‘Court Junkie’ reports on the crimes and trial of the late Robert Durst, real estate heir and convicted killer
“Court Junkie,” a law podcast from PodcastOne that covers the largest trials of our times, recently covered the trial of Robert Durst. Durst was the heir to New York City real-estate magnate Seymour Durst, convicted murderer, and suspected serial killer, who first gained notoriety in 1982 for the mysterious disappearance of his wife, Kathleen McCormack Durst. In fact, he was still pending trial for her murder when he died today, January 10, 2022.
Durst’s trial and crimes were so wild that “Court Junkie” actually recorded two episodes about them. First, there was the 1982 disappearance of his wife. Then his close friend Susan Berman was murdered in her home. One year later, Morris Black, Durst’s neighbor, was shot and killed in what Durst had claimed as self-defense.
Created and hosted by Jillian Jalali, what makes “Court Junkie” standout from other true crime podcast and other law/legal podcasts is the storytelling. Through actual courtroom audio, Jalali weaves together court documents, evidence, and interviews to fully illustrate the contested events on trial.
In these two “Court Junkie” episodes, you’ll hear actual trial audio from prosecutors, defense attorneys, and Durst himself in the courtroom. She explains the convoluted timeline of events, which now may never come to a full close. Durst was arrested in 2015 for the murder of Berman, which prosecutors alleged was an attempt to cover up what happened to his wife. Berman was known to have endorsed Durst’s alibi after his wife’s disappearance, and prosecutors alleged that he murdered her because of her knowledge into her vanishing.
It took six years, but in September of 2021, Durst reentered headlines when he was convicted of Berman’s murder. You’ll hear Jalali cover Berman’s murder case from start to finish, from the strange cadaver note mailed to the Beverly Hills Police Department just days after her murder, to Durst’s sentencing of life imprisonment.
Clear, concise, and dedicated to the honest reporting of these cases, whether we like the outcome or not, “Court Junkie” keeps us informed. Be sure to listen to these episodes about Robert Durst’s murder trial.
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