The Jinx- The Life And Deaths Of Robert Durst -... May 2026

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 September 2021, nearly six years after the documentary aired, a Los Angeles jury found Robert Durst guilty of murdering Susan Berman. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Jinx- The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst -...

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. He says, clear as day: "There it is

Essential viewing. 10/10. But be warned—you will never look at a bowl of chicken wings or a burping sound the same way again. And the burping

The documentary directly led to his arrest. The new evidence (the "cadaver" letter) and the bathroom confession were used to re-charge him with the first-degree murder of Susan Berman.