The best true crime TV and movies of 2021 on Netflix and Hulu
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A crime scene photo from the art robbery at Boston s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, as seen in the Netflix documentary This Is a Robbery. Netflix/Courtesy
They say crime doesn t pay, but for TV and film producers, it most certainly does.
True crime has become one of the most popular genres in entertainment in the past few years, with hundreds of docuseries and films that recount grisly historical murders or mysterious disappearances. In 2019, SFGATE wrote a roundup of our old favorites, but with the boom in original programming on streaming services, 2021 has been a banner year for on-screen investigations of Sasquatch murders and art heists.
New Netflix true crime doc shows SF s pivotal role in catching the Night Stalker
Aaron Pruner
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Frank Salerno (co-lead investigator) in 1985 giving a report after the Richard Ramirez trial in episode 4 of Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer. Netflix The San Francisco piece of the story was a fascinating piece of the puzzle, because in a way, this is the puzzle piece that leads to the identification of Ramirez and essentially to his arrest.
These are the words of Tiller Russell, the director of Netflix s new four-part docuseries “Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer,” who spoke to SFGATE about the project. The documentary tells the story of notorious Satan-worshipping murderer Richard Ramirez and the bloody reign of terror he brought upon the people of Los Angeles in the sweltering summer of 1985, resulting in the death of 13 victims.