True crime: 7 docuseries to watch on Netflix ∂ HorrorMagazine

True crime stories have enjoyed enormous success since 2010. Podcasts, TV series and films have gathered the approval of a new generation of fans, paving the way for new productions. And the world of crime has plenty of bizarre and shocking stories to offer!

But crime is not just made in the USA, and stories that have taken place in different parts of the world are popping up on Netflix.

We suggest some of the best.

The great robbery of the Central Bank of Brazil – Brazil

The 2005 robbery of the Central Bank of Brazil is something of legend.

Twenty-five men spent three months digging a tunnel that led straight from a private home to the bank vault. The men managed to steal around 160 million Brazilian royals. The theft took place in the city of Fortaleza, a name which – ironically – means “fortress”. Obviously, the robbery soon became one of the most famous criminal stories in Brazil, notoriety due above all to the complexity of the entire operation.

The great robbery of the Central Bank of Brazil tells the whole story in detail.

Carmel: Who killed Maria Marta? – Argentina

The death of sociologist María Marta García Belsunce de Carrascosa dates back to 2002. The woman came from a wealthy and well-known high-society family in Buenos Aires and she had married the even richer stock broker Carlos Carrascosa. And it is her husband who found her dead in the bathroom of their home at Carmel Country Club, a gated community near the Argentine capital.

If at first it was thought of a domestic accident, the exhumation of the corpse of Maria Marta confirmed that it was a murder, as suspected by some friends of the victim.

Many have been investigated, not only for the crime, but also for the management of relief efforts and investigations, but to date full clarity on the murder has not yet been made.

And the series tells the whole story in an incredibly interesting way, leaving viewers as confused as they are fascinated.

Carmel: Who killed María Marta?

Carmel: Who killed María Marta?

AR / 2020 / Documentary, Crime

Created by Alejandro Hartmann

With María Marta García Belsunce, Carlos Carrascosa, Rolando Barbano, Pablo Duggan, Horacio García Belsunce, Irene Hurtig, Juan Carlos “John” Hurtig, Guillermo Bártoli, Diego Molina Pico, Gabriel Becker

Created by Alejandro Hartmann

Networks: Netflix

Official site: netflix.com

1 season – 4 episodes

A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad – Germany / Chile

The series tells of the Colonia Dignidad, a particularly chilling chapter of the book of horrors that was the Chilean military dictatorship.

Founded by former German army member Paul Schäfer, the Colony gathered large numbers of German immigrants who were believed to be living happily by Christian dictates. Schäfer has instead revealed himself to be an authoritarian leader, guilty of having sexually abused some boys and of having offered fundamental help to the dictator Augusto Pinochet.

A Sinister Sect paints a complete portrait of the Colonia Dignidad and one of the most dramatic periods in the history of Latin America.

João de Deus: powers and crime – Brazil

The series tells the story of Brazilian spiritual leader João Teixeira de Faria, known as John of God, who has always declared himself a healer capable of curing millions of people suffering from physical or spiritual diseases as a whole in Abadiânia, in west-central Brazil.

In 2018, however, when four women came forward accusing the healer of having sexually assaulted them on various occasions, under the pretext of spiritual treatment. Their testimonies paved the way for hundreds of others, each with a more heartbreaking tale than the other.

In addition to collecting the testimonies of the victims, the series analyzes the socio-economic circumstances that led to Faria’s rise as a prominent figure and allowed him to win the trust and devotion of the people of Abadiânia.

The Alcasser girls – Spain

On November 13, 1992, Miriam García, Toñi Gómez and Desirée Hernández, three teenagers from Alcàsser, disappeared on their way to a nightclub in the nearby town of Picassent. Their bodies are found, in January of the following year, buried in a field near an abandoned house.

Two men are accused of having first raped and then killed them, it would therefore seem a terribly ordinary crime, but there are some elements that distinguish it from others similar: the series of errors committed by the police and the media circus that has been built around the case.

The series tells the story of the Alcàsser murders, with particular attention to media coverage, which has broken all the rules of journalistic ethics. And among all the nauseating characters in history, the criminologist Juan Ignacio Blanco.

Hunt for the killer in the yellow raincoat – South Korea

In the early 2000s, South Korea was emerging from a severe crisis, and it is in this scenario that Yoo Young-chul begins to commit his crimes.

At first the victims were rich elderly people beaten to death in their homes, then he started killing prostitutes he invited into his apartment, where they were mutilated and then killed. Lack of experience with serial killers slowed down the police investigation.

Over the course of three episodes, a series of terrible mistakes made by the Korean police are told, a rather daunting spectacle that ends on a positive note: the case of Yoo Young-chul served to show the Korean police what they were doing wrong. enough to lead to a reform of the Korean police.

House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths – India

The series sheds light on the strange death of the Chundawat family, in Burari, India, in 2018.

The crime itself is chilling: eleven family members are found dead in their home, nearly all hanging from the ceiling. While some were quick to judge the case as a mass suicide, others suspected some reprisal, the bodies had their hands tied and their eyes covered.

The investigation revealed a disconcerting truth: after the death of the patriarch, Bhopal Singh, in 2007, the Chundawat family had turned into a small sect. The leader was Lalit, Bhopal’s youngest son, who claimed to be able to channel his father’s spirit.

House of Secrets it captures viewers with a gruesome story, but it evolves into a discussion of Indian patriarchy, perception and above all the stigmatization of mental illness.

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True crime: 7 docuseries to watch on Netflix ∂ HorrorMagazine