After Denise Huskins is kidnapped from her Vallejo, California home, police dismiss the case as a hoax staged by her and her boyfriend, comparing it to the movie Gone Girl — until another attack changes everything.
▶ Watch on Netflix 🔍 Find more docsFrom the team behind The Tinder Swindler, this is a slow-burning study in institutional failure. The most damning material isn't the crime itself but the interrogation footage, showing exactly how police talked themselves into blaming the victims instead of following the evidence. It's a hard watch, but a useful one — the couple ultimately won a defamation settlement from the department that accused them.
If American Nightmare left you angry at the system rather than just the criminal, Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case and One Night in Idaho cover investigations with their own institutional stumbles.
| Region | Available | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | ✅ | Netflix |
| Australia | ✅ | Netflix |
| United States | ✅ | Netflix |
| United Kingdom | ✅ | Netflix |
| Canada | ✅ | Netflix |
| Ireland | ✅ | Netflix |
