“A Body in the Bay”

“Poor Little Rich Boy”

One of my favorite, all-time true crime docudramas was The Jinx, which tells the compelling story of Robert Durst, NYC real-estate scion. The series was remarkably intriguing, but ended with the greatest hook of all time. We’ll save that discussion until later in the rewatch.

Well, there is a second season currently airing on Max, which I never thought would happen. I want to start to watch the Jinx season two, but I figured it would be a smart move to rewatch that first season from 2015 before I dove into the new season.

This is absolutely insane.

The first couple of episodes are just the beginning, but it gives the most unexpected picture of Robert Durst. Who is this guy? A man who was accused of decapitating an old man in Galveston, Texas and who was always suspected for killing his wife, decided that he wanted to do a sit down interview with a director, Andrew Jarecki, who directed the movie All Good Things, which was inspired by Durst’s rumored story.

What makes a man search out a director to give an interview to about his life, a life that had so many infamous moments?

Listening to Durst tell these stories in his own voice was really creepy. Watching Durst and his remarkable twitches and blinks as he made direct comments was fascinating. I do not know if these were “tells”, but they all seemed to come at sinister moments. Admittedly, I may be reading into this way more than there is.

Episode two was heavily focused on Kathie, Durst’s wife, who disappeared in 1982, and whose body has never been found. Some of the words from Kathie’s friend were powerful.

It was jarring to see Jeanine Pirro, currently of FOX News, appear in the documentary as a prosecutor who was involved in the case against Durst.

There is so much about this man that is absolutely fascinating and the fact that you feel as if he was lying to you with every breath was something that was just unbelievable. After two episodes, I remember clearly how shocking and compelling this docudrama was.