The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst - episode 1&2

In a six-episode documentary television series based on years of investigative journalism, Andrew Jarecki and Mark Smerling, focus on controversial and mysterious heir Robert Durst, involved in a series of events beginning with the disappearance of his wife Kathleen in 1982. Durst was accused of two more murders, but never convicted. For years, Jarecki has been fascinated with the man and the events, resulting in his 2010 fictional feature All Good Things. The documentary series continues and develops what the fiction film began. The director uses the entire spectrum of documentary techniques, including never before seen archive materials and photographs, complemented with voiceover, talking heads and reenactments. His biggest prize , however, is Durst himself, who, after 30 years of silence, decides to tell his version of this unsolved mystery.