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      • Yes, ‘The Serpent’ is based on a true story. It accurately follows the events surrounding the entwined lives of Charles Sobhraj, his associates, and Herman Knippenberg, the Dutch diplomat who discovered Sobhraj’s crime spree.
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  2. Apr 2, 2021 · The true story behind The Serpent on Netflix. Born in what was then Saigon (and is now Hoi Chi Minh City) in Vietnam, Sobhraj' criminal career began with petty crimes in France in the 1960s....

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    The Serpent is inspired by real events and focuses on the pursuit of Charles Sobhraj and his girlfriend Marie-Andrée Leclerc by Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg in the late 1970s. Sobhraj is played by Tahar Rahim, who has the titular role in Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch's 2021 film The Mauritanian. Rahim said he wanted to play Sobhraj, ha...

    Charles Sobhraj is believed to have murdered more than a dozen people, but the exact number is not known. In the book The Life And Crimes Of Charles Sobhraj, Sobhraj confessed to murdering five people in Thailand and two people in Nepal. He also claimed Leclerc and his associate Ajay Chowdhury had carried out some of the murders, but the truth of t...

    Charles Sobhraj was arrested in 1976 for drugging a busload of French students in New Delhi, India. He was jailed for various charges and served 20 years, briefly escaping in 1986 after drugging the prison guards with poisoned sweets. He was released from jail in 1997 after the warrant for his extradition to Thailand ran out. He lived in France, wh...

    Marie-Andrée Leclerc, who is played by Doctor Who actress Jenna Coleman, was arrested in India alongside Sobhraj in 1976. She denied taking part in Sobhraj's illegal activities and publicly claimed her only love was God. Clarke and Neville wrote that while in jail in India, Leclerc was still very much in love with Sobhraj and passed him secret lett...

  3. Apr 2, 2021 · Charles Sobhraj is brought to court for a hearing on the case of the murder of Canadian backpacker Laurent Ormond Carriere, in Bhaktapur, Nepal on May 26, 2014. Sobhraj is now 76, and remains...

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  4. Apr 1, 2021 · Netflix's 'The Serpent' is based on the true story of Charles Sobhraj, who preyed on tourists traveling through Asia’s “Hippie Trail” during the 1970s.

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  5. Apr 2, 2021 · Netflix’s The Serpent True Story: the Book That Inspired the True Crime Drama. If The Serpent, now on Netflix in the US, leaves you wanting to know more about serial killer Charles...

  6. Jan 31, 2023 · The Serpent is a terrifying tale of a serial killer lurking in Southeast Asia, but is it based on a true crime? The answer may surprise you.

  7. Apr 1, 2021 · Yes, ‘The Serpent’ is based on a true story. It accurately follows the events surrounding the entwined lives of Charles Sobhraj, his associates, and Herman Knippenberg, the Dutch diplomat who discovered Sobhraj’s crime spree.

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