But the uncomfortable history between the two made Conway come under scrutiny for her murder. The department claims the case remains active and releasing the file could hinder a prospective prosecution or even result in witness intimidation. There's been a lot of mistakes and a lot of successes throughout this whole journey, but I don't think I would do anything differently at this point. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. She remained in class until Conway picked her up. We filmed a lot and the story just kept going and going, and my professor realized we weren't gonna finish this project. It was a really tough thing to balance with telling a compelling story, but I think it was knowing that the goal was to subvert the genre in a way, to lean in to those more kind of compelling conventions in order to eventually break them. In setting out to do this, I didn't have an expectation that we would solve my mom's case, but there are many goals I have had throughout this process and they sort of evolve. 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 would not be in the interest of our own investigation to release it any further, said Drumm. 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 . So many people had the opportunity, the motive, the means. His father, Jeffrey Hamburg, quickly became a person of interest. I was most worried about Conway throughout this whole process and I think she's in a good spot. 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. Would you do it? We have to maintain the integrity for them, he said. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. So I was at film school when my mom died, in this doc class, and I told my immediate group. Attorney David Schulz, a Yale Law professor and member of the schools Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic that has worked with Hamburg and Niemeyer on the records fight, called Klaus decision thorough and thoughtful. He agreed the eventual conclusion of this case could help set new precedent for how the public access old police case files across the state, which is an important tool for holding investigators accountable, he said. While Tyler appreciated it, it made Conway furious. I was at a point in grief where I was trying to hold on to the memory of my mom and my greatest fear was losing my memory of the sound of her voice or how she smelled or how she looked, and I thought that taking advantage of the class to ask my family members about her could sort of memorialize her. 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. Murder on Middle Beach is a four-part documentary by director Madison Hamburg about the unsolved 2010 murder of his mother Barbara Hamburg. Before joining the Register, she worked on an independent journalism project about migration in Berlin, Germany. Drumm, however, told CT Examiner that his reasoning for appealing the decision was two-fold: the potential of damaging what he said were ongoing efforts by the department to solve the case, and the need to protect the interests of the family. Ultimately, though, the sisters reconciled, but it was never the same. Her death in 2010 was the subject of an HBO true crime documentary series produced by her son Madison Hamburg. Due to Conway's addiction, she lost custody of her son to Barbara, after which Conway attempted to hire a hitman to kill Barbara because she "snapped. 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.. I left him a voicemail. The department denied the request, and Neimeyer appealed to the state Freedom of Information Commission, according to a Memorandum of Decision from the Superior Court in New Britain. Initial buy-in was about $5,000 and, under leaders like Barbara, women would liquidate savings accounts or refinance their homes for a chance at entering the more lucrative circles of the group. Not looking into my mom's story would be the biggest regret of my life, so I don't know that I would do anything differently. 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. Her body was discovered by Madison's aunt Conway and his sister, Ali. Have you spoken to him since the scene where he hangs up on you in the final episode? That was mandatory to me, I wanted everybody to see how they come across and have a conversation about it to prepare them for what it's gonna be like when we release this thing. The show follows director Madison Hamburg as he investigates his mother's murder, and talks to his family members about how they were affected. "My parents told me that . Barbara B. Hamburg was born April 29, 1961 in New Haven, Connecticut. Even asking these questions, it's just surfacing stuff that we were gonna have to work through and if we didnt work through it, this could end unresolved and cause more destruction than there was when we started. The case isnt closed. Then, there is the still-plausible idea that Barbara was killed by someone she had crossed through her participation in "The Gifting Tables," a pyramid scheme wherein potential members would "gift" existing members of the organization money in order to join, then recruit new members for their own eventual pay-outs. Its something that really has to work its way through the court, he told CT Examiner. 7: Caught in a Bad Romance, Brandon Sklenar is the Baddest Dutton of Them All, The 'Outer Banks' S3 Finale Is Intense as Hell. 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. Then, the public would never have any way of knowing whether [the police] were doing their job appropriately, said Schulz. The latest true crime series Murder on Middle Beach just hit HBO. 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. 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. The day Barbara was found killed, she and Jeffrey were actually due in court to discuss Jeffrey's claim that he could not afford his child support and alimony payments. Do you know who did it? The last time I talked to my dad was on camera. According to the HBO docuseries, Beach Hamburg's body was covered with outdoor furniture cushions when it was found. As the pyramid scheme required a $5,000 "gift" to join, the thinking goes that Barbara could have recruited someone to the tables who couldn't actually afford to make such a payment. It's like crack, I can't stop going through and analyzing and its incredibly rewarding. June 3, 2021 8:00AM. We may earn a commission from these links. 'Ted Lasso' Season 3 Dropped Its First Trailer, 'Outer Banks' Season 4 Is Already In the Works, 'The Last of Us' Ep. HBO's latest four-part docuseries, 'Murder on Middle Beach' delves into the gruesome murder of Barbara Hamburg, a 48-year-old woman, who was found bludgeoned to death outside her home on Middle Beach Road. 