Chicago’s Phil Donlon on new Gilgo Beach murder documentary

About this episode

Phil Donlon discusses the new documentary series on the Gilgo Beach murders and its focus on the victims.

Actor Phil Donlon joins Rick Kogan to talk about Prime Video’s ‘Killing Grounds: The Gilgo Beach Murders’, a four-part documentary series that he is executive producing. Phil discusses the documentary’s heavy focus on the victims, his reaction to Rex Heuermann pleading guilty to the murders, and why there is such a large draw for true-crime […]

People in this episode

Host: Rick Kogan

Guest: Phil Donlon

Topics covered

• true crime
• documentary
• victims
• Gilgo Beach murders
• media production

Keywords

• Gilgo Beach
• murders
• documentary
• true crime
• Phil Donlon
• Rex Heuermann
• Prime Video

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Prime Video

Books & works: Killing Grounds: The Gilgo Beach Murders

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