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The Serpent is a 2021 British crime drama television serial developed by Mammoth Screen and commissioned by the BBC. The eight-part series is a co-production between BBC One and Netflix. It is based on the crimes of French serial killer Charles "the Serpent" Sobhraj, who murdered young backpackers on the "hippie trail" from 1975 to 1976
An eight-part BBC-commissioned miniseries called The Serpent was broadcast in the UK in January 2021, starring Tahar Rahim as Sobhraj, before being streamed on Netflix in April 2021. [48] [49] Netflix released Black Warrant based on a book by the same name in January 2025 where Sidhant Gupta played the role of Charles Sobhraj. [50]
Beginning in the early 1980s, Black Warrant is based on historical events told from the perspective of Sunil Gupta, who was a jailer for 35 years at Tihar Prisons.The first season covers Gupta's experiences until 1984, and features real-life criminals, including Charles Sobhraj and Ranga-Billa.
The story of criminal mastermind Charles Sobhraj has captivated true crime followers for more than 40 years. The serial killer left a trail of bodies — mostly young European and North American ...
On November 7, 2022, Netflix announced that it had been renewed as an anthology series based on famous convicted killers. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] On May 1, 2023, it was confirmed the second season, titled Monsters , would focus on Lyle and Erik Menendez , brothers convicted of the 1989 murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, California . [ 19 ]
Marie-Andrée Leclerc (born October 26, 1945-April 20, 1984) was a known accomplice to serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who preyed on Western tourists travelling on the hippie trail of South Asia during the 1970s.
The Chestnut Man (Danish: Kastanjemanden) is a Danish crime series released on Netflix on 29 September 2021. The series was created by Dorte Warnøe Hagh, David Sandreuter, and Mikkel Serup, is directed by Kasper Barfoed and Mikkel Serup, and is based on the book of the same name by Søren Sveistrup.
The series follows the lives of "monstrous figures", with each season following a different killer or killers. The first season, The Jeffrey Dahmer Story , focuses on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer ( Evan Peters ), and released on Netflix on September 21, 2022.