Gires went undercover and snuck into Sobhraj's apartment to take photographs of articles left behind by the victims. Gires and her husband then teamed up with Knippenberg to find evidence against Sobhraj in the hopes of getting him arrested. It wasn't until Gires helped Dominique Renelleau (Fabien Frankel) escape from Thailand that she discovered how dangerous Sobhraj truly was. Unaware that Sobhraj was a killer, Gires would introduce him to potential clients, and most often than not, they'd end up as his victims. Nadine Gires (Mathilde Warnier) played a pivotal role in assisting Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg (Billy Howle) build a case against Sobhraj that eventually led to his arrest.Īs shown in the series, Gires and her husband, Remi Gires (Grégoire Isvarine), were neighbours of Sobhraj and Marie-Andrée Leclerc (Jenna Coleman) while they were living at Kanit House in Bangkok. However, they did not speak with the imprisoned Sobhraj, who has manipulated his own story over the years. They interviewed Knippenberg along with several other real-life figures who are still alive.

The creators decided to frame the story around Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg, who spent years on the trail of Sobhraj and was key to his eventual arrest. It was created by Tom Shankland and Richard Warlow. The story of the serial killer is an eight-part docudrama called ' The Serpent' from Mammoth Screen, which was first shown on BBC but is now available on Netflix. The Serpent a real true serial killer story The serial killer left a trail of bodies - mostly young European and North American backpackers - across Asia in the 1970s, then shocked everyone when he escaped from prison not once but at least four times. The twisting, real-life story of Charles Sobhraj, a murderer, thief and master of disguise, who was a hidden darkness in the mid-1970s on Asia's hippie trail.

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