<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Viritka Gupta as Reena Virk in "Under the Bridge," (left) and Jessica Gunning as Martha Scott in "Baby Reindeer."Bettina Strauss/Hulu/Netflix</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>"Baby Reindeer" tells the real-life story of an aspiring comedian who is stalked by an older woman.</li><li>The show became a pop culture phenomenon after fans hunted for the person the stalker was based on.</li></ul><p>Netflix has turned the true crime genre into a goldmine in the last decade, with "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-ending-explained-writer-stalked-real-life-true-martha-2024-4">Baby Reindeer</a>" its latest huge success.</p><p>It follows the story of Donny Dunn, an aspiring comedian who is stalked by an older woman after giving her a free drink in the pub where he works.</p><p>The series, which is based on the real-life experiences of its writer and lead actor, <a target="_blank" rel href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-stalker-real-martha-scott-fiona-harvey-piers-morgan-2024-5"><u>Richard Gadd</u></a>, grew in popularity after <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-real-stalker-martha-scott-true-crime-psychologist-2024-5">armchair detectives tried to find his real-life stalker.</a></p><p>Fiona Harvey came forward to confirm that the character was based on her — but denied stalking Gadd in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-stalker-real-martha-scott-fiona-harvey-piers-morgan-2024-5">a lengthy interview</a> with Piers Morgan.</p><p>Regardless of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-timeline-fiona-harvey-richard-gadd-piers-morgan-martha-2024-5">drama surrounding "Baby Reindeer,"</a> the show itself is an impressive dramatization thanks to the bizarre nature of what Gadd went through.</p><p>Here are a handful of other strange true crime shows and documentaries that you should watch next.</p>