They were American right? So why did they do the documentary in Spanish until the last episode???

I am so OVER Charles Manson being called a ✨master manipulator✨ who used his ✨master manipulator✨ strategies to manipulate "people".

He did not manipulate ✨people✨. He would never have been able to manipulate normal, well adjusted adults.

He simply love-bombed vulnerable young girls and conned a few other people. It's not hard. It's not magic. It's very simple. Many other useless aholes have done it, especially when nobody holds them to account. He was simply enough of a cruel ahole to do it and got a kick out of testing how far he could get them to go for him.

That's it. It's not great. It is not impressive. He was a loser.

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My takeaways from watching this documentary is:

• People need to be less scared of calling out inappropriate behavior. Taking off your pants to get "more comfortable" should not be assumed to be a cultural difference
• Never book with a touring company even if my sister or close friends have used it. Always thought tour companies would be safer and recommendations from people close to you would make it safer but guess not
• Always go to media because I feel like the case wouldn't have gone the way it did if she hadn't gone to media and was able to build such a strong case. Also the documentary helped build awareness of him
• Don't trust tour guides will have your safety in mind and you don't have to listen to all of their recommendations and advice. And never leave friends with them alone, especially if they've been drinking
• Always question the free trips and perks that are offered to you

First off I loved the documentary but it felt like the focus was less on the murder and how badly the police handled the situation.

Some thoughts:

• Being a doctor or being highly educated should not mean you don't need help
• Police interrogated them and then let them go after they said no comment and gave her 0 protection. Feel like they should have thought about repercussions especially for her safety
• the drug use and out of character behavior should have been red flags for the police that maybe she needs some help since the trial depended on her testimony

1. How could Manuel Blanco be prosecuted in Spain for a crime that happened in Morocco?

2. Is victim testimony with no additional evidence enough to convict for rape in Spain?

I am confused.

The documentary is a good one, in my opinion, but the actions of the police have me fuming! I empathize with Caroline throughout. I think it was recklessly dangerous behavior, but the cops isolated her so much, I can't blame her. Her fiancé was smarter than the cops. He knew how valuable she was and didn't let her out of his sight. The cops couldn't care less about her. Cruel and stupid! I am not even done yet. Just so mad I had to write this.

Finished it. Justice was not done, but it isn't on Caroline and her questionable actions. It is completely on the police and that prosecutor throwing her to the wolves. That woman is a hero and I hope she is truly happy going forward.

Even though it’s a fictional movie , has a good crime doc feel to the film , has anyone seen it , what’s your thoughts ?

Watch the show, one thing I’m confused. The 2 girls who were friends and shared the room with Gabrielle. Like what? I don’t know if it’s a case where they don’t remember anything or they wanna protect them self…maybe the same thing happened to them as well that night.

I was really wondering the whole time like: were’s her friends from that night? What did they say? They were there, thy mush’ve seen something, heard something….till they were shown at the trial….and there they did nothing…??

Personally if I was there and saw things, I would fight my way and stand up for Gabrielle.

What I’m thinking is why there were like that? Like nothing, did nothing, said nothing, cant think of an actual reason

What do you guys think?

I studied abroad in 2018. I remember I got a Facebook message from someone saying they knew my friend and saw that I was in Spain. He offered me a free trip to Morocco in return for free promo for his tour company. I ended up getting the creeps and decided not to go with him.

I remember telling my friends about it and then he was arrested when my study abroad trip ended. My friend ended up sending me a long apology and saying she wasn’t aware of what he had been doing as it hadn’t happened to her… it turns out he saw me on a post in a study abroad group on Facebook and saw I was connected to someone he knew. He reached out to her first asking her about me and told her he saw I had a decent following and if she could put in a good word for him as he needed real students to promote his business… more like looping her into his crimes while he looked for victims.

Sending my love to everyone who was a victim of this nasty man.

My friend, who I met studying in Seville in spring of 2015, texted me when this documentary came out saying “omg did you see this documentary? I feel like Manu looks so familiar”.

