A true crime documentary revisiting a murder case that “shocked the nation” has been added to Netflix. Who Killed Lin and Megan: The Chillenden Murders, which first aired on Channel 5 in 2023, tells the story of two tragic deaths that rocked a small community.
The Netflix synopsis reads: “In 1996, an attack on a mother and her two daughters devastated a quiet English village. This documentary reexamines the investigation that followed.” The documentary looks into the deaths of 45-year-old Lin Russell and her daughter Megan, six.
Lin was walking down a country lane with Megan, her older daughter Josie, then nine, and their dog Lucy when a man approached them. He tied them up and bludgeoned Lin, Megan and the family pet to death with a hammer, while Josie survived the attack.
Michael Stone, then 37, was arrested one year later for the murders and attempted murder. He received three life sentences with a tariff of 25 years and has since attempted to appeal the conviction. At the end of the documentary, a caption explains that Stone lost a second appeal in 2005, and his case has been under investigation at the Criminal Cases Review Commission since 2017.
Serial killer Levi Bellfield claimed responsibility for the murders in 2022, but later retracted his statement. Who Killed Lin and Megan: The Chillenden Murders is available to stream now on Netflix.
