MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street coming to Netflix in January

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and documentarian Joe Berlinger is back with yet another documentary series at Netflix, this time about the infamous financier and fraudster Bernie Madoff. MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street is an upcoming docuseries investigating Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. It premieres in January and will consist of four, hour-long episodes.

Berlinger’s previous Netflix projects include the Crime Scene series, which recently released its third installment focused on the Texas Killing Fields. He is also behind Netflix’s Conversations with a Killer docuseries, which focuses on serial killers like John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Ted Bundy.

In addition to directing, Berlinger is also executive producing The Monster of Wall Street alongside Jon Kamen, Jon Doran, Jen Isaacson, Samantha Grogin, and Eve Rodrick.

What is The Monster of Wall Street about?

This docuseries will dig into the truth behind Madoff’s scheme, the largest of its kind in history. Netflix will provide never-before-seen video depositions from Madoff himself, in addition to access to whistleblowers, investigators, victims, and more.

Here’s the official synopsis for the doc, courtesy of Netflix:

"MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street reveals the truth behind Bernie Madoff’s infamous $64 billion-dollar global Ponzi scheme, the largest in history, that shattered the lives of countless individual investors who had placed their trust in the revered Wall Street statesman.With unique access to whistleblowers, employees, investigators, and victims, and never-before-seen video depositions of Madoff himself, this four-part documentary series traces Madoff’s rise from humble beginnings to one of the most influential power brokers on Wall Street.Through an innovative visual approach and an entertaining, edge-of-your-seat financial thriller tone, prolific filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Conversations with a Killer, Crime Scene, Brother’s Keeper) reveals the genesis and, for the first time, the mechanics of Madoff’s fraudulent investment advisory business, uncovering how the fraud was not just the brainchild of one evil genius, as many people came to believe.MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street reveals a cadre of co-conspirators and a financial system rife with institutions that were willing to turn a blind eye to Madoff’s suspicious behavior, prompting the obvious nagging question: Could such a blatant and destructive fraud happen again?"

The Monster of Wall Street release date

You won’t have to wait long to watch this innovative financial thriller. The four-part documentary series is coming to Netflix on January 4, 2023.

Where is Bernie Madoff now?

Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison in June 2009. He was imprisoned at the Federal Medical Center, Butner, a federal prison in North Carolina, when he died after serving almost 12 years at the age of 82 on April 14, 2021, due to terminal kidney disease.

MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street trailer

The trailer teases the investigation into the truth behind Madoff’s infamous scheme and the power structures that allowed him to get away with it for so long.

MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street premieres on January 4, 2023. Add the series to your Netflix watchlist now.