Posted by:
kentish
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Date: February 20, 2023 08:33PM
I don't know if this has been covered before but I have been watching a series streamed on Peacock entitled A Friend of the Family based on true events among Mormons in Pocatello, Idaho.
Two families, one new to town, meet up at the ward and become fast friends. Their friendship leads to bizarre events that include kidnapping, child molestation, and adultery, all instigated by the amazingly manipulative newcomer.
These events occurred in the 1970s and they do a great job of capturing the period and the Mormon background of the two fam ilies. At one point the police (FBI) investigator of the case describes the wronged family as naive. I would go so far as to describe them as extremely stupid. Frustratingly so as the story unfolds. Has anyone else seen this?
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