This Netflix doc is called ‘the best ever’ so just watch it

Yesss, with a title like that I definitely have your attention this Monday morning, right? Understandable, really. And it's not even clickbait, no, this is actually being said about The Devil Next Door. Anyway, I want to take a moment to reflect on the true crime trend that Netflix is setting in motion. I really like it. Having true crime as a favorite genre; I didn't dare to admit it at first but it's slowly coming out. But goodness, Netflix really knows how to deliver the most bizarre documentaries at lightning speed.

I find Tell Me Who I Am quite bizarre, Abducted In Plain Sight frustrating and bizarre, and now there's The Devil Next Door. About, you guessed it, a neighbor who is truly devilish. How devilish? Well, let's just say, Nazi-like, murderous devilish. But then a little bit of Making A Murderer thrown in, although I'm still a bit skeptical about that. Okay, shall we pay attention?

The doc revolves around ‘family man’ John Demjanjuk, who lives in Cleveland and seems to be enjoying his retirement. Or well, he definitely is, until a number of accusations come his way. Not exactly mild ones, it's said that he is Ivan the Terrible (and with a nickname like that, you already know) a concentration camp guard during World War II. In Israel, he is charged with complicity in the deaths of about a million Jews. And found guilty.

The Devil Next Door shows many interviews and various scenes from the courtroom. Demjanjuk has always maintained that he was forced to commit his actions. In the past tense yes, he passed away in his cell in 2012. In that sense, this doc is also quite frustrating, and that's what I mean by the Making A Murderer touch; you ultimately don't know for sure what the truth is. Aarrggh, I really can't stand that. But yeah, I couldn't turn it off either. So here I am completely open to discussions with pros and cons about why he was or wasn't rightly found guilty. Although it is clear as day that he did these terrible acts one way or another, forced or not. That's my first argument. Now it's your turn.