At Witt’s End: The Hunt for a Killer – Review | Hulu

AT WITT’S END: THE HUNT FOR A KILLER on Hulu is a new true-crime documentary series. The four-part Hulu Original is executively produced by Ridley Scott. Read our At Witt’s End docuseries review here!

AT WITT’S END: THE HUNT FOR A KILLER is a new Hulu documentary series about a true-crime case from 1994. Specifically, it deals with the cold case of Melissa Witt’s murder.

We follow the investigators of cold cases as they reopened this particular case three decades later. From DNA to investigation methods, much has changed. And also, errors are discovered as fresh eyes look at evidence and clues.

Continue reading our At Witt’s End docuseries review below. Find all four episodes on Hulu from August 6, 2024.

A cold case is never closed

A case may be inactive and described as a “cold case” when no more clues can be followed. However, as this Hulu Original docuseries shows, a cold case is never closed.

In the case of Melissa Witt’s murder, it was reopened three decades later.

We’re on the sidelines of the gripping investigation as detectives reopen the cold case of Melissa Witt’s murder. Now, three decades later, they’re pursuing new leads that may aid in finally bringing her killer to justice.

The murder of Melissa “Missy” Witt

Melissa Witt, 19, went missing on December 1, 1994, when she left her car in a bowling alley parking lot. She headed to the bowling alley to play with her mom in a Church League but never made it across the parking lot to the building.

Six weeks later, the missing case became a murder case. Melissa Witt’s body was found on January 13, 1995, by two hunters in the Ozark National Forest in Franklin County.

She was left without any identifiers on or with her as the killer took her clothes, shoes, and jewelry, after strangling her.

Watch At Witt’s End on Hulu now!

This new Hulu Original is an ABC News Studios docuseries executively produced by Ridley Scott. The observant viewer will no doubt also notice the movie poster for Ridley Scott’s 1991 hit movie Thelma & Louise in a few shots.

To me, this docuseries works because it focuses on the victim, and getting justice for her and her loved ones. Melissa “Missy” Witt was a well-liked teen who wanted to surprise her mom at the bowling alley, but never made it inside the Bowling World building.

On the sidelines of the investigation, we get exclusive interviews with local detectives, FBI agents, and the district attorney’s office. All of them are working together to solve the case. And also right a few wrongs.

For one, the police continuously referred to her as Melissa though she used “Missy”. Fortunately, a local news reporter did not. The fact that she called her Missy in their segments led to a key piece of evidence being discovered.

With At Witt’s End, we come across a few potential suspects, so you’ll get the chance to try and guess along as evidence and clues are examined further.

At Witt’s End: The Hunt for a Killer debuted on Hulu on August 6, 2024.