. So I didn't feel wanted. Today there are specialists and programs designed specifically to deprogram people who have been brainwashed. The new Peacock drama miniseries, A Friend Of The Family, tells the true story of how kidnapper Robert Berchtold ruined Jan Brobergs childhood. Abducted in Plain Sight was first released as a documentary in 2017 with the title Forever B, but its gained rather more traction this month after being added to Netflixs true-crime library. Cookie Notice (2001), Listen toVFsLittle Gold MenPodcast for Unrivaled Awards-Season Coverage, 2023 Cond Nast. In August 1976, Berchtold convinced Jan to leave her home and come with him, creating the second kidnapping. My mother had four biological sons and she wanted a girl, so she adopted me. That brainwashing, for me, was something that [lasted] a short period of time. You have to have this baby by your 16th birthday. All of that brainwashingI knew that wasnt real when I [later interacted with boys] and had that moment of going, Okay, I havent been vaporized. No word and many, many years have gone by and, you know, can you imagine how awful it would be to discover that this was your dad? I did what I was supposed to do. But when we got to his apartment, his kids weren't there. I looked further and found that his real Dad died when he was 1, and his mother remarried to his Dad's elder brother (common to Mormon faith). And the Broberg family, confessional to a fault, are primed more for honesty than for self-inspection. The Brobergs were going to call the police until Gail Berchtold, Roberts wife, asked them not to. The fascination with potential alien life intersecting with life on Earth was popular in the early 1970s. The hope for Abducted in Plain Sight, Borgman and Jan Broberg Felt have both said, is that it helps end the culture of silence around sexual abuse and assault. According to his obituary: "Robert Ersol Berchtold, 69, of Logandale, died Nov. 11, 2005. My mom was divorced, lonely and didn't want to be alone anymore. The Skye Borgmandirected documentary condensed this tale into 91 minutes. Jan, now 56,. Broberg was missing for roughly a month during the first kidnapping, during which she was sexually assaulted by B. By Nicky Idika. The real Bob Berchtold and Jan Broberg as a child. Filmmaker Skye Borgman on the unbelievable twists and turns of the Jan Broberg kidnapping case, and the pieces of the story that didnt make it into her documentary, on Netflix. He is survived by his wife,. And yet several local families had been troubled enough by Berchtolds attempts to get close to their children that the church intervened. That doesnt stop me anymore. I was sick to my stomach and felt like throwing up. I mean, its pretty tough, I feel bad for all of them, she said. Part of the problem is that Abducted in Plain Sight, a 90-minute movie in a field populated mostly with six- or eight-hour series, is focused entirely on telling a story rather than illuminating it. The first time Berchtold kidnapped Broberg, he took her to Mexico and married her. Joe alerted the FBI, and they traced Berchtold to a hotel in Mazatln where he was arrested and transported back to the United States. . This info was at 17 min left in the doc. I would hang out with her, and her four siblings, most weekends. When Broberg was 12, Robert Berchtold kidnapped her and played a recording that told that she was half-alien, and that she had to have a baby with Berchtold by the time she was 16 to save the. But Jan became even more withdrawn, and all the while, she was still thinking about what would happen to her family when she failed to complete the mission.. Where are you in the healing process now? The undeniably horrific saga of Jan Broberg's kidnapping at the hands of her neighbor Robert Berchtold not once but twice while she was 12 and 14, respectively, is honestly unlike any other. I didnt know people wouldnt get it. In one, her underwear is clearly visible. I could read the scripts. In truth, Berchtold drugged the 12-year-old and staged the scene to make it seem as if the two of them had been captured and taken away against their will. If Jan wasnt pregnant and Susan refused to take Jans place, she was going to shoot Susan and then herself. He got very angry. She also reveals how she managed to shake Bs grooming, what happened to B in later years, and whether her family has heard from any of the other Berchtolds since. So we went out to eat, he took me to a movie,we got some ice cream, then we went back to his empty apartment. They had no idea about the abuse. Ive watched it several times nowThat has consistently been the one [that bothered me]. For viewers watching at home, though, judging the Brobergs is easier, even if its hard to ever feel fully informed, or to believe that the family knew what they were getting into by airing everything so publicly. Both parents claimed in the documentary that if they didnt do this, B would expose a sex act that Bob and B engaged in prior to the kidnapping. My father called the sheriffs department that same night when we didnt show up, she said. His brother Joe had even visited while Jan was there, and he noted that Robert, looked happier than hed ever been.. As a result of his death, many feel that Robert Berchtold never fully faced justice for kidnapping Jan. Later episodes of A Friend of the Family (whose cast includes Colin Hanks) will cover one of the most astonishing facts about this case which is that Jan Broberg was kidnapped twice by Robert Berchtold within a two-year period. