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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 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.
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 ...
Young Wallander is a crime drama television series, based on Henning Mankell's fictional Inspector Kurt Wallander.The series premiered on Netflix on 3 September 2020. Star Adam Pålsson explained that the pre-imagining (i.e., Young Wallander being set in the present day) made more sense than a straight prequel, as it allowed for the social commentary which is a strong element of Mankell's ...
The Breakthrough (Genombrottet) is a 2025 Swedish limited crime drama television series directed by Lisa Siwe and produced by FLX for Netflix.It is based on a non-fiction book by journalist Anna Bodin and genealogist Peter Sjölund about how the 2004 murders of Mohammed Ammouri and Anna-Lena Svensson were finally solved in 2020 through forensic genetic genealogy.
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.