The woman at the centre of Netflix's latest true crime docu-series has issued a warning to viewers before they tune in.
The scary, yet true story - dubbed the 'Gone Girl case' at the time - follows Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn after she was kidnapped in 2015.
Terrifyingly, Aaron called the police from Vallejo, California in March 2015 to report the kidnapping of his girlfriend, but instead became the prime suspect in the disappearance.
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The first episode of American Nightmare - from the makers of The Tinder Swindler - gives viewers a look at the police interviews with Aaron, showing that they thought they had got their man.
Aaron told officers that the couple were woken up at 3.00am by intruders telling him 'this is a robbery' before sedating him and kidnapping Denise.
Detectives told him his story didn't make any sense and that he'd failed a polygraph test, but all the attention on Aaron shifted after the kidnapper sent an audio message from Denise saying she was still alive.
When she then showed up in her hometown 400 miles away from Vallejo suspicion moved onto Denise as authorities wondered whether they'd instead been dealing with a hoax.
Eventually, someone claiming to be the kidnapper contacted the San Francisco Chronicle to dispute claims of a hoax.
They sent images of where Denise had been held and a man was eventually arrested in connection with her kidnapping.
Police tracked down a man named Matthew Muller and arrested him, in 2016 he pleaded guilty to kidnapping, drugging and sexually assaulting Huskins, and was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
American Nightmare features interviews with Aaron and Denise, along with footage of their police interviews, as they tell their side of things.
The documentary says that it 'unravels the consequences of our cultural rush to judgment' and seeks to shine a light on the 'damage done when law enforcement decides the truth can’t possibly be true'.
Denise posted the trailer for the docus-eries before it was released on Netflix, expressing her gratitude at getting the chance to tell her story.
She also emphasised: "this is not 'just another True Crime.' This goes way beyond just us as victims, and this one case."
The comments below the post were full of people sharing their love and support towards the couple and the series, though Denise replied to one comment with a message for all potential viewers of the series.
A user expressed how happy she was for Denise's story to be told, saying that she read her book and felt terrified.
She replied: "Thank you! I think it'll be helpful having read the book before watching this.
"There's a lot of footage that's never been shown before, that we hadn't even had access to until recently.
"So it'll give a visual to parts you already have read about, and I think will put people right there with us in a different way."
Denise also explained that it would give a deeper context to things that the docu-series couldn't do.
American Nightmare is now streaming on Netflix.
Topics: Netflix, Crime, TV and Film
Joshua Nair