EXCLUSIVE: Investigation Discovery (ID) is explore the sinister side of of Silicon Valley in its latest true-crime docuseries.
The Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cable network is launching The Tech Bro Murders, a six-part series that explores the death of executives from companies including Google and Cisco.
It is the latest series for the Quiet on Set network, which is behind recent launch The Serial Killer’s Apprentice, Hollywood Demons and A Body In The Snow: The Trial of Karen Read.
The series, which premieres on September 9, is led by retired Palo Alto PD detective Sandra Brown, who unpacks some of the most shocking and twisted murder cases going back to the early days of the tech boom.
From the discovery of a body of a known tech executive on his private yacht after a heroin-fueled evening with a mystery femme fatale to a cold case unearthed by a governor bid, the series, which will also stream on HBO Max, will feature the voices of victim’s loved ones, law enforcement officers, and archival footage.
The first episode follows the police as they find a gifted programmer and a jilted lover at the scene the murder of a beloved 62-year-old Menlo Park, CA resident. Other episodes include a Google X executive and consummate family man, who turns up dead aboard his yacht in the Santa Cruz Harbor after a fatal encounter with a high-end escort, a Silicon Valley software consultant who decides to try his hand at politics and run for governor of California, but his hopes are dashed when his ties to the unsolved murder of 41-year-old millionaire emerge and a case involving a former Cisco Systems entrepreneur, who gets wrapped up in a case after pursuing his dream of working in film and wine.
The series is produced by Crazy Legs Productions, which is behind TLC’s Virgins and HGTV’s Condemned.
