
Netflix just dropped The Murder of Rachel Nickell, and if you don’t know the case going in, brace yourself. In 1992, Rachel Nickell was killed on London’s Wimbledon Common with her young son right there beside her — and what followed became one of the most infamously botched investigations British policing has ever had to own. Director Lucy Bowden walks through how the police locked onto the wrong man while the media ran wild. I won’t spoil how it actually got solved, but it’ll spike your blood pressure. It’s a heavy watch, not a casual one — but if you’re drawn to true crime that’s really about how the system fails people, this belongs on your list. Streaming now on Netflix. (Heads up: Netflix released a scripted version called The Witness the same day — this is the documentary.)
