MGM+ today dropped the trailer for the upcoming 4-part true crime docuseries, The Wonderland Murders & The Secret History of Hollywood. The series focuses on one of Hollywood’s most famous murder cases that has fascinated people for more than 40 years. Best-selling crime novelist Michael Connelly (Bosch, The Lincoln Lawyer) takes viewers on a wild journey into the twisted story of the massacre on July 1, 1981.
The Wonderland Murders symbolized an era in Los Angeles – involving sex, drugs, rock n’ roll… and murder. It is the real-life story that inspired Boogie Nights.
The four-episode docuseries debuts on MGM+ on September 8. It is based on Connelly’s hit Audible podcast series and directed by Alison Ellwood (San Francisco Sounds, Laurel Canyon).
In noir-style, verité interviews, Connelly seeks key details about this gruesome quadruple murder with the original detectives, prosecutors, and undercover cops he’d come to know as a young crime beat reporter for The Los Angeles Times.
As the investigation unfolds, weaving in rare archival footage and photos, a colorful cast of characters emerges – famous porn star John Holmes, drug dealers and kingpins, mafiosos, televangelists and multiple celebrities, including Liberace and his boyfriend, enigma Scott Thorson.
In a game of cat-and-mouse, Connelly tries to pin down the facts of Thorson’s many larger-than-life and stranger-than-fiction stories. After four decades, Thorson’s interview may be the last to help distinguish between the crime and the truth.
Watch the official trailer below.
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