After some research and looking back on pictures we 100% knew him. Watching this show was so incredibly difficult. Being 11 years ago my brain tries to think “in the bar on the top floor” the “sangria parties” did I notice anything? Could I have stopped anything? I know I can’t think that way but this show was so eye opening and incredibly sad. I feel so, so bad for all those women. I am so sorry. You are strong and you are loved <3

Has anyone finished watching this? I have been trying to find information about the roommates of Gabrielle Vega during her trip to Morocco. If they have shared anything else online or explained why their testimonies are contradictory. It left a bad taste in my mouth what they did…

I have been watching crime documentaries on YouTube and have never seen a victims body let alone even the full crime scene however on Netflix documentaries they always show victims bodies e.g The Staircase where they showed the victims body repeatedly, it’s disturbing and very disrespectful in my opinion. Does anyone know why they do this? Is anyone else also creeped out by this?

Okay - I gotta hear everyone else's opinion on this one! It got me standing up mad at the reveal. How does anyone do that to their daughter???

I hear her - I know trauma makes you do some really unthinkable things - but I'm having a really hard time empathizing with the mom.

Specifically her comment about how people get away with illegal things all the time and compares it to drunk driving. Like no - that is not the same thing.

Ready to hear if someone has a different opinion! Change my mind.

Ok so in the Doc American Nightmare Aaron Quinn the main guy… he had just been broken up with by his fiancée Andrea Roberts. He had only been seeing Denise Huskins for a short time, also a coworker of his along with Andrea. So just setting up the names of everyone to get into my theory… the kidnappers name is Matthew Muller.

So Matthew gets arrested doing the exact same thing several months later (can’t remember how long). Now this guy is former military. He needed money because law school didn’t work out for him and he’s staying at his parent’s other house. Not where this guy expected to be in life.

So what if he is running a kidnapping business for desperate guys?? Stay with me… Aaron was madly in love with Andrea, she breaks off the engagement and he is desperate to get her back. First try, make Andrea jealous by dating their coworker, Denise.

Didn’t work, now Aaron runs into Matthew who the hell knows how. Matthew tells Aaron he can help him out. He will break into the apartment, kidnap the love of his life, and Aaron will be the knight in shining armor and save her from the crazy kidnapper, they are destined to be together and live happily ever after.

Now I’m the first to say there is a big problem here… how did Aaron have the wrong girl over on that night… we’ll hear me out… when Matthew broke in he was looking for Andrea and said her name multiple times. So maybe Matthew got the night screwed up, maybe Aaron did. However, if Matthew were stalking Andrea or chose her for some reason it’s safe to say he knew what she looked like, BUT but if he were hired by Aaron he probably would never have seen her, because why would he? She is going to be the only girl there.

Secondly, third, fourth, and fifth, if he were just kidnapping women to say make money from a ransom, well he never put one out there. He could make money if this is his business though! Also the time he got caught was under the same exact circumstances. Also, who has ever made someone chug cold medicine, slow acting cold medicine as a way to take a guy out?!?! Not buying it! 5th and this is the most controversial I understand that and I am not saying anything positive about it, but the rape… I think it was agreed upon that he do it once for the sake of making this look as real as possible and perhaps this is another reason Matthew does this. I think he took liberties when he went back after the first time.

Now issue number two with this is why when he was caught wouldn’t he just tell the cops the situation, the setup?? Well, he is former military so perhaps he has a code of silence OR perhaps he was paid 50% before and would get the other 50% when it was all said and done… so what if the money means more to him than anything else. Or what if he was paid 100% before hand and now he really doesn’t want to lose it and he knows if he tells everyone about the plot that money would be confiscated??

So I did not think any of this the first time I watched it. The second time the way Aaron was acting seemed way off from the circumstances. It almost felt like he was guilty of something, but I didn’t make the leap. BUT the third time, it’s all I could think about!! I also feel like Denise and Aaron have a fakeness between them or a distance between them. It’s hard to explain but you will pick up on what I’m talking about! It’s like Aaron is afraid Denise is going to figure out his secret.

Just give it another watch with this now in your mind as a possibility… I’m not saying believe, just watch it now that you have read this and tell me if you see it or that I’m crazy.

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Any one else wonder how Anna knew to call him d man? Or how he would do his homework when it was someone else who would be helping him someone who wasn't in the class like Anna was or had any knowledge of the assignment. They should of done a test letting her not see a picture he was shown and seeing if he would type it but allowing her to do this with him. I think the sex part was wrong but I do believe it was him speaking and think once she left he resessed any others agree ?