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Daily Mirror
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Harrowing Netflix documentaries about real-life American tragedies you can watch now
Among the streamer's many powerful documentaries are three viewers say everyone should see Netflix's documentaries are always a hit with viewers, but picking the cream of the crop can be a tough task. A handful of fresh releases have already made their way into the streaming giant's library, including one show that's being touted as the 'best docu-series of 2025. ' We've put together a brief list of must-see documentaries, focusing on events that unfolded in America and subsequently shook the world. From catastrophic weather events to the passing of an LGBTQ+ legend, these shows are available for streaming now on Netflix. The Twister: Caught in the Storm Launched back in March, The Twister: Caught in the Storm delves into the horrific tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri, in 2011. The storm descended upon Joplin on May 22 and claimed the lives of 158 people, making it one of the deadliest in American history, reports the Mirror US. Helmed by Alexandra Lacey, the documentary revisits this natural disaster, featuring first-hand accounts from weather forecasters and a group of survivors who found themselves at the heart of the storm. Even though the tragedy took place 14 years ago, this Netflix series provides viewers with a deeply immersive experience of the event. A Rotten Tomatoes reviewer described it as "immersive, thrilling and frightening," continuing: "This documentary very well shows the vulnerability of all us humans when confronted with the mighty force of nature." The Twister: Caught in the Storm is available for streaming now on Netflix Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer This three-part series has been praised by viewers as the 'best docu-series of 2025' just two months after its release on Netflix. It explores the hunt for an alleged serial killer, following a string of murders that took place over several years without being detected by law enforcement. In 2010 police began to suspect a killer was on the loose after 23-year-old escort Shannan Gilbert made a panicked 911 call claiming someone was pursuing her, only to vanish shortly after. An extensive search of the area led to the discovery of four victims, known as the Gilgo Beach Four, and sparked a thorough investigation. Shannan's remains were eventually found in December 2011. Directed by Liz Garbus, the documentary delves into the events leading up to the 2023 arrest of an architect, who is set to stand trial later this year charged with the murders of seven women. He maintains he is not guilty. Viewers have taken to Rotten Tomatoes, where the series boasts a rare 100% score, with one reviewer writing: "Netflix Delivers the Best Docu-Series of 2025. 'Gone Girls' does something unexpected with its empathetic approach to true crime as director Liz Garbus gives a voice to the voiceless [...]." Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer is now available to stream on Netflix The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson Marsha P. Johnson, a trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ rights movement, met a tragic end in July 1992. The transgender icon was part of the pioneering Gay Liberation Front, which started in New York during the tumultuous late '60s. Initially thought to have taken her own life, a new documentary delves into the persistent suspicions that she was actually murdered. The film's blurb states: "Filmmakers re-examine the 1992 death of transgender legend Marsha P. Johnson, who was found floating in the Hudson River. Originally ruled a suicide, many in the community believe she was murdered." Highlighting the significance of the documentary, an IMDb reviewer wrote: "I was originally going to say that this should be required viewing for young LGBTQ people, in order for them to have a better understanding of our history. "But correct that to say that EVERYONE should watch this in order to better understand a segment of our society that has been brutally mistreated since forever."
