Jake Lacy and other amazing true crime TV conversions

These TV conversions are terrifyingly good.

A show based on true crime is terrifying enough on its own, but sometimes it’s the transformations of the actors that make the idea downright creepy. white lotus‘ Jake Lacy ready to give an ominous performance in peacock‘s latest true crime drama, family friend.

In the series, which premieres on October 6, Lacy portrays a real-life kidnapper. Robert Berchtold, as the show’s name suggests, befriended the Broberg family in the 1970s.But Robert’s infatuation with his family’s eldest daughter January-played by Hendrix Yancey When McKenna Grace— Turned into a dangerous obsession, making him kidnapping Not once, but twice in a few years.

All of this happens under the nose of Jean’s parents. Mary Ann When Bob Broberg—Anna Paquin When Colin Hanks, respectively — because they too fell victim to Robert’s manipulation.Also stars in a chilling series Rio Tipton as Robert’s wife Gail Berchtold.