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Critic Season 1 Siddhant Adlakha
rated 8

...an effective True Crime retrospective that revisits both a real kidnapping and a TV movie.

Read full review at Ign
Critic Season 1 Richard Roeper
rated 8

...recalls the awful aftermath when a kidnapped boy came home.

Read full review at Chicago Sun-Times
Critic Season 1 Melissa Camacho
rated 6

...a robust true crime story that will draw in viewers who like the genre.

Read full review at Common Sense Media
Critic Season 1 Manjima Das
rated 6

...it definitely has a story at its core that people would want to know about time and again...

Read full review at Leisure Byte
Critic Siddhant Adlakha
rated 8

...an effective True Crime retrospective that revisits both a real kidnapping and a TV movie.

Read full review at Ign
Critic Richard Roeper
rated 8

...recalls the awful aftermath when a kidnapped boy came home.

Read full review at Chicago Sun-Times
Critic Melissa Camacho
rated 6

...a robust true crime story that will draw in viewers who like the genre.

Read full review at Common Sense Media
Critic Manjima Das
rated 6

...it definitely has a story at its core that people would want to know about time and again...

Read full review at Leisure Byte

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What is Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story about? Toggle content

In 1972, seven-year-old Steven Stayner was kidnapped from Merced, California. He miraculously returned seven years later, but the media frenzy surrounding his story only scratched the surface of a much darker truth. As the years passed, Steven's family struggled to cope with the trauma and fame that came with his return. But the real horror story began when Steven's older brother Cary became a serial killer. This three-part true crime documentary series delves into the chilling details of their lives and how they were forever changed by one man's twisted actions. It's a cautionary tale about how truth can become stranger than fiction and how reality can be more horrifying than any Hollywood ending.

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