No one could top the sensational ending to “The Jinx” — not even “The Jinx.” In 2015, the HBO true crime docuseries profiling New York real estate heir and alleged serial murderer Robert Durst shocked the world by catching Durst on a hot microphone making an apparent confession. “Killed them all, of course” was hardly a smoking gun from a legal point of view, but as television, those five words were the kind of stunning revelation that decades-old cold cases rarely provide. That Durst himself delivered the line in his distinctive, croaking rasp lent the whole saga the air of Greek tragedy, epitomizing the millionaire’s bizarre compulsion to unburden himself to filmmaker Andrew Jarecki in defiance of his own good luck.
“The Jinx: Part Two” concludes on a more anticlimactic note. Despite Durst’s 2021 conviction for the murder of his former friend Susan Berman and, in 2022, his death in prison, the...
“The Jinx: Part Two” concludes on a more anticlimactic note. Despite Durst’s 2021 conviction for the murder of his former friend Susan Berman and, in 2022, his death in prison, the...
- 5/27/2024
- by Alison Herman
- Variety Film + TV
Andrew Jarecki admits that it’s bizarre and surprising he has been telling Robert Durst’s story for so long. Across two decades, The Jinx director has explored the true-crime tale of the New York real estate heir who was suspected of three murders across his life, which ended in 2022 at age 78 not long after a guilty verdict and prison life sentence was handed down in one of those murders.
“Not only does the story keep shifting and are there so many big human questions that it calls into play, but this whole Part Two is really about something different for us,” Jarecki told The Hollywood Reporter when talking about the follow-up to HBO’s 2015 series (which helped launch the true-crime documentary wave that still exists today). “A lot of Part One was retrospective, where these are terrible events that happened in the past. Part Two is really happening while you are watching it.
“Not only does the story keep shifting and are there so many big human questions that it calls into play, but this whole Part Two is really about something different for us,” Jarecki told The Hollywood Reporter when talking about the follow-up to HBO’s 2015 series (which helped launch the true-crime documentary wave that still exists today). “A lot of Part One was retrospective, where these are terrible events that happened in the past. Part Two is really happening while you are watching it.
- 5/22/2024
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[The following story contains spoilers from the first two episodes of The Jinx — Part Two.]
In The Jinx — Part Two, John Lewin, the Los Angeles deputy district attorney investigating whether Robert Durst killed Susan Berman, recalls the moment he knew he might get a key witness to turn on his close friend.
Nick Chavin, who is described as the third member in the once-tight trio of Durst and Berman, is heard on a phone call in the HBO series where Lewin asks if he thinks his best friend Durst killed his other best friend Berman. “That’s one I’m not gonna answer,” Chavin answered.
“I did not know what Nick knew. But I thought that he had very damaging information, that he was conflicted about it and wasn’t ready to talk,” Lewin tells the filmmakers in Sunday’s second episode of Part Two, the follow-up to HBO’s shocking 2015 true-crime series.
The premiere of Part Two helped establish the...
In The Jinx — Part Two, John Lewin, the Los Angeles deputy district attorney investigating whether Robert Durst killed Susan Berman, recalls the moment he knew he might get a key witness to turn on his close friend.
Nick Chavin, who is described as the third member in the once-tight trio of Durst and Berman, is heard on a phone call in the HBO series where Lewin asks if he thinks his best friend Durst killed his other best friend Berman. “That’s one I’m not gonna answer,” Chavin answered.
“I did not know what Nick knew. But I thought that he had very damaging information, that he was conflicted about it and wasn’t ready to talk,” Lewin tells the filmmakers in Sunday’s second episode of Part Two, the follow-up to HBO’s shocking 2015 true-crime series.
The premiere of Part Two helped establish the...
- 5/2/2024
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains some spoilers from the premiere of The Jinx — Part Two.]
When speaking recently about the remarkable series of events that led to Robert Durst’s arrest one day before The Jinx aired its season one finale in 2015, the filmmakers behind The Jinx — Part Two, which premiered its six-episode follow-up on Sunday, revealed that director Andrew Jarecki knew from the FBI when Durst went on the run.
“Andrew knew that he was already on the run because there was some talk about some personal danger that Andrew was in,” executive producer Zac Stuart-Pontier told The Hollywood Reporter. “So, he did know that for those four or five days that [Durst] was on the run. But this was not common knowledge.”
