A heads up to listeners.

This episode contains a contextual conversation

about suicide, as it pertains to a central figure

in the documentary.

I'm Rebecca Lervoy, and is you can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind

your favorite Netflix documentaries and films. On today's episode we take a closer look at the Netflix documentary

series American Conspiracy The Octopus Murders. You know if he was murdered it was

for a reason and that would be that his theory was correct.

Today we're talking to filmmaker Zachary Trights and researcher Christian Hansen.

Writer Danny Cassellaro believed he'd uncovered a secret organization of political leaders and

covert operatives pulling the levers of political power around the globe.

He called it the octopus. In 1991, when Danny's body was

discovered in a hotel bathtub, authorities called it a suicide, but his friends

and family feared he'd been killed to keep the story quiet.

In American conspiracy, the octopus murders, filmmakers reopened Danny's investigation

and retrace his final days.

Was the official narrative about the writer's death a cover-up?

And can they link once and for all a string of seemingly unconnected crimes

to a shadowy group with the power to control the world.

And if you think for a minute you're going to go expose somebody,

you can get yourself killed. And I'm joined now by Zachary and Christian. Welcome to you Can't Make This Up.

Thank you so much.

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