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Netflix documentary tells the story of how Jan Broberg was kidnapped twice at the ages of 12 and 14 by Robert 'B' Berchtold, a trusted family friend . With a corresponding friend for every family member, the families quickly grew close to one another, and B became like "a second father" to Broberg. After a career of playing affable characters, the Emmy-nominated actor discusses his darkest turn yetand what made him feel okay playing a real-life bad guy. I wasnt prepared for people to blame my parents. In hindsight, I don't think Bob would ever have done anything to Jill. He was sentenced to five years probation and five years in prison. The 1967 film Guess Whos Coming to Dinner starred Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton as a ne, As the open-hearted matriarch Hattie Mae in Tyler Perrys 2022 film A Jazzmans Blues, Amirah Vann demonstrates a great tenderness and fierce love to b, This story includes spoilers for Saint Omer. On Aug. 10, 1976, she disappeared again. Congratulations on the seriesI definitely understand so much more about your experience. He had a sick obsession with Jan, which eventually led to her kidnapping when she was only 12 years old in October 1974. At one point, she planned on buying a gun and explaining to her sister Susan what was going to happen. These guys were crazy and those stupid people, then we failed. Faith leaders knew. [They made it] look like my childhood home. Mary Ann Broberg described Berchtold as having a charisma that Bob didnt possess., Jan Broberg works as an actress, known for roles in. Its like a heavy coat that I wore and that was a burden for me until the day I decided I could take it off. He said he wanted me to take a vitamin. He holds a bachelor's degree in screenwriting (widely considered to be a bad move) from Point Park University. Then, on Christmas Eve, Gail Berchtold stopped by the Brobergs house and asked them to drop any charges against her husband, presenting them with affidavits to sign. Thats like looking at my brainwashed self again. But I could see Bob playing the tape, so I didn't believe him. Let me inform you that her husband Robert Berchtold was behind the kidnapping of Jan Broberg Felt in the 1970s when she was just 12 years old. The recording was a message from two aliens named Zeta and Zethra, telling Jan that she was half alien and needed to complete a mission to have a baby with Berchtold before her 16th birthday. She and her family went on to be manipulated by him for years, even after she was returned home from the kidnapping. I had a fixation for Jan. And then he had her wait outside while he abused me. Heidi Brewer with her son and two daughters. In January 1974, just over a year after Berchtold met the Brobergs, he was reprimanded by the High Council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints because of his involvement with another young girl. Obviously, you still are affected [every day]. Ive been doing, Hello, doctor with a couple of my friends for about 20 years. I about passed out. If you can [watch] and go, That would never happen to me. The film implies that the Broberg parents were both brainwashed and manipulated by Berchtold, which accounts for some of their actions, but not nearly all. That companion was B, and the mission was to have a child with him before Broberg turned 16 years old. After Robert befriended Bob Broberg and his wife, Mary Ann Broberg, he quickly infiltrated their family unit and cozied up to their young daughter, Jan Broberg. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. He said he would abuse his daughter, Jill, if I didn't comply. But six other women came forward with their own stories about Berchtold, and Jan Broberg filed a stalking injunction against him after he was arrested at one of her speaking engagements. It tells the story of how the Brobergs' close family friend and neighbor, Robert Berchtold, developed a fascination with then 12-year-old Jan Broberg. BRIGHAM CITY - Robert Ersol Berchtold, age 69, died Frida, November 11, 2005, in Bunkerville, Nevada. These Romantic Movies Are Guaranteed To Make You Cry, The Greatest Romantic Comedies That Youll Watch On Repeat, 26 Movies Every Woman Should See At Least Once. Robert Berchtold and Jan Broberg. He took us to science-fiction movies. [My sister] Karen isnt blind. My mother worked two jobs, so there was a lot of time for that. Born May 17, 1930, in Beaver Falls, he was the son of the late . He never brought her home. He anesthetized her with sleeping pills and raped the girl up to maybe 200 times. What was it like seeing the scenes between Jake Lacy and your character during the kidnapping? The scene [in the second episode] when young Jan wakes up [in the RV for the first time] and hears the alien voices, that for me has been the hardest scene. The Sickening Story of the Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult, Director Zach Heinzerling on Hulus three-part docuseries, Why Diane Kruger Changed Her Mind About Having Children, The actor said that in her mid-30s she began to wonder, What am I doing all this for?, Marc Maron Grapples With Grief in New Stand-Up Special. After the war, he returned to Utah, got married, had children, and settled in the small town of Pocatello, Idaho, where he ran a furniture store. Not as much as I have been in past years. The altered state of having been abused and how that affects your psyche and your life and your choices and your thinking and your self-worthIm worthless. The children in the clan considered Berchtold a second father, so much so that when he fled to Mexico with a 12-year-old Jan by his side in August 1974, the family was initially unwilling to. Was that after the documentary came out? I really believed it. The children in the clan considered Berchtold a second father, so much so that when he fled to Mexico with a 12-year-old Jan by his side in August 1974, the family was initially unwilling to. The Brobergs seemingly knew. It wasnt until 30 years later, after Mary Ann had published her book Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story, that they heard from him again. I didn't know the abuse was wrong until I was 12 or 13. