"There were a lot of tough conversations, but at the end of the day, they understood." "Everyone involved in my family, outside of my dad, has seen it with weeks to digest how they are portrayed and how they come across and the scope of the series," he said. 15 release, Madison hosted screenings of all four episodes for his family. "And is ruining the rest of her life, is that what my mom would want? And at a certain point, there was a lot of ethical ambiguity and sort of these moral quandaries that I was faced with that I hope shines through." "There were moments of like, if I found out, truly hypothetically, that a family member did this-like, if I found out my sister did this, like, would I act on that?" he said. His interviews present an unthinkable moral dilemma that once again highlighted the fine line between invested family member and investigative filmmaker. Madison admitted it was "really tough" to ask family members-including his sister Ali Hamburg, aunt Conway Beach and grandmother Barbara Lund-if they had anything to do with Barbara's murder and "to hear the things that they were saying about each other and revealing to me." I was very careful to not give my opinions about this whole thing." "To tell their stories, they're doing it, right? It's their words. "I think I realized there was no way to do this or do with what the material I had that's not exposing vulnerabilities and, in some ways, exploitative." he continued. "It was unnerving for me throughout the whole process," Madison said of knowing his family members would eventually see the documentary and also be subject to audience members' opinions-the good, the bad and the accusatory. Murder on Middle Beach Isn't Your Typical True Crime Series-It's Better "This stuff is on the cusp of being publicly available," he said, "that comes back to the unique part of this, I don't want pictures of my mom's autopsy on the Internet." Though gaining access to the police files has been "really gratifying" for Madison in terms of his investigation, he also explained the "terrifying" side effect of going through the Freedom of Information Act. It's really…exciting is a weird word for it, but I guess that's how I feel." this kind of opens the investigation up in a new way, in a new chapter. While he couldn't "get into details with what's to come" when asked about releasing more episodes of Murder on Middle Beach, Madison did say, "There's certainly more to the story. "Īfter receiving the files in mid-October, Madison and his team are still going through all of the information, which he called "extremely illuminating." "The case files are silver lining throughout all of this," Madison said, "when weighing the pros and cons of doing something like this. Those conflicts, as well as Madison's family secrets, are exposed and explored throughout Murder on Middle Beach, along with his ongoing investigation into the still-unsolved slaying.īut will Madison continue to document his search for his mother's killer? And how did his family members-including his estranged father-react to the docuseries?īinge These True Crime Shows and DocumentariesĪt the end of the documentary, Madison and his team gained access to key documents related to the case through the Freedom of Information Act, despite the Madison Police Department attempting to block their requests. Just 18 years old when Barbara was murdered, Madison told E! News his documentary is less of a whodunnit and more of an exploration into Barbara the person, not just the parent, and the "conflicts within her life." Murder on Middle Beach ended its four episode run on Sunday night, bringing Madison's eight-year investigation to an end-but also a new beginning, both for the filmmaker as a family member who's experienced this kind of tragedy, and for the investigation, after a major breakthrough in the case. Four episodes, 10 years, 200 filming days and thousands of hours of footage later, one question still remains: Who murdered Barbara Hamburg?īut for Madison Hamburg, when he set out to discover who killed his mother on March 3, 2010, there was one other mystery he wanted to solve: Who was Barbara Hamburg?
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