I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Summary

A six-part HBO documentary series based on Michelle McNamara's bestselling book, chronicling her obsessive investigation into the Golden State Killer, an unidentified serial rapist and murderer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 80s. The series interweaves McNamara's personal story and untimely death with survivor testimonies and the decades-long hunt that ultimately led to the suspect's identification through genetic genealogy.