TUBI ORIGINAL: On Trial: The Idaho College Killer (2025)

If you’ve watched as much true crime as the B&S About Movies house, you know that this is about Bryan Kohberger, who murdered four University of Idaho students by the names of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle.  Lots of shows, from Dateline and 20/20 to 48 Hours, have told this story. How will this Tubi Original hold up?

It’s hard to say. Instead of leaning into one narrative approach — Is this a dramatic retelling? Is it interviews? Is it visiting with the media who told the original story? — it does all of them and therefore, none of them well. Or am I the problem, having heard this so many times that I wonder if I know the tale better than the people telling it? If I feel like that, is it because  I’ve followed the exact same extensive media coverage that this documentary critiques?

The big difference is that for the first time ever, viewers are shown images from inside the house at 1122 King Road. This includes bodycam footage from the first responding officers, who described the scene as a nightmare scenario. You also hear from a survivor, Dylan, and the actual 911 call from another roommate who made it out, Bethany, where she frantically reports that something just happened. 

You can watch this on Tubi.

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