Baby Reindeer: the true story behind Netflix's hit stalker drama
It’s the stuff of nightmares. One tiny act of kindness – letting someone share a taxi with you, or watching someone’s bag while they go to the loo – provides a stranger with an opportunity to enter your life. And, like a parasite, they refuse to ever leave – slowly destroying your relationships, career and mental health.
This is exactly what happened to Richard Gadd, a Scottish comedian and writer who gave a free cup of tea to a woman who came into the pub where he worked. And it is now the subject of major Netflix show Baby Reindeer.
Gadd’s simple action sparked an obsession which resulted in his receiving over 40,000 emails, 740 tweets, 350 hours of voicemail, 100 pages of letters and 45 Facebook messages over the following five years from the woman. And, incredibly, there was little the police could do.
As he found out,
