I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders (2024)

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I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders

20241 Season5.8

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Genre: Documentary
Certificate: TV-MA
Origin: US

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There's something wrong with grandma.

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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Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 15, 2024
Network: HBO
Studio: HBO Documentary Films, Imagine Documentaries

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2 hrs

2 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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20241 Season5.8

Documentary

TMDB5.8

Votes8

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Genre: Documentary
Certificate: TV-MA
Origin: US

About

There's something wrong with grandma.

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HBO Max Amazon Channel

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Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

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E1 · Airs Oct 15, 2024 · 1h 27m
Part 1
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.
E2 · Airs Oct 16, 2024 · 1h 24m
Part 2
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.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 15, 2024
Network: HBO
Studio: HBO Documentary Films, Imagine Documentaries

Time to finish

2 hrs

2 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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