Unraveling the Worst Roommate Ever true crime universe

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Until this week, I had no idea that Worst Roommate Ever, a Netflix true crime docuseries that we briefly wrote about back in 2022, was based on a New York mag longread. I don't recall that detail coming up when the show's second season dropped on the streamer exactly a month ago, either. It wasn't until news broke that director Paul Feig (Spy, Bridesmaids, that oh so contentious and female-led Ghostbusters reboot) would direct an adaptation of the property that its origins as a print report hit my desktop. Maybe that's true for you, too?

It certainly didn't come up when the docuseries launched on March 1, 2022, with a five-ep set of stories on often fatal disputes between co-tenants. The press materials then promised "harrowing tales of seemingly harmless roommates turning into real-life nightmares for their unsuspecting victims when their malevolent and sometimes violent intentions are revealed. These unsettling true stories chronicle the masked menace that can be lurking right down the hall."