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I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders (2024)
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In 2018, a small-town murder in Minnesota shocks a community when 56-year-old wife, mother, and grandmother Lois Riess kills her husband David and goes on the run from the authorities. Years later, Lois sits down with the filmmakers telling her story for the first time. Lois herself attempts to explain her reprehensible actions which reveals a disturbing family history and an addiction to gambling.
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Brian GrazerExecutive Producer
Erin Lee CarrProducer
Justin WilkesExecutive Producer
Lisa HellerExecutive Producer
Meredith KaulfersExecutive Producer
Nancy AbrahamExecutive Producer
Ron HowardExecutive Producer
Sara BernsteinExecutive Producer
Sara RodriguezExecutive Producer
Ted SchillingerExecutive Producer
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2 episodes · First aired 2024-10-15
E01
Part 1
2024-10-15 · 87 min
Lois and David Riess live a seemingly normal life as parents to three children, several grandchildren,and a thriving business in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, until, one day, David's dead body is discovered and Lois goes on the run. As Lois, now in prison, recounts her childhood and upbringing, a disturbing psychological portrait emerges of a woman battling many emotional demons. However, Lois's methodical behavior after the murder may show the work of a calculated killer when another body is discovered.
E02
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2024-10-16 · 84 min
After the discovery of Pamela Hutchinson's body in Florida, a nationwide manhunt for the "Killer Grandma" begins and two weeks later, witnesses recognize Lois in Texas. Appearing placid and cooperative, Lois claims not to remember many details of her crime spree, but police have evidence that details her sinister plan.
