Exclusive: Convicting a Murderer, the docuseries response to Netflix’s popular true crime series Making a Murderer, has found a streaming home with DailyWire+, the SVOD platform of right-wing media company The Daily Wire.
The ten-part series, which has been six years in the making, is due to launch in summer 2023 with firebrand commentator Candace Owens narrating and fronting the project.
Directed by Shawn Rech, the series will re-examine the story of Steven Avery, who served 18 years in prison after a wrongful conviction for sexual assault and attempted murder, but was later convicted of the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach.
The Emmy-winning Netflix series was a ratings and critical hit but also drew fire from some corners, including prosecutor Ken Kratz who claimed that key evidence from the trial was omitted from the documentary.
According to producers, Convicting A Murderer will feature exclusive interviews with subjects not included in the Netflix show,...
The ten-part series, which has been six years in the making, is due to launch in summer 2023 with firebrand commentator Candace Owens narrating and fronting the project.
Directed by Shawn Rech, the series will re-examine the story of Steven Avery, who served 18 years in prison after a wrongful conviction for sexual assault and attempted murder, but was later convicted of the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach.
The Emmy-winning Netflix series was a ratings and critical hit but also drew fire from some corners, including prosecutor Ken Kratz who claimed that key evidence from the trial was omitted from the documentary.
According to producers, Convicting A Murderer will feature exclusive interviews with subjects not included in the Netflix show,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Rosie Fletcher Feb 19, 2019
TV's latest binge-able show is based on a fascinating true story, so why does it feel vaguely underwhelming?
This article contains spoilers for Dirty John, the TV series and the podcast. It originally ran on Den of Geek UK.
A series of articles in the La Times, a podcast that was downloaded over 10 million times in its first six weeks of release and now an eight-part TV drama that debuted on Bravo and has just landed on Netflix in international markets, Dirty John is the latest insane true life story to come to the small screen.
It tells the story of John Meehan, a con artist and general scumbag who seduced and insinuated himself into the life of successful business owner Debra Newell. A whirlwind romance built on lies quickly turns nasty as Debra and her family begin to uncover the truth about John’s past, ending in violence.
TV's latest binge-able show is based on a fascinating true story, so why does it feel vaguely underwhelming?
This article contains spoilers for Dirty John, the TV series and the podcast. It originally ran on Den of Geek UK.
A series of articles in the La Times, a podcast that was downloaded over 10 million times in its first six weeks of release and now an eight-part TV drama that debuted on Bravo and has just landed on Netflix in international markets, Dirty John is the latest insane true life story to come to the small screen.
It tells the story of John Meehan, a con artist and general scumbag who seduced and insinuated himself into the life of successful business owner Debra Newell. A whirlwind romance built on lies quickly turns nasty as Debra and her family begin to uncover the truth about John’s past, ending in violence.
- 2/19/2019
- Den of Geek
Attorney Kathleen Zellner has filed a new letter with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals on behalf of her client, Steven Avery, accusing the Attorney General’s Office of “trying to deceive” her and the Court about the status of key forensic evidence in the Making a Murderer case. Zellner’s letter, submitted on February 13th, is actually her second letter to the court in as many days; both letters supplement a January 24th motion that accused prosecutors of violating state law and Avery’s constitutional rights by destroying evidence. Zellner...
- 2/15/2019
- by Amelia McDonell-Parry
- Rollingstone.com
Rosie Fletcher Nov 4, 2018
Making A Murderer co-director Laura Ricciardi on Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey and the possibility of a season 3
The following contains spoilers for Making a Murderer Season 2.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
“I refer to it as a cautionary tale!” laughs Laura Ricciardi, one half of the team (with Moira Demos) who created Netflix sensation Making a Murderer - a project that spanned more than a decade with no guarantee, at the outset, of the show ever being broadcast at all. A cautionary tale that paid off, then.
“We hope our project can be an example for emerging filmmakers, emerging artists in general, and just people in general because we did take a leap of faith but I really believed in Moira.
“I think that after we’d gone out and sort of explored the idea of maybe following the story for about a week,...
