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Abandoned: The Woman in the Decaying House OTT Release Date - When and where to watch three-part docu-series
Abandoned: The Woman in the Decaying House OTT Release Date - After decades of silence, one of Brazil's most bizarre and disturbing real-life stories is coming to screen in a chilling new docuseries. Abandoned: The Woman in the Decaying House is all set to release on August 15 on Amazon Prime Video, and if you're someone who enjoys true crime that's stranger than fiction, this is one you won't want to miss.
A real story that froze a nation
Back in July 2022, people across Brazil were gripped by a case that seemed like it had leapt straight out of a thriller novel. A woman living in a crumbling, overgrown mansion in one of São Paulo's richest neighbourhoods was accused of a horrifying crime. Her name? Margarida Bonetti. Her alleged offence? That she and her ex-husband had held a domestic worker against her will in the United States for nearly 20 years. Yes, twenty.
This wasn't just some hearsay. FBI documents, old testimonies, and court reports backed up what was slowly becoming one of the most talked-about true crime sagas in Brazilian media. The mansion, decaying and rotting in broad daylight, became the eerie symbol of secrets long buried. The woman inside it? A mystery even deeper.
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The story first gained traction when journalist Chico Felitti dug into it for one of Brazil's most downloaded investigative podcasts. Now, the three-episode docuseries picks up where the podcast left off, diving deeper into the people involved, unearthing files that had never seen the light of day, and, most importantly, giving a voice to the survivor who had been silenced for three long decades.
One of the things that caught the public eye back when the case hit the news was Margarida Bonetti's strange appearance. Locals knew her only as 'the woman with white cream on her face,' often seen peeking from the windows of her crumbling home. She had become something of an urban legend until the truth came crashing down. Abandoned: The Woman in the Decaying House is directed by Kátia Lund (best known for her work on City of God) and Lívia Lemos.