Jarecki acknowledged there was confusion about what the public knew at the time, including when the filmmakers submitted evidence for the police investigation into Durst for the 2000 murder of his close friend, Susan Berman. The Jinx — Part Two explained via a title...
When speaking recently about the remarkable series of events that led to Robert Durst’s arrest one day before The Jinx aired its season one finale in 2015, the filmmakers behind The Jinx — Part Two, which premiered its six-episode follow-up on Sunday, revealed that director Andrew Jarecki knew from the FBI when Durst went on the run.
“Andrew knew that he was already on the run because there was some talk about some personal danger that Andrew was in,” executive producer Zac Stuart-Pontier told The Hollywood Reporter. “So, he did know that for those four or five days that [Durst] was on the run. But this was not common knowledge.”
Jarecki acknowledged there was confusion about what the public knew at the time, including when the filmmakers submitted evidence for the police investigation into Durst for the 2000 murder of his close friend, Susan Berman. The Jinx — Part Two explained via a title...
- 4/23/2024
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For anyone who needed a refresher on The Jinx, the follow-up series to the 2015 true-crime phenomenon that led to the arrest of Robert Durst did just that with its first episode. Except it delved deeper — much deeper — when it took the audience behind the curtain of the murder case against Durst to show how and why the investigation and Durst’s subsequent arrest lined up with the jaw-dropping final episode, which would air audio of Durst now-famously confessing from inside a bathroom, “Killed them all, of course.”
The Jinx launched as a six-part miniseries in February 2015. Durst was a New York real estate heir who had been suspected of three murders, but never convicted: his first wife, Kathleen McCormack Durst, who disappeared in 1982; his close friend Susan Berman, who was shot dead execution-style in December 2000; and his neighbor Morris Black, whom he dismembered but was acquitted of murdering, claiming self-defense,...
The Jinx launched as a six-part miniseries in February 2015. Durst was a New York real estate heir who had been suspected of three murders, but never convicted: his first wife, Kathleen McCormack Durst, who disappeared in 1982; his close friend Susan Berman, who was shot dead execution-style in December 2000; and his neighbor Morris Black, whom he dismembered but was acquitted of murdering, claiming self-defense,...
- 4/22/2024
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘The Jinx’ Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki Says Despite True-Crime Boom Robert Durst “Is Kind of a Unicorn”
Since HBO’s The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst aired in 2015, Durst, who was arrested shortly before the docuseries’ shocking finale, was convicted of murder in 2021 before dying months later.
In that time, true-crime projects have proliferated in the wake of hits like The Jinx and contemporary docuseries Making a Murderer, the podcast Serial and based-on-a-true-story fictional series like The People v. O.J. Simpson and subsequent American Crime Story installments.
Yet despite being part of this early true-crime wave, The Jinx filmmaker Andrew Jarecki says that there were things about Durst that made him even more riveting than an unsolved murder.
“I think Bob is kind of a unicorn because he’s so unusual, because he’s such a powerful personality and also reckless and also willing to be honest about things that most people aren’t honest about, so you feel like you’re seeing inside him,...
In that time, true-crime projects have proliferated in the wake of hits like The Jinx and contemporary docuseries Making a Murderer, the podcast Serial and based-on-a-true-story fictional series like The People v. O.J. Simpson and subsequent American Crime Story installments.
Yet despite being part of this early true-crime wave, The Jinx filmmaker Andrew Jarecki says that there were things about Durst that made him even more riveting than an unsolved murder.
“I think Bob is kind of a unicorn because he’s so unusual, because he’s such a powerful personality and also reckless and also willing to be honest about things that most people aren’t honest about, so you feel like you’re seeing inside him,...
- 4/21/2024
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York real estate scion Robert Durst has been at the forefront of Andrew Jarecki’s mind for close to 20 years. In 2005, the director began working on “All Good Things,” a narrative film inspired by Durst and the 1982 disappearance of his first wife. That was followed by Jarecki’s 2015 HBO bombshell six-part docuseries “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst,” which uncovered evidence of Durst’s connection to various murders and concluded with Durst’s shocking hot mic admission, “Killed them all, of course.” Durst was arrested the day before the final episode thanks to the docuseries. The timing of the arrest led to criticism that Jarecki, his producers and HBO had delayed sharing incriminating discoveries with law enforcement officials for the sake of the series and ratings. Jarecki denies this.
