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DOCUMENTARY:  Dateline:  Robert Durst The Lost Years

DOCUMENTARY:  Dominick Dunne’s Power Privilege and Justice:  Billionaire on The Run

DOCUMENTARY:  Mugshots:  Robert Durst – Mogul in Murder Mystery

RADIO INTERVIEW:  Matt Birkbeck “A Deadly Secret” author speaks with Doug Miles

SPECIAL REPORT:  FOX NEWS:  My Quest for Justice

DOCUMENTARY:  HBO:  The Jinx 

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2017

[August 1] Prosecutor’s Grilling Upsets Witness in Durst Murder Hearing

[July 27] Witness Distances Herself from Previous Strong Testimony

[July 26] What is was really like to be a juror in the Robert Durst trial

[July 25] One of Robert Dust’s ‘Closest, Dearest Friends’ Testifies Against Him

[July 24] Robert Durst Attacked Pal Before Wife’s Disappearance 

[July 5] Friends are Ordered to Testify 

[June 14] They Know Robert Durst the Best.  But They’re Not Talking.

[May 4] PEOPLE:  Robert Durst’s Second Wife Helped Conceal Murder of First Wife, Lawsuit Alleges:  ‘Cold Blooded Opportunist’

[May 2] ROLLING STONE:  Inside Secret Witness’s ‘Country-Porn’ Past 

[April 27] New ‘Secret Witness’ Boosts State’s Case in Durst Murder Trial

[April 27] Lynda Obst Testified in Robert Durst Murder Case

[April 26] PEOPLE:  Pre-Trial Witness Says Slain Friend Warned Her About Robert Durst:  ‘If Anything Ever Happens to Me, Bobby Did It’

[April] Robert Durst’s Wife Officially Declared Dead After 35 Years

[Feb 19] NY Times:  Buzzing Reporters and a Mystery Witness:  Scenes from the Durst Hearing

[Feb 18] CRIME HUNTER:  My Flight with Robert Durst

[Feb 17] Durst’s Wife Hits Tenants with $10M Defamation Suit

[Feb 17] Secret Witness Defends Account of Murder Confession

[Feb 17] “I’m a Professional Liar,” Key Witness Once Told Prosecutors in Recorded Call

[Feb 17] NY Times: Lawyer Says Robert Durst’s Former Friend Concocted His Story of a Confession

[Feb 17] Why Prosecutors Fear for Witnesses’ Life

[Feb 16] Robert Durst Confessed to Killing His Missing Wife, Friend Testifies 

[Feb 16] Durst Admitted to Friend That He Killed His Wife

[Feb 16] Wife Was Afraid of Him, Longtime Friend Claims

[Feb 16] Secret Witness testifies Durst’s wife feared The Jinx subject

[Feb 15] ABC:  Mystery Witness Once Close Friend of Durst and Slain Victim

[Feb 14] Hearing Focuses on Mystery of 1982 Phone Call

[Feb 14] Witness Points to Motive in Murder Trial

[Feb 14] A 35-year-old phone call to one witness may play a key role in Durst murder case; next, a secret witness will testify

[Feb 11] Murder in Beverly Hills 

[Feb 11] Durst attorneys agree to preliminary hearing October 17

[Feb 6] Friend of Durst’s alleged victim is certain he’ll be convicted

[Feb 5] 35 Years Later, Sister in Durst Case is Still Looking for Answers

[Jan 25] What Robert Durst said he meant when he told lawyers ‘I kill a lot’

[Jan 6] Prosecutors Can Take Early Testimony from Witnesses They Say Could Die or be Killed

[Jan 6] Bloomberg:  Your Scorecard for the Durst Trial

[Jan 6] Robert Durst Poses a Threat to Witnesses in His Murder Trial, Prosecutor Says

[Jan 5] Susan Berman:  Mafia Child, Murder Victim

2016

[Dec 29] Prosecutors Say ‘Frail’ Durst May Try to Kill Witnesses in his Murder Trial

