How ‘Murder on Middle Beach’ Flips the True Crime Genre on Its Head
true crime docuseries,, so compelling is that it ultimately flips the genre on its head. It’s not as much of a whodunnit as it is an emotional journey about overcoming trauma and one son trying to understand the legacy his dead mother left behind. The four-part series directed by first-time filmmaker Madison Hamburg follows his own investigation into the unsolved murder of his mother, Barbara Hamburg, who was violently killed outside her home in Connecticut in 2010.