Episode 8 | Live: On National Television

American Hostage

Criminal Content

Fiction, History, True Crime

4.7 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In the season finale of American Hostage, Tony pulls Fred in closer, as the TV cameras record his last hope for retribution.

Starring: Jon Hamm, Joe Perrino, Dylan Baker, Carla Gugino and Becky Ann Baker
Directed by: Shawn Christensen
Written by: CD Carpenter

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0:00.0	Follow American Hostage wherever you get your podcasts to binge all eight episodes right now.
0:11.2	This podcast is based on a true story of a hostage crisis that took place in Indianapolis in 1977.
0:19.4	Listener discretion is advised.
0:21.6	Episode 8, live, on national television.
0:27.6	Death. It's either slow or sudden.
0:34.6	Maybe our loved ones are prepared.
0:36.6	Maybe they have a chance to sit by our
0:39.0	bedside, holding our hand as we go gently into the good night. Are the cameras on?
0:45.3	Or, I'm going to show you all something. Maybe a couple million people witness your murder
0:50.2	on live television, just seconds before they cut to a soap commercial. We come to you now live from downtown Indianapolis where a hostage crisis continues to
0:59.3	unfold. It's not often we find ourselves turning the spotlight to Indiana but you
1:03.8	really can't ignore what's happening there today. Read that pal, read it.
1:08.2	Okay, Tom. Turn the cameras on all All three chat. Hold it. Hold it.
1:11.6	I want on national television.
1:13.6	I've been called the kidnapper and extortionist, the thug, and everything else.
1:17.6	I want it on all three national channels. I've got friends all over the country.
1:21.6	I have been advised to let our viewers know that we do not have a seven second delay on our channel.
1:27.6	This broadcast is life to the second.
1:29.8	Given the volatility of the matter at hand, you may be exposed to graphic sounds and imagery.
1:35.1	We recommend those of you with small children escort them out of the room.
1:39.3	You read it, Nick.
1:42.3	February 10th. Okay.
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