American Nightmare follows a format that we've seen before - a woman goes missing, but all is not what it seems. Dubbed the 'real-life Gone Girl' Denise Huskins' story also centres around a kidnapping that raises suspicion - and the harrowing aftermath.
The true crime series dropped on Netflix on Wednesday (17th January) and it's already racking up viewing stats on the streaming platform, with critics praising producers for handling the story with sensitivity, rather than sensationalism. Created by The Tinder Swindler filmmakers Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins, American Nightmare was always going to make compulsive viewing, but as well as having some big names on the production team, few stories are quite as shocking as the one told here.
