Hulu's Latest True Crime Docuseries Documents the Five-Year Search That Captivated the Nation
"Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge" focuses on the 2017 murders of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana.
ABC News Studios has debuted the trailer for their latest true crime docuseries for Hulu, Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge.
What’s Happening:
- Following the success of other true crime docuseries such as The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer, Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit, and Trophy Wife: Murder on Safari, Hulu is continuing its goal to solidify its place at the forefront of true crime content.
- On August 5th, Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge will debut as the first of three new true crime docuseries for the month.
- In 2017, the bodies of two teenage girls, Abigail and Liberty, were discovered in the bucolic town of Delphi, Indiana. This led to a five-year-long search that gripped the nation and haunted this close-knit community. But what set this case apart wasn’t just the shocking brutality of the crime, but also the chilling piece of evidence found on Libby’s phone.
- The three-part series Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge is a wide-lensed view of the case that captured headlines and unraveled this tight-knit community, revisiting their trauma as the anxious public waited years for a break in the case.
- The series also explores the arrest of Richard Allen, a local man accused and convicted of the vicious murders in 2024. The case includes stunning claims, theories and bizarre evidence that set social media ablaze with ruled out alternative hypotheses and other possible suspects.
- Richard’s wife Kathy is also featured in an exclusive interview, who shares her story and personal photos from her relationship with the convicted murderer.
- Also featured is an interview with John Galipeau, the former Warden at Westville Correctional Facility, where Richard Allen was held. Newly released interrogation footage and prison calls between Richard and Kathy and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the defense’s trial prep bring the series full circle.
- Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge premieres Tuesday, August 5th on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers.
More True Crime on Hulu:
- Following the release of Capturing Their Killer, two more gripping new true-crime series from ABC News Studios are coming to Hulu in August – Stalking Samantha: 13 Years of Terror and Ruby Red Handed: Stealing America’s Most Famous Pair of Shoes.
- This month, Hulu has released three new true-crime docuseries, and we’ve had the chance to review each one, which you can read at the links below:
- “Mr. & Mrs. Murder" Tells a Gripping Story of Murder and Deceit in a Somewhat Plodding Manner
- "Trophy Wife: Murder on Safari" is a Shocking and High Intensity True Crime Adventure
- "Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit" is an Immersive and Long-Winded Deep Dive into a 30-Year-Old Unsolved Murder
- In September, Hulu will adapt an audiobook detailing a series of violent crimes that shattered a remote Native village in Northern Alaska.
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