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
This True Crime Docuseries Is The Top Show On Netflix Right Now
'Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer' is currently the most popular show on Netflix, according to the platform's public ranking system. Directed and produced by documentarian Liz Garbus, the true crime docuseries dives into the Gilgo Beach serial killings and the long search for the perpetrator. The series premiered on March 31 and consists of three episodes ranging from 49 to 56 minutes long. 'Gone Girls' features interviews with law enforcement, journalists, victims' loved ones and people who knew the accused killer. Read on for more trending shows of the moment across streaming services including Apple TV+, Hulu, BritBox and Amazon Prime Video. And if you want to stay informed about all things streaming, subscribe to the Streamline newsletter. 'Dying for Sex' premiered on FX on Hulu on April 4. The comedy drama series is an adaptation of a podcast from Wondery and Nikki Boyer. Starring Michelle Williams, 'Dying for Sex' follows a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer as she endeavors to explore the full extent of her sexual desires before her death. The new action horror series 'The Bondsman' premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 3. Starring Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Nettles, the show revolves around a bounty hunter who is murdered but comes back to life via resurrection by the devil. But his second chance comes with some unexpected discoveries. 'Side Quest' is trending on Apple TV+ at the moment. The comedy anthology series is a spinoff of the show 'Mythic Quest' and premiered on March 26, the same day as the original's season finale. Each of the four episodes of 'Side Quest' centers around employees, players and fans of the video game Mythic Quest. The BBC One detective dramedy 'Ludwig' is now streaming on BritBox after airing in the U.K. late last year. British comedy legend David Mitchell stars as a reclusive puzzle maker who is enlisted by his identical twin brother's wife to solve the mystery of his disappearance. Already renewed for a second season, the first season of 'Ludwig' features six episodes. The Complicated, Awkward Truth Behind A 'White Lotus' Punchline 'A Nice Indian Boy' Is The Rom-Com We've Been Waiting For The 'Friends' Spinoff You Forgot About Is Now Streaming — And It's Kind Of Good
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
This True Crime Docuseries Is The Top Show On Netflix Right Now
'Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer' is currently the most popular show on Netflix, according to the platform's public ranking system. Directed and produced by documentarian Liz Garbus, the true crime docuseries dives into the Gilgo Beach serial killings and the long search for the perpetrator. The series premiered on March 31 and consists of three episodes ranging from 49 to 56 minutes long. 'Gone Girls' features interviews with law enforcement, journalists, victims' loved ones and people who knew the accused killer. Read on for more trending shows of the moment across streaming services including Apple TV+, Hulu, BritBox and Amazon Prime Video. And if you want to stay informed about all things streaming, subscribe to the Streamline newsletter. 'Dying for Sex' premiered on FX on Hulu on April 4. The comedy drama series is an adaptation of a podcast from Wondery and Nikki Boyer. Starring Michelle Williams, 'Dying for Sex' follows a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer as she endeavors to explore the full extent of her sexual desires before her death. The new action horror series 'The Bondsman' premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 3. Starring Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Nettles, the show revolves around a bounty hunter who is murdered but comes back to life via resurrection by the devil. But his second chance comes with some unexpected discoveries. 'Side Quest' is trending on Apple TV+ at the moment. The comedy anthology series is a spinoff of the show 'Mythic Quest' and premiered on March 26, the same day as the original's season finale. Each of the four episodes of 'Side Quest' centers around employees, players and fans of the video game Mythic Quest. The BBC One detective dramedy 'Ludwig' is now streaming on BritBox after airing in the U.K. late last year. British comedy legend David Mitchell stars as a reclusive puzzle maker who is enlisted by his identical twin brother's wife to solve the mystery of his disappearance. Already renewed for a second season, the first season of 'Ludwig' features six episodes. The Complicated, Awkward Truth Behind A 'White Lotus' Punchline 'A Nice Indian Boy' Is The Rom-Com We've Been Waiting For The 'Friends' Spinoff You Forgot About Is Now Streaming — And It's Kind Of Good
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Yahoo
The Surprising Way Police Finally Caught the Long Island Serial Killer
