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[06/01/22 - 11:00 AM]
HBO Original Documentary Series "Mind Over Murder" Debuts June 20
The series chronicles the bizarre and psychologically complex story of six individuals who were convicted for the 1985 murder of a beloved 68- year-old grandmother, Helen Wilson, in Beatrice, Nebraska.







MIND OVER MURDER (HBO)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
6/20/22 - 7/25/22
STATUS:
canceled/ended (2021-2022 season)
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
SEASON(S):
1 (6 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air)
VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series
DESCRIPTION:
(from HBO's web site, June 2022) The HBO Original six-part documentary series Mind Over Murder, directed by Nanfu Wang (HBO’s In the Same Breath) and produced by Vox Media Studios, Mind Over Murder chronicles the bizarre and psychologically complex story of six individuals who were convicted for the 1985 murder of a beloved 68- year-old grandmother, Helen Wilson, in Beatrice, Nebraska. Despite five of the individuals originally confessing to the crime, the “Beatrice Six” as they became known, were exonerated by DNA evidence in 2009, a turn of events which divided the rural town and incensed the family of Helen Wilson. As the filmmakers track the case from the murder, through investigation, trial, exoneration and two civil suits, shifting perspectives cloud the truth; a stranger-than-fiction tale emerges that raises salient questions about the reliability of confessions and memory in criminal cases. Directed by Nanfu Wang; executive producers, Marc Smerling, Nanfu Wang, Max Heckman, Chad Mumm, Mark W. Olsen. For HBO: executive producers, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, and Sara Rodriguez.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Chad Mumm as EP
· Lisa Heller as EP (HBO)
· Marc Smerling as EP
· Mark W. Olsen as EP
· Max Heckman as EP
· Nancy Abraham as EP (HBO)
· Nanfu Wang as DIR/EP
· Sara Rodriguez as EP (HBO)
GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (documentary)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· HBO Documentary Films
· Vox Media Studios