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Netflix series on Łódź skin hunters scandal
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Press investigation exposes Łódź ambulance 'skin hunters' scandal
In 2002, press reports revealed that Łódź ambulance workers sold news of patients' deaths to funeral homes, and that some may have caused them.
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Netflix releases 'Heweliusz', Jan Holoubek's series on the 1993 ferry sinking
Netflix released Heweliusz in November 2025, a Polish drama directed by Jan Holoubek about the 1993 sinking of the ferry Jan Heweliusz.

Heweliusz creators are making a Netflix series on Poland's 'skin hunters' scandal
Jan Holoubek and Kasper Bajon are turning Poland's Łódź ambulance scandal into a six-episode Netflix thriller called Skóry, due in 2028.