‘The Jinx’ Season 2 Will Dive Deeper into What Led to Serial Killer Robert Durst’s Conviction

Samantha Bergeson
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Robert Durst’s killer legacy is back on the small screen with the return of Emmy-winning series “The Jinx.”

The docuseries, which was initially a limited series, aired in 2015. A new six-episode continuation of the Emmy-winning documentary show titled “The Jinx: Part Two” will now be airing in 2024 on HBO.

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Directed by Andrew Jarecki, original series “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” infamously captured Durst saying on camera “killed them all, of course,” which in part led to his conviction of murder.

Per an official press statement, just hours earlier, based on evidence uncovered by the filmmakers, Durst had been arrested in a hotel lobby in New Orleans. “The Jinx: Part Two” filmmakers continued their investigation for the next eight years, uncovering hidden material, Durst’s prison calls, and interviews with people who had never before come forward.

The sequel series is currently in production and will debut in 2024. The groundbreaking series “unraveled one of the most notorious unsolved crimes in New York history” and was decades in the making. The show went on to be nominated for six Emmys, winning Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming.

Durst, who hailed from a billionaire real estate family, was found guilty of murdering Susan Berman in 2000. Durst was prosecuted in Los Angeles in 2020; Durst pleaded not guilty to the crime, with Berman having been found dead via a gunshot in the back of her head in late 2000.

Durst was suspected of three murders since 1982, starting with the disappearance of his wife Kathleen McCormack Durst. Durst’s life story inspired Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling crime movie “All Good Things.”

Durst revealed in 2016 that he was high on meth during the production of “The Jinx,” for which he was interviewed.

“I was on meth, I was on meth the whole time. It should have been obvious,” Durst said at the time. “I think the reason I did it had to be because I was swooped, speeding.”

“The Jinx: Part Two” is executive produced by Zac Stuart-Pontier, director Jarecki, and Kyle Martin. Charlotte Kaufman and Sam Neave serve as producers, with Richard Hankin and Susan Lazarus co-producing. Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, and Sara Rodriguez produce for HBO.

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