I’ll Be Gone In The Dark - Hunt For The Golden State Killer-HBO

Agent Coulson

A 6 part documentry about how Michelle McNamara (Patton Oswalt's late wife) work as an investigative journalist lead to the capture of the killer.

It was McNamara who coined the name for the the Golden State Killer, who terrorized California in the 1970s and ’80s and was responsible for 50 home-invasion rapes and 13 murders after investigations tied together crimes from both northern and southern California. After decades of investigations that included McNamara and required advancements in forensic DNA testing, former cop Joseph DeAngelo was arrested in Sacramento in April 2018.


McNamara, the wife of Patton Oswalt, blogged about true crime and became infatuated with the investigation, eventually landing a book deal to write about the case. She died in her sleep in 2016; Oswalt worked with journalist Billy Jensen and researcher Paul Haynes to finish the book, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, which debuted in February 2018 at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

The day DeAngelo was arrested, Oswalt tweeted: “I hope you got him, Michelle. I hope THEY got him.”

Starts June 28th.

Mantis Toboggan

Will this be on sky over here?

gmisk

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Will this be on sky over here?

Yep June 28th sky atlantic

talla10

Listened to the Evil Has a Name Podcast a few times- very lucky he was caught at all

gmisk

Curses!
New it was too good to be true.
It launches tonight's in HBO in US.
It won't be here until the 30th of August on sky crime grrr

Agent Coulson

I really liked that opening episode.

Agent Coulson

Wow episode 2 was some powerful stuff listening to some of the survivors.

Hodors Appletart

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I really liked that opening episode.

I didn't.

I want a proper doc about GSK, not a weepy hallmark thing about a dead writer.

talla10

Hodors Appletart wrote: »

I didn't.

I want a proper doc about GSK, not a weepy hallmark thing about a dead writer.

Listen to the Evil has a name podcast. Describes the whole evolution of the crimes, the investigation ect.

Hodors Appletart

will do, loved the casefile

thanks

adrian522

Watched the first 3 episodes, I don't think they are doing a very good job of telling the story. There is way too much focus on McNamara and her book. It's more like a biography of her than of the Golden State killer.

I think casefile did a much better job of telling this story.

Wombatman

Just finished episode 5. Almost unwatchable at this point. Starting to become 80% a puff piece about McNamara and 20% about the investigation. Could have been done in an hour of good TV.

gmisk

adrian522 wrote: »

Watched the first 3 episodes, I don't think they are doing a very good job of telling the story. There is way too much focus on McNamara and her book. It's more like a biography of her than of the Golden State killer.

I think casefile did a much better job of telling this story.

Would you know what episode of casefile it is by any chance?
I watched episode 1 of the show....but is sloooow

Lucas Hood

gmisk wrote: »

Would you know what episode of casefile it is by any chance?
I watched episode 1 of the show....but is sloooow

There's 5 episodes. Case 53
Then 2 or 3 follow ups.

Mantis Toboggan

Casefile episodes are very good also good documentary on it on sky crime.

gmisk

Lucas Hood wrote: »

There's 5 episodes. Case 53
Then 2 or 3 follow ups.

Brilliant thanks I have listening to quite a few case files but might have missed that one

WhymeWhynot

I'm surprised Elton John didn't turn up and give a blast of Candle in the wind for Michelle.

The EARONS case is one of the most insane and intense you could come across but it was just a Michelle Mcnamara tribute show.

However I'm happy that Patton Oswalt found someone to marry so soon after her death.

Sudden Death by Larry Crompton was a far superior book on the earons case as it was actually fully focused on the events, crimes, victims.