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Generally, I am pretty happy and pretty great about 90% of the time. All he ever got was a slap on the wrist, and then he was able to continue as before. So I felt like I was protecting her from being hurt, by allowing the abuse to happen. If you can see yourself in this story, then we succeeded. According to Newsweek, Jan Broberg grew up to become an actress and an advocate for victims of childhood sexual abuse. Who is Robert Berchtold's Family? She was missing for several months, as he was able to trick her parents into believing that he wasn't aware of her whereabouts. She was drugged on numerous occasions; I was only drugged once. She recently graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with a BA in journalism and a minor in film studies. Neither one of us were comfortable with him doing it, Mary Ann said, but it was part of his therapy.. Heidi Brewer on the documentary, A Friend of the Family: True Evil. Peacock. I didn't learn to swim because she was afraid I would drown. Rian Johnson, Halle Berry, and More Share Their Inspiration, From the Archive:Who Stole the Oscars? In October 1974, Berchtold. Next: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Can Solve 1 True Crime Show Problem. 18 months later, while out on bail & awaiting trial for kidnapping, Robert Berchtold abducted Jan for the 2nd time, triggering FBI manhunt. Then, when I was 17-and-a-half, I dated a guy who wanted to have a relationship with me. He even showed up at a speaking engagement of yours with a gun. Jan Broberg: I was very involved. Berchtold died in 2005, according to an obituary, which says he was a truck driver. Truth is, you don't really want to know what happens to Robert Berchtold after the events of the series. Theres a lot more to the story. I could look at the coat. Hows your family?. After learning about Robert Berchtolds vile actions, read the story of Jody Plauch and his father, who killed his abductor on live television. She had that same kind of brightness. I told my husband about what happened but he doesn't want to know the details. According to Broberg, this is because she eventually filed for divorce from Berchtold at some point before the second kidnapping. It was really when I was 30 years old that I had that aha moment. Bob recalled saying to her, Dear, youll regret that decision someday., She stayed in Jackson Hole for two weeks, continuing the mission and living with Berchtold. I said, Did you do some deep dive on my dad that I dont even know about? Hes like, No. The Broberg family met the Berchtold family through their church in a small town in Idaho in 1972, according to the documentary "Abducted in Plain Sight." He continued to try to terrorize me in the weirdest ways. But he kept pushing it until I finally explained to him that I couldn't swallow it, so he crushed it up and mixed it in some sugar and gave it to me. The 91-minute film, originally released in 2017, has captivated an entirely new audience since premiering on Netflix this month. I know that theyve been invited to share their side [of the story], including his ex-wife, but theyve never wanted to talk to anybody. My sister Susan, who is an attorney, called his son Jimmy, an attorney. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Jamie Lee Curtis Is Both Weepy and Giddy About Her First Oscar Nomination. After Jan threatened to find her own way there, Mary Ann bought her a plane ticket and sent her to Berchtold. He found my apartment and called my apartment. Robert Berchtold and Jan Broberg. In 1972 in Pocatello, Idaho, when the Broberg family met the Berchtold family at church, immediately the . I remember there was another girl that he was "seeing" at the time. Without spoiling the most shocking ones, they involve multiple confessions of extramarital sexual relationships, as well as an elaborate plot involving aliens that Berchtold used to prey on Jan. Berchtold was arrested for kidnapping, but the Brobergs, under duress, withdrew their most serious charges. It was only five or six years ago, when I found Jan Broberg's book about her ordeal and contacted her, that I found out he had only served a year in prison after being found guilty of the rape of a child. They were just extraordinary. They were on their feet clapping when the police came in and said, Okay, were going to get you out of this room and away from this window. This kidnapping lasted for approximately four months, until she was rescued again by the FBI. That is the only reason we told our story. But at the time, she said, they didnt suspect she had been kidnapped they thought she and Berchtold might have been in a car accident. Photo: Courtesy Jan Broberg. My dad isnt dead. And did that give you some sort of relief or closure? All but 45 days of his prison sentence were suspended, and B ended up only serving 10 days in prison, according to the documentary. 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