Elena

At the time, Durst was still being investigated by authorities in L.A. for the murder of Susan Berman and by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office for the disappearance of Kathy, who had been declared legally dead by a New York court several years earlier. Under the circumstances, it would seem odd that Durst would want to attract any attention or scrutiny, but that's exactly what he did.

In fact, Durst was downright enthusiastic in his acceptance of Durecki's offer to work on a project together about his life and legal troubles.

In fact, Durst was downright enthusiastic in his acceptance of Durecki's offer to work on a project together about his life and legal troubles.

He's in the middle of this shit, and he was like, let's go, girls. Attention. Yeah. The result of their collab was 2015's The Jinx, the life and deaths of Robert Durst. It was a six-episode miniseries on HBO, and it covered, among other things, the disappearance of Kathy Durst, the murder of Susan Berman, the death of Morris Black.

He's in the middle of this shit, and he was like, let's go, girls. Attention. Yeah. The result of their collab was 2015's The Jinx, the life and deaths of Robert Durst. It was a six-episode miniseries on HBO, and it covered, among other things, the disappearance of Kathy Durst, the murder of Susan Berman, the death of Morris Black.

Assembled from more than 25 hours of interview footage, The Jinx also tells the story of Durst's troubled relationship with his own family and includes extensive and mostly unflattering interviews with his brother Douglas, who offers a counter-narrative to that of Durst himself.

Assembled from more than 25 hours of interview footage, The Jinx also tells the story of Durst's troubled relationship with his own family and includes extensive and mostly unflattering interviews with his brother Douglas, who offers a counter-narrative to that of Durst himself.

Jarecki said certainly the things he's been accused of are tabloid worthy, but what's clear about Bob, if you spend five minutes with him, is that he's a deeply complicated person who cannot be summarized in a simple way. Huh. I guess you could say that. Yeah. When The Jinx premiered in February 2015, it was an immediate hit.

Jarecki said certainly the things he's been accused of are tabloid worthy, but what's clear about Bob, if you spend five minutes with him, is that he's a deeply complicated person who cannot be summarized in a simple way. Huh. I guess you could say that. Yeah. When The Jinx premiered in February 2015, it was an immediate hit.

I was one of those viewers. Same. Not only because of the sensational story, but also because of Durst being so fucking bizarre. He's a weird guy. There was never any question as to whether Durst was directly involved in the making of the series. He was. Yeah. Which is why his comments throughout the film are surprising, and at times... even suspicious.

I was one of those viewers. Same. Not only because of the sensational story, but also because of Durst being so fucking bizarre. He's a weird guy. There was never any question as to whether Durst was directly involved in the making of the series. He was. Yeah. Which is why his comments throughout the film are surprising, and at times... even suspicious.

Because it's almost like he forgets that he's directly involved. In fact, throughout the six episodes, Durst seems both aware of how his quirks and personality tics are perceived, and yet completely oblivious to the fact that much of what comes out of his mouth could be interpreted as... Thinly veiled admissions of guilt. Like, you're just like, what's going on?

Because it's almost like he forgets that he's directly involved. In fact, throughout the six episodes, Durst seems both aware of how his quirks and personality tics are perceived, and yet completely oblivious to the fact that much of what comes out of his mouth could be interpreted as... Thinly veiled admissions of guilt. Like, you're just like, what's going on?

Some of them not even veiled at all. Throughout the series, Robert Durst maintains that he didn't kill his wife or Susan Berman, despite what people think. And Jarecki does little to question or challenge him on it.

Some of them not even veiled at all. Throughout the series, Robert Durst maintains that he didn't kill his wife or Susan Berman, despite what people think. And Jarecki does little to question or challenge him on it.

Then the series concludes with what appears to be nothing short of a fucking bombshell admission. A full-blown confession. I remember watching this on my couch in our apartment. And John and I were like, what the fuck? I watched it right after you because I'm pretty sure you texted me and you were like, you need to watch this.

Then the series concludes with what appears to be nothing short of a fucking bombshell admission. A full-blown confession. I remember watching this on my couch in our apartment. And John and I were like, what the fuck? I watched it right after you because I'm pretty sure you texted me and you were like, you need to watch this.

I was like, you gotta see this. So in the sixth episode's final moments, Jarecki and Durst finish an interview, during which Durst seemed to have trouble controlling his burping.

I was like, you gotta see this. So in the sixth episode's final moments, Jarecki and Durst finish an interview, during which Durst seemed to have trouble controlling his burping.

And Durst excuses himself to go to the bathroom. Alone in the bathroom. Still miked. Seemingly unaware that he is still miked. And he's still being recorded. Durst begins talking to himself. He was known to do that since childhood. This was not something new. It's so unsettling, though. The sum of what he says you can't understand. It's unintelligible.