Netflix's new show 'The Serpent' inspired by a serial killer's true story

Netflix’s new series Serpent is based on true story of serial killer Charles Sobhraj. It is an eight-part series that was released on Netflix on April 2. co-producer of series Paul Tester told a media outlet that it was a challenge to tell a true story and that re was a long development period of series. show focuses on Charles Sobhraj’s crimes and arrest in 1976 which was led by a Dutch diplomat, Herman Knippenberg. series has received a very good response from audience and critics alike.

real story of Charles Sobhraj

Charles Sobhraj was best kwn by name "Bikini killer" due to attire of some of his victims. He was a French killer who killed foreign tourists and along with his girlfriend Marie Andree Leclerc, he travelled world with help of deceased’s passports. y also robbed people y murdered and sold gems y obtained from corpse. He mainly robbed and murdered tourists on ‘Hippie Trail’ and countries where he mainly functioned were Thailand, India, and Nepal. He also took help of a man called Ajay Chowdhury to commit murders.

Charles Sobhraj's arrest was possible due to Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg, who got suspicious of disappearance of Dutch tourists and started investigating cases. Charles was arrested in Thailand and later he was arrested again in India but he escaped after some time. His escapes and arrests continued for quite some time. He has been serving his punishment in jail in Nepal at present. Marie died of cancer in 1983 and Ajay Chowdhury was never caught. 

Serpent is produced by UK-based production company Mammoth Screen and it has been commissioned by BBC. In series, role of Charles Sobhraj has been essayed by Tahar Rahim, while his girlfriend Marie Andree Leclerc has been played by English actress Jenna Coleman. Charles Sobhraj’s partner Ajay Chowdhury’s character was played by Amesh Edireweera and actor Billy Howle was seen as Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg.

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