A new Netflix documentary episode will put Toronto’s late former mayor Rob Ford (the younger brother of Premier Doug Ford) back in the spotlight as part of its Trainwreck anthology series.
The episode, titled Mayor of Mayhem, premieres June 17, 2025, and focuses on Ford’s chaotic term in office that became an international media spectacle.
The doc is part of a weekly summer rollout of Trainwreck, a Netflix series that re-examines major headline-making events that spiraled out of control. Earlier seasons have looked at Woodstock ’99 and other cultural disasters. This new run will also cover the Astroworld concert tragedy and the fall of American Apparel.
Mayor of Mayhem, directed by Shianne Brown, goes back to the 2010 Toronto mayoral race, where Rob Ford, then a controversial city councillor, shocked observers by winning the city’s top job despite being dismissed by critics as unelectable. What followed was a string of scandals, including allegations of substance abuse, that gripped headlines and looked like an episode of reality TV gone wild.
Told from the perspective of those caught in the chaos, the documentary digs into how Ford’s leadership unraveled in public view—and why so many people couldn’t look away. The episode is produced by RAW and BBH, with executive producers including Tim Wardle (Three Identical Strangers) and Sheun Adelasoye De Nicola.
In February 2014, The Globe and Mail reported that Toronto Police had sought search warrants in October 2013 for phones, including an iPhone belonging to Rob Ford’s associate Sandro Lisi. Police also requested an assistance order from Apple to access data from the device as part of their investigation.
The Trainwreck anthology continues weekly through the summer, promising to unpack some of the most infamous media firestorms of the past two decades, according to Netflix.
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