I'll Be Gone in the Dark | Season 1 | Episode 1

Murder Habit

TV-MA | 58 MIN

Writer Michelle McNamara, the author of the blog True Crime Diary, finds a new obsession in the "East Area Rapist" (EAR) -- who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s was, ultimately, responsible for 50 home-invasion rapes and 12 murders.

1.Murder Habit

Writer Michelle McNamara finds a new obsession in a California cold case she dubs the "Golden State Killer."

2.Reign of Terror

Michelle reflects on the murder case that sparked her interest in true crime.

3.Rat in a Maze

The brutal predator moves south, where he commits yet more gruesome murders. Michelle struggles to inject her own story into her book.

4.The Motherlode

After gaining access to a treasure trove of case files in the OC Sheriff's Department's EAR/ONS room, Michelle struggles with work-life balance.

5.Monsters Recede but Never Vanish

As Michelle's loved ones mourn her sudden death, her work to unmask the Golden State Killer lives on.

6.Walk Into the Light

Former police officer Joe DeAngelo is arrested, leaving Michelle's fellow citizen detectives to connect the dots. Chilling facts materialize.

7.Show Us Your Face

Golden State Killer survivors and victims’ family members reconvene for Joseph DeAngelo’s sentencing hearing in August 2020.