Gerald Foos saw a hell of a lot while owning and operating the Manor House Motel in Colorado—sex, fights, and supposedly, even murder.
There’s a very disturbing reason why Foos obtained such an intimate knowledge of the activities at his hotel. The Denver man bought the roadside lodgings in the late 1960s for the sole purpose of spying on his guests.
Foos also kept what he insists was a meticulous record of the private lives of his patrons; from their age and kinks, to how many times they had sex.
His incredibly unethical and yet compelling observations are captured in Netflix’s original documentary Voyeur, which dropped this month. The film illustrates in chilling detail how Foos installed special vents above each room so he could peep on the guests below. “They couldn’t hear me, they couldn’t see me, it was exactly what I wanted,” the self-described ‘voyeur’ explains.
The film questions if Foos is an Alfred Kinsey–type researcher (as he maintains) or just a creep.
What is equally fascinating about Voyeur is how it chronicles the relationship between the motel owner and journalist Gay Talese, who first received a letter from Foos in 1980. Is it unethical for Talese to keep Foos’ perverted secret safe for years? Just how much of his story can we believe?
Watch the trailer below, and don’t miss the fascinating documentary on Netflix now.
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