Hulu Launches Six-Part True-Crime Series 'The Well' on the Speed Freak Killers
Hulu has launched The Well, a six-part true-crime documentary series that follows investigators as they reopen cases linked to the so-called Speed Freak Killers. The series, as Deadline reports, looks into more than 200 unsolved murders in California's San Joaquin County.
The two men at the centre of the case are Loren Herzog and Wesley Shermantine. Together they were initially convicted of four murders, three of them jointly. Both are suspected of killing many more people than the crimes they were convicted of. Herzog died by suicide in 2012. Shermantine died on death row.
The series centres on a newly formed cold case unit, meaning a team that revisits old, unsolved files. It is led by Lieutenant Linda Jimenez. Her team's aim, as the series shows it, is to find the remains of victims who are still missing. Families waiting for answers about a missing relative are at the heart of that work.
One thread involves Shermantine himself. Investigators asked for his help because his hand-drawn maps are cryptic, and they may hold clues to where victims were left. The series does not say whether that effort produced results.
The programme was produced by Fox Entertainment Studios, Mountain Top Pictures, Haven Entertainment and Fairvale Entertainment. Fox Entertainment Global distributes it worldwide, so viewers outside the United States can also watch it, depending on local availability. The executive producers are Rachel Witte, Michael Bott, Toby Louie, Nicolas Levene, Kevin Mann and Mark Ankner. Michael Horn is co-executive producer.
For viewers, the series is a reminder of how many cases can stay open for decades. For the people left behind, every map and every lead still matters.
