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

In 1972, seven-year-old Steven vanishes from Merced, CA. When he heroically returns 7 years later, the media can’t get enough of the story. But this isn’t the Hollywood ending it appears to be.

2022 · 49m

Starring Jessica Dimmock, Ashley Stayner, Ted Rowlands

Director Jessica Dimmock

EPISODE 1

Steven's Story

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.

48m
EPISODE 2

Steven's Story

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.

42m
EPISODE 3

Cary's Story

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.

46m