In the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, tradition is king. Polo's still played with a freshly killed goat and the men still marry their women the old-fashioned way: by abducting them off the street and forcing them to be their wife. Bride kidnapping is a supposedly ancient custom that's made a major comeback since the fall of Communism and now accounts for nearly half of all marriages in some parts.
In 1974, 12-year-old Jan Broberg is abducted from a small church-going community in Idaho by a trust...
This documentary shows the enormous media impact that the abduction story has had over the years. It...
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Documentary about the twin sister Jutta and Gisela Schmidt. In the late sixties the two women rebel...
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The story of the freed female hostages of Boko Haram, detailing their lives in captivity and since t...
An up-close look at the true nature of the sex trade. The film unveils a growing problem in major U....
An epic investigation into countless murders in Mexico. Presented in chapters, the film unfolds meth...
A documentary on the curious American domestic terrorist group, infamous for the 1974 kidnapping of ...
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Returning to the mountains of northern Vietnam to investigate the mysterious abduction of his teenag...
Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler.
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