Viewers point out ‘unexplained’ details after watching Netflix's new true crime series based on 'real-life Gone Girl'

Netflix users are flooding to social media in confusion over several 'unexplained' elements within a new true crime series.

If you're obsessed with true crime dramas and started 2024 hungry for more, then fear not, because there's a new Netflix release which has been branded a must-watch.

However, this drama may require a bit more of a proactive approach like you getting your own detective cap as some viewers are pointing out several details they can't quite get their heads around. Prepare to be hooked:

The crime series follows the true story of a couple whose house was broken into in 2015, with Denise Huskins being kidnapped and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, left tied up.

The incident attracted mass media attention and the couple ended up being accused of staging the ordeal.

The three-part Netflix docuseries subsequently delves into the incident as well as the police and the FBI's handling of the case - sitting down with both Huskins and Quinn to go further into their version of events.

The documentary comes from the same filmmakers behind The Tinder Swindler - Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins. And despite only being released onto Netflix yesterday (17 January), people have already binge-watched all three parts. However, some viewers still have questions after completing the series. Warning: Spoilers ahead.

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In the series, Quinn explains when he was tied up after Huskins was kidnapped, a camera was also set up by the perpetrator(s), alongside a square of red tape lined out on the floor. He was told if he moved or tried to call the police he would be seen.

Quinn then paid the ransom money, but after not hearing back, he decided to risk it and break away to phone the police to alert them of the incident, and to try and find Huskins.

The series says the police eventually found the camera, but apart from that, it's not mentioned much again.

There's also a duffle bag Huskins is caught on camera taking to the beach, but it later vanishes and viewers have subsequently flooded to social media with several questions.

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One viewer took to X - formerly known as Twitter - to ask: "You mean to tell me none of ya’ll are questioning this American Nightmare docuseries? Why was the comforter missing off the bed. Did we really not get any video evidence from the supposed camera the kidnapper installed? Why did she have a DUFFLE BAG? I still got questions."

And the conversation about the camera has even spilled onto Reddit, a user named u/ Antique_Letterhead_8 taking to the thread r/netflix to question why the camera isn't mentioned more.

The user writes: "They never discuss the details of the camera. Was it Aaron’s camera that he already had hanging there? Did the kidnapper hang it up? Did they try and pull the footage? Could they not see who was registered to the app that had that camera was registered to? Could they not reach out to the manufacturer and pull the footage?"

And many others jumped in to give their thoughts.

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One user weighed in: "I wondered about the camera. Although looking at the Kidnappers props it wouldn't surprise me if it was just a dummy camera that he used to scare Aaron. Totally sus case.

"I wondered all the same above. So many questions, more so about the investigators," another user wrote.

So, what do you think?

American Nightmare is available to watch on Netflix now.