Jarecki could have easily said goodbye to Durst nine years ago. The helmer, previously Oscar nominated for “Capturing the Friedmans,...
Jarecki could have easily said goodbye to Durst nine years ago. The helmer, previously Oscar nominated for “Capturing the Friedmans,...
- 4/21/2024
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Though he is technically director and showrunner of “The Jinx,” there’s no denying that Andrew Jarecki is now also one of its characters.
While filming Season 1 of the smash hit HBO docuseries, Jarecki and collaborators Zac-Stuart Pointier and Marc Smerling stepped out from behind the camera when it became clear that they stumbled upon critical evidence incriminating documentary subject Robert Durst. They turned that evidence into law enforcement and elicited Durst’s hot mic showstopper: “Killed them all, of course.” Durst was indicted just days before the finale, creating an unprecedented cultural juggernaut.
As a result, “The Jinx – Part Two” becomes an extraordinary specimen, a piece of TV in which the show and its creators have become part of the unbelievable, sprawling narrative that starts and ends with Durst. In the first episode — titled “Chapter 7,” suggesting that “The Jinx” is not so much two seasons as twelve installments — Jarecki...
While filming Season 1 of the smash hit HBO docuseries, Jarecki and collaborators Zac-Stuart Pointier and Marc Smerling stepped out from behind the camera when it became clear that they stumbled upon critical evidence incriminating documentary subject Robert Durst. They turned that evidence into law enforcement and elicited Durst’s hot mic showstopper: “Killed them all, of course.” Durst was indicted just days before the finale, creating an unprecedented cultural juggernaut.
As a result, “The Jinx – Part Two” becomes an extraordinary specimen, a piece of TV in which the show and its creators have become part of the unbelievable, sprawling narrative that starts and ends with Durst. In the first episode — titled “Chapter 7,” suggesting that “The Jinx” is not so much two seasons as twelve installments — Jarecki...
- 4/21/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
After his first breakfast with Robert Durst, ahead of their original interviews for “The Jinx,” Andrew Jarecki was asked to meet with Durst’s lawyer.
“And the lawyer says, ‘Well, Bob, you’ve asked me to meet with Andrew and find out what he wants to do about this interview,'” Jarecki recalled at the New York premiere of “The Jinx – Part Two” in New York April 18. “I just want you to know I think this is possibly the worst idea I’ve ever heard in my entire life.'”
Durst, a multimillionaire suspected of three murders but convicted of zero at the time, went ahead with the interview, generally ignoring legal advice and claiming, “I don’t care if he puts it in a billboard in Times Square, let him do what he wants.”. The rest is television history; the jaw-dropping first six episodes of “The Jinx” which ended...
“And the lawyer says, ‘Well, Bob, you’ve asked me to meet with Andrew and find out what he wants to do about this interview,'” Jarecki recalled at the New York premiere of “The Jinx – Part Two” in New York April 18. “I just want you to know I think this is possibly the worst idea I’ve ever heard in my entire life.'”
Durst, a multimillionaire suspected of three murders but convicted of zero at the time, went ahead with the interview, generally ignoring legal advice and claiming, “I don’t care if he puts it in a billboard in Times Square, let him do what he wants.”. The rest is television history; the jaw-dropping first six episodes of “The Jinx” which ended...
- 4/19/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
The first episode of The Jinx Part Two is titled “Why Are You Still Here?” Like every installment of the true crime docuseries, it’s a quote from the episode itself; in this case, it’s prosecutor John Lewin asking accused murderer Robert Durst why he hadn’t already fled the country by the time the FBI caught and arrested him for the murder of his friend Susan Berman.
But the line unfortunately applies to The Jinx itself. In 2015, it was an absolute sensation, thanks to an improbable coup: Director...
But the line unfortunately applies to The Jinx itself. In 2015, it was an absolute sensation, thanks to an improbable coup: Director...
- 4/18/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
“Killed them all, of course.”
Those five words were spoken by Robert Durst when the New York real estate heir, who was still mic’d, walked to the bathroom after completing his interviews for the HBO true-crime docuseries The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst.
Durst had been suspected of killing his close friend Susan Berman, who was shot dead in December 2000 shortly after she told Durst that the Los Angeles police wanted to talk to her about Durst’s first wife, Kathleen McCormack Durst, who disappeared in 1982. He was acquitted for the 2001 murder of neighbor Morris Black, whom Durst admitted to dismembering, claiming he killed Black in self-defense.
