Making a Murderer
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Making a Murderer is a true-crime documentary series that follows the controversial investigation, conviction, and appeals of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey in Wisconsin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Making a Murderer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4418618 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Making a Murderer Context triple: [Kevin Kiner, notableWork, Making a Murderer]
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A.
Getting Away with Murder
"Getting Away with Murder" is a 2004 hard rock/nu metal song by American band Papa Roach, known for its politically charged lyrics and heavy, radio-friendly sound.
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B.
The Hunting Ground
The Hunting Ground is a 2015 documentary film that investigates and exposes the prevalence of sexual assault on U.S. college campuses and the institutional failures in responding to survivors.
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C.
Dirty John
Dirty John is a true-crime television series and podcast-based drama that chronicles a manipulative con man’s abusive relationships and their devastating consequences.
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D.
Mindhunter
Mindhunter is a psychological crime thriller television series that follows FBI agents as they develop criminal profiling techniques by interviewing imprisoned serial killers in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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E.
Mindhunters
Mindhunters is a 2004 psychological thriller film about FBI profiler trainees trapped on a remote island with a serial killer who begins murdering them one by one.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Making a Murderer Target entity description: Making a Murderer is a true-crime documentary series that follows the controversial investigation, conviction, and appeals of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey in Wisconsin.
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A.
Getting Away with Murder
"Getting Away with Murder" is a 2004 hard rock/nu metal song by American band Papa Roach, known for its politically charged lyrics and heavy, radio-friendly sound.
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B.
The Hunting Ground
The Hunting Ground is a 2015 documentary film that investigates and exposes the prevalence of sexual assault on U.S. college campuses and the institutional failures in responding to survivors.
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C.
Dirty John
Dirty John is a true-crime television series and podcast-based drama that chronicles a manipulative con man’s abusive relationships and their devastating consequences.
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D.
Mindhunter
Mindhunter is a psychological crime thriller television series that follows FBI agents as they develop criminal profiling techniques by interviewing imprisoned serial killers in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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E.
Mindhunters
Mindhunters is a 2004 psychological thriller film about FBI profiler trainees trapped on a remote island with a serial killer who begins murdering them one by one.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
television documentary series
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true crime series ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Nonfiction Program
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Laura Ricciardi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moira Demos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director |
Laura Ricciardi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moira Demos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor |
Laura Ricciardi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moira Demos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstReleaseDate | 2015-12-18 ⓘ |
| follows |
Brendan Dassey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steven Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
ⓘ
true crime ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Allan Avery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brendan Dassey NERFINISHED ⓘ Dean Strang NERFINISHED ⓘ Dolores Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Buting NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Kratz NERFINISHED ⓘ Len Kachinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Making a Murderer Season 1
NERFINISHED
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Making a Murderer Season 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfFilming |
Calumet County, Wisconsin
NERFINISHED
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Manitowoc County, Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Brendan Dassey
NERFINISHED
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Steven Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ Teresa Halbach murder case ⓘ criminal justice system in the United States ⓘ wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| musicBy | Justin Melland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 20 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | Netflix ⓘ |
| producer |
Laura Ricciardi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moira Demos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Synthesis Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | streaming television ⓘ |
| runningTimePerEpisode | 40–60 minutes ⓘ |
| secondSeasonReleaseDate | 2018-10-19 ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
NERFINISHED
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Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
legal debate about wrongful convictions
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public controversy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Making a Murderer Description of subject: Making a Murderer is a true-crime documentary series that follows the controversial investigation, conviction, and appeals of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey in Wisconsin.
Referenced by (2)
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