On Sept. 4, Hulu will premiere Blood & Myth, a true-crime documentary directed by Kahlil Hudson and based on the best-selling Audible Original Midnight Son. The documentary follows writer James Dommek Jr. as he investigates a string of violent crimes in a remote Iñupiaq community that pulled both modern law enforcement and traditional beliefs into the spotlight.
The crimes centered on Teddy Kyle Smith, a respected Iñupiaq actor accused of multiple attacks in the Alaskan wilderness. When Smith was captured, he claimed an encounter with Iñukuns influenced his actions, “the little people”, creatures of lore known in Indigenous communities, not only in Alaska, but around the world.
In courtrooms, it held no weight at all. But for the people who live on these lands, the Iñukuns are not fiction. Their presence is stitched into traditional worldviews, a story that stays with you because it belongs to the land itself.
For Dommek, who grew up in the region, the mention of the Iñukuns was not an unusual claim. He understood the cultural context behind it and the way such beings are spoken about as a real and present force. Dommek began investigating whether there was truth to Smith’s claims, and his search took him into some of Alaska’s most remote areas, speaking with community members, revisiting the crime scenes, and exploring the place where cultural knowledge and criminal evidence intersect.
Produced by Jonas Bell Pasht and Jonah Bekhor for Citizen Jones, with executive producers Dommek, Hudson, Isaac Kestenbaum, and Josie Holtzman, and co-executive producers Mike Langer and Derek Doneen, Blood & Myth examines how crime, culture, and identity collide in the Arctic.
The documentary will stream in the U.S. on Hulu and Disney+ in English-speaking territories internationally.
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