Introducing: American Hostage - The Man with the Gun

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.4 • 1.5K 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.

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0:00.0	Hey morbidology listeners, I just started listening to this new True Crime podcast, American
0:08.7	Hostage.
0:09.7	And honestly, I am so happy I can binge it all at once, because every episode leaves you
0:15.4	hanging.
0:16.4	Sat in Indianapolis in 1977, American Hostage is a suspenseful true story starring John
0:23.3	Ham, as Fred Heckman, a beloved local radio reporter who is forced into the middle of
0:29.0	a life or death crisis when a hostage taker, Tony Carritis, demands to be interviewed live
0:35.2	on his popular radio news program.
0:37.8	Through Heckman's radio show, Carritis gradually becomes a media sensation and an unexpected
0:43.6	national hero during a nail-biting 63R police standoff.
0:48.1	I'm about to play a preview of American Hostage.
0:52.0	While you're listening, follow American Hostage wherever you get your podcasts, where
0:56.8	you can binge the entire season right now on Amazon Music or Wondering Plus.
1:06.1	The 7-second delay for live television was introduced in 1975 by NBC so that Richard
1:11.9	Pryor could host Saturday Night Live without the network getting fined for all of his
1:16.2	obscenities.
1:17.6	The delay would also be useful if a man were to be shot point blank.
1:21.8	In the head, live on national television.
1:51.2	Yes, this is the police.
1:55.7	This is 911 dispatches.
1:56.7	Is there?
1:57.7	You're telling Colin is there.
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