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Jacob Wiens's avatar

Dear Zachary: a letter to his son about his father

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Daniel Moran's avatar

Brilliant movie.

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Parker's avatar

Does the moment you're referring to in "Abducted in Plain Sight" involve the friend and dad in a car?

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Mike Moran's avatar

I actually want to learn more about the kid who disappeared in Imposter. It seems like his whole story has been clouded by the con artist.

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E. Lewis's avatar

The real kid was murdered by his family.

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Fables and Freaks's avatar

Was he? I saw a true crime video about the case on Youtube not long ago and I wondered what happened to the kid.

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E. Lewis's avatar

As far as I know, yes. I think the older brother was finally charged and convicted a cpl years ago. Again, I’m not 100% on that.

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Daniel Moran's avatar

Capturing the Friedmans?

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Mo’s Movie Malpractice's avatar

Great recommendations! Thank you. Added a couple of these to my Letterboxd Watchlist.

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The Spiked Quill's avatar

It's a mockumentary horror flick but it's very well done, Lake Mungo. Definitely worth a watch.

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Snakyacidhiss's avatar

Horror movies got nothing on documentaries lol

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sana@peliplat's avatar

You caught my attention with the tickling one. I am so curious to know what it entails other than tickling

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Rob Stennett's avatar

Great list

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Murray Mintz's avatar

Tickled is so good

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Sarah Jayne's avatar

I think you should also check out Into The Deep - The Submarine Murder Case on Netflix (if It's still on there) it starts off quite normal following a guy building a submarine and turns really dark. Also tickled is my favorite and last night I had trouble trying to explain it to someone and making them want to watch it! David Ferrier is amazing as a journalist he goes to all lengths. I'm also a Dark Tourist fan.

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Molly O'blivion's avatar

This was such a great read! As someone who also loves creepy documentaries of all kinds, I thank you - a few of these I haven't seen and I'm adding them to my watchlist immediately. I was also soooo glad to see you mention Cropsey there toward the end; it's one I've watched several times and that never fails to leave me with a lingering sense of dread (so much so that I didn't actually realize it was nonfiction the first time I saw it... talk about falling down a rabbit hole...)

I love this!

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Holly's avatar

For me, a documentary that still haunts me is Capturing the Friedman's. And, Cropsey. Yikes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGrD_vVE5bQ

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Bygone & Buzz's avatar

American Nightmare was indeed a true nightmare 😬

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