American Nightmare: Denise Huskins’ story in new series ‘disgusts’ Netflix users

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Netflix users are reacting in disbelief to a “shocking” new true-crime series titled American Nightmare.

Earlier this week, the streaming service added the title, which is the newest launch from the makers of former streaming service hit The Tinder Swindler, which was launched in February 2022.

The three-part series locations the highlight on a case dubbed “the real-life Gone Girl” – the story of a lady’s abduction and police’s ensuing refusal to imagine it was official.

In 2015, an intruder broke into the Vallejo, California dwelling of Denise Huskin and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn, and drugged them each earlier than abducting Huskins and holding her for ransom.

When Quinn turned to the police for assist, he was shocked to find he was not believed – and was quickly suspected of being accountable for her disappearance.

At the time, the case was shortly in comparison with Gone Girl, the best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn that was tailored into a movie in 2014, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. In the fictional story, writer Amy Dunne (performed by Pike) all of a sudden vanishes, inflicting the police to suspect that her husband Nick (Affleck) was behind it.

Viewers are tearing by the series, with one particular person branding it “the craziest” Netflix true-crime series but.

”The absolute JOURNEY #AmericanNightmare simply put me by, oh my god,” one subscriber wroter, with one other including: “This is the craziest thing I have EVER watched!!” An further viewer stated: “I just finished American Nightmare on Netflix and I am in a complete state of shock.

These viewers also shared their shock and disgust at Huskins’ treatment by the authorities after watching the series.

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One person wrote on X/Twitter: “This entire documentary is a prime example of why women don’t call the police when they’re assaulted. The police are so negligent it’s disgusting.”

Another viewer concurred: “I’m still so emotional and p***ed off,” with a further stating: “American Nightmare on Netflix was jaw dropping. The world is sick.”

In American Nightmare, viewers get a behind-the-scenes view of the ordeal, discovering out what actually went on and the way the couple needed to combat for his or her traumatic expertise to be taken severely.

Speaking about their restoration from the incident in 2021, Huskins informed ABC News: “You can go through any kind of trauma to where it leaves you devastated and in a place where you just think, ‘This is impossible to move forward from. What do I do next?’”

American Nightmare is accessible to stream on Netflix now.