Season 3 • Episode 12
LatestMath teacher Cheryl Trover emerges from a field at daybreak with a story about escaping from a masked intruder who forced his way into her home and murdered her husband, John.
When it comes to murder, no detective starts their search at the beginning of the crime. Rather, a murder investigation always begins with the body, after the deed is done. It is up to the police to piece together the story, moving backwards in time until they arrive at the root of the crime. In REDRUM, viewers follow the backwards tale of murder from false motives and mistaken witnesses to conversations taken completely out of context, until the truth finally comes out at the very end.
Editing
Reverse chronology actually enhances tension instead of gimmicking it.
Production
Reenactments walk the cheese line but mostly stay compelling.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Redrum' is 'murder' backwards, a nod to The Shining that true crime fans eat up.
Stephen David later produced The Men Who Built America—same dramatic reenactment DNA, wildly different body count.
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