The November 2022 murder of four University of Idaho students – Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin – was one of the biggest true crime stories of the past decade and one that has spawned countless documentaries. When I first learned that Prime Video’s One Night in Idaho: The College Murders was coming to the 2025 TV schedule, I honestly thought it was going to be a cold, standard true crime docuseries about the investigation.
However, I would soon discover by watching with my Amazon subscription that instead of being another “by the numbers” documentary about Bryan Kohberger, who later pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and burglary, and the crimes he committed, this emotional four-part series was something more. It was personal, it was emotional, and in addition to giving us a better picture of the impact the crimes had on the friends and family of the victims, it was a tribute to the lives of those four college students and what they left behind.
