The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders is the chilling new true crime documentary that you should brace yourself for.
Yes, just when you think you have seen enough docs on the plethora of shocking acts committed by criminals across the globe, there's always another that comes along to make you lose all faith in humanity and double-check those locks on your door.
And the notorious Mexican serial killer Juana Barraza, who was dubbed "The Little Old Ladykiller" by various media outlets, is the topic of Netflix's latest crime offering, The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders.
Coming to the streaming service late in July, the documentary looks back at the horrifying spate of murders in Mexico City in the early noughties, which all saw older ladies being strangled in their own homes.
With the murders generating outrage nationwide and extensive media coverage, the pressure piled on at the time to capture Mexico's first serial killer.
The task was especially difficult for the Attorney General's Office, which employed all its resources to capture the killer, with witnesses describing the suspect as "tall, robust, and strong, passing off as a nurse to earn the victims' trust".
Following a string of more than forty gruesome murders, a woman named Juana Barraza was eventually detained...
For further details, a synopsis from Netflix reads: "The decade of the 2000s began in the then Federal District, with a series of murders that put the capital's police in jeopardy: old women strangled in their own homes. The profile of the victims provokes social indignation and media attention never seen before. The Attorney General's Office poured all its resources and efforts into capturing the first serial killer in the history of Mexico.
"Witnesses define him as a tall, robust, and strong person who pretends to be a nurse to gain the trust of his victims. After more than forty homicides, several failed arrests, and multiple contradictions, a woman is arrested in January 2006 in broad daylight while fleeing the scene of the crime. Her name, is Juana Barraza, known in wrestling as "La Dama del Silencio" and baptized in the media as "The Little Old Ladykiller".
It's concluded: "A nickname that is already part of Mexico's black history and its incomparable popular culture."
The documentary is directed by María Jose Cuevas, and produced by Ivonne Gutiérrez, while Laura Woldenberg serves as executive producer.
The official trailer for the documentary is out now, and it will hit Netflix on 27 July.
