An upcoming documentary series is set to unravel the gruesome true story of an investigative journalist found dead in a bathtub after pursuing a conspiracy group.
Danny Casolaro’s lifeless body was discovered by a housekeeper at a motel in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in August 1991.
The 44-year-old had died from a loss of blood after suffering multiple slash wounds to his wrists inflicted by ‘a very sharp bladed object’ – and local authorities quickly ruled it a suicide.
But his family and friends have long insisted that he had been murdered for investigating a conspiracy group he had called The Octopus.
Here, FEMAIL has laid bare the sordid details of the case as Netflix gets set to release a four-part series titled American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders.
The chilling case began when Danny started investigating a dispute between the Department of Justice and a technology company called INSLAW.
The clash appeared to be over intellectual property rights but it soon seemed that it had a much more sinister underbelly.
Following months of research, Danny is said to have stumbled into a web of ‘stolen government spy software, a string of unsolved murders, and some of the biggest political scandals of the 20th century,’ according to Netflix.
The writer believed he had uncovered a hidden organization, which he branded as The Octopus, made up of eight ex-government officials.
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