The docuseries follows McNeil\u2019s rise on the bodybuilding and wrestling scene before telling the story of how the abuse she received from her fellow bodybuilder husband Ray eventually led to his death on Valentine\u2019s Day in 1995.<\/p>\n
Labelled a \u201cbully\u201d and a \u201cthug\u201d while on trial, McNeil was found guilty of second degree murder \u2013 however Killer Sally, directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nanette Burstein, looks at the media\u2019s treatment of McNeil, the high-profile nature of the trial and allows McNeil to tell her side of the story.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no interest in gratuitous true crime,\u201d Burstein told The Guardian<\/a>, adding that McNeil\u2019s case being a prism for larger societal issues then and now is \u201cwhat really attracted [her] to the story\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was really about domestic violence, and it\u2019s about gender roles,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt\u2019s really about other women, because this is still happening today.\u201d<\/p>\n But what did Sally McNeil do and where is she now? Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the true story behind Killer Sally.<\/p> Sally McNeil, also known as Killer McNeil or Killer Sally, is a former bodybuilder who was convicted of murdering her husband Ray in 1995.<\/p>\n She grew up in Pennsylvania in a household \u201cwhere [she] had to defend [herself]\u201d and went on to become a name in the bodybuilding world. She also joined the US marine corps.<\/p>\n Whilst in the military, Sally began taking part in bodybuilding competitions, placing fourth in her first competition in 1987. It was there that she met fellow sergeant and bodybuilder Ray, who she married. However, in the documentary, Sally and her children John and Santina allege that Ray was abusive throughout their relationship, claiming that he punched Sally in the face on their third day of marriage and went on to break her nose.<\/p>\n \u201cHe said that I was inferior and he was the superior bodybuilder and everything should go towards him,\u201d Sally says in the Netflix series.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom the start, I wasn\u2019t good enough. I was never good enough. Ray felt as though he was the most important person in the family. He was trying to get me to give up my dream so I could support him.\u201d<\/p>\n When Sally was dismissed from the military, she focused on her wrestling career and took on the name \u2018Killer Sally\u2019, offering to wrestle men for $300 an hour to make money \u2013 a practice known as muscle worship.<\/p>\n On February 14th 1995, Sally shot Ray, telling the 911 operator: \u201cI just shot my husband because he beat me up,\u201d and later telling the officers interrogating her<\/a>: \u201cI wanted to get out of the house, and he wouldn\u2019t let me out of the house.\u00a0So then I ran back to the bedroom, and I got my shotgun.\u201d<\/p>\n When the police told her that Ray had died, she said that she \u201cjust wanted him to stop hitting\u201d her.<\/p>\n The bodybuilder was charged with and convicted of second-degree murder, being sentenced to 19 years to life in prison. Sally still maintains she shot Ray in self-defence, alleging in the documentary that Ray had been hitting and shocking her and that she \u201cdidn\u2019t know what he was capable of doing\u201d.<\/p>\n After serving her sentence at Central California Women\u2019s Facility in Chowchilla, Sally McNeil was released from prison on May 29th 2020 after being granted parole.<\/p>\n In the documentary, McNeil says that she didn\u2019t deserve such a long sentence, adding: \u201cI want to do an appeal on what happened but I\u2019m just so happy I\u2019m free. I don\u2019t care anymore. I\u2019m free.\u201d<\/p>\n She currently lives in North California with her new husband.<\/p>\n Killer Sally is available to stream on Netflix<\/a>. Sign up for Netflix from \u00a36.99 a month<\/a>. Netflix is also available on\u00a0Sky Glass<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Virgin Media Stream<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our Documentaries<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale<\/strong>\u00a0now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0a<\/strong>nd get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen t<\/strong>o the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Ga<\/strong>rvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Tuesday, 08 November 2022 at 12:00 am While the world of body building has been previously explored in documentaries like Louis Theroux\u2019s Weird Weekends and Generation Iron, Netflix dives into a darker side of the industry in Killer Sally \u2013 a three-parter about Sally McNeil, a bodybuilder convicted of murdering her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25347,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-sally-mcneil-from-netflixs-killer-sally-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-sally-mcneil-from-netflixs-killer-sally-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-sally-mcneil-from-netflixs-killer-sally-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-sally-mcneil-from-netflixs-killer-sally-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-sally-mcneil-from-netflixs-killer-sally-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-sally-mcneil-from-netflixs-killer-sally-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-sally-mcneil-from-netflixs-killer-sally-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Tuesday, 08 November 2022 at 12:00 am While the world of body building has been previously explored in documentaries like Louis Theroux\u2019s Weird Weekends and Generation Iron, Netflix dives into a darker side of the industry in Killer Sally \u2013 a three-parter about Sally McNeil, a bodybuilder convicted of murdering her…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/25346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who is Sally McNeil?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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