Basic Info

First Air: December 06, 2017

Rating: ⭐ 7.0/10 (2 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 3

Last Episode

Name: Murder on the Mountain

Season: 1, Episode: 3

Air Date: 2017-12-20

Runtime: 43 min

Gorilla researcher Wayne McGuire is found guilty of Dian Fossey's murder after an inept investigation by Rwandan police. McGuire flees the country and is tried and convicted in absentia, living with the consequences of his conviction ever since.

Videos

Who Killed Dian Fossey? | Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist (YouTube)

Gaining the Trust of the Gorillas | Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist (YouTube)

Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist | National Geographic (YouTube)

Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist

2017 1 seasons 3 episodes ⭐ 7.0/10 2 votes

Overview

Dian Fossey's life story from childhood and her early days researching in Congo, through to her arrival in Rwanda, where she spent 18 years studying and protecting the mountain gorilla population. Through extensive and rarely seen archival footage, dozens of Fossey’s letters, interviews with friends and colleagues, and narration by Sigourney Weaver, the event series explores Fossey’s murder and the investigation and trial of her research student Wayne McGuire, who was found guilty in absentia of her murder by the Rwandan courts.