Throughout our lives we're constantly taught about 'stranger danger', but what if the person you should be most afraid of, isn't actually a stranger? 12-year-old Jan Broberg was abducted from her small town of Pocatello, Idaho in 1974 but a family friend, someone the Broberg's trusted. Jan was taken to Mexico, returned, and then kidnapped again almost two years later. Her story has quite a few twists and turns, and it's almost too crazy to believe.

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Sources for this episode include:
https://nypost.com/2022/10/13/meet-jan-broberg-the-real-double-kidnap-victim-from-a-friend-of-the-family/

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