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? I think the conflicts that I deal with in the fourth episode are pretty unique to the perspective. HBO's new docuseries "Murder on Middle Beach," directed by Madison Hamburg, focuses on the death of Hamburg's mother, Barbara. Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. 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. On March 3, 2010, Barbara was found brutally murdered in the yard of their Connecticut home. "I was so messed up, I didn't know what to do. The medical examiner later ruled her death a homicide, noting that she died as a result of "multiple blunt and sharp force injury.". Especially my sister, she's the person closest to me, who can empathize the most. 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. This issue warrants appellate scrutiny.. It was a. He never forcefully denies killing Barbara in the series. Have you had any other reactions surprise you? Both Ali's father, Jeffrey, and Beach accuse Ali of hating her mother in the documentary, which Ali denies. 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. Like I really didn't want to create caricatures of my family members. 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. 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. Those screenings were the most difficult family screenings. The case was then brought to trial in the Superior Court of New Britain, which last month upheld the Freedom of Information Commissions ruling. What if theres concerns about corruption or incompetence and now its five years, now its 10 years a reporter wants to know or a family member wants to know. At the end of the day, it's not really important that Murder on Middle Beach didn't solve the murder of Barbara Hamburg because that isn't what the documentary set out to do. Niemeyer appealed the decision with the Freedom of Information Commission. 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. She frequently cried when talking about her sister, and more than once, displayed anger towards what happened. HBO. If I didn't ask these questions, the questions would go unasked, but I've tried my hardest to do this what I consider the right way. 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. However, Jeffrey did have a very solid alibi of being in court at the time of Barbara's murder, which seems to make it physically impossible for him to have committed the crime personally. While her murder and its aftermath are explored on the show, it also paints a vivid portrait of who Beach Hamburg was before her death, and how her family is managing to cope with their loss 10 years later. I got my crew together, but before at that point I was very much a family member asking these questions with a camera in the room. "Murder on Middle Beach" adds to the genre as well. We made a pitch deck and we pitched the networks. I went to rehab and when I came back to school I was a year behind everybody, and I didn't tell anyone what had happened to me cause I didn't want that label of the kid whose mom was murdered. 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. As the series progresses, Madison gains new insight into his mother's life before her murder, including her troubled relationship with his father and Beach Hamburg's ex-husband, Jeffrey Hamburg. Madisons mother, Barbara Beach Hamburg, before her 2010 murder. It's terrifying, and I think that something that was really important for me was naming and identifying the adverse effects of doing something like this in the documentary itself, because I just think that's one of the unique aspects of the point of view. If you say youre going to keep a file closed forever on the chance that something might develop, that means the public in most cases will never get to look at these files, Schulz said Friday. We have the tip line, BarbaraHamburgTips.com, and I've requested a reward with the state, and the amount of tips, the amount of messages that we've received, and you never know what small detail is going to make a difference in an investigation, that's been really surprising. Barbara Beach Hamburg was found dead outside her home in 2010, but her case remains unsolved. The four-part series was released at the end of 2020. A single mother of two, Hamburg was bludgeoned and stabbed to death in the front yard of her Madison,. On March 3, 2010, Barbara Beach Hamburg was found murdered in the backyard of her Madison, Connecticut, home. "I can't get into details, but it's been extremely illuminating.". The documentary follows the murder of a Connecticut woman, Barbara Hamburg. "There have been corroborating leads, correcting things, things that we didn't know about," Hamburg told Esquire. 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. If Barbara dropped Ali off at 7:47 am and the court hearing was at 9:30 am, perhaps the father had enough time to commit the murder. How has it been for you with it finally out in the world after all those years working on it? But even if the central question at the center of the case remains a mystery, Murder on Middle Beach solved at least one question that had long plagued the decade-old case. Unlike other true-crime documentaries, "Murder on Middle Beach" doesn't focus exclusively on Beach Hamburg's death. I cant. 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. 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. Filmmakers could learn a lot from how Madison Hamburg focuses on the emotional ripple effects of crime, and the very human toll that loss takes on a family and community. Where homicides involved I think the interest is too great not to err on the side of not disclosing.. ------------------------------------------, 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. 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. 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. I want checks and balances.. One issue that was resolved in the documentary was the status of Ali Hamburg, Madison's sister and the daughter of Barbara, as a potential suspect in the case. 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. The Madison Department of Police filed an appeal on September 2. I know the case is still open. 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. The only way we can have oversight or accountability for law enforcement is to know what theyre doing.. 