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A Friend of the Family: True Evil

A companion to Peacock's hit limited drama series A Friend of the Family (2022), further explores the story of Jan Broberg who was kidnapped and sexually abused by a family friend, Robert Berchtold, nearly 50 years ago.

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Dateline Productions

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There must be a special
place in hell for people - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

There must be a special place in hell for people

And your husband, your
dad had intimate relations - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And your husband, your dad had intimate relations

For him to know, gotta
divide those two in order - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

For him to know, gotta divide those two in order

There are people who are
going to see this story - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

There are people who are going to see this story

I feel so responsible
for letting that man - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

I feel so responsible for letting that man

He was the master of
disguise, of deception. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

He was the master of disguise, of deception.

A perfect childhood, and then
right here, it all changed. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

A perfect childhood, and then right here, it all changed.

Nobody had any
idea that he was - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Nobody had any idea that he was

The same things that happened
to me happened to her. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

The same things that happened to me happened to her.

This is the beginning
of the journey to healing. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

This is the beginning of the journey to healing.

ANDREA CANNING
This - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

ANDREA CANNING This

She's a mother, a
sister, and a daughter, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

She's a mother, a sister, and a daughter,

Starting at the age of
nine, Jan became the target - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Starting at the age of nine, Jan became the target

He kidnapped her
not once, but twice, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

He kidnapped her not once, but twice,

He seduced her
mother and her father - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

He seduced her mother and her father

Jan Broberg,
a Pocatello girl - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Jan Broberg, a Pocatello girl

ANDREA CANNING
But it's - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

ANDREA CANNING But it's

Jan is 60 now and still
dealing with the aftermath - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Jan is 60 now and still dealing with the aftermath

So she's decided to
revisit for the first time - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

So she's decided to revisit for the first time

That demon's name
was Robert Berchtold. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

That demon's name was Robert Berchtold.

Everyone called him B.
He called her Dolly. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Everyone called him B. He called her Dolly.

ANDREA CANNING:
Robert Berchtold - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

ANDREA CANNING: Robert Berchtold

Yeah, it really is so
hard to talk about almost - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Yeah, it really is so hard to talk about almost

I would call it icky
or the icky stuff. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

I would call it icky or the icky stuff.

But I didn't really have the
words or the strength, even, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

But I didn't really have the words or the strength, eve...

You don't say, this
grown man raped - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

You don't say, this grown man raped

You don't say those
words until you can. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

You don't say those words until you can.

It was ride your bikes down
to the local grocery store, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

It was ride your bikes down to the local grocery store,

We knew the extended
neighbors at church. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

We knew the extended neighbors at church.

And we were well
cared for children, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And we were well cared for children,

In 1972, when Jan was
nine, Robert Berchtold - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

In 1972, when Jan was nine, Robert Berchtold

The Brobergs met the
Berchtolds at church, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

The Brobergs met the Berchtolds at church,

In those early years,
everyone thought - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

In those early years, everyone thought

He would go over and fix
the little ladies' toilet - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

He would go over and fix the little ladies' toilet

And, you know,
I mean, he was-- - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And, you know, I mean, he was--

ANDREA CANNING :
But looking back now, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

ANDREA CANNING : But looking back now,

He brought us all hammers. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

He brought us all hammers.

And we got to hammer down the
wall and punch the wall out. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And we got to hammer down the wall and punch the wall out.

You know, he was the hero,
building these bedrooms - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

You know, he was the hero, building these bedrooms

That's why this
is so complicated - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

That's why this is so complicated

We did hundreds of
activities with this family. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

We did hundreds of activities with this family.

He always had something
going on that allowed us - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

He always had something going on that allowed us

The things he would
do with me would - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

The things he would do with me would

Or, oh, my word, I love
what she sang, that sweet - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Or, oh, my word, I love what she sang, that sweet

He would do things to
build up my confidence. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

He would do things to build up my confidence.

