Name: Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story
Released: 2022-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Jessica Dimmock, Ashley Stayner, Ted Rowlands

TV Show · Crime · Documentary

The evolution of true-crime storytelling is told through the lens of the 1972 kidnapping of seven-year-old Steven Stayner, which sparked "stranger danger" warnings, legal reforms and the making of a miniseries titled 'I Know My First Name Is Steven'.

2022 · 48m

Starring Jessica Dimmock, Ashley Stayner, Ted Rowlands

Director Jessica Dimmock

EPISODE 1

Steven's Story

In 1972, seven-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.
EPISODE 2

Steven's Story, Part 2

A televised family reunion follows a heroic escape, 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.
EPISODE 3

Cary's Story

Two decades after Steven went missing near Yosemite, three tourists vanish from the same area. When the FBI find the killer, the Stayner family is linked to the new, horrifying crimes and the family is thrust back into the headlines.