Durst’s hot mic confession came in the jaw-dropping Jinx finale that aired March 15, 2015, and captured the nation.
But years before that, it stunned director Andrew Jarecki and executive producer Zac Stuart-Pontier when they and the Jinx team came...
Those five words were spoken by Robert Durst when the New York real estate heir, who was still mic’d, walked to the bathroom after completing his interviews for the HBO true-crime docuseries The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst.
Durst had been suspected of killing his close friend Susan Berman, who was shot dead in December 2000 shortly after she told Durst that the Los Angeles police wanted to talk to her about Durst’s first wife, Kathleen McCormack Durst, who disappeared in 1982. He was acquitted for the 2001 murder of neighbor Morris Black, whom Durst admitted to dismembering, claiming he killed Black in self-defense.
Durst’s hot mic confession came in the jaw-dropping Jinx finale that aired March 15, 2015, and captured the nation.
But years before that, it stunned director Andrew Jarecki and executive producer Zac Stuart-Pontier when they and the Jinx team came...
- 4/18/2024
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For my money, Andrew Jarecki's 2015 documentary series "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" is the greatest true crime documentary ever made. It has everything you could ever want in a documentary of that genre: a bizarre compelling subject at its center, class commentary, archival footage of his highly publicized murder trial, tons of access to the man himself, a discovery of new evidence in a separate case against him, a direct confrontation, and, famously, a jaw-dropping ending in which the subject confesses his crimes to himself after an interview because he didn't realize his microphone was still on. The scope of the story is truly incredible, and I remember devouring the news about Durst being arrested the day before the final episode aired.
Nine years later, Jarecki is back with "The Jinx: Part Two," which lays out exactly how Durst was caught and details his new...
Nine years later, Jarecki is back with "The Jinx: Part Two," which lays out exactly how Durst was caught and details his new...
- 4/15/2024
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
So close but no conviction. Investigator Joseph Becerra was ready to bring convicted murderer and millionaire Robert Durst to trial for the murder of his wife Kathie, but Durst died in prison before the family had a chance to have their day in court.
“My biggest frustration in all of it was the fact that I couldn’t bring him back to New York to be arraigned,” Becerra told Showbiz Cheat Sheet about Durst. “I was hoping at some point he would tell me where Kathie’s body is. But we were never able to do that.”
Robert Durst | Robyn Beck / Afp via Getty Images
Durst was convicted of murdering his close friend Susan Berman following an acquittal in the murder of his neighbor. In 2000, Berman was found in her home with a gunshot wound to the head. Durst was tried and convicted for her murder 21 years later. He was sentenced to life without parole.
“My biggest frustration in all of it was the fact that I couldn’t bring him back to New York to be arraigned,” Becerra told Showbiz Cheat Sheet about Durst. “I was hoping at some point he would tell me where Kathie’s body is. But we were never able to do that.”
Robert Durst | Robyn Beck / Afp via Getty Images
Durst was convicted of murdering his close friend Susan Berman following an acquittal in the murder of his neighbor. In 2000, Berman was found in her home with a gunshot wound to the head. Durst was tried and convicted for her murder 21 years later. He was sentenced to life without parole.
- 3/18/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Oxygen’s new true crime docuseries, Blood & Money premieres on March 7 and takes a deep dive into the murder trial of Susan Berman. Berman’s longtime friend, multimillionaire Robert Durst was accused of killing her.
In a sneak peek clip shared with Showbiz Cheat Sheet, LA County Deputy District Attorney John Lewin discusses recordings of witness testimonies in a courtroom to preview witness tampering, while building a case against Durst.
What is the Susan Berman / Robert Durst trial about?
Blood & Money opens with the story of Mafia royalty, writer Susan Berman, who made her living off her famous ties to the Las Vegas mob. Her father amassed a fortune working in the mob in the mid-20th century. But the money slowly dwindled when Berman inherited it after his death.
Blood & Money | Oxygen
Berman was found dead from a gunshot to the back of her head in...
In a sneak peek clip shared with Showbiz Cheat Sheet, LA County Deputy District Attorney John Lewin discusses recordings of witness testimonies in a courtroom to preview witness tampering, while building a case against Durst.
