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Netflix Viewers Hooked On ‘Insane’ True Crime Series They Can’t Stop Bingeing
Netflix viewers ‘can’t sleep’ until they finish this true crime series.
True crime is one of the most popular genres and the streaming platform is keeping up with the high demand, with its ‘addictive’ release earlier this year.
Taking to social media, one person writes: “I’ve been watching the past couple of nights, it’s such a hard watch and very triggering.”
Another adds: “We binged this, and oh my god it was so eye-opening and scary, it’s hard to believe.”
“I just finished this show, it was so good I wanted more, the fact it is based on a true story is wild!” shares a third.
Critics also agree the series is insanely shocking.
One added: “I should have waited till the weekend… won’t be sleeping tonight.”
The Guardian‘s Lucy Mangan reviewed: “A fast, drily witty, acutely intelligent, compassionate and furious commentary on greed, need, mass delusion, self-deception, the exploitation of the credulous, and the enabling of insidious new forms of all of these by technology.”
The six-part true-crime drama has also scored 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The series follows the true story of Australian wellness influencer Belle Gibson, who falsely claimed to have been diagnosed with multiple cancer pathologies.
Gibson convinced her loyal following that she was effectively managing the cancer through lifestyle choices, including diet and natural medicine.
Created by Samantha Strauss, the drama stars Kaitlyn Dever, and Alycia Debnam-Carey as Gibson and her friend Milla.
Gibson grew an Instagram following in 2009, telling her followers she had been given ‘four months to live, tops’ by doctors due to a malignant tumor.
The influencer shared she had denied medical treatment and instead was focusing on nutrition and ‘holistic’ therapies to cure her disease.
She built a wellness empire, releasing cookbooks and apps including The Whole Pantry – which was branded as the first wellness app, and was pre-installed on the Apple Watch during its Australian product launch.
According to Metro, the app was downloaded 200,000 times within the first month of its release.
In July 2014, as Gibson’s popularity continued to grow, she announced that her cancer had spread to her ‘blood, spleen, brain, uterus and liver.’
Less than a year later, the guru’s web of deception was uncovered after she failed to donate the money she had pledged to charity.
Apple Cider Vinegar was inspired by the 2017 book ‘The Woman Who Fooled the World’ by journalists Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, who broke the story.
In an interview with Tudum, Strauss said: “The source material offered up terrific bones for a really interesting look at the rise and fall of a con woman.
“But Apple Cider Vinegar is about more than that. This story just couldn’t exist without showing someone like Lucy – she is the real-world consequences.”
Watch the trailer for Apple Cider Vinegar here…
Apple Cider Vinegar is now available to stream on Netflix.
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