Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestIn 1990, Scott Thorson testifies against the alleged mastermind behind the massacre at Wonderland. The trial doesn't go as planned, and Thorson enters witness protection. What ensues is a stranger-than-fiction series of events… if we believe him.
Michael Connelly takes viewers on a wild journey into the twisted story of the massacre at Wonderland Avenue on July 1, 1981 – one of Hollywood's most famous murder cases that has fascinated people for more than 40 years.
Direction
Connelly's obsessive detail mirrors his fiction craftsmanship
Editing
Smart use of '81 news footage vs. modern interviews
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Connelly spent years researching this case before filming; his novel 'The Black Dahlia' shares DNA with Wonderland's obsession with Hollywood's corpse-beauty.
The actual Wonderland house still stands on Laurel Canyon—current owners reportedly hate the gawkers. Val Kilmer played Holmes in the 2003 film 'Wonderland,' which this doc subtly corrects.
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Best doc on Wonderland Murders I've ever seen.
@TJamesBell 4
Sets a high bar for streaming documentaries!
@superamanda
This is an awesome docuseries ! I remember these killings years ago as I had just moved to L.A., but I had no idea the story behind it all.
@MichaelRutigliano-hg2hj
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