I'll Be Gone in the Dark season 1 The Motherlode - Metacritic

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HBO
Jul 19, 2020
58 m

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Jul 19, 2020
58 m

Summary The Liz Garbus-directed six-part documentary series based on Michelle McNamara's nonfction book about her search for the Golden State Killer features interviews with investigators, survivors and family of the killer as well as original recordings and archival footage.

Directed By: Myles Kane, Josh Koury

Written By: Liz Garbus, Michelle McNamara

TV-MA
HBO
Jul 19, 2020
58 m

TV-MA
HBO
Jul 19, 2020
58 m

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

S1 • Episode 4

The Motherlode

Air Date: Jul 19, 2020

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Summary The Liz Garbus-directed six-part documentary series based on Michelle McNamara's nonfction book about her search for the Golden State Killer features interviews with investigators, survivors and family of the killer as well as original recordings and archival footage.

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Episode 1 • Jun 28, 2020 • 59 m

Michelle McNamara, finds a new obsession in the "East Area Rapist" (EAR), who terrorized California in the 1970s and '80s, responsible for 50 home-invasion rapes and 12 murders.

Episode 2 • Jul 5, 2020 • 1 h

Reign of Terror

Michelle McNamara reflects on the 1984 murder of her childhood neighbor Kathy Lombardo, which she credits with planting the seed for her lifelong fascination with unsolved crimes.

Episode 3 • Jul 12, 2020 • 1 h 1 m

In 1979, law enforcement is thrilled when the East Area Rapist (EAR) attacks abruptly stop in Northern California, but in reality, EAR has moved south to commit a number of gruesome murders in the Santa Barbara area.

Episode 4 • Jul 19, 2020 • 58 m

Michelle and her editors agree to push her book deadline after being granted access to the Orange County Sheriff's Department's East Area Rapist / Original Night Stalker (EAR/ONS) room.

Episode 5 • Jul 26, 2020 • 58 m

Monsters Recede but Never Vanish

As Michelle's loved ones cope with her sudden death, her work to unmask the Golden State Killer lives on. After inheriting Michelle's 37 boxes of case files, Paul Haynes and Billy Jensen work alongside Patton Oswalt, to finish her book.

Episode 6 • Aug 2, 2020 • 59 m

Walk into the Light

As 72-year-old former police officer Joe DeAngelo's arrest unfolds in real time, chilling facts materialize that illuminate Michelle's prescience in her book's epilogue.

Episode 7 • Jun 21, 2021 • 49 m

Show Us Your Face

Top Cast

Patton Oswalt

Self - Michelle's Husband, Self - Husband of Late Author Michelle McNamara

Paul Haynes

Self - Michelle's Researcher

Amy Ryan

Self - Michelle McNamara's Writings Read By

Lauren Orlando

Michelle McNamara

Melanie Barbeau

Self - Citizen Detective, Self - Citizen Detective, 'The Social Worker', Self - Crime Writer, Citizen Detective

Larry Crompton

Self - Ret. Detective, Contra Costa County

Paul Holes

Self - Ret. Chief of Forensics, Contra Costa County

Karen Kilgariff

Self - Host, My Favorite Murder Podcast

Kris Pedretti

Self - East Area Rapist Survivor #10

Nancy Miller

Self - Former Deputy Editor, Los Angeles Magazine

Richard Shelby

Self - Ret. Detective, Sacramento

Billy Jensen

Self - Crime Writer, Citizen Detective

Daniel Greenberg

Self - Michelle's Literary Agent, Self - Literary Agent

Jennifer Barth

Self - Editor, I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Self - Executive Editor, HarperCollins

Fiona Williams

Self - East Area Rapist Survivor #22

Gay Hardwick

Self - East Area Rapist Survivors Case #31

Sarah Stanard

Self - Michelle's Friend

Bob Hardwick

Self - East Area Rapist Survivors Case #31

Mary Rita Skrine

Self - Michelle's Sister

Kathleen Conroy

Self - Michelle's Sister

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