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Retracing the path of controversial Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe includes many stops in Connecticut. Stay up to date with what you want to know. Dugas acknowledged the court was dealing with competing interests, one of which was the publics right to know. Upon hearing this new information, Beach alters her opinion of Ali as the murderer. Madison. 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. And the series has certainly accomplished that. On March 3, 2010, Barbara Beach Hamburg, 48, was found murdered in the backyard of her Madison, Connecticut, home. It's something that I've been dealing with throughout this process since partnering with HBO last year, but the idea that this was going to be in the public eye and that these vulnerabilities that my family has trusted me with were going to be exposed didn't enter the equation until the stage was realized. Additionally, releasing records that reveal who provided police with information about the crime could prompt witness intimidation, Dugas said. But the Freedom of Information Commission has argued that police failed to prove the case was active enough to warrant withholding the file or that the investigation was heading toward an arrest. The brutal crime was committed in 2010 when Madison was 19-years-old. So I pressed everyone pretty hard, and I ended up with 160 hours of footage. According to David Schulz, a lawyer representing the plaintiff, the department was only withholding the information on the off chance that new information about the case should come to light, and that there really was not an ongoing investigation. Schulz said that the plaintiffs would be thrilled if the police were able to solve the crime, but he said that this wasnt a reason to keep a case open forever. An anonymous witness also revealed that she was scared of Conway as she had allegedly threatened her by leaving dead animals on her doorstep, implying that she had the guts and the motive to commit a murder. 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. ET. . They successfully appealed to the Connecticuts Freedom of Information Commission, which ruled last year the police department had to turn over its files free of charge to the pair. The 48-year-old mother of two lived on Middle Beach Road in Madison, Connecticut. He also works to eliminate several of his family members as potential suspects in his mother's murder. SALON is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com, LLC. Beach claims to have been accused of being jealous of her sister's success, but denies it in the docuseries. Barbara Beach Hamburg, Madison's 48-year-old mother, had been bludgeoned and stabbed to death, her body hidden under a pile of lawn-furniture cushions outside their Connecticut home. Madison Hamburg and producer Anike Niemeyer had requested the files while filming the series and were summarily denied by the department. The court has attempted to resolve a long unsettled question about the degree of certainty concerning a prospective law enforcement action that is required to withhold records. Who do you think did it? While Beach's husband (and Madison's father) Jeffrey was questioned early on about his ex-wife's murder, there have still been no arrests made in the case. The resulting documentary series was picked up by HBO, and the four-part Murder on Middle Beach premiered late last year. 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. Unfortunately, because of that, when her parents divorced in 2002, she suffered the most. 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. How Did Barbara Hamburg Die? We now know they have that information, which led them to ask additional questions of us of information that we had not shared with the general public, Drumm told commissioners, adding that the department needed to retain the information to complete its investigation. So he made a deal with us that he would give us an A if I never stopped working on it. 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. I really didn't want my mom's story or my story to be told by someone else. 5 ", "My ulterior plan was to get all my money out of my 401(k) plan and get revenge against my baby sister, your mother, your father, and both of you, even Ali," she told Madison. But as she admitted, Conway unsuccessfully tried to get revenge and hire a hitman to kill the Hamburgs. The personal gruesomeness of the murder and covering her body like he regrets it feels too personal to be a hit man. Barbara was found dead on the morning of March 3, 2010, in the yard of her rental house on Middle Beach Road in Madison, Conn. Police responded at 11:25 a.m. to a 911 call reporting an injured . So when she eventually got evicted, she moved to Florida, where she spent her days sleeping on park benches and just awaiting her death. Beach also alleges that Ali killed Barbara, Jeffrey Hamburg hired someone to kill his ex-wife. Allowing that type of information to come out may be more likely to help them solve the crime [rather] than keeping everything secret. The courts justices challenged both Dugas and Harmon with questions. She suffered for years from alcoholism, addiction and physical and mental health issues as well as a palpable jealousy towards Barbara and Barbara's daughter, Ali. But one thing that surprised meI remember the first message I got after the release of episode one. The matter now is in the hands of the Connecticut Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments Wednesday. Her body was discovered by her sister, Conway Beach, who visited the home with Hamburg's teenage daughter Ali Hamburg after picking her up from school. Its been twelve and a half years since my mother was killed, he said. Here are the most notable suspects. To this day, the case that shocked a wealthy, idyllic seaside town has remained unsolved. She totally got it and they made us an offer. Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. We certainly dont want to give a heads-up or give away some information that only somebody who was at the scene or perpetrated the crime would know.. One suspect was definitively eliminated from consideration. Although it seems like Conway is living a quiet life, she has mourned her sister publicly over the years, holding vigils and vowing to keep her memory alive. 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. Conway Beach is Barbara Beach Hamburgs elder sister and the woman who, unfortunately, discovered her body. Hamburg, for his part, said Beach Hamburg was behind on mortgage payments for their property. 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