If you've already watched the first episode, then you know that at the end of it, Barbara Hamburg's son, Madison Hamburg, the director of the docuseries, learns about his mother's involvement in an illegal pyramid scheme, known as "gifting tables."Īs explained by Madison's father, Jeffrey Hamburg, during a phone call with Madison, it was Jill Platt, Madison's aunt who got Barbara involved in the tables. But Murder on Middle Beach, HBO's latest docuseries, has enough twists and turns to give you whiplash. With every true crime series, you expect the unexpected. This article contains spoilers for Murder On Middle Beach. Barbara was said to be involved in "gifting tables," an illegal pyramid scheme that some think could have played a role in her death.The documentary follows the murder of a Connecticut woman, Barbara Hamburg.
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The latest true crime series Murder on Middle Beach just hit HBO.And, perhaps most fittingly, Beach's current cover photo is one of her and Barbara. Outside of Murder on Middle Beach, Beach has a Facebook page that shows recent photos taken with her son, her infant grandson, and her mother, implying a close relationship with all of them. She cries frequently when talking about Barbara, and displays anger toward what happened to her sister. In the series, Beach appears to be living a quiet life, but it's clear that she hasn't moved on from her sister's death. Beach believes Barbara withheld this information in order to protect her killer. Finally, there's an odd scene in the episode where Beach states that Barbara told her a week before her murder that she had a dream where she was violently murdered, but she refused to tell Beach who the killer was. But during the case's trial, an anonymous witness leveled the charge that Beach had threatened her by leaving dead animals on her doorstep, and admitted to being scared of Beach, according to the doc. The Gifting Tables was broken up following a federal investigation that saw two superior members jailed for financial crimes - including Beach and Barbara's aunt Jill Platt. Allegedly, Beach was envious of the money her sister had made in the pyramid scheme. In the episode, some express the belief that Beach's ejection from Barbara's home was related to the Gifting Tables. But this arrangement didn't last, and Barbara eventually asked Beach to move out. Eventually, the two sisters reconciled and Beach moved in with Barbara for a time while recovering from brain surgery. This angered Beach, and she admits in the documentary to trying unsuccessfully to hire a hitman to kill the Hamburgs. During this period, Barbara and her then-husband, Jeffrey Hamburg, had taken Beach's son Tyler into their care. Beach identifies as a person with alcohol and substance use disorder, and a portion of her adult life was spent misusing drugs and alcohol. Ali denies the allegation and has the alibi of having been at school at the time of the murder, making her a rather unlikely suspect.īeach herself comes under some scrutiny in the episode, thanks to a combination of her own past animosity toward Barbara, some bizarre statements she makes, and an unusual accusation related to a separate crime. She believes that Ali did it, citing the then-teen's allegedly rocky relationship with her mother. Barbara's killer has yet to be identified, but in the documentary, Beach puts forth her own theory as to who killed her sister. Beach then called 911 to report her sister's death. Barbara was then discovered in the yard under some couch cushions, already having died after being bludgeoned and stabbed to death, likely with a hammer. According to the doc, Beach picked up Barbara's teenage daughter Ali from school, and the two arrived at Hamburg's home to discover Barbara's car in the driveway but no one at home. Beach maintains her innocence, and if you look at where Conway Beach is now, it seems as if she has never moved on from her sister's murder.īeach has the unfortunate distinction of being the person who discovered Barbara Hamburg's deceased body on the morning of March 3, 2010. The third episode of the series, "Sisters," zeroes in on Beach, arousing some suspicions about her possible connection to her sister's murder. The documentarian explores leads related to his father, a pyramid scheme with which his mother was involved, and even his aunt, Conway Beach. In HBO's latest true crime docuseries, Murder on Middle Beach, director Madison Hamburg tries to uncover every clue in the unsolved murder of his mother, Barbara Hamburg.
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