The first three episodes of my new true crime docuseries, “Convicting a Murderer,” premiered last week, so I talked with Brandon Tatum, a former police officer, to discuss the case. But it wasn’t just his background in law enforcement that made me want to talk to him; it was also his interest in this particular case. When the Netflix docuseries “Making a Murderer” came out, he was so hooked on the story, he watched every episode of it in one night. Now, he’s watching “Convicting a Murderer” each week.
“Making a Murderer” was a smash hit docuseries on Netflix that essentially told viewers the story of Steven Avery, who the justice system failed the first time around. He served 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. This wrongful conviction was discovered years later after DNA testing proved him innocent. Like Tatum, viewers started this series and thought Avery would never have murdered someone after being let out of prison — 18 long years in prison. His life story was practically set up for a mystery.
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