by John Zenoni
In my latest dive into the world of real life murder mysteries, I watched something that has been on my ‘to watch’ list for a long time, ‘The Keepers’, currently showing on Netflix. I think of all the docuseries and real life ‘whodunits’ I've watched lately, this one is my favorite. Not that any of them are pleasant by any means since the shows have been about real life horror stories and terrible acts that have taken place. But the mysteries and stories told by the people in these types of shows are so intriguing and you hope that there are happy endings or justice served for the victims.
The things that I heard from the victims and images portrayed in this particular series are truly horror stories and just about made me ill. For those not familiar with this story, it's about Cathy Cesnik, a nun who taught at an all-girls school in Baltimore back in 1969. She disappeared on November 7 of that year and it was two months later that they found her body. She'd been murdered and her body had been abandoned in an old field not far from her apartment. To this day, no one has been officially charged and the crime has gone unsolved.
“But, back in the '90s, the case returned to the spotlight after one of Cesnik's former students accused the high school's chaplain of sexual abuse, and claims that she was taken to Cesnik's then undiscovered corpse and threatened. Director Ryan White pieces together the story through conversations with friends, relatives, journalists, government officials and Baltimore citizens, hoping to uncover the truth.” - Netflix
Two former students of Sister Cesnik are obsessed with solving the case and spend years looking into everything and everyone they can to try and solve it. The things that are uncovered during this time are absolutely despicable and outrageous. The anger and hurt and frustration by all those students, friends and family members interviewed is totally justifiable.
While this is a hard show to watch, the way the interviews, film-work, photography and storylines are weaved together is so well done that I couldn't wait to get to the next episode. This is a very well made documentary!
Originally Posted 3/24/21
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