What is the Susan Berman / Robert Durst trial about?
Blood & Money opens with the story of Mafia royalty, writer Susan Berman, who made her living off her famous ties to the Las Vegas mob. Her father amassed a fortune working in the mob in the mid-20th century. But the money slowly dwindled when Berman inherited it after his death.
Blood & Money | Oxygen
Berman was found dead from a gunshot to the back of her head in...
- 2/23/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When Kary Antholis in 2019 stepped down as President, HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming, to launch Crime Story Media, his exit package included him staying on as executive producer on projects he had developed at the network that tackle crime and criminal justice. That included David Simon and George Pelecanos’ limited series We Own This City, which premiered April 25, and Dennis Lehane’s Black Bird, which ended up moving to Apple TV+. Headlined by Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser and featuring Ray Liotta in his final TV role, the series premieres July 8.
Crime Story, dedicated to content that explores the criminal legal process, quickly made its mark in the podcast arena with The Crime Story Podcast, hosted by Antholis, which has produced 370 episodes so far; Firebug; as well as Jury Duty distributed by Acast, which has amassed 3.2 million downloads to date with its three seasons focused on the Robert Durst trial,...
Crime Story, dedicated to content that explores the criminal legal process, quickly made its mark in the podcast arena with The Crime Story Podcast, hosted by Antholis, which has produced 370 episodes so far; Firebug; as well as Jury Duty distributed by Acast, which has amassed 3.2 million downloads to date with its three seasons focused on the Robert Durst trial,...
- 7/8/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Andrew Jarecki, who produced and directed “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” — the 2015 documentary miniseries about the real estate scion, who was found guilty of first-degree murder — applauded Durst’s Friday murder conviction on Saturday.
In a statement to TheWrap, Jarecki said, “When we started investigating this story sixteen years ago, we had no idea we would discover evidence that would lead to this prosecution. Bob Durst had been suspected of three murders but never held accountable. In 2010 I interviewed him for over 20 hours for ‘The Jinx’ and he said many incriminating things. When we dug further into the story and found evidence that tied him to the murder of his best friend Susan Berman, we searched for a prosecutor we felt could handle this kind of complex case and found John Lewin, a cold case expert in the LA district attorney’s office and his team.
In a statement to TheWrap, Jarecki said, “When we started investigating this story sixteen years ago, we had no idea we would discover evidence that would lead to this prosecution. Bob Durst had been suspected of three murders but never held accountable. In 2010 I interviewed him for over 20 hours for ‘The Jinx’ and he said many incriminating things. When we dug further into the story and found evidence that tied him to the murder of his best friend Susan Berman, we searched for a prosecutor we felt could handle this kind of complex case and found John Lewin, a cold case expert in the LA district attorney’s office and his team.
- 9/18/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Update: Former `Saturday Night Live cast member Laraine Newman took the witness stand today for the second time at the murder trial of real estate scion Robert Durst.
Newman reiterated her claim that she was “ashamed” for not recognizing the importance of her friend, Susan Berman, telling her that she had helped Durst pull a ruse in the mysterious disappearance of his first wife, Kitty Durst. Berman told Newman she made a phone call posing as Kitty Durst after she disappeared. Kitty Durst was never seen again and finally was declared dead.
Ironically, Robert Durst is now on trial for Berman’s murder in December 2000.
Newman said under cross-examination that she told Deputy District Attorney John Lewin in 2015 that
“there were times” that she was confused as to whether what Berman said was true or not. She added that Berman subsequently rescinded her account about the alibi and it was never again discussed.
Newman reiterated her claim that she was “ashamed” for not recognizing the importance of her friend, Susan Berman, telling her that she had helped Durst pull a ruse in the mysterious disappearance of his first wife, Kitty Durst. Berman told Newman she made a phone call posing as Kitty Durst after she disappeared. Kitty Durst was never seen again and finally was declared dead.
Ironically, Robert Durst is now on trial for Berman’s murder in December 2000.
Newman said under cross-examination that she told Deputy District Attorney John Lewin in 2015 that
“there were times” that she was confused as to whether what Berman said was true or not. She added that Berman subsequently rescinded her account about the alibi and it was never again discussed.
- 6/25/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Robert Durst’s murder trial has been postponed again: Now, it is to pick back up on May 26, according to a spokesperson for the Superior Court of California.
