The Angulo "Wolfpack." WTF??!!

So were they just able to walk out of their apartment?

Why didn't they leave sooner?

They're all weird looking.

Are they Gypsies or Indian?

I’m confused. They say the Dad had the only key but the apartment locked on the outside. They didn’t need the key. Plus, there’s so many of them. They could’ve ambushed their Dad if they wanted out.

There's so much to their story that doesn't make sense, R3.

It sounds like a hoax.

Just watch it. It's very good. Yes they ventured out.

Lol this is such a bizarre story.

The boys are cute in such a weird and almost autistic kind of way.

But they're not autistic. They're just not well socialized.

Based on their names, I thought they were Indian.

Instead, they're half Peruvian from their father, and white from their mother who grew up in the Midwest.

I am so fascinated by this story.

Part 2.

Part 3.

I'm watching this, and I'm completely enraptured.

I think this is Part 4.

It's hard to tell because whoever posted the videos, titled them all differently, even though parts 1-4 are in order.

Why do they have Indian names?

R10, watch Parts 1-4, starting with the link in op.

Everything is explained.

It's a very compelling story.

Just watched all four videos.

Whew.

That ending was a real tear jerker.

Those boys are something special.

I saw this doc a few years ago and had to watch it twice because it's so unbelievable. Then I saw the TV clip where they met DeNiro and I was blown away. Is it real? Did this family actually exist as portrayed or is it an extreme balloon boy? Unbelievable.

There's no mention of what happened to the father.

Did he just disappear?

Did he go to jail?

R14 And what of the mother? If she was complicit in keeping the kids indoors indefinitely, isn't that a form of child abuse?

I don't think the mother was "complicit."

She was as much a prisoner in that apartment, as they were. She never left, either.

I think they were all scared of the father. And if you listen to her, she sounds mentally unwell.

The mother doesn't seem very emotionally attached to either her family, or her kids.

Something is definitely off about her.

Their parents were or maybe still are Hare Krishna and that's why they have Indian names.

I watched the documentary a while back. They all had the Stockholm Syndrome as near as I can gather. The oldest did what they had to do for the family.

Some of their overall story doesn't quite ring true but there's no way the Wolfpack brothers are just grand actors or something. They all have a similar affect which is somewhat akin to mild autism.

I don't want to know what went on behind closed doors with some of them because it is really odd that the dad has been MIA once the Wolfpack family story was made public.

No wonder the 20/20 video didn't mention it.

They are STILL living with their father in that NY apartment, and the mother is still with him.

Thankfully, there was no violence between them. But the film maker son said that the boys just ignore their father, as if he doesn't exist. A couple of the boys even moved out.

But the mother still talks to him, and they're still married.

Isn't that like Stockholm Syndrome?

As of a few years ago, the father was reported to have moved out of the family apartment. There was news coverage of the Angulo family around the time the Turpin situation came to light, and it was reported that the Angulo father lived elsewhere. The mother’s social media indicates that she travels a good deal, is in contact with her relatives, and is active as an advocate for survivors of domestic violence. So, it would be a bit surprising if she is still in close contact with an abusive man, and hopefully the reports that she and the father still live together are outdated. The family’s daughter is developmentally delayed and can never live independently.

My impression of the father in the documentary was that he was an extremely controlling person, and even as the sons approached adulthood they were scared of setting off his temper. The older sons didn’t want to trigger violence against their mother or their younger siblings. Once the family’s situation was revealed and the sons made connections in the outside world, the father’s chokehold was loosened, to some extent. Assuming he is no longer with the rest of the family, he’s probably off abusing somebody else. He was a very disturbed person.