BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN. - APRIL 2018: A nationwide manhunt was underway for 56-year-old Lois Riess of ... [+]
Another day, another true crime-themed documentary series.
The upcoming HBO two-part documentary I’m Not A Monster: The Lois Riess Murders will debut on Tuesday, October 15 at 9 p.m. ET (followed by episode two on Wednesday, October 16 at 9:00 p.m. ET). Both episodes will be available to stream on Max on October 15.
Directed by Erin Lee Carr (HBO's The Ringleader, At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal), the true crime docuseries from Imagine Documentaries Production in association with Carr Lot Productions is described as “an examination of an unorthodox killer and a chronicle of the enduring effects of familial dysfunction and mental health strains on a person's psyche.”
The synopsis: In 2018, a small-town murder in Minnesota shocks a community when 56-year-old wife, mother, and grandmother Lois Riess kills her husband David and goes on the run from the authorities. Years later, Lois sits down with the filmmakers telling her story for the first time. Lois herself attempts to explain her reprehensible actions which reveals a disturbing family history and an addiction to gambling.
In a revealing first-person account, Lois admits to killing David, pointing to alleged emotional abuse in the relationship, but is unable to justify her methodical, well-planned crime spree that followed, which included embezzling funds, a second murder of a stranger, identity theft, and a callous, detailed coverup of her crimes.
The featured participants in I’m Not A Monster: The Lois Riess Murders include her former friends and neighbors, family members, journalists, an addiction specialist, law enforcement officers, witnesses who encountered Lois before her arrest, and a possible would-be victim.
Here is the official trailer:
