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'Worst Roommate Ever': Who are serial squatters? Killers, con-artists pretend to be kind roomies

Serial squatters build a good rapport with their housemates and win their trust

A serial squatter is a person who fraudulently leases properties and continuously fails to pay the much overdue rent. In time, they are evicted but not before they plan their scheme in moving on to the next property and victim. Netflix's 'Worst Roommate Ever' is a four-part series revolving around four horrific stories of this particular context. What else do serial squatters do?

In most cases, they move into a home, bounce their first rent check, and then proceed to drag the eviction for months together. Some even trash the property and refuse to properly maintain their place of stay. Due to damage to property and/or inconveniences, the property owner is usually the one to be at the receiving end, more often than not. In the case of this Netflix documentary, the squatters' roommates were the targets.  

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If you're not one to care for your roommate, you might want to think again. They usually come off as the sweetest, most jolly person on surface-level; all of it's just a facade. These are people who know the law better than the system itself. In addition, they go to any lengths to torture the person they share their stay with. Why is that?

In the trailer of the true-crime documentary, victims open up about being overly suspicious of their roommates; one, in particular, even noticed her roommate (an old woman) dig up holes to fill dead bodies in! If that isn't gut-dropping, what is? 

Serial squatters build a good rapport with their housemates and win their trust. They use their kind nature to their maximum advantage, to which, most clueless tenants fall prey. 

Picture this; a woman who is old enough to be your grandmother suddenly reveals her true intentions, threatening to kick you out of your house, all whilst having several skeletons in the closet. 

Season 1 of 'Worst Roommate Ever' premieres on March 1, 2022, and can be watched on Netflix.