In A Friend of the Family, the church that the Brobergs and Berchtolds attend — the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) — plays a significant role in their lives. The series, produced by ...

In addition to kidnapping Jan Broberg in the 1970s, Robert Berchtold also married the 12-year-old girl. Peacock‘s A Friend of the Family touches on Jan and Robert’s marriage. Find out why the young ...

Content warning: This article references kidnapping and sexual assault some may find upsetting. Reader discretion is advised. Peacock's A Friend of the Family sent social media into a frenzy because ...

Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of assault, sexual abuse and suicide. Reader discretion is advised. Robert Berchtold abducted and sexually assaulted Jan Broberg during the 1970s, starting ...

The 12-year-old allegedly had been convinced by close family friend Robert Berchtold, known as “Brother B” to the family, that she had been specially chosen to save an alien planet — and would only ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. From 1972 until 1976, Robert 'B' Berchtold groomed and sexually abused ...

Another woman is coming forward about the abuse she says she experienced at the hands of Robert Berchtold. In the new Peacock documentary “A Friend Of The Family: True Evil,” Jan Broberg revisits the ...

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Broberg's experience was chronicled in the 2017 Netflix documentary Abducted in Plain Sight and the 2022 Peacock miniseries A Friend of the Family It's been 51 years since Jan Broberg was first ...

POCATELLO — As a new Peacock subscriber, I recently stumbled upon the original series “A Friend of the Family,” which dramatizes the Jan Broberg kidnapping case that happened right here in my hometown ...