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RSS FeedsThe Confession Killer could well be Netflix`s smartest crime saga yet
(The Guardian Culture News)

 
 

10 december 2019 15:10:19

 
The Confession Killer could well be Netflix`s smartest crime saga yet
(The Guardian Culture News)
 


A grisly new series rehashes the tale of notorious serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. But is it a new low for the true crime epidemic, or a genius dig at our obsession with bloodshed? Back when true crime documentaries existed on the margins of culture, tucked away on late night TV, the genre was pretty easy to ignore. But now that weīre swamped with endless films and podcasts and series about people who kill people, or people who got away with killing people, or people who were convicted of killing people they didnīt actually kill, itīs hard not to feel a little queasy. These are horrible, terrible acts of violence, and theyīre also the source of a seemingly neverending stream of mass entertainment.The newest, thoroughly grisly addition to the fold is The Confession Killer. A five-part documentary that recounts the story of Henry Lee Lucas, it is currently among Netflixīs top 10 most-watched shows in the UK. This wonīt count as a spoiler if you havenīt seen it - after all, itīs called The Confession Killer - but Lucas is famous for being the man who claimed responsibility for hundreds of murders. In 1983 and 1984, Lucasīs apparently unstoppable urge for killing helped a taskforce of Texas rangers clear 213 unsolved cases from its books. It didnīt matter that the victims, methods and weapons appeared to be chosen at random, nor that actual tangible evidence was scarce. Lucas had confessed, and that was enough. As such, The Confession Killer is less of a whodunnit and more of a `hedunnit?!ī Continue reading...


 
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