An entertainment lawyer weighs in on the legal ramifications of content creators featuring an elusive killer on a podcast like Based on a True Story in real life.
The West Side Ripper terrorizes a city in Based on a True Story, leading to an unconventional podcast. But is Based on a True Story based on a true story? Well ...
“This is an opportunity to tell some stories that we don’t normally tell on Dateline. Because these stories don’t have an ending yet,” Dateline reporter Josh Mankiewicz said of the podcast Dateline: Missing in America.
These newly-released podcasts, covering long-unsolved murders and potentially wrongful convictions, will chill you to the bone and counteract your hot cocoa this season.
In the year 2000, the Miyazawa family was brutally murdered by a killer who then ate their food and played on their family computer before possibly sleeping in their house.
Prosecutors confirmed that DNA tests ruled out Adnan Syed as a suspect in the murder of Hae Min Lee, whose death was the subject of the hit podcast "Serial."
Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction was at the heart of the podcast "Serial," has been ordered released after a judge tossed out the results of his initial trial at prosecutors' request.
Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby is requesting that Adnan Syed – the subject of the wildly successful podcast "Serial" – be granted a new trial after "additional evidence emerged" in his case.