Worst Roommate Ever is a 2022 Netflixdocuseries which features stories about roommates with malevolent and sometimes violent intentions who turn the lives of their unsuspecting victims into real-life nightmares.[1][2] In May 2024, Netflix renewed the series for a second season which premiered on June 26, 2024.[3]
A woman known as Dorothea Puente runs a boarding house for those less fortunate, but her seeming benevolence belies darker motives.
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"Be Careful of the Quiet Ones"
Domini Hofmann
March 1, 2022 (2022-03-01)
45 min
After college student Maribel Ramos goes missing, detectives turn their focus on her roommate, K.C. Joy, the last person to have seen her alive.
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"Marathon Man"
Domini Hofmann
March 1, 2022 (2022-03-01)
62 min
Charismatic athlete Youssef Khater commits fraud across several countries -- a series of schemes culminating in violent attacks on multiple people.
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"Roommate Wanted - Part 1"
Domini Hofmann
March 1, 2022 (2022-03-01)
39 min
Former roommates of "serial squatter" Jamison Bachman discuss how this dark, dangerous man conned his way into their homes and refused to leave.
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"Roommate Wanted - Part 2"
Domini Hofmann
March 1, 2022 (2022-03-01)
41 min
Jamison Bachman's former roommates recount the steps they took to try to force him from their homes, his retaliations and the saga's tragic end.
Season 2 (2024)
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"My BFF Tried to Kill Me"
Cynthia Childs
June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
53 min
Rachel and Janie were longtime best friends turned roommates. But as Janie's obsession with raising Rachel's young son grew, so did her killer instincts.
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"Housemate from Hell"
Cynthia Childs
June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
51 min
Seeking tenants for her Palm Springs home, retiree Anita Cowen takes in charming lawyer Scott Pettigrew, but the arrangement takes a terrifying turn.
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"Burning Down the House"
Cynthia Childs
June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
56 min
Veteran James "Bo" Bowden moves in with his army friend's widow, Tammy, to help care for her son and soon experiences a series of deadly "accidents."
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"The Lethal Landlord"
Cynthia Childs
June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
53 min
A viral TikTok video sends detectives to the home of Michael Dudley, a Seattle man who rented out a room to a young couple never to be seen again.