According to the murders and violent cases he committed, Henry Lee Lucas, a well known and dangerous serial killer, who wrecks havoc in America and causes many challenges in solving murders, as he confesses to commit all murders, ready to have his fate and punishment.
What makes the Lucas case special -- and gives such heft to this five-part documentary by Robert Kenner and Taki Oldham -- is not just how the killer played the system, but how willingly, even insistently, the system played along.
Lucas' story is a testament to the disaster that can follow when police seek easy answers, in this case taking the claims of a conman as a quick way out of stalled detective work.
[It] isn't just about a charlatan and cops collaborating in a you-scratch-my-back, I'll-scratch-yours scheme-it's about the ugliness of individuals, and systems, prioritizing their own interests ahead of the public good.
Netflix has quite the algorithmic hit with this series: it's like Mindhunter and The Confession Tapes more obviously, but it's also like Stranger Things.
