The Chestnut Man

About The Chestnut Man

At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

The Chestnut Man is a crime and mystery series made for Netflix. It ran for 2 seasons and 12 episodes between September 2021 and May 2026. That is around 6 episodes a season.

Danica Ćurčić leads the cast as Naia Thulin, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard as Mark Hess, Sofie Gråbøl as Marie Hølst, and Katinka Lærke Petersen as Sandra Lindstrøm. The series began as a novel.

Shelv files it under missing person, forest, domestic abuse, and politician. It streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads in the United States.

Copycat Killer, Sherlock, and Death Note make useful companions to The Chestnut Man, all filed under investigation, murder, and psychological. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 757 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-MA rating.