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Had I Not Seen the Sun(2025)

Archived · Netflix

6.6
1620 eps
S01
CrimeDramaMysteryRomance

A documentarian's prison interview with a serial killer triggers mysterious dreams and encounters with a dead student's ghost.

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ghost-inflected mysterypsychological uneaseprison interview thrillerdocumentary-style dread
ON AIR: NOV 13Season 1Archived listing

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