Peacock is developing a scripted series based on one of the more notorious serial killer cases of the recent past.
The NBCUniversal streamer is working with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and writer Jordan Hawley on a drama about the Gilgo Beach murders on New York’s Long Island. The project comes from Universal Studio Group’s UCP and Jackson’s G-Unit Film and Television. It’s inspired by a Jackson-produced docuseries, The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets, that debuted on Peacock last year. Originally three episodes, the series released a fourth installment April 23 — two weeks after Rex Heuermann, 62, pleaded guilty to murdering eight women and disposing of their bodies along Gilgo Beach.
Hawley (A Million Little Things, Netflix’s Sex/Life) is writing the project and will executive produce with Jackson.
The description for the potential series reads, “For 30 years, the Long Island serial killer hunted in the shadows of suburbia — evading law enforcement by living an unremarkable double life. When detectives finally crack the case, his devoted wife and children are forced to confront the man they thought they knew, now revealed as a sadistic killer. Inspired by the Emmy Award-nominated docuseries The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets, this series is based on the true story of the decades-long manhunt and the unraveling of the family he left behind.”
The Gilgo Beach case, also known as the Long Island serial killings, has been the subject of a number of true-crime documentaries and newsmagazine programs in addition to House of Secrets, as well as some scripted takes. Netflix streamed the Liz Garbus-directed Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer docuseries in 2025. CBS’ 48 Hours and NBC’s Dateline have devoted episodes to the case in the past, and ID released a seven-episode podcast titled Unraveled: The Long Island Serial Killer in 2021. Garbus also directed a 2020 Netflix feature film, Lost Girls, based on a 2013 book about the murders.
Along with House of Secrets, Jackson executive produced Peacock’s docuseries TikTok Star Murders and is developing a scripted series based on his novel The Accomplice at the streamer. Taraji P. Henson is attached to star in the latter.
Variety first reported the news.