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer goes over the details of a case that has haunted New York for over a decade. The docuseries, directed and produced by Liz Garbus, follows the Gilgo Beach serial killings and examines the perspective of the victims and loved ones as it unravels the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes. But the Netflix docuseries doesn't just do that, it also delivers a very detailed account of how law enforcement finally managed to zero in on Rex Heuermann, a local architect, and eventually charged him with the murders of seven women. More from StyleCaster The Life List Movie Changed a Key Detail From the Book-Here's if Alex Ends Up With the Same Character Where the Long Island Serial Killer Is Now & If He's Still in Jail For Allegedly Murdering 7 Women Related: All the evidence pointing to the real Zodiac killer An exhaustive investigation finally led to the arrest of Rex Heuermann, who has been charged not just with the murder of the so-called 'Gilgo Four,' the first four victims whose remains were discovered along a stretch of Ocean Parkway in Suffolk County in 2010, but three other women as well. The investigation that led to Heuermann's arrest was led by the Suffolk County Police Department and District Attorney's Office alongside the FBI and New York State Police. One of the key factors that led to his arrest was Heuermann's Chevrolet Avalanche. The car led authorities to his residence in Massapequa Park and his office in Midtown Manhattan, both of which were identified as zones of interest in the investigation. Heuermann was also caught by police adding minutes to a burner phone, which matched the movements of burner phones used during the crimes. Crucially, though, his DNA matched hair found on the victims. How did the police figure that out? Well, the DNA was lifted from a discarded pizza crust, so yes, this is how he finally got caught. All of it put together was enough for an arrest. Heuermann's arrest is anything but the end of the story, though. With multiple victims attributed to the suspect, authorities are now looking back at multiple other cases, looking for possible connections. Gone Girls director Liz Garbus was very aware of the reality of dealing with an ever-changing case even as she was trying to deliver a finished cut of the documentary. 'After we completed and turned in our cuts to Netflix, there was another victim added to [Heuermann's] docket. Will there be more between now and the time that we air? It's possible. Will there be more between now and the time that we go to trial, if they go to trial? It's probable,' she told Tudum about the documentary. Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer also examines allegations of corruption that may have hindered real progress on the case for years. 'I think Suffolk County under police chief Jimmy Burke and DA Tom Spota was run like a crime syndicate…. This is a cautionary tale about how to stop that kind of thing before these kinds of people get in positions of power,' Garbus also said. 'I think audiences should believe in the power of their voices when they see injustice,' Garbus added. 'These family members were never going to give up. They knew there was a need to shake the establishment to get attention for this case.' Best of StyleCaster The 26 Best Romantic Comedies to Watch if You Want to Know What Love Feels Like These 'Bachelor' Secrets & Rules Prove What Happens Behind the Scenes Is So Much Juicier BTS's 7 Members Were Discovered in the Most Unconventional Ways
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Liz Garbus Ties ‘Lost Girls' to Arrested Suspect in ‘Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer' Trailer
Lost Girls director Liz Garbus returns to focus on a corrupt criminal system and crime victims and their families seeking justice in the trailer for Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer, which bows on Netflix March 31. The 2020 Lost Girls movie for Netflix that starred Amy Ryan centered on a mother searching for her missing daughter in Long Island and who makes a horrifying discovery in the woods where the murdered bodies of four girls had been dumped. More from The Hollywood Reporter Tyler Perry Drama 'Beauty in Black' Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix Remake of Stephen King's 'Cujo' in the Works at Netflix Stephen Graham on One-Shot Netflix Drama Series 'Adolescence' and the U.K. Knife Crime "Epidemic" Gone Girls, also for Netflix and set to bow March 31, is also based on the famously unsolved Long Island serial murders, and Garbus brings her cameras again to a troubled police investigation that left friends and family of disappeared and forgotten women in the sex industry denied justice. 'There were red flags, one after the other, as to what was not looked into by the police,' one commentator says in the trailer for Gone Girls, a three-party documentary series. But that changed in 2023 when, after a 13-year search, the Suffolk County police arrested a Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect, Rex Heuermann. Now Lost Girls, a drama about the hunt for a serial rapist, has been followed up with Gone Girls, a doc series about a botched investigation into a serial killer at long last arrested and facing criminal justice. Emmy-winning director Garbus retraces the twists and turns in a case that is now winding its way through the courts after Heurermann pleaded not guilty to allegedly killing seven women, but has yet to go on trial and may face added charges as more victims are potentially uncovered. Garbus, who directs and executive produces the series, in a Q&A from Netflix explains her journey with the Long Island serial killer case: 'Lost Girls really told that story. We revisit the same case in Gone Girls. Why? Because thanks to a new regime in Suffolk County, we now have the answers the families were looking for over a decade. We got to explore what was going on in the police department and uncover a corruption scandal that made it clear why so little was being done for these women. I think it's a really powerful companion piece to the scripted film.' Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer from Story Syndicate is also executive produced by Dan Cogan, Anne Carey, Jon Bardin, Mala Chapple, Elizabeth Wolfe and Kate Barry. Joshua Levine is producing. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The Cast of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' Then and Now 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise
