Do you often fight with your roommate about finishing the last box of milk or playing loud music while you work? Or are they always late paying rent? If these things make you feel that you are living with a bad person, then what we are about to tell you will make your roommate look like an angel.
Fights and conflicts with people who share the same house are not abnormal. But when those people become a threat to your existence, then you know that you have stepped into the danger zone. The upcoming Netflix documentary, Worst Roommate Ever explores that; dangerous, cruel, and evil who turn their roommate’s life into a living nightmare.
The true crime series is based on a New York Magazine article published in 2018 by William Brennan. The article recounts the worst life experiences of some people finding roommates on Craigslist and the aftermath of their decisions. While the magazine article talks about one con artist and roommate in particular, the documentary also features similar (or worse) criminals.
The Netflix original series is based on true stories and follows four victims and their real-life traumatic story of living with seemingly harmless people, which soon turns into a dangerous and sometimes life-threatening experience. The documentary narrates the thrilling incident and consists of interviews, telephone recordings from the emergency services, and some animated representations of real events that have occurred.
If discovering stories about dangerous people intrigues you, then Worst Roommate Ever is the kind of show you should watch. With characters and events stranger than fiction, this documentary series promises to keep you on the edge of your seat. With this handy guide, you can learn all the details that have been revealed so far about the Worst Roommate Ever, including the plot, cast, trailer, release date, and more.
Worst Roommate Ever: Release Date Announced!
The five-part documentary Worst Roommate Ever will begin on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, only on Netflix.
How Many Episodes Are There in Worst Roommate Ever?
The Netflix (Mindhunter Season 3) true-crime documentary series is releasing five episodes in its first season all of which will be streaming on the same day. Here is the list of episodes for Worst Roommate Ever:
Episode 1: “Roommate Wanted – Part 1” – March 1, 2022
Episode 2: “Roommate Wanted – Part 2” – March 1, 2022
Episode 3: “Be Careful of the Quiet Ones” – March 1, 2022
Episode 4: “Call Me Grandma” – March 1, 2022
Episode 5: “Marathon Man” – March 1, 2022
While the first two episodes cover the story of one victim, the other three episodes explore one separate incident each.
Real-life Subjects of Worst Roommate Ever
Worst Roommate Ever features four actors, Jamison Bachman, Dorothea Puente, Youssef Khater, and KC Joy, as the series’ main characters. The five-part documentary focuses on the crimes committed by each of them.
The series also covers the experiences and impact of the crimes on victims, as demonstrated through personal interviews and conversations with friends and family. While the incidents, victims and criminals are presented as they are, some events have been graphically reconstructed for representative purposes.
The Creators of Worst Roommate Ever
Worst Roommate Ever is directed by Domini Hofmann, a producer and director. He is known for his earlier projects such as Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies, The Forgotten West Memphis Three, and Consumed: The Real Restaurant Business. Hofmann is also the executive producer of the series, along with Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Mary Liso, and Chris McCumber. William Brennan and Cristina Bishai serve as co-executive producers.
The series is produced by Blum’s production house, Blumhouse Television. Both Blum and the production banner are best known for their previous projects such as Paranormal Activity, The Purge series, Get Out, and Halloween, among many other similarly popular titles.
When Is Worst Roommate Ever Set?
The events narrated in the documentary take place across different timelines. For instance, Jamison Bachman’s case takes place in 2018 while Dorothea Puente’s case made headlines in the 1980s, and so on.
What Is the Background of Worst Roommate Ever?
Netflix describes Worst Roommate Ever as,
“Violent con artists. Stone-cold killers. These terrifying true stories unveil some of the worst cohabitation experiences one could ever imagine.”
Expanding on that, the official synopsis, says,
“The Worst Roommate Ever highlights four harrowing tales of seemingly harmless roommates turning into real-life nightmares for their unsuspecting victims when their malevolent and sometimes violent intentions are revealed.”
The five-part true crime series is based on four dangerous criminals who wriggle into the homes and lives of innocent people and turn their existence into hell. Each scary story comes from a different person in a different location at a different time.
KC Joy shares an apartment with war veteran Maribel Ramos, in Orange County, California. When Maribel goes missing for days and is finally found dead, Joy is arrested and convicted of murder.
In 2018, a New York Magazine article covered the experience of Alex Miller from Philadelphia renting out his apartment to Jed Creek. Things start to take a turn for the worse when a supposedly nice tenant starts claiming his apartment as his own.
Going back decades, the series also includes incidents from the 80s. Dorothea Puente runs a boarding house in Sacramento, California, where she hosts the homeless, the elderly, and vulnerable tenants. She systematically drugged them, cashed their social security checks, and eventually buried them. In 1993, Puente was convicted of murder.
And finally, there’s Youssef Khater, who made the news for defrauding his tenants in Santiago, Chile. Discovered as an international swindler, Youssef conned them for large sums of money and viciously attacked them. While these stories are disturbing and gruesome, all these incidents are the ultimate testament to the worst experience you can imagine. if that’s what you are looking for, then Worst Roommate should definitely be on your watchlist.
Watch the Worst Roommate Ever Trailer
Netflix released the official trailer for Worst Roommate Ever on February 4, 2022. The video includes real footage, news archives, 911 call recordings, and video clips of all the victims and perpetrators that the series will cover in detail in season one. The trailer opens with a distressed woman on a 911 call who sounds scared of her roommate.
Then we also see some of the victims talking about their desperation to find a roommate and how that hasty decision led them to a harrowing experience. The voiceover also introduces the four perpetrators who will be featured in the series and how each of them frightens their victims while living with them as roommates. Overall, the trailer shows how seemingly nice and peaceful people turn out to be psychopathic con artists and criminals.
