Making its platform premiere on September 12, 2025, the shocking Netflix docuseries Beauty and the Bester is as unsettling as true-crime stories get. The three-part documentary chronicles the brazen criminality of Thabo Bester, a convicted South African rapist and murderer who escaped prison by faking his own death, doing so with the help of celebrity surgeon Nandipha Magudumana, after they began a romantic affair.
Netflix's New True Crime Series Might Be the Most Disturbing Thing You Watch This Week

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