Devilsdorp

Excellent true crime doco, covering South African religious serial killings 2012-2016.

Cautionary tale into the dangers of insulated and extreme religious belief system (in this case Christian), and the dark path it can lead down.

This 4 part documentary follows the trail of bodies left behind by a murder cult in a small South African town. Krugersdorp, near Johannesburg, is the eponymous town of the title "Devilsdorp" or Devil's town.

Witnesses and family members of the victims tell their stories in a narrative which does not get bogged down in the complexity of the case. There are some unanswered questions at the end , but the documentary faithfully represents the community and systems of belief at the heart of this murderous enterprise.

What a great Series. The subject matter was truly horrific and it seems unbelievable that people can get sucked into situations like this which happened but all too often nowadays - plenty of people are involved in hideous atrocities through drugs, money or some other situation in their lives.

Most of those people drawn into situations such as this would never normally act in the way they did but having said that, there must be something inanely weird in their life or in their mind, which enables them to be manipulated to commit horrendous acts of brutality. The telling of the Story was brilliantly done and one thing I would like to know which I hope should have been followed up was the story behind the "high ranking policeman" who was removed from the Case and not named who was more involved than was known.

In a civilized country where the majority of the population is god believers, and where these are completely blinded by the light harbouring and supporting a indespicable criminal like this...?

Im shocked and awed how religion and the opposite can fluxify the mind of healthy and sound people to become knights of the good or the bad, and let them rat for all eternity where they are now.

This documentary tells me that a judicial system without juries works better in such cases like this, where the all accused except the master have confessed their deeds and gets multipel life sentences for it, maybe should have been introduced in other socalled civilized democracies, such as usa GB and even norway where im seated.

The quality of the product is bland, there are many deepdives that are left and pulled up in another episode, people tend to forget what happened last week so this is for the true crime binger. The timeline though are good, and the contents of real photo and film documentation are overwhelming.

So if you can deal with the drawbacks of fundamentalists beliefs and satanism, then have a look.

This story is the craziest documentary I have seen regarding anything to come from South Africa.

Some things are truly unbelievable.

Such sadness for those who have lost loved ones.

Definitely up for local awards, if not international.