Un bail en enfer

Another solid crime mini-series delivered by Netflix. I watched the entire series in one sitting. It's a perfect mix of crime, fraud and murder. The first episode was by far the best in my opinion - talk about an innocent looking old lady that doesn't look like she'd cause any harm?! It goes to show you can never be so sure what a person is capable of, regardless of how old they are!

In truth, sociopaths have an uncanny ability to find vulnerable people and exploit them. They don't care who they hurt, and they are especially good at connecting with good hearted people. They want good hearted people because they are the ones who think the best of others.

In many of the other "Interpersonal" true crime series on Netflix, these victims are women. For whatever reason, the fact that they are exploited by men makes some reviewers assume the victims weren't that innocent because they are looking to be rescued by someone with money. Those reviewers have trouble understanding just how grim it can be to in the grips of a sociopath, whether the victim is a man OR a woman.

This series sets the record straight on who the victims of a criminal are. The stories are chilling, whether the criminal is a squatter or an attempted murderer. The victims are still shell shocked, incredibly honest and good at describing the point of desperation to which they were driven. The crimes are intensely personal, whether they took place in the victim's home or in the loneliness of a foreign country.

It's a frustrating, intelligent chilling look into what it feels like to be gutted by a friend or lover.

See it. I'm already hoping for a second season,

Finished this in one sitting. Just wow. Totally not what I expected given the title of the docuseries, which actually irks me because the title makes the docuseries sound like it'd be pretty stupid but when I saw the high ratings, I gave it a shot.

All around (again, aside from the title), this is one of the best docuseries I have seen in a long time. Every single person involved with the creation, production, etc., of this show deserves an award or something. It's just brilliantly done.

The first episode's story in itself could be a entire docuseries. It was pretty chilling. One of the things I really liked was when the reenactments of the narration are animated and not real-life human actors. I hate watching human reenactments because they're just so dumb and distracting. So the animated reenactments were excellent.

I hope this becomes an actual series and not limited because I'd love to see more (true crime fans will understand!). I hadn't heard of any of these cases before and I gotta say they are probably the creepiest and most disturbing I've ever heard of. Absolutely worth the watch.

Netflix once again delivers for fans of real life crime documentaries. This five part series tells us of four different criminals, with various crimes, including fraud and murder, the only thing linking the stories, is a tenuous story about a room mate link.

The first episode blew me away, the most shocking story of the lot, the case of Dorothea Puente, it's enough to give you nightmares for a month. Talk about somebody not looking like they could cause harm to anyone.

It's a well produced series, each has some intriguing interviews, and some decent animation which helps tell the story.

I wonder if a second series will follow, I'm sure there's enough demand, and material.

You may well, like I did, watch each episode, and wonder how on earth the victims allowed themselves to be put into such situations, but when you're desperate for help, financial or otherwise, you tend to believe the best in people. Hindsight is a wonderful thing I guess.

Overall, it's a good watch. 8/10.

I enjoyed the documentary except for one thing. That last 2 episodes follow the story of a serial squatter named Jed Creek aka Jamison Bachman. I felt so sorry for everybody involved that suffered so much, but the victim, Alex Miller, creeped me more than the offender. The way she talked, the facial expressions.... (kinda sociopathic also), reaaaaaly creeped me, had to fast forward all the parts with her.