How to Survive a Murder

How to Survive a Murder « Series from 2020

Series from 2020

Days after the brutal murder of his mother-in-law, filmmaker John MacGibbon picks up his camera and begins a harrowing search for truth. MacGibbon and…

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A Violent Murder

Filmmaker John MacGibbon receives a call saying his mother-in- law, Dr. Vibeke Rasmussen, has not shown up for work. Hours later police call to share an unimaginable truth-seventy-six-year-old Rasmussen has been stabbed more than 35 times in the face, neck, hands and shoulders while in bed in her apartment.

A Troubled Past

While police search for the killer, John MacGibbon pores over court documents and interviews murder suspect Tyler Hagmaier's friends and family members about his violent past.

A Search for Truth

With the killer still missing, John MacGibbon is contacted by an old lover of Hagmaier who pushes the investigation in a new direction.

A Life Changing Twist

MacGibbon uncovers new evidence long hidden by the police. The final answer to the mystery is darker and more disturbing than he could have imagined, and reveals a terrible truth about the limits of a mother’s love and the depths of human despair.