NetflixYour Netflix addiction is poised to get even worse. The streaming service announced Making a Murderer, a new 10-part true crime documentary series that is coming just in time for the holidays. Everybody loves true crime shows, just look at Investigation Discovery, that's a whole channel for true crime.
Making a Murderer, which premieres on December 18, is inspired by a newspaper story from 2005 about Steven Avery, "an outsider from the wrong side of the tracks, convicted and later exonerated of a brutal assault. His release triggered major criminal justice reform legislation, and he filed a lawsuit that threatened to expose corruption in local law enforcement and award him millions of dollars. But in the midst of his very public civil case, he suddenly finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime."
Sign us up. Making a Murderer hails from directors Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos—they've been working on the show for the last decade, according to Netflix.
"If we had not been there to witness these events we would have trouble believing they actually occurred. Our goal has always been to share that experience with viewers. Our partnership with Netflix has allowed us to tell this story in a way that wouldn't have been possible anywhere else," directors Ricciardi and Demos said in a statement.
In a release, the company said the filmmakers documented every angle of the story and following the second investigation and the trial of the accused, they had to petition the court to avoid having to turn over their footage. "There are an unbelievable number of twists and turns in the story arc of Making a Murderer, it feels like it has to be fictional," Lisa Nishimura, Netflix VP of Original Documentary Programming, said in a statement. "Ricciardi and Demos have navigated very complex terrain and skillfully woven together an incredible series that leaves you feeling like you're right in the middle of the action."