The Serpent: Conversations with a Killer: Story, Cast and Series Facts
The Serpent: Conversations with a Killer (2023): Crime. Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
He is believed to be responsible of 12 to 24 murders during the 1970s. Killer, swindler, gem merchant, master manipulator… His aura is as dark as bewitching. In December 2022, after 19 years of imprisonment in Nepal, his life sentence has been cut short: Charles Sobhraj was released.
His main victims: Western tourists traveling through southeast Asia's "Hippie trail". He drugged them, killed them, robbed them and stole their identities before disappearing, in search of his next victims. His swindles and spectacular escapes are countless. In all, "the Serpent" spent almost half a century behind bars.
Through hours of unedited phone conversations recorded from his cell, a series of uncompromising testimonies – from relatives, victims, police, judges and lawyers –, Sobhraj's personal archives and an exclusive interview upon his release, Jean-Charles Deniau delivers an unprecedented portrait of Asia's most notorious killer.
Series details
- Title: The Serpent: Conversations with a Killer
- Format: Documentary
- Language: English
- Genres: Crime
- Premiere date: 2023-07-09
- Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
- Network listed by TVmaze: Crime & Investigation
- Network country: United Kingdom
- Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 69642
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2023-07-09; final listed air date 2023-07-09; episode order: 2.
Source and licence
Adapted from The Serpent: Conversations with a Killer on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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