Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story
7.3
DocumentaryCrime
1972: 7-year-old Steven Stayner vanishes from Merced, California. For years, his family searches for him, only to find they’ve been looking for the wrong boy. 50 years on, Steven’s children unearth clues to their father’s mysterious past.
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1Episode 1Chapter 1: Steven’s Story Part 1
49 min
1972: 7-year-old Steven Stayner vanishes from Merced, California. His family struggles to keep his case in the public eye - until his heroic return seven years later sparks a media sensation.
2Episode 2Chapter 2: Steven’s Story Part 2
44 min
A heroic escape. A televised family reunion. But the Stayner ordeal is far from over as painful secrets surface. When a hit TV movie rewrites the Stayner story, reality gets stranger than fiction.
3Episode 3Chapter 3: Cary’s Story
48 min
Two decades after Steven went missing near Yosemite, three tourists vanish from the same area. When the FBI finds the killer, the Stayner family is linked to the new, horrifying crimes and the family is thrust back into the headlines.
Actors
Corin Nemec
Self
Todd Eric Andrews
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