Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez
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Susan Candiotti
Dan Wetzel
Ryan O'Callaghan
Chris Borland
Leigh Bodden
Jermaine Wiggins
| Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez | |
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| Genre | True crime Documentary |
| Directed by | Geno McDermott[1] |
| Starring | Aaron Hernandez Susan Candiotti Dan Wetzel Ryan O'Callaghan Chris Borland Leigh Bodden Jermaine Wiggins |
| Composer | Jeremy Turner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Dan Wetzel Kevin Armstrong Dan DiStefano Angus Wall |
| Producers | Jennifer Sofio Hall Kent Kubena Terry Leonard Michael Steiner |
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| Running time | 200 minutes |
| Production companies | Blackfin Makemake |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | January 15, 2020 |
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez is a 2020 American true crime documentary series about convicted murderer and former professional American football player Aaron Hernandez.[2] The three-part documentary explores his conviction for the murder of Odin Lloyd, other murder cases in which he was a suspect, and the factors in his life that shaped his behavior. It premiered on Netflix on January 15, 2020.[3]
Friends, officials, attorneys, journalists, and former teammates discuss the rise, fall, and eventual suicide of professional football player Aaron Hernandez (1989–2017), who was sentenced to life in prison after his conviction for the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd.[4][5]
Production
In January 2017, director Geno McDermott met with journalists Dan Wetzel and Kevin Armstrong, who had both covered Hernandez's trial for the murder of Odin Lloyd and were writing a book about Hernandez.[1] They began gathering interviews and other research for the documentary. After a year and a half, McDermott originally compiled a documentary film, My Perfect World: The Aaron Hernandez Story, that was shown at the DOC NYC film festival, but decided to make it a series after partnering with Netflix.[4][3]
Information about Hernandez's sexuality was not included in the original film, as it was unsubstantiated. McDermott spent several days interviewing Dennis SanSoucie and his father for the documentary. They began investigating CTE following Hernandez's death, when his autopsy revealed a "severe" case of the degenerative brain disease.[1][6] After Hernandez died by suicide, McDermott filed a FOIA request to obtain recordings of Hernandez's phone calls from jail and prison.[3]
Hernandez's immediate family "very respectfully" declined to participate.[1]
Episodes
| No. | Directed by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | Geno McDermott | January 15, 2020 | |
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Aaron Hernandez's life as a football star for the New England Patriots comes to a crashing halt following his arrest for the murder of his friend Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player. Journalists investigate Hernandez's early life growing up as a football star – the son of a local football legend turned abusive alcoholic – in Bristol, Connecticut. His former high school quarterback, Dennis Sansoucie, reveals he and Hernandez began a sexual relationship in the seventh grade until around their junior year in high school. Police investigating the Lloyd murder discover a silver SUV linking Hernandez to an unsolved 2012 double homicide of immigrants from Cape Verde in Boston. | |||
| 2 | Geno McDermott | January 15, 2020 | |
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After the unexpected death of his father in 2006, Hernandez surprises his family by playing for the Florida Gators, though his father and brother both played for the University of Connecticut. At Florida, Hernandez shines under coach Urban Meyer and quarterback Tim Tebow, but the pressure takes its toll on the teen star and red flags emerge. In 2010, 20-year-old Hernandez is drafted by the New England Patriots in the fourth round, despite the reputation he earned at Florida. Friends recall Hernandez exhibiting increasing paranoia. Meanwhile, prosecutors try Hernandez for Lloyd's murder in 2013 while investigating his role in the 2012 double homicide that baffled police. | |||
| 3 | Geno McDermott | January 15, 2020 | |
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Hernandez's paranoia leads to him to shooting Alexander Bradley, who survives and later testifies that he witnessed him killing Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado outside a Boston nightclub in 2012. At the Odin Lloyd murder trial, Patriots owner Robert Kraft gives damning testimony that implicates Hernandez, who is found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Celebrity lawyer Jose Baez represents Hernandez in the double homicide case, and he is acquitted. Hernandez dies by suicide days after a Boston radio station outs him. The autopsy reveals severe CTE damage. | |||
