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Today we conclude our four-part presentation of our episodes covering the lawyers’ closing arguments in the trial.  This is Season 2 Episode 34: This Is Not Hard: Closing Arguments — Part 4 On Tuesday September 14th, 2021, John Lewin concluded his rebuttal for the prosecution in the trial of Robert Durst. In this episode, Host Kary Antholis and co-host Brittany Bookbinder dive into the dramat...

Over the course of the six weeks of The Jinx 2 series we are re-releasing 27 of our favorite episodes about the Durst trial from the Jury Duty feed. Today we continue our four-part presentation of our episodes covering the lawyers’ closing arguments in the trial.  This is Season 2 Episode 33: The Best You Can Get is Justice: Closing Arguments — Part 3 On Monday September 13th, 2021, David Che...

Over the course of the six weeks of The Jinx 2 series we are re-releasing 27 of our favorite episodes about the Durst trial from the Jury Duty feed. Today we continue our four-part presentation of our episodes covering the lawyers’ closing arguments in the trial.  This is Season 2 Episode 32: Small Time Caveman Lawyer: Closing Arguments — Part 2 On Thursday September 9th, 2021, Ethan Mil...

Over the course of the six weeks of The Jinx 2 series we are re-releasing 27 of our favorite episodes about the Durst trial from the Jury Duty feed. From May through September of 2021, in 45 regular and bonus episodes, Jury Duty covered the witness testimony in the Durst Trial. You can do a deep dive into that testimony in Season 2 Episodes 4 through 33 of this podcast.  Today we begin our fo...

From May through September of 2021, in 45 regular and bonus episodes, Jury Duty covered the witness testimony in the Durst Trial. You can do a deep dive into that testimony in Season 2 Episodes 4 through 33 of this podcast. Beginning tomorrow we will present our episodes covering the lawyers closing arguments in the trial. Beyond that, we will offer portions of our coverage of the trial’s verdict...

During each of the first 3 weeks of The Jinx 2 series we released four of our favorite episodes about the Durst trial from the Jury Duty feed… We’ve had a tremendous response to these first 12 episodes, and so during these last 3 weeks of the series, we have decided to increase our weekly release to 5 of the most memorable episodes from our Durst coverage for a total of 27 episodes. From May throu...

Installment 12 of The Trial of Robert Durst: Greatest Hits is Season 2 Episode 4 Susan Berman — The Tragic End. As a preface to our season 2 coverage of the post-pandemic portion of the trial we offer the final part of a three part series on the life of his best friend and alleged victim, Susan Berman.  The Tragic End tracks Susan's initially hopeful and ultimately fatal Hollywood experience....

Installment 11 of The Trial of Robert Durst: Greatest Hits is Season 2 Episode 2 Susan Berman — A Big Personality. As a preface to our season 2 coverage of the post-pandemic portion of the trial we offer part two of a three part series on the life of his best friend and alleged victim, Susan Berman. A Big Personality focuses on Susan establishing her career as a writer, the emotional and psycholog...

Installment 10 of The Trial of Robert Durst: Greatest Hits is Season 2 Episode 1, Susan Berman — Easy Street. As a preface to our season 2 coverage of the post-pandemic portion of the trial we offer part one of a three part series on the life of his best friend and alleged victim, Susan Berman. Easy Street focuses on Susan's early life, growing up in Las Vegas as the daughter of a well known...

Installment 9 of The Trial of Robert Durst: Greatest Hits is The Defense Opening and the Pandemic Hiatus where we offer highlights of Season 1 Episodes 9 through 12. Dick Deguerin and David Chesnoff split the responsibilities of delivering the defense opening, with Deguerin asserting that Durst didn’t kill Susan Berman and he doesn’t know who did and with Chesnoff reminding the jurors that th...

Installment 8 of The Trial of Robert Durst: Greatest Hits is Season 1 Episode 8: After the Jinx. In March of 2015, after the debut of a pivotal episode of The Jinx, Robert Durst was arrested in New Orleans on gun charges. Deputy DA John Lewin tells the jury that this is where he first met Durst, traveling to New Orleans to interrogate him. Lewin concludes his opening statement by presenting testim...

Installment 7 of The Trial of Robert Durst: Greatest Hits is Season 1 Episode 7: The Jinx. After his acquittal on charges of murdering Morris Black and after serving prison time for dismembering Black's body and jumping bail, Robert Durst decides to record a conversation with the filmmakers of a movie that suggests he committed three murders. That conversation led to the documentary series The Jin...

