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Making a Murderer (2015)

Making a Murderer
Making a Murderer
Documentary
Crime

Release Date
December 18, 2015
Main Genre
Documentary
Seasons
2
Studio
Netflix

Summary

Filmed over a 10-year period, Making a Murderer is an unprecedented real-life thriller about Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime. Set in America's heartland, the series takes viewers inside a high-stakes criminal case where reputation is everything and things are never as they appear.

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