“People like the intellectual exercise of following along and solving them themselves. “These are compelling stories that are authentic,” Hague said. True crime podcasts such as “Serial” and the Los Angeles Times’ “ Dirty John” - both of which had tens of millions of downloads, with the latter adapted into a scripted drama for cable network Bravo - have also expanded the audience. NBC Universal’s Oxygen remade itself as a true-crime network in 2017 and saw its ratings surge. Channels such as HLN and A&E have seen their ratings stabilize after adding more true-crime series. The show has benefited from true crime’s role as a dependable fixture for cable networks that have battled audience declines due to competition from streaming.
Through the first six months of 2019, a whopping 106 million people have spent at least six minutes watching a “Dateline” episode.
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“Dateline” currently airs 90 hours a week across NBC, several cable networks and on local TV stations across the country. The enduring success of “Dateline” - one of the most profitable network TV news shows - reflects the growing appeal of the true-crime genre despite big changes in viewing habits. But the newsmagazine has become a pop culture phenomenon, propelled by a growing public appetite for true-crime stories. Their show “Dateline” first premiered when George H.W.
Murphy and Morrison are old enough for Medicare coverage. “I’m just glad I’m in his gravitational flow.” Many of the CrimeCon fans who lined up for a photograph with Morrison - wearing his signature skinny jeans and Converse slip-ons - asked him to pose with his trademark lean seen on the program. Griffin and her friend, Nikki Soda, 40 of Jupiter, Fla., were wearing custom-made white pullovers that pictured Morrison, 72, standing in front of a mug-shot height chart under the phrase, “Talk Dateline To Me.” His rugged, square-jawed face and shock of white hair was also emblazoned on the pop sockets of their iPhone cases. “They are like the Rolling Stones of true crime,” said Greta Griffin, a 32-year-old mother of three who traveled from Springfield, Mo., to see Keith Morrison, Josh Mankiewicz and Dennis Murphy at the event. West said he got to know some of Locklear’s family personally during the investigation and sentencing.The correspondents of NBC’s “Dateline” got a rock star-worthy welcome when they took to the stage in a packed ballroom at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel last month, and the attendees of CrimeCon, an annual convention for fans of real-life stories of murder and mayhem, were happy to explain why. He praised the efforts of the Hope Mills Police Department and other investigators who worked on the case. West said the interview brought back details of the case, which he prosecuted along with Assistant District Attorney Robby Hicks. I was impressed with their whole team of producers.” “I was impressed with (Murphy’s) knowledge of the case. It’s always kind of a unique experience to talk with those folks,” West said.
West said he has been interviewed for TV shows on real-life murders before, including the cases of Army Maj.
to hear the young man ultimately accused of the crime, and who pleaded guilty to it, tell in his own words the story of how he and a buddy lured Danielle from her home and led her to her death at an area all the teens - and few adults, apparently - knew as the Creek," Murphy said.ĭistrict Attorney Billy West was one of the people interviewed for “The Creek.” He said NBC crews came here twice, once for the interview and once to get additional shots of his office. Murphy said the episode includes footage of Malloy's interrogation. But who? This wasn’t about going to the principal’s office or getting in trouble with your parents: this was a murder investigation.” “I think of it as ‘Rumorville,’ and the cops had to build fragile trust there with that community of frightened teenagers,” Murphy said. Murphy said one of the interesting things about the case was how difficult it was for detectives to separate fact from fiction and rumors as they investigated. “And the theories of her disappearance ran the gamut: from a runaway - unlikely - to a victim of an accidental death, abduction or foul play.” “What made the case compelling, and poignant, was that this teenager was anybody’s definition of a good kid - straight A's student, vivacious, with loads of friends,” Murphy said.
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