I hope at the end of this that they can see the adverse effects of that and that we're all human beings, you know? On the other hand, we have a very, very compelling I would argue a more compelling interest in finding a murderer, and not letting a murderer run loose, Dugas said. This may be a long journey, and that may cost a lot of money I would appreciate it if the Attorney Generals Office would take it up, because its in the interest of law enforcement state-wide, not just the Town of Madison, Drumm told commissioners. Platt also cut off her relationship with Barbara, and drew hard lines on what areas were Barbara's Gifting Tables "territory" for recruitment and which were Platt's. In the following years, they appeared in court together numerous times after Beach Hamburg said her ex-husband failed to make alimony and child support payments. Madison Hamburg has been transparent in interviews about wanting to produce "a different take on true crime. More than a decade after Barbara Hamburg was murdered outside her Madison home, the fight over whether the public should have access to the investigation into her death is continuing to escalate a fight that could have broad implications for access to cold case files across Connecticut. As we see in the documentary, some even suggest that Conway was envious of Barbara because of the money, success, and love the latter was able to attain. But Madison's. The brutal crime was committed in 2010 when Madison was 19-years-old. In a meeting of the towns Board of Police Commissioners on Thursday evening, Police Chief John Drumm said that if the courts ultimately ruled in favor of releasing the records, it could create a precedent that would affect police investigations across the state. A spokesperson for the Connecticut State Police Public Information Office said the State Police had not released any evidence regarding the murder of Barbara Hamburg. The documentary follows the murder of a Connecticut woman, Barbara Hamburg. Here, we see how that leads him to investigate his own father, a pyramid scheme The Gifting Tables that his mother was involved in, his sister, and his aunt, Conway Beach. You can watch the trailer below. By the end of the series, the only suspect who has a truly rock-solid alibi is Ali, anda number of questions about that, in my mind, remained unanswered: Who was the masked man who was allegedly seen lurking outside Barbara's window the day before she was murdered? CORRECTION: An earlier version of this incorrectly statedAli Hamburg was diagnosed with bipolar disorder; she had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Barbara's daughter was a teenager in 2010, and was with Beach when Barbara's body was discovered. The Madison Police Department is appealing a court ruling upholing an order by the states Freedom of Information Commission that the department release all records except signed witness statements related to the unsolved murder of Barbara Beach Hamburg. DNA found at the scene of the crime also did not match his own. A list of additional records submitted to the court includes surveillance video, recordings of specific voicemails, non-police tape-recorded conversations and copies of items seized from Barbara Hamburgs bedroom safe. It's a sobering, overwhelming realization. The theorists point out that Jeffrey had the most obvious motive while also having an alibi that was almost too perfect. Back in 1996, when Conway was out of control with her substance abuse, Barbara took her to court to get custody of her son, Tyler. But as soon as I started asking questions I realized it was much bigger than that. To this day, the case that shocked a wealthy, idyllic seaside town has remained unsolved. ------------------------------------------, details presented in "Murder on Middle Beach", killed by someone she had crossed through her participation in "The Gifting Tables,", "The Jinx," the shocking 2015 HBO docuseries, "true criminal justice" documentaries and docuseries. So I pressed everyone pretty hard, and I ended up with 160 hours of footage. Director Madison Hamburg's relentless pursuit of the truth throughout his quest to find his mother's killer turned over a lot of stones, and even though the TV series has concluded, Madison's work continues off-camera. 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Both Ali's father, Jeffrey, and Beach accuse Ali of hating her mother in the documentary, which Ali denies. "We miss her dearly, and it is a great loss to not have her with us," she said at a 2011 vigil, the New Haven Register reported at the time. Murder on Middle Beach didn't decisively eliminate any other suspects. It's revealed in the "Murder on Middle Beach" epilogue that in October 2020, Madison was granted that case file and that he and his team had started reviewing it for additional information about the murder. The show follows director Madison Hamburg as he investigates his mother's murder, and talks to his family members about how they were affected. If a department cannot show there is a prospective law enforcement action and that disclosure of the records would be prejudicial to such an action, then the publics right to access the records wins out, Harmon said, arguing the Madison Police Department failed to meet its burden of proof in this case. Beach theorizes that Barbara was killed by Ali while on her way out of the house, rather than after