Installment 6 of The Trial of Robert Durst: Greatest Hits is Season 1 Episode 6: Bob’s Texas Acquittal. After the death of Morris Black, Robert Durst dismembered his body, threw the parts in Galveston Bay and made plans to flee Texas, not once but twice, the second after posting and jumping bail. Deputy DA John Lewin tells the jury that by telling a series of lies and half-truths, Durst seeded eno...

Installment 5 of The Trial of Robert Durst: Greatest Hits is Season 1 Episode 5: The Killing of Morris Black. It is early 2001. In the aftermath of Susan Berman's murder, Robert Durst is living disguised as a mute woman in a boarding house in Galveston, Texas, and is befriended by a new neighbor named Morris Black. Deputy DA John Lewin, using interview clips of Durst and others, chronicles the eve...

In parallel with the premiere of The Jinx Part 2 on the Max streaming service, for Season 10 of this Jury Duty podcast we are presenting The Trial of Robert Durst: Greatest Hits. For each of the six weeks of The Jinx 2 series we are re-releasing four of our favorite episodes about the Durst trial from the Jury Duty feed… for a total of 24 episodes. This installment is Season 1 Episode 4: Point Bla...

In parallel with the premiere of The Jinx Part 2 on the Max streaming service, for Season 10 of this Jury Duty podcast we are presenting The Trial of Robert Durst: Greatest Hits. For each of the six weeks of The Jinx 2 series we are re-releasing four of our favorite episodes about the Durst trial from the Jury Duty feed… for a total of 24 episodes. This installment is Season 1 Episode 3: Pine Barr...

In parallel with the premiere of The Jinx Part 2 on the Max streaming service, for Season 10 of this Jury Duty podcast we are presenting The Trial of Robert Durst: Greatest Hits. For each of the six weeks of The Jinx 2 series we are re-releasing four of our favorite episodes about the Durst trial from the Jury Duty feed… for a total of 24 episodes. This installment is Season 1 Episode 2: A History...

In parallel with the premiere of The Jinx Part 2 on the Max streaming service, we are scheduling a special event for Season 10 of the Jury Duty podcast…. The Trial of Robert Durst: Greatest Hits. For each of the six weeks of The Jinx 2 series we will re-release four of our favorite episodes about the Durst trial from the Jury Duty feed… for a total of 24 episodes. We begin with Season 1 Episode 1:...

This week, in recognition of the death of O.J. Simpson last Wednesday, April 10, we are reaching into the archives of Crime Story Media to present a series of special interviews related to the way that the historical narrative of Simpson’s trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman has been preserved for posterity. Today, we present Part Two of Kary Antholis’s two-part conver...

This week, in recognition of the death of O.J. Simpson last Wednesday, April 10, we are reaching into the archives of Crime Story Media to present a series of special interviews related to the way that the historical narrative of Simpson’s trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman has been preserved for posterity. Today, we present Part One of Kary Antholis’s two-part conver...

This week, in recognition of the death of O.J. Simpson last Wednesday, April 10, we are reaching into the archives of Crime Story Media to present a series of special interviews related to the way that the historical narrative of Simpson’s trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman has been preserved for posterity. Today, we present Part 2 of Kary Antholis’s two-part intervie...

This week, in recognition of the death of O.J. Simpson last Wednesday, April 10, we are reaching into the archives of Crime Story Media to present a series of special interviews related to the way that the historical narrative of Simpson’s trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman has been preserved for posterity. Today, we present part 1 of Kary Antholis’s two-part intervie...

We have several programming notes for our Podcast. First, we are going to pause our coverage of the trial of Alex Murdaugh for the next seven weeks. Second, this week, beginning with today’s episode, in recognition of the death of O.J. Simpson last Wednesday, April 10, we are reaching into the archives of Crime Story Media to present a series of special interviews related to the way that the histo...

In SLED Agent Who Interviewed Alex - Part 2 , we continue our review of the direct examination of SLED Special Agent David Owen, who testifies about his observations of and interviews with Alex Murdaugh on the night of the shootings of Paul and Maggie. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the  CrimeStory.com  website to our  Patreon .  For more of Crime Story and...

In SLED Agent Who Interviewed Alex - Part 1 , we begin our review of the testimony of SLED Special Agent David Owen, who interviewed Alex Murdaugh after the shootings of Paul and Maggie. Crime Story Media has begun to migrate content from the  CrimeStory.com  website to our  Patreon .  For more of Crime Story and  Jury Duty  — including ad-free episodes of the upcomin...