[Dec 26] Mobster’s Daughter, Writer, Murder Victim: Woman at Center of Durst Trial

[Dec 21] VIDEO:  Part 1 of Evidentiary Hearing 12/21/16

[Dec 21] VIDEO:  Part 2 of Evidentiary Hearing 12/21/16

[Dec 21] Durst Appears in Court

[Dec 21] Witnesses in Durst Murder Trial Terrified of Eccentric Killer

[Dec 20] Robert Durst Says his Life Expectancy is Five Years

[Dec 20] Robert Durst’s Interview with Investigators Released 

[Dec 19] Transcript of Durst’s Interview with Prosecutors

[Dec 17] Robert Durst Said Giving Details About Missing Wife Would be “Pleading Guilty”

[Dec 16] Robert Durst Says He Was High on Meth During Taping of The Jinx

[Dec 9] Durst Suggests He Would Accept Plea Deal in 2015 Interview

[Nov 8]  Robert Durst Pleads Not Guilty in 16-Year-Old L.A. Murder Case

[Nov 7] NY Times:  Durst Pleads Not Guilty in 2000 Murder Case

[Sept 30] Robert Durst in Process of Being Transferred to Indiana Prison

[August 24] Medical Complications Delaying Durst’s Extradition on Murder Charges  

[August 23] Lifetime is Making a Robert Durst Movie

[July 14] Family of Robert Durst’s First Wife Asks Court to Declare Her Dead 

[July 4] NY Times:  Friends of First Wife Requests Asks Court to Declare Her Dead

[April 27] NY Times:  Transfer to LA-area Prison Approved

[April 27] After Sentencing, Robert Durst Tells the Times:  ‘I Didn’t Kill Susan Berman’

[April 27] VIDEO: NY Times:  Lawyer Says Durst Did Not Kill Berman

[Feb 3]  Robert Durst Likely to Face LA Murder Charge After Guilty Plea to Gun Charge    

[Feb 3] NY Times:  Durst Pleads Guilty in Gun Case

[Jan 30] DOCUMENTARY:  48 Hours:  “Murder 90210”

2015

[Dec 22] NY Times:  Robert Durst to be Extradited

[Dec 11] NY Times:  Durst Dynasty’s Rise, a Scion’s Descent

[Nov 30] NY Times:  Family of First Wife Sues Durst for $100M

[Nov 4] NY Times:  Ex-Prosecutor [Pirro] Details Case in New Book

[Oct 31] Who the Hell Would Marry Robert Durst?

[Oct 15] NY Times:  Suit Claims Ex-Prosecutor [Pirro] Disregarded Truth and Accuracy in Book

[Oct 7] NY Times:  Durst’s Effort to Dismiss Evidence in Gun Case Rejected

[Sept 21] The King of Cold Cases is Taking on The Jinx’s Robert Durst 

[May 20] The Secret Connection Between Robert Durst and Morris Black

[May 1] Woman who sent Durst cash denies ‘romantic’ links to murder suspect

[May 1] Robert Durst had a Mistress

[April 9] NY Times:  Durst Pleads Not Guilty to Weapons Charges

[April 8] NY Times:  Durst Indicted on Gun Charges in New Orleans

[April 5] Durst Biographer, Matt Birkbeck, on What The Jinx Got Wrong

[April 2] NY Times:  Durst Lawyers Want to Call Agents Who Arrested Him as Witnesses

[March 31] Durst’s Wife Takes a Step Back After Years of Defending Him

[March 31] Everything We Know about Durst’s Second Wife, Debrah Lee Charatan

[March 30] VIDEO:  WDSU News: Legal Experts Discuss Durst Murder Case

[March 28] Woman Who Inspired The Beatles’ ‘Dear Prudence’ Once Dated Robert Durst

[March 28] VIDEO:  ABC News:  Durst Denied Bail in New Orleans – Details About His Arrest

[March 28] VIDEO:  “HCCLA Reasonable Doubt – Judge Susan Criss & Brian Wice (Robert Durst)”

