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There has always been salacious gossip about the royal family, and misbehaving royals, but this time it felt much worse.

As a Netflix true crime film, “The Perfect Neighbor” is getting the same kind of clickbait headline treatment that a more salacious, less impactful documentary on the streamer would.

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The stories of a few of his victims are told here, humanizing them beyond gory headlines and salacious true-crime fare.

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was seriously injured by a deranged man in their San Francisco home in October 2022, an event that then became the subject of salacious rumors.

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He also hit on less salacious revelations like the connection between his stutter and his drinking.

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