Documentary entertainment Noteenment reveals the unprecedented story of Idahoos directors Liz Garbus and Matthew Galkin talk about Amazon’s One Night in Idaho, and how they made an internal analysis of the case that caught the attention of the country

In the early hours of November 13, 2022, four students from University of Idaho They were stabbed to death in a house outside the campus. Kaylee Goncalves21 years, Madison Mogen21, Xana Kernodle20, and Ethan Chapin20, were all members of the university’s fraternity and brotherhood system and beloved by the academic community. The murder of young people turned the following weeks into an avalanche of national media attention and online speculation around a single theme: Idaho’s murders.

Despite disclosing little information about the investigative process, Moscow police, Idaho, eventually arrested the main suspect: Bryan KohbergerPostgraduate Student in Criminology of 28 years at WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY. Now, three years later, with the trial of Kohberger finally expected to start in August – after several postponements – the filmmakers Matthew galkin and Liz Garbus launch a new documentary series for Amazon which closely examines as the people closest to the case dealt with the tragic loss and the followed media storm. One Night in Idaho: The College Murders premiere on July 11 at Prime video.

Galkin and Grubbold They started working on the project in the spring of 2023, contacting the victims of the victims, which led to a meeting with the family Chapin. Both filmmakers are known for their works that address real crime with an ethical perspective – seeking to voice the stories of people who are usually ignored by the media and the police. (Grubbold It is perhaps better known for its work in the series Missing: hunting for the Long Island killerfrom the Netflix – About how the killer known as Lisk He escaped the police by raising young people of sex workers. Already Galkin directed the miniseries MURDER IN BIG HORNfrom the Showtimecentered on the disappearances and murders of indigenous women in Montana.) The trailer for the new series features several interviews with family and close friends of Idaho victims, including family members Chapin and Mogen.

“I have never worked in a documentary about such a large case and with so many complex aspects crossing,” he says Galkin the Rolling Stone.

“Yes”, agrees Grubbold. “All this was like a turbocharged version of something I had never seen.”

Like the Moscow Police Department provided very little information to the public during the investigation, the fury of the national media only increased in online spaces, such as the True Crime community Tiktok. Videos about the murders totaled millions of views, comments and shares, with content creators making public assumptions about close friends or possible suspects. Some people were unfairly accused, leaving dozens of Idaho students and victims’ friends fearing for their safety and mental health. Galkin and Grubbold They said to Rolling Stone that their focus was to tell a story that showed what was happening behind the closed doors.

“In the first conversation with ChapinSomething that marked me deeply was their description of being dragged into that media circus. All videos of Tiktoktheories, and the name of the child being unjustly attacked – obviously, because none of those conspiracies has been confirmed, ” Galkin. “I felt that we had never seen this story told from this point of view. A crime of great repercussion in 2025 comes with all these layers of attention, social networks, speculation – something that did not exist a few decades ago, but today is what all these families need to face daily.”

To Grubboldthe goal was to reveal the story that has gone unnoticed in the midst of chaos, to avoid sensationalism and give the victims’ families a chance to show the world what their loved ones really were – both as a form of memory and as an opportunity for possible healing.

“What side no one told?” She asks. “In the end, these children are victims. And their families deserve to have their stories told completely, human and lovingly.”

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