A chilling documentary series has left viewers utterly disturbed, with many admitting they stayed up far too late because they couldn’t sleep after watching.

Online reactions to the series reveal just how deeply it has affected audiences.

One viewer described it as ‘one of THEE most disturbing and insane true-crime series I’ve ever seen. Mind = blown!’

They explained how what begins as a seemingly standard crime story ‘slowly turns into a town that’s just plagued with disturbing crime, and as the years go on the crimes become more and more unsettling and unnerving.’

Another viewer confessed: “I stayed up WAY too late, but I couldn’t wait to see what the next episode had to offer.”
A chilling documentary series has left viewers utterly disturbed. Credit: Sundance Now
They described it as one of those rare ‘potato chip experiences’ where ‘you can’t stop after just one,’ calling it an ‘amazing 6-part limited series’ that made them reconsider their entire belief system.

The series has particularly unnerved those who live in or near small towns. “This is why I don’t f*** with small towns or ‘small-town folk,’” one viewer wrote.

Multiple viewers have specifically cited the brutal later crimes depicted in the series as especially traumatic, with one noting that the crimes ‘become more and more unsettling’ as the episodes progress.

The documentary has earned praise from some of the most respected names in entertainment journalism.

Roger Ebert’s website gave the series a positive review, with critic Brian Tallerico noting that ‘the best parts’ explore how ‘violence, especially of the vigilante kind, leaves a scar. It doesn’t end when the violent act ends.’

The review highlighted how the series examines the way violence ‘changes the tenor of the atmosphere’ and ‘alters the landscape of what could possibly happen in a small town.’
Fans have been left unable to sleep after watching the documentary. Credit: Sundance Now
IndieWire praised the documentary as ‘an alternately transfixing and frustrating meditation on the short and long-term costs of violence on a community’s psyche,’ calling director Avi Belkin’s work clever in how it ‘pulls back its own documentary facade.’

Decider called the series ‘amazing,’ highlighting how ‘Belkin does a good job of revisiting a case that captured the nation’s, if not the world’s, attention in the 1980s and brings some fresh perspective to it.’

This true crime documentary series distinguishes itself through its examination of brutal crimes occurring in broad daylight within a tiny Missouri farming town of under 300 residents.

Produced by Blumhouse Television, known for horror films like Get Out and The Purge, the series employs unsettling atmospherics that blur the line between documentary and horror film.
No One Saw A Thing has taken audiences by storm. Credit: Sundance Now
The centerpiece involves a 1981 murder witnessed by approximately 60 townspeople who collectively refused to cooperate with investigators, maintaining their silence for decades.

This act of vigilante justice allegedly triggered a cascade of violence (unsolved disappearances, murders, and drug-related crimes) that has haunted the community ever since.

No One Saw A Thing traces this pattern chronologically, combining archival footage from a 1982 60 Minutes segment with contemporary interviews to create a portrait of a town frozen by its violent past.

What elevates the series beyond typical true crime is its focus on collective complicity and how entire communities can become trapped in cycles of silence.

Most chillingly, despite renewed attention from the documentary’s release, these crimes remain unsolved.

Watch the trailer for No One Saw A Thing here…

No One Saw A Thing is available to stream via Prime Video