Kai The Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker and 7 others true crime documentaries to stream on Netflix in January
The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker has become the number one show on Netflix in January. Here are 7 other true crime documentaries that are sure to shock viewers.
Netflix’s difficult start to 2022 seems a long, long time ago.
After worryingly losing subscribers for the first time since 2012, the streaming giant roared back with a host of incredible new television series and films that had critics and viewers alike hailing them as some of Netflix’s best ever releases.
Part of their success over the past year has also been a continious release of addictive true crime documentaries that have had viewers gripped to their TV screens.
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story may have been their big hit of the year, but they also saw huge success with true crime series such as The Tinder Swindler and The Times Square Killer and as the year ends and 2023 approaches, Netflix are launching some big hitters to keep viewers entertained around the holiday season.
Here are 8 true crime documentaries and TV shows we recommend you watch this new year.
5. The Imposter - out now
This 2012 documentary was launched on Netflix just before Christmas and features the bizarre tale of 'serial imposter' Frederic Bourdin, a man who disguised himself as a missing 13-year-old boy from Texas - and almost convinced everyone. Photo: Netflix
6. Big Mäck: Gangsters and Gold - January 20
This true crime documentary tells the story of Donald Stellwag, a German man wrongly imprisoned for a bank robbery that took place in Nuremberg on December 19, 1991 and that involved taking hostages. Photo: Netflix
7. I Am A Killer - out now
The popular I Am A Killer series have re-launched on the streamer and gives and insight into prisoners service time behind bars for murder. It includes never before seen footage with unprecedented access to prisons across the US. Photo: Netflix
8. Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich - out now
This three-part series is a sequel to Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich and looks at the crimes of the duo and beyond the headlines. Photo: Netflix