Night stalker
I’ve always been a sucker for true crime ever since crushing Making a Murdered, binging on Don’t F**K With Cats, and devouring Tiger King. I even got hooked on podcasts such as Man In The Window and In The Dark. If you have’t watched or listened to any of these then you are in for a content crime treat.
So, this brings me to the latest in a true crime saga, Netflix’s Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer. In this limited series, 4 episodes long, you will get to know one of the most savage serial killers that ever existed.
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer tells the spellbinding true story of how one of the most notorious serial killers in American history was hunted down and brought to justice. In the sweltering summer of 1985, a record-breaking heatwave hit Los Angeles, along with a series of murders and sexual assaults that at first seemed disconnected. The victims were men, women, and children. They ranged in age from six to 82. They came from different neighborhoods, racial backgrounds and socioeconomic levels. Never before in criminal history had a single killer been responsible for such a grisly array of crimes. Racing against the clock to stop this nocturnal monster were a young detective named Gil Carrillo from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the legendary homicide investigator Frank Salerno. As they worked tirelessly to solve the case, the media hounded their tracks, and panic gripped California.
Told through harrowing first-person interviews, gripping archival footage and spectacular original photography, this four-part series represents the definitive telling of this iconic L.A. real-life horror story, painting a portrait of how it felt to live in fear at a time when absolutely anyone could be the Night Stalker’s next victim.