The docuseries “Stolen Youth” “is a remarkable work, advancing the prestige true-crime genre’s slow but steady reorientation toward centering survivors,” inkookang writes.
”—a clickbaiting term that feels more illustrative of the group’s abuse dynamics than its organizational structure—was destined for the docuseries treatment. For about a decade, Ray tyrannized a half-dozen undergraduates whom he had recruited from his daughter Talia’s dorm. Though he was eager to impart life advice to his daughter’s friends, he appeared to harbor little interest in establishing an official organization. Perhaps his thrall was all the more powerful for its intimate informality.
The series’ most notable chapter is its third, a dual portrait of Ray’s two girlfriends, who initially remained loyal to him following his arrest in 2020. The younger of the women, Isabella Pollok—Talia’s onetime best friend—is presented as a true believer. Pollok, who says that she felt like an outsider even in her own family growing up, struggles to make connections on campus until she meets Ray. After his arrest, she wavers little if at all.
Most cult documentaries recruit members who have long left their respective groups. But Heinzerling films Felicia for at least a year, chronicling her efforts to rediscover her sense of self. She reflects on the reasons that she may have been more vulnerable to Ray’s manipulations, such as her status as the eldest child of a chaotic household—finally, she could be the person being taken care of for once.
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