The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson Netflix Documentary

[stompandgo]

This past weekend I watched this Netflix documentary that goes over the circumstances that led to her death in 2023. Mo was a promising, young gravel racer who ended up dating Colin Strickland, a well known, successful gravel racer. I knew of this situation and followed it while it was going on, but this adds a lot of detail that was glossed over by news reports. It is a very sad and tragic story that ironically has a common theme. If you are interested, it is well worth the watch. Bring tissues.

 

[Rás Cnoic]

This past weekend I watched this Netflix documentary that goes over the circumstances that led to her death in 2023. Mo was a promising, young gravel racer who ended up dating Colin Strickland, a well known, successful gravel racer. I knew of this situation and followed it while it was going on, but this adds a lot of detail that was glossed over by news reports. It is a very sad and tragic story that ironically has a common theme. If you are interested, it is well worth the watch. Bring tissues.

I remember reading one of the deep dive newspaper stories about it at the time, might have been in the Newyorker. Awful and pretty hard to believe. Coming from Ireland its another reason I'm glad handguns are banned, of course in her jealous rage she might have stabbed her or used some blunt instrument but the simple ease of pulling the trigger in a blind rage with such awful immediate result is just such a tragedy. A terrible waste of a young gifted life. Three lives ruined really. Not sure he covered himself in glory either.

 

[stompandgo]

He lied during his first police interrogation. When asked if there were guns in the house, he said that there was one, his, and it had never been fired. When asked again later, he revealed that there were two, and that the other one belonged to Kristin. He should have gone to jail as an accessory to murder, but he was never charged. He got out of racing and has not returned.

 

[Rás Cnoic]

Yeah seem to remember there was also something about him buying the 2 guns as presents ; one for him and one for her. How romantic.

 

[sendy777]

This past weekend I watched this Netflix documentary that goes over the circumstances that led to her death in 2023. Mo was a promising, young gravel racer who ended up dating Colin Strickland, a well known, successful gravel racer. I knew of this situation and followed it while it was going on, but this adds a lot of detail that was glossed over by news reports. It is a very sad and tragic story that ironically has a common theme. If you are interested, it is well worth the watch. Bring tissues.

That documentary was incredibly heavy. It really highlights how many details get missed in the initial news cycles. Such a heartbreaking loss for the racing community.

 

[williamcorlin]

This past weekend I watched this Netflix documentary that goes over the circumstances that led to her death in 2023. Mo was a promising, young gravel racer who ended up dating Colin Strickland, a well known, successful gravel racer. I knew of this situation and followed it while it was going on, but this adds a lot of detail that was glossed over by news reports. It is a very sad and tragic story that ironically has a common theme. If you are interested, it is well worth the watch. Bring tissues.

I remember reading one of the deep dive newspaper stories about it at the time, might have been in the Newyorker. Awful and pretty hard to believe. Coming from Ireland its another reason I'm glad handguns are banned, of course in her jealous rage she might have stabbed her or used some blunt instrument but the simple ease of pulling the trigger in a blind rage with such awful immediate result is just such a tragedy. A terrible waste of a young gifted life. Three lives ruined really. Not sure he covered himself in glory either.

I watched it as well and came away feeling the same way. What struck me most was how ordinary relationship dysfunction and jealousy escalated into something permanently catastrophic. Mo seemed to have such a bright future ahead of her, and everyone who talked about her described someone genuinely kind, driven, and grounded. That made the whole thing even harder to watch.

I also agree with what both of you said about Colin’s role in all of this. Even if he wasn’t legally charged, the documentary definitely leaves the impression that he helped create a really toxic emotional situation and then tried to minimize things afterward. The interrogation footage was uncomfortable to watch, especially when the story about the guns kept changing. Whether intentional or not, it felt like there were a lot of warning signs that people around them either ignored or underestimated until it was too late.

And as someone involved in cycling, it’s sad seeing a story like this attached to the gravel community because it’s usually portrayed as such a positive and welcoming scene. Just an awful tragedy all around.