The Dead Girls is a 2025 Mexican crime thriller series directed by Luis Estrada, dramatizing the real-life story of the Baladro sisters — known infamously as 'Las Poquianchis' — who built a criminal empire of exploitation and murder in 1960s Mexico and became merciless killers.
What is The Dead Don t Die about?
Set in the conservative provincial Mexico of the 1960s, this series follows the Baladro sisters, who carve out a brutal existence at the margins of society. What begins as survival — running a modest establishment in the rural heartland — escalates into something far darker as the women forge alliances with corrupt local officials and ruthless criminal networks. The series traces their slow transformation from exploited women navigating a deeply patriarchal system into architects of violence themselves. Drawing on a real and widely remembered criminal case, it examines the social machinery that allowed such crimes to flourish unchecked for years, asking hard questions about complicity, gender, and institutional failure in mid-century Latin America.
About the cast
Director Luis Estrada brings a sharp satirical sensibility honed across decades of Mexican cinema. The ensemble is anchored by Arcelia Ramírez and Paulina Gaitán, both established presences in serious Latin American drama. The supporting cast — including Joaquín Cosío, Alfonso Herrera, and Leticia Huijara — adds further credibility to this recreation of a case that shocked Mexico for generations.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers outside Iran, The Dead Girls offers a window into a mid-twentieth-century Latin American story that carries striking parallels to patterns of state complicity and social silence familiar across many cultures. The true-crime genre has always resonated strongly with diaspora audiences seeking narratives about how ordinary institutional life can conceal extraordinary violence. This production arrives with high production values and a measured, investigative tone rather than sensationalism. On K-Time the series is offered with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making it easy to follow for viewers who prefer to watch in Farsi rather than rely on another language.
Watching The Dead Don t Die on Ktime
The Dead Girls is available to stream on K-Time. The series comes with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so you can follow it in Farsi. Watch on the web browser, on your TV device, or on your phone with no geo-blocking and no VPN required. Cancel anytime.