I'll Be Gone in the Dark TV Thread

[Gemma]

It was McNamara who coined the name for the Golden State Killer, who terrorized California in the 1970s and '80s and was responsible for 50 home-invasion rapes and 13 murders after investigations tied together crimes from both northern and southern California. After decades of investigations that included McNamara and required advancements in forensic DNA testing, former cop Joseph DeAngelo was arrested in Sacramento in April 2018.

McNamara, the wife of Patton Oswalt, blogged about true crime and became infatuated with the investigation, eventually landing a book deal to write about the case. She died in her sleep in 2016; Oswalt worked with journalist Billy Jensen and researcher Paul Haynes to finish the book, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, which debuted in February 2018 at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

The day DeAngelo was arrested, Oswalt tweeted: "I hope you got him, Michelle. I hope THEY got him."

Really looking forward to watching this. I've listened to the book on Audible and the podcast " Evil Has a Name" which covers the whole timeline and hunt for the serial killer.

This has started in the States and will be on Now TV/Sky Crime from 30 August

 

[Janey]

Watched the first 3 episodes, I don't think they are doing a very good job of telling the story. There is way too much focus on McNamara and her book. It's more like a biography of her than of the Golden State Killer.

I think casefile did a much better job of telling this story.