If you are a true crime lover, here are the shows you should watch this weekend on Netflix.
When viewers know that a person or event is real, it forges an authentic link to the story. This creates a stronger sense of empathy for the characters’ struggles and triumphs.
For fans of the true crime genre on the streaming platform, Netflix, we have compiled a list of recommended viewing options.
The list includes ‘shows’ that are considered essential viewing for individuals who enjoy true crime.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
The latest in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Monster anthology series, this installment takes on the serial killer credited for inspiring some of horror’s most vicious villains including Buffallo Bill, Leatherface, and Norman Bates.
The story revolves around a quiet man living in the rural town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, in the late ’50s with his overly religious mother. His obsession with his mother, his exposure to pulp magazines depicting gruesome crimes, and the secluded location of his family farm are all factors in the tragic events to come. He commits murder and treat the body parts with strange obsessions.
By the end of this series, you’ll understand why he was dubbed the “Butcher of Plainfield.”
Dahmer
You might like to dive on the lives of the world’s most frightening killers to understand, how sinister people live among us undetected.
Evan Peters plays Jeffrey Dahmer, a sometimes quirky but not altogether threatening child of divorce living in Milwaukee in the late ’70s. By the time his parents notice his hobby of killing and dismembering small animals and his occasional violent outbursts, it’s too late.
Sector 36
The film is inspired by one of India’s most shocking cases, the Noida serial murders of 2006, this film isn’t for the faint of heart.
Prem (Vikrant Massey) is a servant in the home of a wealthy businessman in Sector 36, a slum outside Delhi. The area has had missing children reported for several years, but the local police are corrupt and turn a blind eye. When one officer has a close call with his own daughter, he feels compelled to finally look into the reported kidnappings.
The Dead Girls
This six-part Mexican series is based on the true story of sisters María de Jesús and Delfina González Valenzuela in the 1950s and ’60s. The sisters ran a brothel, trafficked women, and are responsible for the murder of at least 91 people.
In the series, we see the rise of their sex empire, the corruption of the police they paid no attention, and the deceitful tactics they employed to lure in unsuspecting women who were disposed of when no longer useful.
The Good Nurse
Murders is not always happens by manipulative or impulsive people but can be in medical world as well by breaking their oath to do no harm.
This is the case where a nurse who starts a new job on the night shift with fellow nurse. They quickly become close friends, but when a patient dies unexpectedly on their watch, they start to notice insulin is being administered to patients who don’t need it.
The most chilling aspect of this film that the man it’s based on is just how unremorseful. He was responsible for the 29 deaths he was later convicted of, with authorities estimating the count could have been closer to 400.
Woman of the Hour
Ladies!! Be vigilant nowadays with dating apps, we know it’s almost impossible to believe it’s a true story but a woman goes on a dating show, meets three contestants, and in the end chooses the one who is secretly a serial killer.
But in 1978, that’s precisely what happened. Making her directorial debut, Anna Kendrick stars as the ill-fated participant, Sheryl Bradshaw, who agrees to go on the dating game show to further her acting career and end up being a possible victim of a serial killer she was dating.
