How the Etan Patz's disappearance may have inspired Netflix's hit series Eric - after six-year-old vanished while walking to school bus stop in New York in case that mystified police for 38 years Etan Patz was walking to his school bus stop in Soho when he vanished in 1979 Read More: Molly Martens is released from jail after serving just four years for killing husband Jason Corbett with FBI agent father By Lydia Hawken For Mailonline Published: 15:10, 11 June 2024 | Updated: 15:56, 11 June 2024 e-mail 5 View comments Eric may have only landed on Netflix less than two weeks ago - but it's already become one of the streaming platform's most popular series. From May 31 to June 6, the TV drama - starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Gaby Hoffmann - has been watched for over 1bn minutes, beating Bridgerton and Dancing for the Devil to the top spot. The six-part psychological drama, which is set in 1980s New York, follows a desperate father's search for his missing nine-year-old son Edgar.
As the show progresses, Vincent (who is the creative director of a puppet show seemingly inspired by Sesame Street) convinces himself that getting Edgar's blue monster puppet on the air will result in his son's safe return. However, the series - which has been dubbed an 'A+' by viewers - appears to share haunting similarities with a real missing child case from this time that only came to a close in 2017. Pictured: Benedict Cumberbatch and Gaby Hoffmann play parents whose son Edgar goes missing in Ne.
