Mind Over Murder

Couple of years or so ago saw a HBO true life crime drama that never paid off so was slow to latch onto this. Mood of the piece is low key , suspense with interviews of the accused perps and cops being the meat and potatoes of the piece. False confessions and confessions under duress are not super rare but this crazy quilt of characters takes the hide right offin the hog.This is indeed a tangled web with characters short on brain matter and long on coo coo craziness. After two episodes matters are already far off the beaten path of suspects should just keep their mouths shut. One one hand there's all the gotcha material a copper would ever want but on the other the picture that's been painted is just nutsoid. The accused are a sordid collection of low life but will the system try to sort out the wheat from the chaff . Seems certain to head down the path of law enforcement doesn't care if you really did it as long as they can convict you. Definitely unique look at strange doings as the train goes off the rails but lock 'em all up anyway justice system.

1985. The murder of a devoted grandmother rocks Beatrice, NE. After all leads fall through, police seek out unlikely sources, including a psychic, until investigator Burt Searcey decides to tackle the case. In 2021, Beatrice residents channel their trauma into a play about the events and the eventual exoneration of six individuals known as the "Beatrice Six."

Four years after Helen Wilson's murder, investigator Burt Searcey makes a breakthrough in the case. Hoping for leniency for an unrelated crime, 23-year-old Tom Winslow implicates himself and two others, Joseph White and JoAnn Taylor. Then, law enforcement begins to piece together the events of the night of the murder, painting a chilling picture of Helen Wilson's final hours.