In 1982, mercurial millionaire Robert Durst's 29-year-old wife, Kathie, disappears without a trace, then, 18 years later, Durst's longtime friend, Susan Berman, is murdered, and the real estate heir drops out of sight.
Wherever Robert Durst goes, a trail of blood follows; in 2001, a headless torso washes ashore in Galveston Bay, Texas, leading investigators to the millionaire; an examination of Durst's statements and a preview of a possible day of reckoning.