The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story

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Dorothy Lou Thompson, the Louisiana pet cemetery owner whose 1985 murder is examined in HBO's The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story
The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story · Documentary Production

How Lightbox Turned a Forgotten Louisiana Cold Case Into HBO’s Next Big Docuseries

How did Lightbox and director Philip Cairney turn Dorothy Lou Thompson’s 1985 Louisiana murder into HBO’s three-part documentary The Pet ...

Oct 11, 2026 3 min read
Official key art for HBO's The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story, a three-part Lightbox documentary about a Louisiana cold case
The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story · Documentary Production

Lightbox’s New True Crime Horror: How Simon & Jonathan Chinn Made Pet Cemetery Murders

Meet Lightbox co-founders Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn and learn how the production team behind HBO's The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost...

Oct 10, 2026 3 min read