WKU alumnus reflects on the creation of his hit Netflix docuseries The Octopus Murders [Video]

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Western Kentucky University’s very own alumnus, Christian Hansen, has taken on the mystery of the Octopus Murders, a conspiracy involving the death of a journalist and all the politics and secrets that came with it.

After 10 years of fascination, research and investigative journalism, Hansen and his friend Zachary Treitz were able to release their findings in their Netflix docuseries, “American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders.”

“[It’s] the story of a journalist named Danny Casolaro from Washington, D.C. who started working on a story about a stolen software that turned out to be stolen spy software,” Hansen said. “That led him into an international network of arms dealers and spies and unsolved murder.”

Casolaro was brought to the public eye after he was found dead in a hotel bathtub over three decades ago. Several decades later, Hansen learned about it while researching prison industries for his capstone …