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In May 2019, police in Surrey, England, received a curious phone call. A man confessed to committing a murder and told the dispatchers where officers could find him. But the reason behind the murder was bizarre—and the killer on the bench turned out to be a man who worked on multiple blockbuster movies, including The Lord of the Rings and Avatar. 

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Episode Source List:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-murder-parents-dog-poorly-london-sergey-koudriavstev-kensington-a9152376.html   

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/former-lord-of-the-rings-vfx-artist-jailed-for-26-years-for-murdering-parents-in-row-over-pet-dog-a4259346.html

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/sergey-koudriavstev-killed-parents-jailed-17075577 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/11/lord-of-the-rings-worker-jailed-killing-parents-after-dog-row 

https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/son-killed-mum-dad-after-17029249 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/24/man-charged-murder-elderly-couple-found-dead-kensington-flat/ 

https://news.sky.com/story/lord-of-the-rings-crew-member-gets-life-for-stabbing-parents-to-death-over-dog-row-11833000 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-50015703