Making A Murderer co-director Laura Ricciardi on Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey and the possibility of a season 3
The following contains spoilers for Making a Murderer Season 2.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
“I refer to it as a cautionary tale!” laughs Laura Ricciardi, one half of the team (with Moira Demos) who created Netflix sensation Making a Murderer - a project that spanned more than a decade with no guarantee, at the outset, of the show ever being broadcast at all. A cautionary tale that paid off, then.
“We hope our project can be an example for emerging filmmakers, emerging artists in general, and just people in general because we did take a leap of faith but I really believed in Moira.
“I think that after we’d gone out and sort of explored the idea of maybe following the story for about a week,...
- 11/4/2018
- Den of Geek
As you buckle in to watch “Making a Murderer Part 2,” there’s something Ken Kratz would like you to keep in mind: He still thinks Steven Avery is guilty as sin.
Since “Making a Murderer” made him famous nearly three years ago, the former Wisconsin prosecutor hasn’t been shy about defending his work in the 2005 murder prosecution of Avery and Brendan Dassey. Soon after the original documentary’s release, TheWrap reached out to him about suggestions in the Netflix docu-series that his office railroaded two innocent defendants.
Also Read: 'Making a Murderer' Part 2: 37 Updates Since the Series' Debut (Photos)
In an email, Kratz strongly rejected the criticisms, saying the documentary series got it wrong. He concluded by saying Netflix should “either provide an opportunity for rebuttal, or alert the viewers that this series was produced by and For the defense of Steven Avery, and contains only...
Since “Making a Murderer” made him famous nearly three years ago, the former Wisconsin prosecutor hasn’t been shy about defending his work in the 2005 murder prosecution of Avery and Brendan Dassey. Soon after the original documentary’s release, TheWrap reached out to him about suggestions in the Netflix docu-series that his office railroaded two innocent defendants.
Also Read: 'Making a Murderer' Part 2: 37 Updates Since the Series' Debut (Photos)
In an email, Kratz strongly rejected the criticisms, saying the documentary series got it wrong. He concluded by saying Netflix should “either provide an opportunity for rebuttal, or alert the viewers that this series was produced by and For the defense of Steven Avery, and contains only...
- 10/20/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Near the end of “Making a Murderer” Season 2, Steven Avery’s father, Allan, walks into his kitchen and has a telling series of reactions to five thick stacks of paper on his table. Initially, he’s horrified at the sight of these updated evidentiary documents, collected over 400 days by his son’s attorney and filed with the court house that morning. The looming tower of reports represents every bit of information that might prove relevant to freeing his imprisoned boy. Along with the rest of his family, Allan has been wrestling with disputed facts and supported theories about Steven’s actions for decades, and for a moment, it looks like the daunting sight of their summation might be too much for him to take.
But then Allan hears his son’s voice on the phone. His spirits pick up, and a gap-toothed smile cracks his face. Suddenly, he’s hopeful,...
But then Allan hears his son’s voice on the phone. His spirits pick up, and a gap-toothed smile cracks his face. Suddenly, he’s hopeful,...
- 10/19/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Before you dive into Making a Murder Part 2, let’s look back to see how the first season of “Making a Murderer” changed the case of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, who were convicted for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach.
Making a Murderer Gets Released
The documentary was released on Dec. 18, 2015. At first, it received an approval rating of 87 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
Ken Kratz was Bashed on Yelp
A week after the doc aired, doc fans took to Yelp to warn potential new clients checking his law practice’s Yelp page against hiring him.
“Mr. Kratz is a seasoned sexual harasser, with deep knowledge of abuse victims which he took advantage of. He has a long experience in evidence fabrication, and has the required strategic thought skills to send innocent men to jail for forged crimes,” one man wrote in a Yelpreview posted Sunday. “When you think of garbage think of Mr.
Making a Murderer Gets Released
The documentary was released on Dec. 18, 2015. At first, it received an approval rating of 87 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
Ken Kratz was Bashed on Yelp
A week after the doc aired, doc fans took to Yelp to warn potential new clients checking his law practice’s Yelp page against hiring him.
