Killer Sally release date, synopsis, true story, trailer, and more

A new true crime docuseries called Killer Sally lands on Netflix this November, and we’ve created a guide of everything you need to know about the upcoming release below!

Killer Sally was helmed by award-winning filmmaker Nanette Burstein and produced by Traci Carlson, Robert Yapkowitz, and Richard Peete of Neighborhood Watch. Burstein is best known for co-directing the Academy Award-nominated documentary On the Ropes and directing the Emmy-nominated docuseries Hillary.

Killer Sally will join Netflix’s extensive library of true crime docuseries, including Catching Killers, I Am a Killer, the Conversations with a Killer series, Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey and Unsolved Mysteries.

Read on to find out the release date and so much more!

Killer Sally release date

Mark your calendar and clear your schedule because the true crime docuseries is coming to Netflix on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022! As always, you can expect the series to drop at 12:00 a.m. PT/3:00 a.m. ET. If you’re in the Central time zone, you’re looking at a release at 2:00 a.m. CT on Nov. 2.

Killer Sally synopsis

The series examines and investigates bodybuilding’s most notorious crime involving a bodybuilding couple’s rocky marriage and the gruesome murder of the husband on Valentine’s Day in 1995. It also digs into whether the wife’s shooting death of her husband was premeditated or self-defense. The docuseries will also feature interviews with the wife, friends, family, and those involved in the case.

Killer Sally true story

Here’s the true story behind the series via Netflix Media Center:

"On Valentine’s Day 1995, national bodybuilding champion, Ray McNeil, was choking his bodybuilder wife, Sally, when she grabbed a gun and fatally shot him twice. With a documented history of domestic abuse, Sally claimed it was self-defense, a split-second decision to save her life. The prosecution argued it was premeditated murder, the revenge of a jealous and aggressive wife. They called her a “thug,” a “bully,” a “monster”. The media referred to her as the “brawny bride” and the “pumped-up princess”. Sally says she spent her life doing whatever it took to survive, caught in a cycle of violence that began in childhood and ended with Ray’s death."

In March 1996, Sally was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband and was ultimately sentenced to 19 years to life in prison.

Killer Sally trailer

Check out the official trailer for a sneak peek!

The three-episode series arrives on Netflix on Nov. 2 at 12:00 a.m. PT/3:00 a.m. ET. Will you be watching?