Can we ever truly consume true crime dramas with a clear conscience?
But unlike the cut-and-dry form of a documentary, the Sky/HBO drama was never, in my eyes, going to be a factual analysis of the details at hand. It’s a drama, after all, and a glossy, well-produced one with a high-profile cast.
If you’ve watched the drama, you’ll know that there are elements of the real-life case, but for the most part, it is a dramatic retelling of the story. When I first tuned in, I had this thought at the forefront of my mind.
What starts off as intrigue turns into avid googling of the real-life case, rewatching the documentary, reading articles on the trial – and retrial – and trying to piece together fact versus fiction for yourself. It’s something many of the millions who tuned into’s top 10 in recent weeks. There’s a renewed interest in the 21-year-old case, but did there need to be?
The drama contained three separate scenes of Kathleen’s death – all of which left chills down my spine. We saw her fall and die in a pool of her own blood, bludgeoned to death in a violent argument with Michael and then ravaged by a barred owl. Even in my repertoire of true crime consumption, not many scenes have left me as stunned and disturbed as those.
And yet, even with those horrifying moments in the drama, Kathleen’s death remains a mystery. Michael revealed in a recent interview on
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