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Making a Murderer
November 9, 2018
Rachel Syme
How Making A Murderer Reinvented Itself
The show’s focus on two captivating women makes its second season worth watching.
December 13, 2017
MagazineRachel Syme
Guilt Trip
Errol Morris searches for a link between a mourning son, the CIA, and LSD.
March 28, 2017
MagazineMichelle Dean
Voices of America
Can podcasts tell us more than stories of individual obsession?
January 12, 2016
Sandra González-Bailón
Could Slacktivism Help Making a Murderer’s Steven Avery?
Your Dean Strang obsession might not be so silly after all.
January 8, 2016
Alex Shephard
New Kids on the Block had a lot of hits / Making a Murderer makes Donnie Wahlberg sick.
January 8, 2016
Laura Marsh
Making a Murderer’s Dean Strang doesn’t like looking at himself.
January 6, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Watch Making a Murderer’s Dean Strang defend Steven Avery on Fox News.
January 5, 2016
Esther Breger
One of the jurors in Steven Avery’s trial is now recanting his guilty vote, according to Making a Murderer filmmakers.
January 4, 2016
Sarah Weinman
Making a Murderer’s Lawyer Hero
Dean Strang wrote a book about a 1917 miscarriage of justice in Milwaukee. The parallels with Steven Avery's case are striking.
January 2, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
I can’t stop watching Making a Murderer.
December 28, 2015
Laura Marsh
Five books you should read, now that you’ve watched Making A Murderer and have no idea what to do.

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