Directed by Joe Berlinger Bruce Sinofsky Cast Gary Gitchell ... Self - Former Chief Investigator, West Memphis Police (archive footage) Todd Moore ... Self - Parent of Michael Moore (archive footage) Dana Moore ... Self - Parent of Michael Moore (archive footage) Pam Hobbs ... Self - Mother of Stevie Branch (archive footage) Terry Hobbs ... Self - Stepfather of Stevie Branch Melissa Byers ... Self - Mother of Christopher Byers (archive footage) John Mark Byers ... Self - Stepfather of Christopher Byers Damien Wayne Echols ... Self - Perpetrator (as Damien Echols) Jason Baldwin ... Self - Perpetrator Jessie Misskelley ... Self - Perpetrator (as Jessie Misskelley Jr.) John Philipsborn ... Self - Post-Conviction Attorney for Jason Baldwin Don Horgan ... Self - Post-Conviction Attorney for Damien Echols John N. Fogleman ... Self - Prosecuting Attorney (as John Fogleman) Mike Allen ... Self - Detective, West Memphis Police (archive footage) Domini Teer ... Self - Suspect's Girlfriend (archive footage) Larry Roberts ... Self - Neighbor (archive footage) Joni Dwyer ... Self - Jason Baldwin's Neighbor (archive footage) Jerry Driver ... Self - Former West Memphis Juvenile Officer Diana Davis ... Self - KAIT (archive footage) Tony Brooks ... Self - KAIT (archive footage) David Steinhart ... Self - KAIT (archive footage) Gail Grinnell ... Self - Jason Baldwin's Mother Paul Ford ... Self - Original Defense Attorney for Jason Baldwin Jessie Misskelley Sr. ... Self - Father of Jessie Jr. Dan Stidham ... Self - Original Defense Attorney for Jessie Jr. (archive footage) Eddie Vedder ... Self (archive footage) Johnny Depp ... Self (archive footage) Kathy Bakken ... Self - Co-Founder, Free the WM3 Support Fund Grove Pashley ... Self - Co-Founder, Free the WM3 Support Fund Burk Sauls ... Self - Co-Founder, Free the WM3 Support Fund Rod Starns ... Self - Channel 5 (archive footage) Dennis Riordan ... Self - Post-Conviction Attorney for Damien Echols Werner Spitz ... Self - Forensic and Anatomic Pathologist (as Dr. Werner Spitz) Richard Souviron ... Self - Forensic Odontologist (as Dr. Richard Souviron) Tom Fedor ... Self - Forensic Serologist (as Thomas Fedor) John Douglas ... Self - Retired FBI Criminal Profiler Joe Berlinger ... Self - Paradise Lost Filmmakers Bruce Sinofsky ... Self - Paradise Lost Filmmakers Lorri Davis ... Self - Damien Echol's Wife David Burnett ... Self - Judge (archive footage) Dale W. Griffis ... Self - Prosecution Expert on the Occult (as Dr. Dale W. Griffis) Val P. Price ... Self - Defense Attorney for Damien Echols (archive footage) (as Val Price) Frank Peretti ... Self - Forensic Pathologist, State of Arkansas (archive footage) (as Dr. Frank Peretti) Lloyd Warford ... Self - Lawyer Gina Reynolds ... Self - Former Law Clerk for Lloyd Warford Capi Peck ... Self - Co-Founder Arksansas Take Action Natalie Maines ... Self - Lead Singer, Dixie Chicks Jamie Clark Ballard ... Self - Neighbor of Stevie Branch Michael Hobbs ... Self - Terry Hobbs' Brother Tina Hobbs ... Self - Terry Hobbs' Sister-in-Law David Raupp ... Self - Senior Assistant Attorney General, Arkansas (archive footage) Darrell Greene ... Self - Channel 13 Reporter (archive footage) Scott Ellington ... Self - Prosecuting Attorney, 2nd Judicial District of Arkansas Uncredited Cast Will Carter ... Self - Channel 8 (archive footage) Lance J. Gosnell ... Self - UALR Bowen School Audience Member Megyn Kelly ... Self David Laser ... Self - Judge Mike Ledford ... Self Bryn Ridge ... Self (archive sound) Joseph D. Webb ... Self Produced by Nancy Abraham   Sidney Beaumont   Joe Berlinger   Michael Bonfiglio   Robert Friedman   Jennifer Helm   Elisabeth Holm   Jon Kamen   Sheila Nevins   Frank Scherma   Jonathan Silberberg   Margaret Webber   Justin Wilkes   Original Music by Wendy Blackstone

Additional Info Premiere: September 11, 2011 DVD Release: August 14, 2012 Country: Distributor: Docurama Websites: Production Companies RadicalMedia HBO Documentary Films Home Box Office (HBO) Distributors HBO Documentary Films   (2011) (United States) (theatrical) HBO Max   (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video) Home Box Office (HBO)   (2011) (United States) (TV) Filming Locations West Memphis, Arkansas, USA Rating Stats Overall Rating 8.0 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,477 / 20,886 Site Ranking #4,473 They/Them (2022) #4,474 Inconceivable (2017) #4,475 Bring It On: Again (2004) #4,476 The Mummy (1959) #4,477 Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011) #4,478 Reeker (2005) #4,479 Retribution (2015) #4,480 Happy Birthday To Me (1981) #4,481 Ewoks: The Battle For Endor (1985)