CONFRONTING A SERIAL KILLER - JOE BERLINGER and JILLIAN LAUREN INTERVIEW

A new groundbreaking and timely Docuseries tells the story of the unprecedented relationship between acclaimed New York Times Best-Selling Author Jillian Lauren and the most prolific serial killer in American History… in, Confronting a Serial Killer

The five-episode series tells the timely story of the relationship between best-selling author Jillian Lauren and the most prolific serial killer in American history, Samuel Little, and her race against time to identify his victims before it’s too late (Little recently died in prison at the age of 80, after having avoided justice for his crimes for decades). Lauren uncovers Little’s darkest secrets and aids law enforcement in solving a multitude of cold case murders while struggling to reconcile her own history of addiction and abuse with her present-day mission to return the identities of previously nameless bodies and forgotten women. As she slips deeper into his sordid world, Jillian realizes that she may become, psychologically, Little’s last victim. Through the perspectives of Lauren, as well as several female members of law enforcement, multiple investigators, survivors and victims’ family members, “Confronting a Serial Killer” shines a light on systemic issues within the criminal justice system including bias against marginalized communities, particularly women of color, and those struggling with addiction, mental illness, and trauma.

Joe Berlinger is one of the leading storytellers of his generation, drawing attention to social justice issues in the U.S. and abroad and creating landmark films such as: Brother's Keeper, a DGA Award-winner that broke new ground with its narrative storytelling techniques; HBO’s Paradise Lost trilogy with resulted in the freeing of the wrongly-convicted West Memphis Three after almost two decades in prison; and Some Kind of Monster, an intimate portrait of Metallica that redefined the rockumentary genre, one of seven Berlinger films to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Jillian Lauren is a New York Times bestselling author, adoption advocate, mother of two sons, and rock wife to Weezer bassist Scott Shriner. She is the author of the memoirs Everything You Ever Wanted and Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, and the novel Pretty. Some Girls, which chronicles her time spent in the harem of the Prince of Brunei, has been translated into 18 languages.

Confronting a Serial Killer Premieres Sunday, April 18th 9pm ET/PT On STARZ and on Crave in Canada

I spoke with Joe Berlinger and Jillian Lauren about working on this series.