Eine Nacht in Idaho: Die College-Morde

Very good documentary series. The interviews with the family and friends are heart breaking. I can't imagine what they've gone through.

I am glad this series spent time on not just the events and the perpetrator but also the family and friends. They are victims too. Victims of media and social media as well. The online culture we've allowed to take root in our society is despicable sometimes. Seeing what true crime "influencers" put these people through is just so hard to watch. The speculation, false information, accusations... it's so wrong. I hope that we can do something to make that stop.

Though the episodes held my interest to a point, I was driven nearly insane by the constant inarticulateness of the students being interviewed. Every single one of them spoke exactly like this:

"Then I was like, he's a creep, he's like, so like creepy and like, I told my friends, like, 'whatever' and like, I felt so like empty inside.'"

I literally counted the use of "like" in every interview and it was shocking and irritating to someone who doesn't speak like this. My heart breaks for these kids but for God's sake, please broaden your horizons and learn to speak proper English.

I would like to have heard more about Kohberger since evil and mental illness are more compelling than endless students in repetitive interviews.

It's important to keep in mind that when this was being filmed, there was still a gag order in place, so there were (and still are) many questions that remain unanswered.

As the events following the murders unfolded, I was absolutely sickened, disgusted, and ultimately angered by alot of what I saw and read. The speculation coming from people who knew NOTHING and just indulged with accusations and theories was staggering and so hurtful and destructive. The mainstream media, and especially the quasi professional YouTube channels weren't much better.

It's why I think this series was so well done. It didn't fixate on what wasn't known or on gory details and, I think most importantly, it didn't focus on Bryan Kohberger. Instead, it delivered an insightful and poignant portrait of Maddie, Kaylee, Ethan, and Xana; of their circle of friends, their families, and the community they were part of. And, most importantly, it refused to give Kohberger the attention one can only assume he desperately desires.

The difference in perspective offered by all those immediately affected by this tragedy was very well done and was thought provoking.

I was most struck by Ethan's family. It's very hard to capture the bond shared by siblings, especially by twins and, in the case of the Chapins, triplets. I was left absolutely in awe of Stacy Chapin. What a remarkable woman! The interviews with the Chapin family and Maddie's parents (Karen and Scott Laramie) were nothing short of heartbreaking.

The one thing that I found very odd about the series, though, was the absence of the Goncalves family. They were so outspoken, often not in a good way, from the very beginning this tragedy. I cannot and will not criticize their statements over the last 2 1/2 years. More often than not, their grief was masked by rage and I suppose their desire for vengence, especially given the brutality of these crimes, is understandable. But the fact that they seemed to play no part in the production resulted in almost nothing regarding Kaylee. I think she deserved more.

Well... in my opinion, this documentary was done too early, then the younger interviewers saying "like" every 2 words, they say the same things over and over, there was a lot of filler, this could have been done in 2-3 episodes easy.

It didnt really captivate me or pull me in at all. Dont get me wrong, the story blew me away I didnt even know it happened, but the documentary itself was poorly done and annoyed me more than anything, I forwarded many scenes saying to myself... come on get on with it. At episode 4 I shut it off as I felt as if I watched the same movie 3 times and ran out of patience to finish it.

Netflix documentaries are the best ones to watch in my opinion. Always intense and pulls you in from the beginning and they are only as long as necessary.

This is one of the best true crime documentaries I've ever seen. It felt very real and deeply personal. I imagine this is because of access to the victims social media accounts and because of the interviews with family and friends. I thought I knew this story so I almost didn't watch it. I'm grateful I did because the media never gets everything right and this film allowed truths to be told and misinformation and conjecture to be dispelled. The focus is on the victims and is not a documentary on the killer. A small bit of his story is told, but more important is how the family suffered through the investigation and the aftermath of losing their loved ones. Truly unthinkable pain and yet some of them were bravely able to share their experience. Very well done.