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
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The Serpent begins with a disclaimer that the true crime drama, which is based on the life and crimes of serial killer Charles Sobhraj, is only inspired by true events. Some of the names and circumstances have been changed both for dramatic purposes they’re trying to make some captivating television, you understand but also out of respect for Sobhraj’s very real victims and their families.
In real life, Sobhraj was accused of more than 20 murders throughout India, Thailand, Nepal, Turkey, and Iran in the 1970s but was never convicted of murder until 2004, reported the BBC at the time. Nicknamed “The Serpent,” Sobhraj was known to prey on young, usually Western travelers (and particularly women) who making their way along the “Hippie Trail” of the 1970s, or the overland route between Europe and South Asia that became popular for young backpackers in the 1960s and ’70s.
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