Impact X Nightline Menu About Episodes Photos Releases Burning Man: Death in the Desert - Releases October 22, 2025 ‘IMPACT X NIGHTLINE’ TO COVER MURDER AT 2025 ANNUAL BURNING MAN FESTIVAL, STREAMING THURSDAY, OCT. 23, ON DISNEY+ AND HULU THURSDAY, OCT. 23 IMPACT x Nightline: “Burning Man: Death in the Desert” (407) — Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu Logline: A man with a fatal stab wound to his neck is found at the Burning Man gathering on the night of the symbolic burn, shocking this art and music community in the Nevada desert. Exclusive interviews include members of the victim’s camp and police. Extended Logline: “IMPACT x Nightline” investigates a shocking homicide that took place at the 2025 Burning Man festival, where nearly 80,000 attendees gathered in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert for a week of art, community and radical self-expression. During the ritualistic burning of “The Man” — a massive wooden figure set ablaze at the conclusion of the festival — 37-year-old attendee Vadim Kruglov was fatally stabbed by an unidentified person. Law enforcement discovered his body at the scene, and now, his friends, family and fellow “burners” are left asking: How, and why, did this happen? The Inside Scoop: “IMPACT x Nightline Press Release - Series
October 22, 2025 ‘IMPACT X NIGHTLINE’ TO COVER MURDER AT 2025 ANNUAL BURNING MAN FESTIVAL, STREAMING THURSDAY, OCT. 23, ON DISNEY+ AND HULU THURSDAY, OCT. 23 IMPACT x Nightline: “Burning Man: Death in the Desert” (407) — Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu Logline: A man with a fatal stab wound to his neck is found at the Burning Man gathering on the night of the symbolic burn, shocking this art and music community in the Nevada desert. Exclusive interviews include members of the victim’s camp and police. Extended Logline: “IMPACT x Nightline” investigates a shocking homicide that took place at the 2025 Burning Man festival, where nearly 80,000 attendees gathered in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert for a week of art, community and radical self-expression. During the ritualistic burning of “The Man” — a massive wooden figure set ablaze at the conclusion of the festival — 37-year-old attendee Vadim Kruglov was fatally stabbed by an unidentified person. Law enforcement discovered his body at the scene, and now, his friends, family and fellow “burners” are left asking: How, and why, did this happen? The Inside Scoop: “IMPACT x Nightline Press Release - Series
