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.
The story of Jaycee Lee Dugard, a girl who was kidnapped outside a school bus stop and found alive e...
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As „wings of men“ they became the faithful companion of a great nomadic nation thousands of years ag...
In 1974, 12-year-old Jan Broberg is abducted from a small church-going community in Idaho by a trust...
After the Kyrgyzstan Independence in 1991, the ancient practice of Ala-Kachuu ("grab and run") retur...
A documentary recounting the kidnappings of British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec Vice-P...
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Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the myst...
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When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the countr...
She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was ...
The story of the freed female hostages of Boko Haram, detailing their lives in captivity and since t...
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following...
Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler.
An epic investigation into countless murders in Mexico. Presented in chapters, the film unfolds meth...
An up-close look at the true nature of the sex trade. The film unveils a growing problem in major U....
An examination of the infamous thirty-year-old cold case of Iowa paperboy Johnny Gosch, the first mi...
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Documentary about the twin sister Jutta and Gisela Schmidt. In the late sixties the two women rebel...