“Mr. Kratz is a seasoned sexual harasser, with deep knowledge of abuse victims which he took advantage of. He has a long experience in evidence fabrication, and has the required strategic thought skills to send innocent men to jail for forged crimes,” one man wrote in a Yelpreview posted Sunday. “When you think of garbage think of Mr.
- 10/19/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
It’s been nearly three years since Netflix’s Making a Murderer brought international attention to Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, and had just about everyone talking about whether Steven Avery and his teenage nephew, Brendan Dassey, had been framed for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach. The 10-part docuseries — created by filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos — covered the police investigation, the defense teams’ trial preparations, and the eventual convictions of both Avery and Dassey, provoking major doubts as to their guilt along the way. There was backlash too, from both Wisconsin law enforcement and some critics,...
- 10/18/2018
- by Amelia McDonell-Parry
- Rollingstone.com
“Making a Murderer” subject Steven Avery has been denied a new trial by Sheboygan County Circuit Court judge Angela Sutkiewicz.
According to the Post-Crescent, Avery’s attorneys sought to supplement the record with a CD they argued contains “exculpatory, material evidence” that was reportedly only disclosed to them in April. Avery’s attorney, Kathleen Zellner, argued that the state failed to disclose the disc and violated his right to a fair trial, therefore arguing for a new trial.
However, Judge Sukiewicz ruled on Thursday that his attorney’s failed to prove that the state suppressed the CD and that the defense had the same information on other CDs that it had previously received.
Also Read: 'Making a Murderer': Steven Avery Denied New Trial
According to the judge, the state had given seven CDs to the defense in December 2006 and that the computer expert hired by Attorney’s defense...
According to the Post-Crescent, Avery’s attorneys sought to supplement the record with a CD they argued contains “exculpatory, material evidence” that was reportedly only disclosed to them in April. Avery’s attorney, Kathleen Zellner, argued that the state failed to disclose the disc and violated his right to a fair trial, therefore arguing for a new trial.
However, Judge Sukiewicz ruled on Thursday that his attorney’s failed to prove that the state suppressed the CD and that the defense had the same information on other CDs that it had previously received.
Also Read: 'Making a Murderer': Steven Avery Denied New Trial
According to the judge, the state had given seven CDs to the defense in December 2006 and that the computer expert hired by Attorney’s defense...
- 9/7/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
While the world patiently waits for Season 2 of Making A Murderer, a new documentary has been made trying to tell the opposite side of Steven Avery's trial. The documentary, Convicting A Murderer, will present the perspective of law enforcement and prosecuting attorney Ken Kratz and claims it will lay out the stuff Making A Murderer excluded. Slashfilm said the documentary doesn't have a home at this time, although one would imagine Netflix would have some interest in picking it up.
Documentary filmmaker Shawn Rech had this to say in a statement:
“When ‘Making A Murderer’ was produced, many on the law enforcement side of the story could not, or would not, participate in the series, which resulted in a one-sided analysis of the case…This docu-series will examine the case and the allegations of police wrongdoing from a broader perspective. It will also share with viewers the traumatic effects...
Documentary filmmaker Shawn Rech had this to say in a statement:
“When ‘Making A Murderer’ was produced, many on the law enforcement side of the story could not, or would not, participate in the series, which resulted in a one-sided analysis of the case…This docu-series will examine the case and the allegations of police wrongdoing from a broader perspective. It will also share with viewers the traumatic effects...
- 2/23/2018
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
Tony Sokol Feb 23, 2018
An independent follow-up to Netflix’s groundbreaking Making A Murderer follows Steven Avery in Convicting A Murderer...
Long-form video-journalism made great strides into the justice system when investigative series like The Jinx from HBO caught the evidence that put away a murderer. Netflix’s 2015 documentary series Making A Murderer shook the foundation of an easy conviction. The Steven Avery saga will continue in the upcoming project Convicting A Murderer. Production begins this week on the 8-episode series, which is being directed by documentary filmmaker Shawn Rech.
