The Steven Stayner Story
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The Steven Stayner Story is a 1989 television miniseries dramatizing the real-life kidnapping and seven-year captivity of Steven Stayner, who was abducted as a child and later escaped with another victim.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Steven Stayner Story canonical | 2 |
| Steven Stayner: In Their Own Words | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13102836 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Steven Stayner Story Context triple: [I Know My First Name Is Steven, alsoKnownAs, The Steven Stayner Story]
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A.
The Sleeping Beauty Killer
The Sleeping Beauty Killer is a crime novel in Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke’s "Under Suspicion" series, following a cold-case TV producer as she re-investigates a notorious murder and the woman long believed to be the killer.
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B.
An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story
An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story is a documentary film chronicling Michael Morton’s wrongful conviction for his wife’s murder and his eventual exoneration through DNA evidence, highlighting flaws in the U.S. criminal justice system.
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C.
The Hillside Strangler
The Hillside Strangler is a 2004 crime-horror film that dramatizes the real-life serial murders committed in Los Angeles during the late 1970s.
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D.
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
The Marcus-Nelson Murders is a 1973 television crime drama film that served as the pilot for the Kojak series, loosely inspired by the real-life Wylie-Hoffert murder case.
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E.
To Catch a Killer
To Catch a Killer is a 1992 television crime drama film that chronicles the investigation and capture of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Steven Stayner Story Target entity description: The Steven Stayner Story is a 1989 television miniseries dramatizing the real-life kidnapping and seven-year captivity of Steven Stayner, who was abducted as a child and later escaped with another victim.
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A.
The Sleeping Beauty Killer
The Sleeping Beauty Killer is a crime novel in Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke’s "Under Suspicion" series, following a cold-case TV producer as she re-investigates a notorious murder and the woman long believed to be the killer.
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B.
An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story
An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story is a documentary film chronicling Michael Morton’s wrongful conviction for his wife’s murder and his eventual exoneration through DNA evidence, highlighting flaws in the U.S. criminal justice system.
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C.
The Hillside Strangler
The Hillside Strangler is a 2004 crime-horror film that dramatizes the real-life serial murders committed in Los Angeles during the late 1970s.
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D.
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
The Marcus-Nelson Murders is a 1973 television crime drama film that served as the pilot for the Kojak series, loosely inspired by the real-life Wylie-Hoffert murder case.
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E.
To Catch a Killer
To Catch a Killer is a 1992 television crime drama film that chronicles the investigation and capture of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical drama
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drama television film ⓘ television miniseries ⓘ |
| about |
impact of kidnapping on a family
ⓘ
life of Steven Stayner ⓘ |
| basedOn |
real-life kidnapping of Steven Stayner
ⓘ
true story ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| depictsTimeSpan | seven years ⓘ |
| format | television miniseries ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Steven Stayner Story ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| numberOfParts | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| portrays |
Steven Stayner
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another kidnapped child victim ⓘ escape of Steven Stayner ⓘ kidnapping of Steven Stayner ⓘ seven-year captivity of Steven Stayner ⓘ |
| productionType | made-for-television ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| setting |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
|
| subjectMatter |
child abduction
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family drama ⓘ hostage captivity ⓘ true crime ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Steven Stayner Story Description of subject: The Steven Stayner Story is a 1989 television miniseries dramatizing the real-life kidnapping and seven-year captivity of Steven Stayner, who was abducted as a child and later escaped with another victim.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Steven Stayner Story