If you are someone who binge-watches true-crime documentaries and looking for more then, search no more as we bring to you some of the most chilling and gruesome series, based on real-life events and easily available to stream on Netflix. There is a certain grabbing factor in serial killer films or series that hooks us till the end.
Check Out Serial Killer Documentaries Below
Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier
It is a German true-crime docuseries, spanning over 4 episodes with a runtime of about 57-59 minutes. The official synopsis of the series reads – After Birgit Meier vanishes in 1989, police missteps plague the case for years. But her brother never wavers in his tireless quest to find the truth. The series investigates the disappearance of Birgit Meier, but the police have other concerns.
Only Wolfgang Sielaff, her brother who is a police detective himself, suspects that she is the victim of a brutal crime. The search of a suspect’s house brings some gruesome things to light. Watch this chilling slow-burn series on Netflix.
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The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea
The Raincoat Killer is a South Korean documentary series with only 3 episodes having a runtime of about 43-54 minutes respectively. The synopsis reads – In the early 2000s, Yoo Young-chul hammered his victims to death and cast fear across Seoul. This docuseries recounts the hunt for a prolific killer.
Serial killer Yoo Young-chul murdered at least 20 people from 2003 to 2004 across the capital of South Korea, specifically targetting female sex workers and wealthy elderly people. The detectives and the criminal profilers who worked on the case reveal how they investigated the killings and finally brought Yoo to justice.
Watch the series on Netflix.
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
The Netflix limited docu-series Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer tells the spellbinding true story of how one of the most notorious serial killers in American history was hunted down and brought to justice. In the sweltering summer of 1985, a record-breaking heatwave hit Los Angeles, along with a series of murders and sexual assaults that at first seemed disconnected.
Told through harrowing first-person interviews, gripping archival footage and spectacular original photography, this four-part series represents the definitive telling of this iconic L.A. real-life horror story, painting a portrait of how it felt to live in fear at a time when absolutely anyone could be the Night Stalker’s next victim. Watch the series on Netflix.
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The Ripper
The series follows the five years, between 1975 to 1980, when the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over the lives of women in the North of England. It was a time of national hysteria. 13 women were dead and the police seemed incapable of catching the killer. No one felt safe and every man was a suspect.
Chronicling the twists and turns of the largest police manhunt in British police history, this evocative four-part series re-examines the crimes within the context of England in the late 1970s. It was a time of radical change, de-industrialisation, poverty, masculinity and misogyny, all of which contributed to the Ripper evading capture for so long. Watch the series on Netflix.
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer
The series unpacks the ways in which certain locations aid and abet criminal activity. It starts as firemen respond to a call at a seedy hotel in the middle of Times Square in December 1979. What they discover among the smoke and ash shocks even the most seasoned NYC homicide detectives, triggering a hunt for a vicious serial killer who preyed upon sex workers operating within Times Square’s then-booming, anything-goes sex industry.
The three-part series takes viewers deep into the investigation, detailing the social and systemic forces at play in a near-lawless area in the centre of Manhattan that allowed multiple horrific crimes to go unnoticed for too long. A wide range of subjects is profiled to bring the era to life, from Times Square denizens to beat cops to the daughter of New York’s self-proclaimed porno king.
Watch the series on Netflix.
Have you watched any of the documentaries mentioned in the list? Which one sent the chills through your spine? Let us know in the comment section below.
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