And he just knew
how to make sure - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And he just knew how to make sure

So he's
building, building, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

So he's building, building,

Totally, and was having
a special relationship - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Totally, and was having a special relationship

He was becoming a
best friend over here - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

He was becoming a best friend over here

ANDREA CANNING :
Being the predator he was, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

ANDREA CANNING : Being the predator he was,

And as a stay-at-home
mom in a small community, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And as a stay-at-home mom in a small community,

And I would listen
to his lies. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And I would listen to his lies.

He just had a way
about him that he - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

He just had a way about him that he

He became someone that
I had feelings for. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

He became someone that I had feelings for.

ANDREA CANNING :
Once in those early days, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

ANDREA CANNING : Once in those early days,

He was a master manipulator. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

He was a master manipulator.

The predator isn't just
grooming the child. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

The predator isn't just grooming the child.

They're grooming everyone
around that orbit - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

They're grooming everyone around that orbit

ANDREA CANNING :
What Berchtold told - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

ANDREA CANNING : What Berchtold told

So now, Berchtold
has made Dad-- - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

So now, Berchtold has made Dad--

So one night, Berchtold
starts telling - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

So one night, Berchtold starts telling

And he said, Bob, I just
really need some relief. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And he said, Bob, I just really need some relief.

My dad basically
masturbated him. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

My dad basically masturbated him.

Because his best
friend is literally - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Because his best friend is literally

And
my dad did it, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And my dad did it,

ANDREA CANNING :
Jan vividly remembers - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

ANDREA CANNING : Jan vividly remembers

We had decided
that all the kids were going - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

We had decided that all the kids were going

And I knew that
something was wrong. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And I knew that something was wrong.

And B was not in
my sleeping bag, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And B was not in my sleeping bag,

And so his wife, who
was such a sweet, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And so his wife, who was such a sweet,

And she basically just looked
at him, and she's like, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And she basically just looked at him, and she's like,

Yeah, she believed him. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Yeah, she believed him.

Again, so did I.
So did all of us. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Again, so did I. So did all of us.

The degree to which
Berchtold had a relationship - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

The degree to which Berchtold had a relationship

So I mean, it's not typical
what we generally see - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

So I mean, it's not typical what we generally see

I think it's so
important for us - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

I think it's so important for us

This is not, you know, the
stranger in the white van. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

This is not, you know, the stranger in the white van.

This is somebody we
know from church who - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

This is somebody we know from church who

ANDREA CANNING:
Jan, we're going - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

ANDREA CANNING: Jan, we're going

The most important
part of it for me, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

The most important part of it for me,

ANDREA CANNING
It's - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

ANDREA CANNING It's

She sees the house as a
place where her childhood - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

She sees the house as a place where her childhood

And so this is where Dad
would sit and play the piano. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And so this is where Dad would sit and play the piano.

And the three of
us, and my mom, - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

And the three of us, and my mom,

Is this the wall that
Berchtold put right here? - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Is this the wall that Berchtold put right here?

Yep, he divided this
great, big, huge room. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Yep, he divided this great, big, huge room.

Nobody's above this room, you
know, sleeping or anything. - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Nobody's above this room, you know, sleeping or anythin...

ANDREA CANNING :
Jan's isolation - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

ANDREA CANNING : Jan's isolation

Next, Berchtold concocted a
bizarre story he presented - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

Next, Berchtold concocted a bizarre story he presented

So after, gosh,
B had been a part of our lives - A Friend of the Family: True Evil

So after, gosh, B had been a part of our lives

A Friend of the Family: True Evil poster

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A companion to Peacock's hit limited drama series A Friend of the Family (2022), further explores the story of Jan Broberg who was kidnapped and sexually abused by a family friend, Robert Berchtold, nearly 50 years ago.

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Director: N/A

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Production: Dateline Productions

Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2022

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Released: 15 Nov 2022

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Homepage: https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/asset/movies/a-friend-of-the-family-true-evil/9e88bb51-7181-3335-aac7-89ed3ef00f09