208: Introducing: American Hostage

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Spencer Henry | Morbid Network

True Crime, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In the series premiere, radio DJ Fred Heckman (Jon Hamm) receives an unexpected call from a listener that turns his life upside down.
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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Cult Leader Early and Add Free on Amazon Music.
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0:06.6	Cult Babes, I just started listening to this new True Crime podcast, American Hostage,
0:11.4	and honestly, I'm so happy I can binge it all at once because every episode leaves you
0:16.6	hanging.
0:17.6	Said in Indianapolis in 1977, American Hostage is a suspenseful true story starring John
0:23.5	Ham.
0:24.5	As Fred Heckman, a beloved local radio reporter who is forced into the middle of a life
0:29.5	or death crisis when a hostage taker, Tony Carritzis, demands to be interviewed live on his
0:35.3	popular radio news program.
0:37.6	Through Heckman's radio show, Carritzis gradually becomes a media sensation in an unexpected
0:43.0	national hero during a nail biting 63-hour police standoff.
0:47.8	I'm about to play you a preview of American Hostage.
0:50.6	While you're listening, follow American Hostage wherever you get your podcasts, or
0:54.2	you can binge the entire season right now on Amazon Music or Wondering Plus.
1:02.4	The 7-second delay for live television was introduced in 1975 by NBC so that Richard
1:08.2	Pryor could host Saturday Night Live without the network getting fined for all of his obscenities.
1:13.8	The delay would also be useful if a man were to be shot point blank in the head, live
1:19.7	on national television.
1:47.5	Yes, this is the police.
1:52.0	This is 911 dispatches.
1:53.0	Is there a Lieutenant Collins there?
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