The Jinx: Why Everyone Is Raving About the True Crime Documentary With an Unmatchable Ending
With streaming queues growing ever longer, a ten-year-old true crime documentary has returned to viral conversation and is drawing fresh recommendations from viewers who describe it as one of the most unsettling and compulsive pieces of television ever made.
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, which first aired on HBO in 2015 and is available in the UK on Sky NOW, is the result of nearly a decade of investigative work by filmmaker Andrew Jarecki, who gained extraordinary access to Robert Durst — an eccentric, wealthy heir to a New York real estate empire long suspected of involvement in the disappearance or murder of three people without ever having faced conviction.
Jarecki and his team assembled never-before-seen footage, private prison recordings, police files, key witness testimony and thousands of pages of formerly hidden documents into a six-part series that builds to one of the most jaw-dropping finales in documentary history.
The series holds a 90% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Viewer responses have been extraordinary.
"Compelling, chilling, weird — one of the more bizarre murder mystery documentaries you will see," wrote one.
"Perhaps the best true crime docuseries ever," wrote another.
Several reviewers have described the final episode as genuinely mind-blowing.
A second series has since been produced and is also available to stream.
For those yet to watch The Jinx, clearing an evening to sit down with the first episode comes with the highest possible recommendation.
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, which first aired on HBO in 2015 and is available in the UK on Sky NOW, is the result of nearly a decade of investigative work by filmmaker Andrew Jarecki, who gained extraordinary access to Robert Durst — an eccentric, wealthy heir to a New York real estate empire long suspected of involvement in the disappearance or murder of three people without ever having faced conviction.
Jarecki and his team assembled never-before-seen footage, private prison recordings, police files, key witness testimony and thousands of pages of formerly hidden documents into a six-part series that builds to one of the most jaw-dropping finales in documentary history.
The series holds a 90% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Viewer responses have been extraordinary.
"Compelling, chilling, weird — one of the more bizarre murder mystery documentaries you will see," wrote one.
"Perhaps the best true crime docuseries ever," wrote another.
Several reviewers have described the final episode as genuinely mind-blowing.
A second series has since been produced and is also available to stream.
For those yet to watch The Jinx, clearing an evening to sit down with the first episode comes with the highest possible recommendation.