See related Fahrenheit 451 movie coming from HBO
Rech was granted exclusive, unprecedented access to District Attorney Ken Kratz, Lead Investigator Tom Fassbender, and other major players in State v. Avery, but this is not Making A Murderer season 2. Convicting A Murderer will investigate the “controversial case built by the State of Wisconsin against Steven Avery for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach,...
An independent follow-up to Netflix’s groundbreaking Making A Murderer follows Steven Avery in Convicting A Murderer...
Long-form video-journalism made great strides into the justice system when investigative series like The Jinx from HBO caught the evidence that put away a murderer. Netflix’s 2015 documentary series Making A Murderer shook the foundation of an easy conviction. The Steven Avery saga will continue in the upcoming project Convicting A Murderer. Production begins this week on the 8-episode series, which is being directed by documentary filmmaker Shawn Rech.
See related Fahrenheit 451 movie coming from HBO
Rech was granted exclusive, unprecedented access to District Attorney Ken Kratz, Lead Investigator Tom Fassbender, and other major players in State v. Avery, but this is not Making A Murderer season 2. Convicting A Murderer will investigate the “controversial case built by the State of Wisconsin against Steven Avery for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach,...
- 2/22/2018
- Den of Geek
TheWrap takes a look back at the last eight months to see how “Making a Murderer” changed the case of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, who were convicted for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach. Making a Murderer Gets Released The documentary was released on Dec. 18, 2015. At first, it received an approval rating of 87 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Ken Kratz was Bashed on Yelp A week after the doc aired, doc fans took to Yelp to warn potential new clients checking his law practice’s Yelp page against hiring him. “Mr. Kratz is a seasoned sexual harasser, with deep knowledge of.
- 12/1/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
TheWrap takes a look back at the last eight months to see how “Making a Murderer” changed the case of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, who were convicted for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach. Making a Murderer Gets Released The documentary was released on Dec. 18, 2015. At first, it received an approval rating of 87 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Ken Kratz was Bashed on Yelp A week after the doc aired, doc fans took to Yelp to warn potential new clients checking his law practice’s Yelp page against hiring him. “Mr. Kratz is a seasoned sexual harasser, with deep knowledge of.
- 7/6/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
In a decision issued Thursday, a three-judge federal appeals panel upheld a lower court ruling that the confession of Brendan Dassey — whose case was the focus of Netflix’s hit true crime documentary series Making a Murderer — had been illegally obtained and that the 27-year-old should be retried for the murder of photographer Teresa Halbach or freed from his confinement, People confirms.
Dassey is serving a life sentence for first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse and sexual assault in connection with Halbach’s death in 2005.
The case drew national attention after the premiere of Netflix’s docuseries, which cast...
Dassey is serving a life sentence for first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse and sexual assault in connection with Halbach’s death in 2005.
The case drew national attention after the premiere of Netflix’s docuseries, which cast...
- 6/23/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
The former prosecutor in the case against Steven Avery chronicled in Netflix’s “Making a Murderer,’ has weighed in on the latest motion filed by Avery’s attorney Kathleen Zellner, which accuses the ex boyfriend of victim Teresa Halbach of the murder. “Kathleen Zellner had a really difficult position — she had gotten some test results back that didn’t support their position very well at all and so really all she had left was to blame others for the crime,”Ken Kratz, told Fox59 while attending CrimeCon on Friday. “Unfortunately, she chose the ex-boyfriend of the victim of the case,...
- 6/9/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
An attorney who represented “Making a Murderer” subject Steven Avery during Avery’s murder trial tears into prosecutor Ken Kratz in his new book, saying that Kratz came off as “smarmy and fake” during the trial. In his book “Illusion of Justice,” out Tuesday, Jerry Buting said that he had a friendly enough relationship with former Calumet County district attorney Kratz at first, but that changed once Avery’s trial began. “During the months leading up to the trial, Ken Kratz and I had been civil, even cordial, with each other. But once the jury was sworn in, his cordiality vanished,...
- 2/28/2017
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Several of the key players from Netflix’s true crime docuseries Making a Murderer will speak out Friday in a Dateline special about the controversial case.