Earlier this month, the trial was postponed to April 6 due to the spread of the coronavirus. The announcement came a day after the Los Angeles Superior Court announced that criminal and civil trials will be delayed for at least 30 days amid concerns about the spread of the virus among the court system. Judges were encouraged to shift towards conducting proceedings by telephone to decrease the number of people in courthouses.
Durst’s murder trial began on March 5. Durst, the subject of the 2015 HBO docuseries “The Jinx,” is charged with murdering his close friend Susan Berman on or about Dec. 23, 2000. Her body was discovered in her Benedict Canyon home on Christmas Eve.
Also Read: Robert Durst's Murder Trial Delayed Due to Coronavirus
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Earlier this month, the trial was postponed to April 6 due to the spread of the coronavirus. The announcement came a day after the Los Angeles Superior Court announced that criminal and civil trials will be delayed for at least 30 days amid concerns about the spread of the virus among the court system. Judges were encouraged to shift towards conducting proceedings by telephone to decrease the number of people in courthouses.
Durst’s murder trial began on March 5. Durst, the subject of the 2015 HBO docuseries “The Jinx,” is charged with murdering his close friend Susan Berman on or about Dec. 23, 2000. Her body was discovered in her Benedict Canyon home on Christmas Eve.
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- 3/27/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
In a new motion filed on Monday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney argued that certain statements from a 2015 interview with prosecturs that Robert Durst, the real estate heir who is charged with the murder of Susan Berman, and his team are trying to get thrown out, doesn’t hold merit.
Durst’s team has been arguing that the March 15, 2015 interview should not be admissible, but, as the D.A. points out, the court has rejected those attempts. Durst’s team’s latest attempt has been to try and exclude certain statements, which the D.A. said in the motion are “completely unsupported by the facts and the law, and in addition, fail to meet even the most rudimentary standards for exclusion under EC 352.5.”
“As the Court is painfully aware, the admissibility of Defendant’s March 15, 2015 interview (“Nola Interview”) has been challenged, litigated, and relitigated in every legitimate, and sometimes illegitimate,...
Durst’s team has been arguing that the March 15, 2015 interview should not be admissible, but, as the D.A. points out, the court has rejected those attempts. Durst’s team’s latest attempt has been to try and exclude certain statements, which the D.A. said in the motion are “completely unsupported by the facts and the law, and in addition, fail to meet even the most rudimentary standards for exclusion under EC 352.5.”
“As the Court is painfully aware, the admissibility of Defendant’s March 15, 2015 interview (“Nola Interview”) has been challenged, litigated, and relitigated in every legitimate, and sometimes illegitimate,...
- 12/10/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Image Source: HBO
If you're a true crime fan, then you probably spent six weeks in 2015 addicted to The Jinx, the six-part HBO documentary on the strange history of multimillionaire real estate tycoon and long suspected killer, Robert Durst. The series delves into the 1982 disappearance of Durst's first wife, Kathleen McCormack Durst, as well as the subsequent murders of his longtime friend, Susan Berman, and his neighbor, Morris Black. The filmmakers spent nearly a decade researching the case, and the documentary gives viewers an insider look at police files, hidden documents, key witnesses, never-before-seen footage, private prison recordings, and even an extended interview with Durst himself.
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If it wasn't for The Jinx, Robert Durst may have avoided going on trial. The greatest triumph of The Jinx is in the final episode, when Durst - who apparently...
If you're a true crime fan, then you probably spent six weeks in 2015 addicted to The Jinx, the six-part HBO documentary on the strange history of multimillionaire real estate tycoon and long suspected killer, Robert Durst. The series delves into the 1982 disappearance of Durst's first wife, Kathleen McCormack Durst, as well as the subsequent murders of his longtime friend, Susan Berman, and his neighbor, Morris Black. The filmmakers spent nearly a decade researching the case, and the documentary gives viewers an insider look at police files, hidden documents, key witnesses, never-before-seen footage, private prison recordings, and even an extended interview with Durst himself.
Related: Netflix's Collection of True-Crime Movies Will Give You Thrills, Chills, and Paranoia
If it wasn't for The Jinx, Robert Durst may have avoided going on trial. The greatest triumph of The Jinx is in the final episode, when Durst - who apparently...
- 6/26/2018
- by Corinne Sullivan
- Popsugar.com
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