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Filmmaker Josh Zeman joins Killer Thriller to revisit The Killing Season, the groundbreaking docuseries that took viewers inside the investigation into the Gilgo Beach murders years before a suspect was arrested. Josh opens up about the victims whose cases were overlooked, the failures and infighting that plagued the investigation, and what his team uncovered while following the trail of missing women and suspected serial killers along Long Island’s South Shore. He also reflects on the emotional toll of working alongside victims’ families and reveals a crucial clue his team discovered during the making of The Killing Season that he wishes they had pursued further.
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Francine Hughes confessed to killing her husband, but millions of Americans still believed she was the victim.
Richard Masur takes us inside the true story behind The Burning Bed, the landmark true story crime drama that changed the national conversation about domestic violence. Did the jury get it right?
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The true meaning of our childhood fears and paranoia revealed.
Real life run-ins with Michael Keaton.
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Filmmaker Joe Berlinger joins Killer Thriller Docu to go inside Netflix’s The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare and explain why he refused to rush one of America’s most closely watched murder cases.
Joe discusses putting the victims, not the killer, at the center, the unanswered questions around the plea deal, and how online theories have changed the way we consume real-life tragedy.
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Elisa Donovan and Jennifer Fessler examine two cases that captivated the nation: the Idaho murders and Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children.
They explore the role of mental health, the responsibility of true crime storytellers, and why we’re drawn to stories that confront the darkest parts of the human experience.
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