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I'll Be Gone in the Dark

2020 50m ⭐ 7.0/10 Documentary · Crime

Adapted from Michelle McNamara's bestselling book, this series follows her obsessive investigation into the Golden State Killer, a case that broke open just months after her sudden death.

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Details

Year
2020
Runtime
50m
Rating
7.0 / 10
Format
TV Series
Seasons
1
Country
United States of America
Platform
Neon

Why Watch This

The crime story here is genuinely gripping, but the real subject is Michelle McNamara herself — an amateur researcher who spent years chasing a case police had shelved, and whose work is widely credited with keeping public pressure on the investigation. Director Liz Garbus lets McNamara narrate large stretches of the series in her own words, pulled from the book and her notes, so the series is as much about obsession and grief as it is about the killer.

If I'll Be Gone in the Dark hooked you on the amateur-detective angle, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel and Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case follow similarly dogged, years-long searches for the truth.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who was the Golden State Killer?
Joseph James DeAngelo, a former police officer, was arrested in 2018 using DNA evidence and later pleaded guilty to multiple murders and rapes committed across California in the 1970s and 80s.
Did Michelle McNamara live to see the arrest?
No. She died in 2016, two years before DeAngelo's arrest, and the book that inspired this series was completed posthumously by her collaborators.
How many episodes are there?
Six episodes, plus a special update episode added the following year.
Where can I watch I'll Be Gone in the Dark in NZ?
I'll Be Gone in the Dark is streaming on Neon New Zealand.

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