The documentary “The Kidnapped Truth: From Dream to American Nightmare” was added to the Netflix catalog on Wednesday, January 17th. A story that is strangely reminiscent of a famous thriller.
The rest below this ad
For several years now, Netflix has stood out from other streaming platforms with documentary series based on true events. This is the case with the series about Dahmer, which was a real hit on the streaming platform with the red logo. This Wednesday, January 17th, a new documentary has been released on Netflix, it is said The Hijacked Truth: from Dream to American Nightmare. A three-part series telling the story of Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn, who were awakened in the middle of the night by a robotic voice telling them: “Wake up, it's a break-in!” Huskins was then kidnapped and Quinn was asked to pay a ransom of $17,000. Finally she is released 48 hours later… The two young people then go from victims to defendants who orchestrated everything!
The Kidnapped Truth (Netflix): a true story based on a novel
If the couple was quickly suspected of organizing everything, that was why Her story is strangely similar to that of Ex girlfriend, Cult novel by Gillian Flynn, Film adaptation by David Fincher with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in the cast. In this book, Amy is married to Nick but is having an affair with a student. The young woman disappears during a break-in and her husband quickly comes under suspicion. Amy eventually reappears at her house, where she tells of her kidnapping and rape. The police very quickly began to have doubts about him.
The rest below this ad
The Kidnapped Truth (Netflix): The real suspect discovered?
Despite the doubts and accusations against Denise Huskins, her disappearance was anything but false. The latter was kidnapped and kidnapped by Matthew Muller, who was identified as her kidnapper. While he held Denise captive, he demanded a ransom from Aaron in anonymous emails. When he left his cell phone at the scene of a burglary, he was identified as Denise's kidnapper and rapist. He was subsequently sentenced to 40 years in prison for kidnapping and an additional 31 years in prison for similar charges. Denise and Aaron were acquitted of all charges.
Article written in collaboration with 6médias.