380. The Jenny Jones Show Murder

Beyond The Blinds

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4.6 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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This week, Kelli and Troy dip into their true crime bag to discuss a case that changed daytime television forever: the murder connected to The Jenny Jones Show. It’s a shocking story about reality TV, ethics, and how far producers were willing to go for ratings. Join our Patreon for more content! - patreon.com/Beyondtheblinds Follow us on Instagram - instagram.com/beyondtheblindspod Kelli on IG - Instagram.com/laguna_biotch Troy on IG - Instagram.com/troyjeanspears --How to help Minnesota! - Rent assistance - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families?⁠⁠⁠ Neighborhood House - ⁠⁠⁠https://neighborhoodhousemn.org/donate/⁠⁠⁠ Stand With Minnesota - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.standwithminnesota.com/⁠⁠⁠ -----SPONSORS---- ASPCA Pet Health Insurance -- When you enroll in an ASPCA Pet Health Insurance plan, you could get a $25 Amazon gift card. It's a little treat for you while you’re doing something great for your pet. To explore coverage, visit ASPCApetinsurance.com /BLINDS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You guys,
0:00.9	You guys,
0:03.0	You guys, welcome to another episode of Beyond the Blinds. As always, it's me, Kelly Williams.
0:28.3	And Troy McKeety. And we're kind of dipping our toes into true crime in a way, but it's also
0:34.1	something that changed daytime television forever. And that is the Jenny Jones
0:39.5	murder. I just learned about this like two weeks ago on Hulu. They have something called Dirty
0:45.3	Talk. It's a new like three-part series. And it's all about daytime talk shows and how like
0:50.8	terrible they were in the 90s. Highly recommended to everyone. Also,
0:55.7	trial by media on Netflix has a really great episode on this. But I'm just excited to hear from
1:01.6	Troy because I know Troy grew up in like a daytime television household. So can you tell us about
1:07.7	the Jenny Jones show? Sure. So the Jenny Jones show was like one of our go-toes.
1:13.3	Like we loved Ricky Lake, Jenny Jones, Montel, Donna Hugh.
1:19.1	I could go on like Oprah, obviously, Sally Jesse Raphael.
1:24.3	I loved Jerry Springer, Mari. Like, I really watched, like, all of the shows. But Jenny Jones was in like, almost what I would consider, like, the kind of entertainment that we had pre-reality TV. Like, to scratch that it, you would watch stuff like Jenny Jones.
1:55.0	So if there was like a talk show tier system, like you would you would have like Oprah and like Donahue and Geraldo in one tier.
1:56.1	That's like a tier.
1:57.1	Okay.
2:03.2	That's like, you know, hard hitting, like serious news stories, big budget.
2:08.6	Geraldo is like, you know, going to like war zones and shit.
2:09.6	Like it's, you know. And then you had your B tier, which was like Ricky Lake, Jenny Jones, Sally Jessa Raphael.
2:18.2	They were like considered trashier and a little bit more indulgent, you know?
2:24.1	And then you would have like your C tier, which was like Mori, Jerry Springer.
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