An exclusive clip of the special, obtained by People, features a lead investigator Tom Fassbender, who investigated the 2005 murder of photographer Teresa Halbach.
In the clip, Fassbender adamantly denies investigators deliberately planted evidence inside Avery’s home as they continued to build their case against him.
Many viewers walked away from Making a Murderer believing evidence was strategically placed in Avery’s home in order to secure his conviction. For instance, the key to...
An exclusive clip of the special, obtained by People, features a lead investigator Tom Fassbender, who investigated the 2005 murder of photographer Teresa Halbach.
In the clip, Fassbender adamantly denies investigators deliberately planted evidence inside Avery’s home as they continued to build their case against him.
Many viewers walked away from Making a Murderer believing evidence was strategically placed in Avery’s home in order to secure his conviction. For instance, the key to...
- 2/16/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
The fate of Brendan Dassey now rests with a trio of federal appeals judges.
During a brief hearing Tuesday in Chicago, Wisconsin prosecutors appeared before the panel to appeal a judge’s August decision overturning Dassey’s conviction for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach. The convictions of Dassey and his uncle, Steven Avery, were featured in Netflix’s true crime docuseries, Making a Murderer.
The lawyers fielded a number of questions from U.S. Circuit Judges Ilana Rovner, Ann Williams, and David Hamilton. Most of the judges’ questions centered around the techniques investigators used during Dassey’s controversial interrogation in...
During a brief hearing Tuesday in Chicago, Wisconsin prosecutors appeared before the panel to appeal a judge’s August decision overturning Dassey’s conviction for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach. The convictions of Dassey and his uncle, Steven Avery, were featured in Netflix’s true crime docuseries, Making a Murderer.
The lawyers fielded a number of questions from U.S. Circuit Judges Ilana Rovner, Ann Williams, and David Hamilton. Most of the judges’ questions centered around the techniques investigators used during Dassey’s controversial interrogation in...
- 2/14/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
Long before he became a household name as Steven Avery’s lawyer in the Netflix true crime series Making a Murderer, Jerry Buting was treasurer for “Ass Kickers, Inc.” — a consortium of hard-partying college pals, responsible for some of the wildest parties Indiana University has ever seen.
You’ll find this and other personal revelations early on in Buting’s forthcoming book, Illusion of Justice: Inside Making a Murder and America’s Broken System, which hits bookstores Feb. 28. What you won’t find, however, are any of Buting’s theories on who may have killed Teresa Halbach, the young photographer Avery was convicted of killing.
You’ll find this and other personal revelations early on in Buting’s forthcoming book, Illusion of Justice: Inside Making a Murder and America’s Broken System, which hits bookstores Feb. 28. What you won’t find, however, are any of Buting’s theories on who may have killed Teresa Halbach, the young photographer Avery was convicted of killing.
- 2/7/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
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Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel wants Brendan Dassey’s murder conviction to stand â. despite a federal judge’s recent decision to reverse it.
In a 151-page opening brief filed Wednesday in federal court and obtained by People, Schimel argues that Dassey’s 2006 conviction for sexually assaulting, killing and mutilating 25-year-old photographer Teresa Halbach should be confirmed in the face of the reversal.
Dassey, 26, along with his uncle, Steven Avery, 54, was the focus of Netflix’s Making a Murderer docuseries, which scrutinized the investigation that led to their convictions in Halbachâ.s murder.
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel wants Brendan Dassey’s murder conviction to stand â. despite a federal judge’s recent decision to reverse it.
In a 151-page opening brief filed Wednesday in federal court and obtained by People, Schimel argues that Dassey’s 2006 conviction for sexually assaulting, killing and mutilating 25-year-old photographer Teresa Halbach should be confirmed in the face of the reversal.
Dassey, 26, along with his uncle, Steven Avery, 54, was the focus of Netflix’s Making a Murderer docuseries, which scrutinized the investigation that led to their convictions in Halbachâ.s murder.
- 10/20/2016
- by chrisharristimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
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