Who Took JohnnyWho Took Johnny is an intriguing film that documents the events that followed the disappearance of Johnny Gosch on September 5, 1982 from West De Moines, Iowa. This documentary highlights his mother, Noreen Gosch, and her independent search for her son. The film documents a more current child abduction in Waterloo, Iowa as well as Johnny's case in order to show the advancement of the police force. There are many indirect interviews in this film that give many different personal perspectives from family members, detectives, childhood friends, and abductors of Johnny. Each interview features intimate stories and experiences that give the audience all sides of the story. By exploiting every detail of every perspective, this film does a phenomenal job at letting the viewer form their own opinion about the mysteries of the case. As the audience continues to learn more about the conspiracy, they are continually discovering information that is essential for forming their own case for Johnny Gosch's abduction. Considering this is a documentary, there are quite a few boring segments. It occasionally highlights significant and insignificant moments in Noreen's life, which is not necessarily relevant to the case. However, I do believe that they show her everyday life to make the point that tragedy can happen to anyone. Although her everyday tasks are boring, they were not a waste of time to watch. However, I did enjoy this film for its ability to keep the audience on edge and proper timing of releasing details. This film keeps viewers in suspense and keeps them wondering about the clues to come. The disappearance of Johnny Gosch is a mystery that most people will never understand, but Who Took Johnny gives curious minds an insight to the real cause for his abduction. This film has lit a spark in me to research further into this case, and I highly recommend this documentary because of that.

This is a powerful piece of work from the RUMUR team of Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley. Anyone with and even probably without kids can identify with the abject terror of having your child disappear without a trace, so it is utterly wrenching to watch people to whom this has actually happened try to figure out how to come to terms with the most profound loss we can imagine. To compound the horror of it all, the film documents with a pretty high degree of confidence what most likely happened to Johnny Gosch: that he was swept up into human trafficking, which more or less means child prostitution and pornography. It ain't pretty, but that's why it is almost necessary viewing. As Gogol so famously said, we can't blame the mirror if our mug is crooked, and "Who Took Johnny" is a mirror that, sad to say, is much less distortive than we would all like for it to be. Watch it.

This is a very good documentary that unfortunately only scratches the surface of what would become known as the Franklin cover-up. This documentary should be mandatory viewing for everyone. Unfortunately the facts of child kidnapping from Boy's Town by Lawrence E King Jr. are missing from this documentary which would lend more credibility to the claims of Paul Bonacci. Paul Bonacci also help expose the child sex-ring in Washington D.C. which was outlined in the Washington Post and corroborated by actual receipts. Those facts were missing from the documentary and lend credibility his testimony. Unfortunately Rumor did not release this to Netflix where it would get mass exposure and opted to go the rental route which is a horrible mistake and hurts the cause terribly. Unfortunately human trafficking(slavery) still very much exists and due to the mass media black out of films like this and Conspiracy of Silence the problem will only get worse.

'Who Took Johnny?' Reveals how cases of missing children were handle 30 years ago. This film shades all its light on the disappearance of Johnny Gosch from Des Monies, Iowa. A 12 year-old paperboy, who disappears without a trace, yet was written off as a runaway. The case of Johnny Gosch is shrouded by the darkest side of humanity as it leads to a hidden world where children are targeted A world dragged into the light by the strength, love, and sacrifice of a mother who never stopped fighting for answers. It should be required for the world to watch. I watch it. My heart is still trembling over how this case was handled.