Eight women were found murdered in Louisiana's Jefferson Davis Parish in a four-year period. Authorities decided it was a serial killer. Showtime's five-part docuseries begs to differ.
Part of why movies and TV shows gravitate toward serial killer narratives is that they're tidy. Sure, the investigations can often be complicated and there's the perpetual challenge of comprehending a Ted-Bundy-level of evil or amorality, but amid the horror, there's something reassuring about approaching a motley assortment of awful crimes and assigning responsibility to one person whom we can identify, call a monster, catch and move on.
Galkin's access is tremendous and his interview subjects are seemingly candid to the point of excess.
Among the standout figures: Teresa Gray, mother of the last of the eight victims, is a voice of rage so righteous and reasonable that she probably could or should have been the series' entire focus. Frankie Richard, accused local crime gadfly, is a figure so scruffy and shady and corroded from the inside that the late Harry Dean Stanton would surely have won an Oscar for playing him had the chance arrived.
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