[March 24] NY Times:  For Durst Family Arrest Brings Tremendous Relief

[March 24] Robert Durst’s Wife Debrah was a ‘Lean In’ Poster Girl of the 1980s

[March 24] VIDEO:  Crimetime Show:  Letter Evidence, The Jinx and The Case for Murder

[March 23] NY Times:  Durst Denied Bail, Flight Risk

[March 21] VIDEO:  Dateline:  Robert Durst’s Alleged Trail of Crimes

[March 21] If Durst Case Goes to Trial, Three Skilled Litigators Will Square Off

[March 20] A Look Inside Robert Durst’s Home Life with Second Wife

[March 20] Dick DeGuerin Speaks about Durst’s Legal Situation

[March 20] VIDEO:  CNN:  Texas Judge discussing finding cat’s head 

[March 20] Robert Durst Left a Cat’s Severed Head on my Doorstep, Claims Texas Judge Who Presided Over His Acquittal In 2003 Murder

[March 20] NY Times:  Authorities Seize Personal Papers From a Hudson Valley Cellar

[March 19] Los Angeles Handwriting Experts in Robert Durst Murder Case Messed Up:  Warrant Papers

[March 18] VIDEO:  Alan Dershowitz discusses if Robert Durst sealed his fate with “Kill them all” confession?

[March 18] Robert Durst is Not a “True Psychopath” but Childhood Trauma Could Provide Answers

[March 18] VIDEO:  HLN:  Nancy speaks to Ellen Strauss, friend of Kathleen 

[March 18] VIDEO:  CNN:  The mysterious disappearance of Robert Durst’s first wife…

[March 17] The literary life (and death) of Susan Berman

[March 17] VIDEO CLIP:  Inside Edition’s “Who Would Marry Murder Suspect Robert Durst?”

[March 17] NY Times:  Durst Sibling Recounts Violent Ripples Below a Charming Surface

[March 16] How Did Robert Durst Chop Up a Body and Not Get Convicted for Murder?

[March 16] Director of Durst Film Says He Is ‘Relieved’ About Arrest

[March 16] Judge Who Presided Over Robert durst Acquittal in Texas Murder:  ‘He’s Very Dangerous’

[March 16] A Timeline of Robert Durst’s Life and Alleged Crimes

[March 16] NY Times:  Durst, saying he was worried, fled to familiar refuge before his arrest

[March 16] NY Times:  Irresistible TV, but Durst Film Tests Ethics Too

[March 16] VIDEO: NY Times:  Robert Durst Says He ‘Killed Them All’

[March] The Knot:  What You Don’t Know about Robert Durst’s Wedding to Second Wife Debrah

[Feb 6] NY Times:  Chopping Up the Body, Then Walking

[Feb 2] VIDEO:  Charlie Rose: The makers of The Jinx speak

[Jan 30] Douglas Durst Says Brother Lies About Mother’s Death in HBO Show

[Jan 3] NYC Real-Estate Mogul: My Killer Brother is a Dog-Slaying Monster

[Jan 2] Real Estate Chief Fears Troubled Sibling Has New Weapon:  TV

2014

[Dec 11] NY Times:  Robert Durst, Troubled Scion of Real Estate Acquitted of Trespassing

[Dec 1] NY Times:  Stranger Than Fiction, Try Fact

2013

[Aug 16] NY Times:  New Charge for Durst as FBI Sifts His Past

2011

[Aug 29] NY Times:  A Peaceful Penthouse that Turmoil Calls Home

2010

[Dec 2] NY Times:  Assorted Acts of Betrayal Among the Moneyed and Dysfunctional

[Nov 24] NY Times:  That’s Me On Screen But I Still Didn’t Do It

2006

[Feb 7] NY Times:  Durst Severs Ties to Family In Return for $65 Million

2004

[Oct 15] NY Times:  Durst Arrested in Weapons Case on Eve of His Release in Texas