returning home from dropping Ali off at school as the investigation suggests. The police department initially provided two boxes of materials to the filmmakers late last year which the pair said were incomplete before the department reversed course and appealed the commissions decision in Superior Court. Madison Hamburg is in the unique position of being both the director of HBO's new documentary series, "Murder on Middle Beach," and the son of its subject, Barbara Beach Hamburg. Since 2016 there have been multiple cold case reviews and none of those reviews have turned up a new avenue of investigation, a new lead to follow or new steps to take, she said. The medical examiner's office soon concluded that Hamburg died from "blunt and sharp force injuries." Madison Hamburg. She's convinced, however, that she knows who the killer is: Ali, Madison's sister who was still in high school at the time. The first is to further understand his mother as a person because, as he says early in the first episode, children rarely know who their parents actually are. The courts justices challenged both Dugas and Harmon with questions. As her son, I want to know what was and wasnt done. Seeking a way out of making those payments or seeing the inside of a jail cell could allegedly have been a motive for Jeffrey to kill Barbara. On the other hand, Dugas, the attorney for the Madison Police Department, argued the case was very much active. 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It's also worth noting that at the time of Barbara's murder, she was set to receive $40,000 from her latest table, as the doc alleges. The department claims the case remains active and releasing the file could hinder a prospective prosecution or even result in witness intimidation. This allegation feelscircumstantial at best. That all falls out of your test, doesnt it?. Madisons mother, Barbara Beach Hamburg, before her 2010 murder. In a genre that so often luridly dehumanizes its victims, specifically women, as a means for salacious storytelling, "Murder on Middle Beach" is less about clinically dismantling family secrets for their evidentiary value, than it is about assessing how those family secrets bond and tie us and what it means when those bonds are severed. Just doing that over and over. Especially my sister, she's the person closest to me, who can empathize the most. After the Police Department appealed a commission order to the release the records, a trial court in August 2021 upheld the commissions decision. I started the project in a documentary film class. Back in 2010, in Madison, Connecticut, a quiet town on the shoreline, on the serene Middle Beach West, a crime occurred that shook the community to its core - Barbara Hamburg's murder. It doesn't have a tidy ending, but grief rarely does. Once this financially-strapped individual realized she couldn't get her money back, the individual or perhaps the individual's angered husband, as Beach claims to have seen a masked man prowling through Barbara's yard the day before the murder opted to take out their frustrations on Barbara in a violent manner. It was a huge learning process, balancing those two roles of family member and investigative documentarian. 5 Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. Additionally, releasing records that reveal who provided police with information about the crime could prompt witness intimidation, Dugas said. The horrific 2010 murder of 48-year-old single mom Barbara Hamburg in front of her Madison, Connecticut, home remains unsolved, but there have been plenty of theories as to who could have. The following contains spoilers from the ending of HBO's "Murder of Middle Beach.". And I was just desperately trying to understand how to take the next step with something so personal and not sacrifice anything. But it's also really challenging for both my aunts, my sister and my family, so we've had a lot of conversations. Jeffrey, who was an exorbitantly wealthy former CEO of Southern Electric International, and Barbara had an incredibly acrimonious divorce. NOW WATCH: We break down 'Chernolbyl's' Emmy win, the new 'Rambo,' and what we know about 'Birds of Prey' so far, Visit Insider's homepage for more stories, ruled her death a homicide, noting that she died as a result of "multiple blunt and sharp force injury. The documentary follows Madison as he investigates the shocking murder of his mother Barbara Beach Hamburg. You watched the last time I talked to my dad. It was possible new information or new technology could help solve the case down the line, he said, adding investigators fear releasing information in the case file, including details only known to the perpetrator, could harm prosecution efforts. Do you know who did it? Madison, now 29 years old, talked to Esquire before the finale of Murder on Middle Beach airs on HBO this Sunday. Its not a normal father-son catch-up scene. And what we were selling was a personal approach that wasn't a whodunit but more a story about identity, the duality of humanity, and the layers of what we share with each other, how open we are, and just me kind of coming of age and understanding my mother and in turn understanding my identity. 