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#273 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
I Killed a Devil—Now His Double Is Obsessed with Me
War reporter Vivian returns home to find a dead terrorist's exact double running a crime empire.
NetShort · 35 episodes · about 1.2 h
FreeEp 1–8on NetShort
Locked27of 35 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Vivian, a war reporter, comes back home after taking out a terrorist leader. There, she finds that the dead leader's exact double is running a billion-dollar crime empire. The Mafia hunts her, her FBI ex betrays her, and a ruthless CEO ends up protecting her. A buried memory reveals that the CEO is Ryder, her childhood friend, forced to stand in for the dead monster.
Mistaken identity / switched at birthThriller & mysteryamnesia twistdouble trouble
Who will like it: viewers who liked lookalike stories where a heroine's childhood friend hides under a dangerous identity.
Main characters
- Vivian: war reporter who took out a terrorist leader
- Ryder: childhood friend forced into the dead monster's role
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 8 free. Grey: 27 locked. About 1.2 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 35
- Free
- 8
- Locked
- 27
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 35 | 8 | 27 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 35 episodes is longer than 32% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 8 free episodes is the same as the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 23% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- Chinese (Traditional), English, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, ar_AE
- App tags
- Amnesia, Mistaken Identity, Mystery
- NetShort
- 2.2K likes, 2.7K followers
The apps' own counts, shown as printed, never folded into the reader rating.
Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.