[Sept 10] NY Times:  Durst May Gain His Release Temporarily

[Feb 18] New indictment follows millionaires acquittal

[Feb 13] NY Times: Metro Briefing: New York: More Charges for Durst

[Feb 4] Logs Show Juror Met With Durst Five Times in Jail

2003

[Dec 4] NY Times: Metro Briefing: New York: $2 Billion Bond Set for Durst

[December] The Today Show:  Jurors Talk

[Nov 16] Behind Durst Acquittal:  A Defense Team that Almost Wasn’t

[Nov 13] NY Times: After Durst’s Acquittal, Fears of Revenge

[Nov 12] NY Times:  Durst Verdict Tied to Local Mores and a Shrewd Defense

[Nov 12] NY Times:  New York City Real Estate Heir is Acquitted of Murder in Texas 

[Nov 7] NY Times:  Investigators in 2 Other Cases Await Verdict in Durst Trial

[Nov 3] NY Times:  Murder Case Against Durst is Set to go to Texas Jury

[Oct 24] NY Times:  Durst Calls a Shooting an Accident, Not Murder

[Oct 23] NY Times:  Durst Tells Murder Case Jury of His Life on the Run

[Sept 28] Terrified Brother Feared Killer Visit From Durst

[Sept 28] NY Times:  So Many Black Sheep, Out in the Cold

[Sept 23] NY Times:  Durst Claims Self-Defense at Trial in Death of Drifter

[Sept 20] NY Times:  For Heir Accused of Killing, a Loyal and Tough Ally

[Aug 25] NY Times:  Jury Selection to Begin for Trial of Real Estate Heir in Drifter’s Murder

2002

[March 28] NY Times:  Durst’s Lawyer Says Killing in Texas was in Self-Defense

[Feb 7] NY Times:  Pirro Fights Back Against Durst Lawyers

[Feb 3] NY Times:  Jeanine Pirro’s Pursuit

[Feb 1] NY Times:  Durst Defense Says Pirro Hounds Him

[February] Texas Monthly:  Durst Case ScenariosTexas Monthly:  Durst Case Scenarios

[Jan 26] NY Times:  Durst Waives Extradition to Texas Trial in Murder

[Jan 17] NY Times:  Metro Brief: New York: Heir Caught with Contraband

2001

[Dec 22] NY Times:  Heir Divorced His Missing Wife 11 Years Ago

[Dec 7] NY Times:  On the Run with a Fugitive: Tales of Aliases and Disguises

[Dec 6] NY Times:  Police Detail Durst’s Travels While He Was on the Run

[Dec 4] NY Times:  Extradition Hearing for Durst is Delayed

[Dec 2] NY Times:  Millionaire Fugitive Has Been Caught, but Mysteries Remain

[Dec 1] NY Times:  Shoplifting Charge Ends U.S. Manhunt for Real Estate Heir

[Oct 25] NY Times:  Durst Not Suspect in the Death of a Friend from Los Angeles

[Oct 21] NY Times:  A Two-Decade Spiral Into Suspicion; Long After Wife Disappears, Heir Vanishes after Texas Murder

[Oct 17] NY Times:  Durst Jumps Bail, and a Nationwide Dragnet is on

[Oct 13] NY Times:  Realtor’s Heir is Investigated in 2 Killings

[Oct 12] NY Times:  Man is Accused of Murder, but Not the Long-Suspected One

[Oct 11] NY Times:  Arrest in Texas Murder Case May Have a New York Angle

[March 6] Reopened Mystery:  A woman’s disappearance is still baffling after 19 years

[February] The New Yorker:  Who Killed the Gangster’s Daughter

2000

[Nov 11] NY Times:  Disappearance Under Scrutiny After 18 Years

1999

VIDEO:  Susan Berman on Vegas and the Mob

1994

[Feb 13] Win bolsters high esteem for DeGuerin [a profile]

[January] Texas Monthly:  The Great Defenders [Dick DeGuerin]

1993

[Feb 11] VIDEO:  Seymour Durst Interview

1982 – 2004

Charley Project profile of Kathleen Durst – missing

1982 – 1992

NY Times:  An Earlier Durst Run on Page 1 

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