'Ted Lasso' Season 3 Dropped Its First Trailer, 'Outer Banks' Season 4 Is Already In the Works, 'The Last of Us' Ep. Would you do anything different now that it's aired? Im hoping that this comes through sooner than later so that the town can hopefully work with these two other agencies and not foot a tremendous legal bill, he added. Those screenings were the most difficult family screenings. Instead, he draws just as much suspense and intrigue by looking hard at his family history and asking his loved ones tough questions, even when they dont necessarily want to answer them. June 3, 2021 8:00AM. Drumm told commissioners he believed plaintiffs were led to ask the Madison Police Department for additional records after obtaining copies of evidence collected by other state agencies who were assisting on the case, such as the Connecticut State Police, who Drumm said processed evidence at their crime lab. One of two masterminds to be jailed for their roles in the Gifting Tables, was Hamburg's aunt Jill Platt. Madison Hamburg looks back after the finale of "Murder on Middle Beach," the docuseries about his search for his mother's killer. The commission in August 2020 ordered Madison police to release all records responsive to the request except for signed witness statements. He also said that he had new evidence on the case that he did not want to share. Barbara's sister had a rocky relationship with her sibling. "I was so messed up, I didn't know what to do. That said, in the final episode Ali's alibi is confirmed: her mother dropped her off at school the morning that she was killed. We also have to honor the victims and their families. The four-part docuseries explores the 2010 murder of 48-year-old mother of two, Barbara Hamburg, who was discovered blugeoned and stabbed to death at her own home in Madison, Connecticut in. A hearing was held in February 2020, where Detective Christopher Sudock testified on behalf of the department that the release could jeopardize a prospective law enforcement action, such as a search or arrest warrant, but could not identify any specific actions investigators had planned. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. In a statement ahead of the hearing, Hamburgs son, Madison Hamburg, who helped make an HBO documentary series about his mothers death called "Murder on Middle Beach," called for the records release. Emmys. So we took the 160 hours and made a sample that turned out to be like 14 minutes. The resulting documentary series was picked up by HBO, and the four-part Murder on Middle Beach premiered late last year. I've written before about the trend of "true criminal justice" documentaries and docuseries the kind wherein the narrative is less about solving a mystery and more about turning the magnifying glass on the legal proceedings that surrounded it are an opportunity for filmmakers to present a fuller picture of criminality and victimhood. I'll admit, on my first watch of the finale, I was a little frustrated by the lack of answers. It's a shocking twist and, just when viewers need things to be put into context, the details become murky. Judge Daniel Klau upheld the commissions decision that the files must be turned over in a ruling of his own last month, but last week the police department appealed that decision, too. The four-part series was released at the end of 2020. How did you balance your craft and the desire to tell a captivating story from a film perspective with the personal elementworking with your own family members and telling your own painful story? Beach also alleges that Ali killed Barbara, Jeffrey Hamburg hired someone to kill his ex-wife. In late December, Niemeyer filed another complaint with the FOIC over the missing records, and the department responded by appealing the commissions original order to release any of the documents in the first place. Madison's's father, Jeffrey Hamburg, was presented as a main person of interest throughout the series. In 2012, according to the New Haven Register, Conway called Barbara loving, kind, giving, thoughtful, caring, a wonderful mother, a wonderful sister.. There have been corroborating leads, correcting things, things that we didn't know about. Having access to these files and what the police are doing is one of the key ways we have to hold police accountable, which is a huge issue today. She totally got it and they made us an offer. In 2016, he began to film a project reviewing the circumstances around his mothers death, interviewing family members and pursuing information from the Madison Police Department about its investigation. I think the hidden conflict is the sacrifice of the act of making this, having over 1000 hours of footage and over 200 shooting days. HBO's 'Murder on Middle Beach,' from first-time filmmaker Madison Hamburg, is a four-part documentary series that examines the life and death of his 48-year-old mother, Barbara Beach Hamburg. Madison police have not yet filed a brief outlining the grounds of their appeal with the Appellate Court, and attempts to reach the department this past week were unsuccessful. He updated us on his relationship with his father at present, his familys reaction to the series, as well as the status of his mother Barbaras open case today. Hamburg was 41 years old when she was found dead outside her home from what the medical examiners office called blunt and sharp force injuries.. Hamburg, for his part, said Beach Hamburg was behind on mortgage payments for their property . [1] Contents 1 Production 2 Episodes 3 Reception 4 References Production [ edit] The documentary series began