This comedian turned his experience of stalking and sexual abuse into a hit Netflix show

A total of 41 000 emails, 350 voicemails, 744 tweets, 106 pages of letters and 46 Facebook messages.

That in a nutshell is the extent of the bombardment he received – and it was only after he’d been through six years of hell that he decided he was finally ready to tell his story.

And what a harrowing story it is. Baby Reindeer, Netflix’s new seven-part psychological drama-thriller, is as gripping as it is disturbing – and making it all the more chilling is the fact it’s based on a true story.