That’s not to say that everything is resolved, but by the end of Dark Woods season 1, you will definitely feel like the series has come to a natural and satisfying conclusion. After the story has set up, the pace picks up with every new episode culminating in an explosive sixth episode that wraps up the mystery in a neat little bow. But more than that, it’s a deep examination of what unsolved murder can do to the family of the victim.Īlthough the series starts off slowly by meticulously introducing us to the characters and the relationships that exist between them. It has everything – a good murder mystery (several, in fact), striking characters, and storytelling that makes you root for the lead characters. Really, it’s no wonder Dark Woods was so well-received in Germany and was constantly the most-watched show on the primetime schedule. And over the course of the six episodes, we see Thomas’s desperate search for his sister and the toll that the 30-year-long investigation takes on him and the rest of the family.Īfter watching this six-part miniseries, I’m convinced that it has to be on the must-watch list of anyone who loves a good true crime story. While the murdered couples were investigated by Weesenburg’s own police officers Anne Back and Frank Behringer.īut as the years go by, the connection between the cases starts slowly emerging. Especially, since the investigation in Barbara’s disappearance was ordered by Barbara’s brother Thomas Bethge, who’s the Head of the Hamburg State Office of Criminal Investigation and therefore has no jurisdiction in Lower Saxony. And Dark Woods explores the investigation that followed which coincided with the murder of two couples in the nearby woods in Weesenburg.Īt a first glance, there is no connection between the murder cases and Barbara’s disappearance. In the summer of 1989, Barbara Neder disappeared from her home never to be seen again. Written by International Emmy Award winner Stefan Kolditz and starring actors Matthias Brandt and Karoline Schuch this Topic original series tells the story of the disappearance of Barbara Neder in the late 1980s.
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And in this review we’re looking at one of these true-crime TV shows, a German mini-series called Dark Woods.
Whatever it is, true crime has found a huge audience for itself and is here to stay. Or maybe it’s because we get to piece together the mysteries just as the people on screen or the voices on the podcast do. Maybe it’s the fact that the titles that are part of it are inspired by events that actually happened. And no wonder, there’s just something about the true crime genre that draws people in. In the last few years true crime podcasts, movies, and shows have become extremely popular.
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