What Denise Huskins has said about Kidnapping of Denise Huskins
4 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 16, 2026
Denise Huskins, American physical therapist and survivor of the 2015 Vallejo kidnapping, subject of the Netflix series American Nightmare, has been quoted on Kidnapping of Denise Huskins 4 times in 1 episode of Call Her Daddy, most recently on October 16, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Huskins says that, isolated and drugged, she decided the only thing she could control was her own reaction.
“I told myself like the only thing I can control is how I react and respond”
Call Her Daddy: Denise Huskins: My Kidnapping Story (FBF) (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 24:24
Huskins says she connected with her captor and discussed therapy and childhood trauma, believing humanizing herself was her only defense.
“I just thought really like my only defense is to show him the human being in front of him and hope maybe he would decide not to kill me”
Call Her Daddy: Denise Huskins: My Kidnapping Story (FBF) (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 26:58
Huskins says her captor rewarded compliance with privileges such as removing the blindfold, food and toiletries, which she recognized as conditioning.
“And so it's like I could see all of this It was a way to try to condition me”
Call Her Daddy: Denise Huskins: My Kidnapping Story (FBF) (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 30:26
Huskins credits a female detective who noticed a blonde hair on goggles in her own case with linking the crimes.
“She noticed there was a blonde hair on goggles and her victims all had dark hair”
Call Her Daddy: Denise Huskins: My Kidnapping Story (FBF) (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:14:24
Episodes
Denise Huskins: My Kidnapping Story (FBF)Call Her Daddy · Oct 16, 2026 · 1 h 33 min
Alex Cooper interviews Denise Huskins about her 2015 kidnapping and assault, police and media claims that it was a hoax, and her recovery.
Denise Huskins on other topics
- Victim blaming · 3 quotes
- Gone Girl (film) · 2 quotes
- Vallejo Police Department · 2 quotes
- Police interrogation techniques · 2 quotes
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing · 1 quote
- Federal Bureau of Investigation · 1 quote
- Fight-or-flight response · 1 quote
- Home invasion · 1 quote