the jinx

Robert Durst finally admits to writing incriminating note that led cops to body

Millionaire real-estate heir, Robert Durst has admitted publicly for the first time that he penned the incriminating "cadaver" note that directed cops to his best friend, Susan Berman's body.

Robert Durst takes stand, denies killing his friend in 2000

Former New York real estate heir Robert Durst took the stand in his first-degree murder trial Monday and denied murdering Susan Berman more than two decades ago.

'If it's not Bob, it's not guilty': Lawyer says no evidence links Robert Durst to 2000 murder

An attorney for Robert Durst slammed prosecutors' case against the disgraced real estate heir as weak -- insisting that there is no hard evidence linking him to the slaying of...

Robert Durst murder trial begins opening statements in Los Angeles

Deputy District Attorney John Lewin warned the jury that his presentation -- which could last three days -- will be lengthy because "there is a lot of information I need...

Prosecutors want to screen Ryan Gosling movie at Durst trial

They're using the "Ryan Gosling" strategy. LA prosecutors filed a new motion Tuesday in the Robert Durst case, asking that the 2010 movie "All Good Things" — which is loosely...

Robert Durst's wife feared he might hurt her before she vanished: witness

The wife of killer real estate heir Robert Durst was worried he might “hurt her,” she told a pal a few weeks before she went missing in the 1980s, according...

Ex-cop who led Durst investigation: 'The Jinx' made me look like an idiot

The ex-NYPD detective who led the investigation into Kathie Durst’s disappearance complained that he was made to look like a “f- -king idiot” in the HBO documentary “The Jinx,” court...

Durst hired PI to probe HBO director over 'The Jinx'

These guys were obviously made for each other. A lawyer for millionaire murder defendant Robert Durst — infamously caught confessing how he “killed them all” in an HBO documentary —...

Durst 'possibly' wrote letter identifying corpse location: close friend

A close friend of eccentric millionaire Robert Durst admitted in court Wednesday that it’s “possible” Durst wrote an incriminating letter that told police where a corpse was located. Durst’s lawyer...

Durst casually told alleged victim he killed his wife: witness

A woman allegedly gunned down by Robert Durst once casually mentioned that the New York real estate heir had “killed” his first wife, a former boyfriend testified Monday. Paul Kaufman...

Robert Durst asks judge to toss $100M lawsuit

Oddball real estate scion Robert Durst is asking a judge to toss a $100 million lawsuit filed by his late wife's family over her 1982 disappearance​ ​— calling the claim...

Robert Durst's wife officially declared dead after 35 years

It took only 35 years, but Kathie Durst has finally been declared dead. A Manhattan judge officially laid to rest the first wife of oddball real-estate heir Robert Durst in...

Durst admits doing HBO documentary was 'stupid'

Millionaire real-estate heir Robert Durst admitted he was “stupid” to participate in an HBO documentary that appeared to implicate him in the 2000 murder of his friend, according to new...

Secret witness in Durst murder case: Wife 'was afraid of him'

A longtime friend of New York real estate heir Robert Durst who was revealed as the “secret witness” in the murder case against Durst said the multimillionaire’s wife was “afraid”...

Prosecutors fear witnesses won't live to testify against Robert Durst

Two witnesses for prosecutors, including one yet to be identified, are expected to testify on Tuesday at a hearing in the murder trial of New York real estate heir Robert...

Prosecutor fights to keep 'secret witnesses' in Durst murder trial

LOS ANGELES — Multimillionaire Robert Durst is a "menace to society" and a danger to several witnesses in his murder case, prosecutors said in an effort to preserve their testimony...

Witnesses in Durst murder trial terrified of eccentric killer

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors on Wednesday said witnesses are terrified of Robert Durst and frightened they might disappear before testifying against the eccentric killer real-estate scion. In a hearing to...

Robert Durst: I was 'speeding' on meth during murder 'confession'

Creepy New York real-estate heir Robert Durst didn’t mean to admit his guilt in the murders of three people on the HBO miniseries “The Jinx” — that was just the...

Robert Durst: 'I was the worst fugitive'

LOS ANGELES — New York real estate heir Robert Durst knew he was suspected in the Los Angeles killing of his best friend, but he never fled when he had...

Robert Durst pleads not guilty on murder charge

Killer real estate heir Robert Durst wore a neck brace and was wheeled into a Los Angeles courtroom Monday to be charged in the decades-old murder of a pal. “I...