Making a Murderer: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Making a Murderer chronicles the story of Steven Avery, who spent 18 years in prison for rape and was freed after DNA linked another man to the crime. His release triggered major criminal justice reform legislation, and he filed a lawsuit that threatened to expose corruption in local law enforcement and award him millions of dollars. But in the midst of the civil case, he became the prime suspect in a murder, for which he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Making A Murderer examines allegations of police and prosecutorial misconduct, evidence tampering and witness coercion. The series looks at what went wrong in the first case and questions whether scientific advances and legislative reforms over the past three decades have gotten us any closer to delivering truth and justice in the system.

Series details

• Title: Making a Murderer
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime
• Premiere date: 2015-12-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-10-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Netflix
• Typical episode runtime: 63 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 7989
• IMDb ID: tt5189670
• TVDB ID: 303210

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-12-18; final listed air date 2015-12-18; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-10-19; final listed air date 2018-10-19; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Making a Murderer on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.