'Making a Murderer': Celebrity Fans Freak Out on Twitter

Ethan Alter
·Senior Writer, Yahoo Entertainment

[Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Netflix docu-series Making a Murderer.]

If you spent your holiday weekend binge-watching Netflix’s addictive true crime series, Making a Murderer, you’re in good company. Since premiering on Dec. 18, the critically acclaimed 10-episode documentary (Yahoo TV’s own Ken Tucker called it a “must-watch”) has lit up social media as more and more viewers are looking for ways to express the incredulity and/or outrage over the case of Steven Avery, the accused Wisconsin man at the center of a twist-filled story involving an alleged murder, possible police corruption and an overall damning portrayal of the American judicial system

And some of those viewers have very familiar names. On Dec. 27, actress and activist Mia Farrow took to Twitter after consuming the entire series and declared herself “outraged” by what she saw.

Meanwhile, comedian (and series finale expert) Paul Scheer highlighted the conflict faced by all Making a Murderer binge-watchers: to Google or not to Google?

Raves have steadily continued to pour in from other celebrities and creative types as well:

Speaking of Manitowoc, that Wisconsin county has been thrust into the social media spotlight by the release of Making a Murderer in a way that officials were clearly unprepared for. An innocuous recent post on the City of Manitowoc official Twitter feed has inspired the following responses:

The Manitowoc Police Department, meanwhile, publicly addressed the burgeoning controversy in a series of Tweets on Dec. 23, five days after the series premiered on Netflix.

Since the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department does not appear to have a Twitter feed, protestors voiced their discontent on the department’s Facebook page. Meanwhile, the Facebook page for Avery’s Auto Salvage—the business operated by Steven Avery’s family—has also been deluged by comments and proclamations of support. (Online petitions in support of Steven Avery and his nephew and fellow accused, Brendan Dassey, have been started at WhiteHouse.gov and Change.org, both of which cite Making a Murderer.)

Expect the social media conversation to continue as more viewers catch up on Making a Murderer over the New Year’s holiday. Avery defense attorney Jerome Bunting has already been responding to articles and even Reddit threads via his Twitter feed.

And the hacker collective Anonymous is entering the fray as well, launching the @OPAveryDassey feed that will be exclusively devoted to the case.

In other words, thanks to social media, even after you’ve finished binging Making a Murderer, the story will be far from over.

Making a Murderer is currently streaming on Netflix