Netflix’s ‘The Keepers’ Will Be Your Next True-Crime Obsession

Following in the successful footsteps of Making a Murderer, Netflix is set to release it’s newest true-crime docuseries called The Keepers.

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The streaming service dropped a trailer for the new series earlier this month containing powerful footage and real life testimony that is sure to send a chill down your spine.  The series tells the story of an unsolved murder of a nun from Baltimore named Sister Cathy.  The docuseries explores possible motives for her murder and, a shocking conspiracy theory that the whole thing was an elaborate cover up, hiding away speculated dark secrets.

The official synopsis for the docuseries says:

From director Ryan White (The Case Against 8, Good Ol’ Freda) comes The Keepers, a riveting seven-part documentary series about the unsolved murder of a Baltimore nun and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death.
 
The series opens with the story of Sister Cathy Cesnik, a beloved nun and Catholic high school teacher in Baltimore who went missing on Nov. 7, 1969. Nearly two months later, her body was found – and, to this day, her murder remains unsolved.
 
The case returned to the spotlight in the 1990s when one of Sister Cathy’s former students – a woman only known as “Jane Doe” – came forward to share her experience of horrendous sexual abuse by the high school’s chaplain. Incredibly, “Jane Doe” revealed she was also taken to Sister Cathy’s undiscovered body and told, “See what happens when you say bad things about people.” Despite this and testimony from other victims and witnesses of abuse, no one was held accountable, and the story was largely unreported outside of Baltimore.
 
Through conversations with dozens of friends, relatives, journalists, government officials and Baltimore citizens determined to uncover the truth, White pieces together a story that goes beyond the death of a beloved Catholic schoolteacher to encompass clergy abuse, repressed memories and government and religious institutions that he says “at best, dropped the ball over the last 45 years – and, at worst, covered it up.”

The Keepers was produced by Film 45 and Tripod Media for Netflix. Along with White and Jessica Hargrave, Josh Braun, Ben Cotner, Jason Spingarn-Koff and Lisa Nishimura are executive producers.

Check out the chilling trailer below.  The Keepers will be available through Netflix starting on May 19th.

 

Source: Collider/Netflix