"What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course," Durst said in the documentary. But in the days after the stunning moment aired, court documents and an eyewitness revealed that The Jinx filmmakers had manipulated the timeline of events, raising questions about whether its portrayal could be trusted.Mar 6, 2020
Lewin said jurors told him they didn't believe Durst's explanations for the note or the apparent confession during an unguarded moment. Durst claimed the hot mic didn't catch his full thought, which he said was: “They'll all think I killed them all, of course.”Sep 18, 2021
In The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, Durst was confronted with incriminating evidence discovered over the course of filming and was caught talking to himself on a live microphone and saying, “What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.”Sep 20, 2021
Distraught and alone in a bathroom, he unwittingly confessed to all the killings on a live recording used in a 2015 HBO mini-series about himself. Over four decades Mr. Durst was suspected of having killed three people: his wife, Kathleen Durst, who vanished on Jan.Jan 10, 2022
Robert Durst, convicted murderer, eccentric scion of a New York real estate dynasty and subject of the HBO docuseries The Jinx, has died at the age of 78, less than three months after Durst was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2000 murder of his friend Susan Berman.Jan 10, 2022
Durst, now 78 and in poor health, was found guilty of murder on Sept. 17 as well as lying in wait and killing a witness, “special circumstances” that mandate the harshest possible sentence. (California has a moratorium on the death penalty.)Oct 14, 2021
Durst's life and his proximity to the disappearance and deaths, respectively, of his wife Kathie, Berman and Morris were the subject of a 2015 HBO documentary miniseries called The Jinx, which made headlines when a hot microphone picked up Durst muttering seemingly-incriminating statements to himself during an ...Aug 13, 2021
Durst later said he regretted being involved in “The Jinx,” describing it as a “very, very, very big mistake.” A California jury on Sept. 17 found multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst guilty of murdering his best friend Susan Berman in 2000.Sep 18, 2021
Durst was convicted in September of shooting Susan Berman at point-blank range in 2000 at her Los Angeles home. He was sentenced to life Oct. 14. Two days later, he was hospitalized with COVID-19, his trial attorney Dick DeGuerin said.Jan 10, 2022
Robert Durst, who was featured in the HBO true-crime doc The Jinx, has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his friend Susan Berman — a case that was chronicled on the 2015 series. The jury reached their verdict on Friday, according to the Los Angeles Times, following a five-month trial.Sep 17, 2021
Justice in the Aftermath In the audio heard around the world, Durst mumbled to himself on a hot mic, eventually saying, "What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course." Durst remained a surprising and complicated figure even after "The Jinx" ended.Jan 11, 2022