It Was Him: The Many Murders of Ed Edwards

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It Was Him: The Many Murders of Ed Edwards
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Genre Documentary
Based onIt’s Me, Edward Wayne Edwards, the Serial Killer You Never Heard Of
by John Cameron
Starring
  • Wayne Wolfe
  • John Cameron
ComposerShrapnel Music
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jimmy Fox
  • Layla Smith
  • Gregory J. Lipstone
  • Wayne Wolfe
  • Kenneth Dale Borill
  • Leonid Leonov
  • Jackson Nguyen
  • Todd Crites
ProducerCharlotte Glover
CinematographyTodd Crites
Running time40–43 minutes
Production companies
  • All3Media America
  • Main Event Media
  • Turn Left Productions
Release
Original network Paramount Network
Original releaseApril 16 (2018-04-16) –
May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21)

It Was Him: The Many Murders of Ed Edwards is an American documentary television series that premiered on April 16, 2018 on Paramount Network.

Contents

Premise

It Was Him: The Many Murders of Ed Edwards follows Wayne Wolfe who "discovered that his real grandfather was the deceased killer Ed Edwards who was convicted of five cold cases in his 70s, but had potentially embarked on a decades-long murder spree. The series examines the infamous murderer through an investigation led by Wolfe and John Cameron, a cold-case expert and retired detective who has been investigating Edwards for almost a decade. Cameron’s meticulously compiled evidence has Edwards as the ultimate suspect in some of the most well-known murder cases, including the Zodiac Killer, Laci Peterson and many more." [1]

Production

Development

On November 10, 2016, it was announced that Spike had given the production a series order. The limited series was expected to air under a new "Spike Serialized" franchise for limited-run non-scripted series. The production was developed by Objective Media Group’s Jimmy Fox, who will executive produce, along with Wolfe and the showrunning team Jackson Nguyen and Todd Crites of Turn Left Productions. Additional executive producers included Leonid Leonov and Kenny Dale Borill as well as Objective/All3Media's Layla Smith and Greg Lipstone. [1]

On March 16, 2018, it was announced that the series would premiere on Paramount Network on April 16, 2018. [2] [3]

Release

Marketing

Alongside the announcement of the series' premiere, Paramount Network released the official trailer. [2]

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1"The Killer Gene"April 16, 2018 (2018-04-16)0.234 [4]
2"Slaves in the After Life"April 23, 2018 (2018-04-23)0.266 [5]
3"Child Killer"April 30, 2018 (2018-04-30)0.234 [6]
4"A Double-Life"May 7, 2018 (2018-05-07)0.212 [7]
5"Mama's Boy"May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14)0.211 [8]
6"The Nail in the Coffin"May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21)0.109 [9]

Reception

In a mixed review, The Hollywood Reporter 's Daniel Fienberg described the series as "half outlandish serial killer conspiracy theory, half portrait of obsession, neither completely satisfying" and said that it was "often disturbing, occasionally entertaining, never convincing." [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (November 10, 2016). "Spike Orders Ed Edwards Docu Series As Part Of New 'Spike Serialized' Franchise". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Was One Man Responsible for Killing JonBenét, Black Dahlia & More? New Documentary Says It's Possible". People. March 16, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ Foran, Chris (March 16, 2018). "A new true-crime TV series connects a serial killer to the 'Making a Murderer' case". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  4. ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (April 17, 2018). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.16.2018 | Showbuzz Daily". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (April 24, 2018). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.23.2018 | Showbuzz Daily". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (May 1, 2018). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.30.2018 | Showbuzz Daily". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  7. ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (May 8, 2018). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.7.2018 | Showbuzz Daily". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  8. ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (May 15, 2018). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.14.2018 | Showbuzz Daily". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on May 16, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  9. ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (May 22, 2018). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.21.2018 | Showbuzz Daily". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  10. ↑ Fienberg, Daniel (April 16, 2018). "'It Was Him: The Many Murders of Ed Edwards': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved May 6, 2018.
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