as a student film while Hamburg was in college. She blacks out and wakes up the next morning upstairs on a bed, naked and cashless. The four-part HBO Max series, now available on Sky Crime and NOW TV in the UK, follows director Madison Hamburg as he investigates the unsolved murder of his own mother, Barbara Beach Hamburg, on . HBOs Murder on Middle Beach, from first-time filmmaker Madison Hamburg, is a four-part documentary series that examines the life and death of his 48-year-old mother, Barbara Beach Hamburg. There was no stone they had left unturned.. Barbara Beach Hamburg was found dead outside her home in 2010, but her case remains unsolved. There are no corroborating witnesses for this alibi, according to the doc. The decision also said police failed to prove that, even if there was a prospective law enforcement action, disclosure of the requested records would be prejudicial to such action.. The story sort of chronicles and parallels my journey in making this. . HBO's new true-crime docuseries "Murder on Middle Beach" premieres Sunday, November 15. I'm also so close to this, and I've seen it a thousand times over the past eight years that I don't have perspective as to what is objectively good or bad. Dowling said the Board of Police Commissioners and the Board of Selectmen were working on setting up a joint meeting, and that the lawsuit would be a topic of discussion for the meeting. Elizabeth Benton, communications director for the Attorney Generals Office, said the office was not involved in the case. Hamburg was only 18 years old when his mother's body was found in 2010 outside of her Connecticut home when her sister, Conway Beach, arrived back at the home with . While Tyler appreciated it, it made Conway furious. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. As for where she is now, Conway appears to be residing in Connecticut, where she spends most of her free time with her family, especially her mother, son, and toddler grandson. According to her own accounts, after Ali chose to live with her father, Jeffrey Hamburg, he became "super controlling" and implanted "a lot of fear" in her. Hamburg, for his part, said Beach Hamburg was behind on mortgage payments for their property. When my mom died I really was kind of orphaned and Savannah became like a home, and I turned to faculty, people I worked with, people in the community as surrogate parents in a way, and so I kept in touch. It's like if you have a piece of popcorn in your teeth, finally getting that piece out. I think that when my mom died and I went to rehab and I decided to face a life without her, I made a decision that day that I was gonna live with as little regret as possible. Madison Hamburg, right, during a candlelight vigil and memorial service for his mother, Madison resident Barbara Hamburg, a 2010 slaying victim in an unsolved case, at the First Congregational Church in Madison on Feb. 29, 2020. This was actually where the four-part series began, as first-time filmmaker Madison Hamburg set out to investigate the events surrounding the murder of his mother, Barbara Beach Hamburg, who was found stabbed and bludgeoned to death outside her home in an affluent Connecticut suburb in 2010. Theyve done multiple cold case reviews. . I know the case is still open. Throughout these four episodes, Madison Hamburg, and us, learned the truth about the life Barbara Hamburg really lived - that she was a recovering alcoholic who, at the . Police Commission Chair Ed Downing warned at the meeting that the appeal could require significant legal resources that could be costly for the Town of Madison. And one of them was, if we don't solve my mom's case, then the documentary becomes a tool for me to get my mom's story out there and provide some momentum. That's essentially a thousand more opportunities to discover not just what happened to his mother, but to find another slash in the family tree. Drumm told CT Examiner that the Police Department had gone through all the files relevant to the case. Associated Press articles: Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. So when she eventually got evicted, she moved to Florida, where she spent her days sleeping on park benches and just awaiting her death. Unfortunately, because of that, when her parents divorced in 2002, she suffered the most. The series makes other allegations relating to Beach and her sister's involvement in a pyramid scheme known as the Gifting Tables. [2] While the Madison Police Department has released some records, including the 911 call that led police to Barbara Hamburgs body, it challenged the commissions decision in court. But in 2016 the pendulum sort of swung to this other role I was playing as an investigative documentarian, and I thought it might be my only opportunity to ask these questions on camera and get these authentic reactions. She cites the fact that the teenager had a rocky relationship with her mother, which was only intensified by Ali's struggles with borderline personality disorder. Its something that really has to work its way through the court, he told CT Examiner. We still don't know who killed Barbara Hamburg, but with the renewed attention paid to the case thanks to Murder on Middle Beach, we could one day find out. It should be noted that this was at the height of the recession, and participants many of whom Barbara recruited from her Alcoholics Anonymous meetings