The Jinx (Trailer)

The Jinx chronicles the life of millionaire real estate heir Robert Durst and the three murders in which he has been a primary suspect. This documentary miniseries features extensive interviews with people close to Durst and the victims, as well as with Durst himself.

Despite usually avoiding media attention, Durst contacted director Andrew Jarecki after watching All Good Things, a biopic inspired by Durst’s life that Jarecki had previously directed. The interviews explore the disappearances and deaths of Durst’s wife Kathie, his longtime friend Susan Berman, and his neighbour Morris Black. Although Durst admitted to dismembering Black’s body, he was acquitted of his murder.

Is Durst’s connection to three homicides over the course of two decades merely a coincidence? How could a man confess to mutilating a body yet avoid a murder conviction? These are some of the unsettling questions that The Jinx seeks to confront.