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Unexplained Encounters

American Hostage - The Suspenseful True Story of Fred Heckman

Unexplained Encounters

Eeriecast Network

Nature, Society & Culture, True Crime, Science

4.75.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 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. Follow American Hostage on Amazon Music, to hear all 8 episodes right now: http://wondery.fm/UE_AmericanHostage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You likely listen to unexplained encounters because you're a fan of thrills and true stories.

0:05.7

Today, sponsored by American Hostage, they show that fits that theme perfectly.

0:11.4

American Hostage is a true crime podcast you can binge all at once.

0:16.5

It tells the true story of Fred Heckman, played by John Hamm.

0:20.9

Fred is a beloved local radio reporter who was forced into the center of a life or death crisis

0:26.7

when a hostage taker, Tony Carritzis, demands to be interviewed live on his popular radio

0:32.8

news program.

0:34.6

Carritzis steadily becomes a media sensation on Heckman's show and an unexpected national

0:39.6

hero during a nail-biting 63-hour police standoff.

0:44.3

You don't want to miss American Hostage and to give you a thrilling taste of it, enjoy

0:48.9

the following preview.

0:51.0

And remember, you can follow American Hostage wherever you get your podcasts or binge

0:55.8

the entire season right now on Amazon Music or Wondery Plus.

1:03.7

The 7-second delay for live television was introduced in 1975 by NBC so that Richard

1:09.5

Pryor could host Saturday Night Live without the network getting fined for all of his obscenities.

1:15.2

The delay would also be useful if a man were to be shot point blank in the head live

1:21.0

on national television.

1:48.8

I think there were magnificent public spaces on the seagulls.

2:03.0

And why don't you help us out on that list and tell us

2:08.1

where you've got your scandals.

2:13.3

Did you enjoy movies or whatever you're

2:09.3

going to be on that list as well as we don't expect just going to leave a bonnit

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