- Edited by
- Matt Prekop; Kevin Hibbard
- Executive Production
- Mark and Jay Duplass
- Production Partners
- Duplass Brothers Productions; Number 19
With a real penchant and obsession for all things true crime and unknown, Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal is the latest project to come from Duplass Brothers Productions. In the past, the company owned by Mark and Jay Duplass has backed such titles as Netflix’s Wild Wild Country as well as Hulu’s Sasquatch.
True crime and the paranormal collide in Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal. This eight-episode production will ring in the spooky season in a one-two-punch kind of way. While there are plenty of similar projects out there that spend their time diving into the two separate universes of true crime and the paranormal, Out There blends them together and will force viewers to question what’s really out there.
People from around North America sit down to tell their stranger-than-fiction stories. From first-hand accounts to interviews with police, humans will fight to understand things beyond our grasp. For new investigators, some of the trails run dry almost immediately as pieces of the original report have been redacted by police, while another man recalls being threatened by a menacing modulated voice. A different tale focuses on what appears to be an occult killing, and those who have survived traumatizing incidents gather the courage to speak out on something others haven’t believed.
Of the new series, Mark Duplass told Collider: “As we were researching our documentary series SASQUATCH, we stumbled into a web of bizarre, unsettling stories from around the globe. We simply couldn’t turn away. And thankfully Hulu shared our collective obsession.”
What Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal offers viewers may be entertaining, but isn’t meant to poke fun. Instead, it highlights what can happen when people searching for answers begin to blur the lines between faith, lore, and fact, and the harm this can potentially cause.
Our Call: STREAM IT. Out There: Crimes Of The Paranormal examines the intersection of crime and strange phenomena in a way that gives the phenomena their proper context, which makes the investigation into the crimes even better informed.
The interviews and visuals in each and every episode are top-notch, in this compelling series that puts an intriguing spin on the typical cold case.
As soon as I saw the Duplass Brothers were producers, I expected something good, and this docuseries delivered.
But as comical as some of these topics may sound, don’t be fooled. It’s an intriguing deep dive into the history, lore, and community trauma that can lead to extreme and sometimes dangerous supernatural beliefs. A must-watch for anyone interested in folklore and true crime.