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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 ...
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.
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 ]
The Jeffrey Dahmer Story became Netflix's second most-watched English-language series of all time within 28 days, and the third Netflix series to pass 1 billion hours viewed in 60 days. It received four nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards and six nominations at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards .
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.