Killer Sally: La culturista asesina

This is one of those stories that makes one feel hopeless about humankind. A couple of self-involved, lusty individuals stick together for several years of unhappy relationship. Eventually, even though they both wanted out, neither left until the bitter end.

Ray and Sally were two bodybuilders so wrapped up with their "career" that they kind of forgot about her two children destined to follow in their footpath of broken families and violent upbringing.

Sally gets the lion's share of the documentary and gives her own - biased - version of the story. Even if Ray was violent towards her, she did not leave. Especially her statement about being ready to move back with her parents rings false. She stated that "It was too late" without explaining why. What actually stopped her? Certainly not Ray, who was ready to move on with his lover...

Anyway, in true Netflix spirit, they try to turn Sally into a sort of saint martyr, and they manage because the audience seems not to have noticed the extremely relevant part of her reloading the shotgun to put another round into Ray, who was lying on the floor dying. That was what made her spend 25 years in prison - like it or not, reloading and shooting somebody on the ground rules out self-defense.

However, this is a depressing story were all the parties involved are equally repulsive and pathetic, a bunch of people totally unable to exercise any form of self-control or restrain and capable only to follow their instincts in a savage and brutal way.

Killer Sally (2022) is a Netflix series my wife and I watched today. The storyline follows two married body builders with two kids as they met and rose to body building stardom. They lived unique lifestyles because of opportunities presented to body builders during that time and ultimately their relationship ends tragically. We uncover clues on what and why things unfolded the way they did.

This series was fascinating not only due to the characters and lifestyles but also due to the fetishes that were revealed. People often forget that before "Only Fans" and the internet there were limitations to how you could access certain content. It was fascinating to me to see that side of the boy building world. The story itself was thorough and did a great job of getting multiple perspectives from all sides and unveiling clues in the most dramatic way possible. Also the flashes to "Hard Copy" gave me a nostalgic feel for the 90s when Hard Copy and Unsolved Mysteries were must see TV. The story also gives you space to have your own opinion on exactly how things happened.

Overall, this is a creative and well done docuseries that is definitely worth a viewing. I would score this an 8/10 and strongly recommend it.

Great docuseries. It is nice and short. I had not heard this story and didn't know anything about it and was surprised. I truly feel for her and her children. Steroids are horrible. Please do not take roads. They really mess with your mind. There are also many stories out there of wrestlers that have killed due to too many steriods in their system. It's really not worth it. Life is too short for that. I would love to know more about Sally say in about 10 years to see how she is doing. I also hope her son gets the help he needs. He seems like a nice person who is hurting so much. I wish the best for l of them.

I walked into this series not sure what to expect. So many other true crime docs recently have been so bad. Over dramatized. Slow. Etc. But I'm glad I took the chance with this one. The pacing was great. The interviews were not over sentualized. The doc maker definitely had an opinion and made it clear. I think people will walk away thinking this is about her being innocent. I disagree. Sally made some bad decisions, but I have a lot of empathy for her situation. I think the film is about how women are driven to a point of breaking from a lifetime of abuse. Nobody would talk about it. Excuses were made. The man's side is automatically taken. The BS just swept under the rug. Thru continued recognition that domestic abuse is real and that we should not turn a blind eye to it, hopefully more people can get out of the toxic relationship earlier before another life or lives are destroyed. On a side note. I found the exploration into the subculture of body building and muscle worshipping very interesting.

This documentary was a real roller coaster. But I'm so happy about the outcome even though I feel she didn't deserve all the time she did. It's embarrassing that her defense lawyer did an interview because he failed astronomically. I hope she is truly happy and living her best life. I don't believe for one second she was planning to kill her husband, I believe she was a battered woman and did what she had to do to save her life and potentially the lives of her children. Domestic abuse victims doesn't advertise the abuse, they hide it. And I just want to puke on the men defending him. Over and out.