The Moonlight Murders

4/28/2026

_The Moonlight Murders_ is really one of the more novel serial killer thrillers that Lifetime has broadcast, many of which are just standard fare with a series of similar killings. Here, the use of the phases of the moon really adds something to the story, by Taylor Warren Goff (_Murder in the Dark_) & Ken Miyamoto (_The Bear Lake Murders_), with a screenplay by Miyamoto. Fun fact: in astrology, the phases of the moon do have meanings but I believe the writers have created their own set of meanings to apply to the story, some phases being a harbinger of the victims paying for their misdeeds, such as the woman Zeke finds who had been cheating on her husband with a co-worker (how the Moonlight Murderer knows these things about the victims is not really addressed, but it's entertaining enough