Durst articles
-
‘The Jinx’ Filmmakers Revisit That Robert Durst Confession: “We Screamed”
Durst (who died in 2022 following a 2021 conviction) was arrested the day before the riveting finale of HBO's true-crime docuseries. Nine years after that episode aired, the filmmakers return with 'The Jinx — Part Two.'
-
Robert Durst Gave a Fascinating Interview the Day The Jinx Ended
Why would Robert Durst, the real estate scion worth an estimated $100 million, ignore his lawyers’ advice and risk his freedom by blabbing to The Jinx director Andrew Jarecki about the three murders of which he had long been suspected? That’s one of the questions cold case specialist John Lewin asked Durst when he sat down with him on March 15, 2015, shortly after the FBI arrested Durst in a New Orleans hotel, and the same day that The Jinx’s bombshell finale aired. The interview, which Durst...
-
Is Robert Durst Dead? What Happened After 'The Jinx' Season One
Robert Durst may have successfully evaded justice for decades thanks to his millions — but in the end, the New York real estate heir and convicted murderer died while incarcerated at a state prison for ailing inmates. Durst's many legal woes, including a conviction in the execution-style killing of one of his closest friends and an indictment in the 1982 murder of his first wife, finally caught up to him when he was a frail man in his 70s. The millionaire Manhattanite faced declining health,...