Nearly a decade ago, HBO enthralled audiences with a true-crime docuseries titled The Jinx. The story followed Robert Durst, a wealthy New York City real estate heir suspected of three murders throughout his life. Two of the murders—the 1982 disappearance of his wife, Kathie, and the 2000 shooting of writer Susan Berman—never went to trial. Though he confessed to the third murder, a dismemberment of his neighbor in Texas, he was acquitted after claiming self-defense.
In The Jinx, Durst sat down with filmmaker Andrew Jarecki for interviews about his connections to all three events. Jarecki made a film inspired by Durst’s life titled All Good Things back in 2010, which starred Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst. After seeing the film himself, Durst phones Jarecki and offers to do interviews with him so that he can tell his side of the story without judgement. Throughout the eight-episode series, Jarecki eventually uncovers evidence about Berman’s murder that can lead back to Durst. He approaches Durst about it—and Durst denies his accusations. In the shocking season finale, Durst leaves the interview to use the bathroom and mutters something to himself, not knowing that his microphone was still on. “What the hell did I do?” he asks himself, off-camera. “Killed them all, of course.”
In Part Two of The Jinx, which premiered its first episode on HBO this past Sunday, the docuseries catches up with the past nine years of new information. Between the season finale and today, Durst was arrested, tried, convicted of Susan Berman’s murder, and sentenced to life in prison. Then, on January 10, 2022, Richard Durst suffered from cardiac arrest and died in jail at the age of 78.
So, why are we back here? Well, Jarecki can claim something that hordes of true crime documentaries and podcasts rarely accomplish. He actually helped to put a criminal behind bars. Durst sat in court and told a jury that he dismembered a man in self-defense, and he still got away with it. Somehow, it took a filmmaker and some chance interviews to get an off-camera confession and tangible evidence to put Durst away for life. As Durst says over the prison phone before his death, “The dumbest thing was doing Jarecki. Oh God, The Jinx.”
Durst admitted to the murders off camera in the season finale of The Jinx.
When Do Episodes of The Jinx: Part Two Premiere?
The Jinx‘s victory lap continues on HBO throughout April and May with six episodes, premiering on Sundays at 10 p.m. ET. New episodes will also stream simultaneously on Max. For a full schedule, refer to the specific episode release times below.
Episode 1: “Why Are You Still Here?” — April 21
Episode 2: “Friendships Die Hard” — April 28
Episode 3: “Saving My Tears Until It’s Official” — May 5
Episode 4: “The Unluckiest Man in the World” — May 12
Episode 5: “TBA” — May 19
Episode 6: “TBA” — May 26
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