were discouraged from telling their husbands or partners about their participation in the Tables. Beach Hamburg had been expected in court, along with Hamburg, on the morning of her death, but never made it to her 9:30 a.m. appearance. "Murder on Middle Beach" premieres Sunday on HBO at 10 p.m. At the time of her death, Beach Hamburg had primary custody of Madison and Ali, while their father received visitation rights. In the series, she denies killing Barbara while showing little to no remorse for her past crimes. Upon hearing this new information, Beach alters her opinion of Ali as the murderer. We got a lot of questions like, how does it end? Through interviews with and secret recordings of his immediate family and the police, Madison and his crew tell the story of Barbara Beach Hamburgs full life and tragic death. We've had a lot of conversations, but both Conway and Ali have evolved. She was a woman who was known to be head-strong. In HBOs Murder on Middle Beach, we watch as a nervous Madison Hamburg tapes a hidden microphone to his shirt and zips up his jacket before heading out to meet his Dad for a beer. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. She's just such an amazing, beautiful human being and I think that really comes through. I really didn't want my mom's story or my story to be told by someone else. Evidence of a struggle was strewn across the lawn. That means that if you have a victim of a crime in your household tomorrow, they could start [submitting Freedom of Information Requests for] each and every single day in the investigation, said Drumm. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. But just because the finale has aired, that doesn't mean the story is over. Barbara B. Hamburg was born April 29, 1961 in New Haven, Connecticut. The department denied the request, citing a portion of the state Freedom of Information Act exempting certain law enforcement records from release if the disclosure of such records would not be in the public interest because it would result in the disclosure of information to be used in a prospective law enforcement action if prejudicial to such action.. HBOs four-part documentary series is the compilation of eight years of work for Madison, who was 19 when his mother was found bludgeoned to death outside their Connecticut home in 2010. Her body was discovered by Madison's aunt Conway and his sister, Ali. Moreover, allowing the public to access cold case files after an appropriate period of time is far more likely to improve the odds of an arrest and successful prosecution than it is to prejudice that outcome.. This was actually where the four-part series began, as first-time filmmaker Madison Hamburg set out to investigate the events surrounding the murder of his mother, Barbara Beach Hamburg, who was . Moreover, allowing the public access to cold case files after an appropriate period of time is far more likely to improve the odds of an arrest and successful prosecution than it it is to prejudice that outcome.. The old adage about a fresh pair of eyes is particularly apt. She. And they just thanked me for releasing this story, and it's really gratifying as someone who's gone through something so traumatic to hear that someone else can watch this and feel a little less alone. It's funny cause I feel like those are some of the more authentic moments in the documentary, from the earlier footage. CT DOT faces criticism following overnight tree-cutting, Haar: Payouts at fading CT trash agency offer lessons in a crisis, State nursing homes could face fine due to too many empty beds, CT legislators revive debate over firefighters' cancer benefits. At the end of the series, Madison wins his case with the Freedom of Information Commission to receive case files relating to his mother's homicide investigation. Ali had always maintained her innocence, claiming that she had been dropped off at school by Barbara on the morning of the murder, and that she only returned home later that day with Beach, who picked her up from school after Ali's texts to her mother went unanswered. The HBO series Murder on Middle Beach has captivated audiences everywhere as filmmaker Madison Hamburg attempts to uncover the truth about what happened to his mother so many years ago. This theory does seem to make a lot of sense, except when you consider how Barbara was murdered. Police never made an arrest in the case, though Floyd Dugas, the attorney representing the department in the records dispute, told the court Wednesday the agency long has had a prime suspect. I left him a voicemail. And as the docuseries comes to a close there are a growing number of theories about Barbara Hamburg's death. Jeffrey was eventually arrested for failing to make those payments in 2012, and as of 2018 he was still fighting in the courts to avoid paying. Conways Facebook page includes recent photos with them all, implying that despite her rocky past, she currently has a good and healthy relationship with them. When she's not reporting, you can find her hiking Shoreline trails and eating her way through New Haven. But the uncomfortable history between the two made Conway come under scrutiny for her murder. Schulz echoed the judges world, noting that his clients planned to use the information as part of a documentary. Do you know if your dad has watched or is watching? 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