20. White Smoke: America’s Chemsex Killer
To call this a true-crime show is to risk underselling the level of sensitivity and insight it brought to the murders at its heart. It might have focused on the awful, barely believable drug-fuelled, sex-related deaths of gay men caused by wealthy US political donor Ed Buck. But it was also an immersion into gay subcultures – from the world of ballroom to the chemsex scene, looking at the latter’s power dynamics, terminology, most commonly used drugs and terrible potential for exploitation. White Smoke used a unique perspective to bring satisfying depth to its story – and it was excellent.
