Atlanta's Missing And Murdered: The Lost Children
TV Show · Crime · Documentary

New evidence comes to light in the abduction and murder of approximately 30 African American children and young adults occurring over a span of two years in Atlanta in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

2020 · 56m
Director Sam Pollard, Maro Chermayeff

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    Long-held racial and economic divisions percolate in Atlanta. When African American children begin disappearing and showing up dead, the city is on the verge of an unprecedented crisis. Outraged members of the black community call for swift action.
    53 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    As distrust in the police and city officials deepens, citizens take matters into their own hands. The FBI is called upon to step in as conspiracy theories take root. Talent scout Wayne Williams may have been recruiting some of the victims.
    48 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    As the police face mounting pressure to make an arrest, investigators are led to Wayne Williams, who becomes a prime suspect in the killings and is promptly arrested as a result.
    42 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    Prosecutors introduce evidence they assert links Wayne Williams to 10 of the child murders. They present evidence of hair and carpet fibres, leading to a swift guilty verdict from the jury.
    55 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Episode 5
    The story continues as Wayne Williams' appeals attorney receives shocking new evidence implicating members of the KKK in the murders. An undercover informant and several investigators take the stand as a judge evaluates Williams' plea for a retrial.
    55 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Sam Pollard
    Director
  • Maro Chermayeff
    Director
  • Jeff Dupre
    Director
  • J‌B
    Joshua Bennett
    Director
  • J‌B
    Joshua Bennett
    Producer
  • Maro Chermayeff
    Producer
  • Jeff Dupre
    Producer
  • Sam Pollard
    Producer
  • P‌R
    Patrick Reardon
    Producer
  • Mike Jackson
    Producer
  • Ty Stiklorius
    Producer

About

Atlanta's Missing And Murdered: The Lost Children

Crime

New evidence comes to light in the abduction and murder of approximately 30 African American children and young adults occurring over a span of two years in Atlanta in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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HBO
Released
2020
Rated
12
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