

The Murders at Starved Rock
2021-12-14 · 58 min / episode · ★ 6.8
This documentary series explores the 1960 brutal murders of three women in Starved Rock State Park in LaSalle County, Illinois, and the decades of questions and doubts that have haunted the son of the prosecutor in the case, as the man found guilty seeks to clear his name after sixty years in prison.
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- David Raccuglia
- Production companies
- Unrealistic Ideas, HBO Documentary Films
- Countries
- United States of America
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