Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story

S1 · E1 — Chapter 1: Steven’s Story Part 1

Season 1 · 3 episodesCaptive Audience: A Real American Horror Story
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Chapter 1: Steven’s Story Part 1E1 · 49 min

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.

Chapter 2: Steven’s Story Part 2E2 · 44 min

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.

Chapter 3: Cary’s StoryE3 · 48 min

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.

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Chapter 2: Steven’s Story Part 2

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.

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Episodes

Now playing
Chapter 1: Steven’s Story Part 1E1 · 49 min

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.

Chapter 2: Steven’s Story Part 2E2 · 44 min

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.

Chapter 3: Cary’s StoryE3 · 48 min

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.