The Jinx- The Life And Deaths Of Robert Durst -... Direct

He says, clear as day: "There it is. You’re caught." [Long pause] "What a disaster." [He runs the water, splashes his face] "He was right. I was wrong. And the burping." [More mumbling] "What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course." He doesn't say "allegedly." He doesn't say "if I had." He says

In the pantheon of true crime documentaries, few have achieved the cultural impact, narrative tension, or real-world legal consequence of Andrew Jarecki’s 2015 HBO series, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst . It sits alongside Making a Murderer and The Staircase as a landmark of the genre, but with one crucial distinction: unlike those series, The Jinx captured its subject—billionaire real estate heir Robert Durst— confessing to murder on a live microphone during the final interview. The Jinx- The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst -...

Durst’s legal team tried everything—including arguing that the HBO microphone recording was illegal under wiretapping laws. The judge disagreed. He says, clear as day: "There it is

Have you watched The Jinx? Did you believe the bathroom confession was real, or did Durst know the mic was on? Share your thoughts below. And the burping

Years later, Jarecki’s team unearths a letter Durst wrote to Berman years before her death. The handwriting—specifically the spelling of "Beverley" (with an extra 'e') and the blocky, tilted 'd'—is an identical match.

Jarecki’s team had recorded 20+ hours of footage. But they had never turned off the wireless lavalier microphone on Durst’s shirt. While Durst thinks he is alone, he begins talking to himself in a sing-song, muttering voice.