Fall River.
The docuseries from director James Buddy Day and executive produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television premieres this Sunday, May 16, at 10 p.m. Eastern on cable network Epix.
It tells the story of the Fall River “cult murders” of 1979-80, in which three women were killed in supposed ritualistic fashion. Carl Drew, a known pimp operating in the city, was portrayed as the leader of a Satanic cult that was controlling all the young women on the streets, and Drew was convicted of the murder of one of women and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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‘Fall River’ documentary looking into what police said were satanic cult murders coming to EPIX in May; Director James Buddy Day to talk with MassLive about docuseries
Updated May 27, 2021;
In 1979, three women were killed in a satanic cult in Fall River, Massachusetts, police said. The cult leader was sent.Posted by MassLive on Monday, May 3, 2021
Carl Drew was sent to prison for life without parole after a series of murders police said involved a satanic cult in Fall River in 1979. But is he guilty?
A new docuseries called “Fall River” is looking at old and new evidence in the case to try to piece together what exactly happened.
As “Satanic panic” over the feared rise of Satanic cult worship captivated the United States, the gruesome murders of three young women in the Fall River area, Doreen Levesque, Barbara Ann Raposa and Karen Marsden brought the issue to the city’s front door. Three people, alleged cult leader Carl Drew and two others, Robin Murphy and Andrew Maltias, were ultimately charged with murder and convicted for the killings.
While the murders are now four decades in the past, the documentary promises to unveil new facts and raise unanswered questions.
“Twenty years after the trial, the lead investigator became so haunted by inconsistencies in the stories that he re-investigated his own case after he retired. Evidence surfaced bringing the entire story into question,” the description for the show reads in part.