The twisting, real-life story of Charles Sobhraj, a murderer, thief and master of disguise, who was a hidden darkness in the mid-1970s on Asia's hippie trail. The serial killer left a trail of bodies - mostly young European and North American backpackers - across Asia in the 1970s, then shocked everyone when he escaped from prison not once but at least four times. The story of the serial killer is an eight-part docudrama called ' The Serpent' from Mammoth Screen, which was first shown on BBC but is now available on Netflix. It was created by Tom Shankland and Richard Warlow. The creators decided to frame the story around Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg, who spent years on the trail of