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The Gay Panic Defense

10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

Joe Kuner

Entertainment News, True Crime, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.8614 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The Gay Panic Defense: Murder of Scott Amedure

In 1995, Scott Amedure was excited to appear as a guest on one of his favorite talk shows. The episode was titled, “Revealing Same Sex Secret Crush.” Three days after filming finished, Scott was murdered.

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0:00.0

Discretion is advised.

0:12.0

Ten-minute murder.

0:30.6

On the 6th of March, 1995, 32-year-old Scott Bernard Amandour was selected to appear on the Jenny Jones show.

0:36.6

He was a fan of the show. In fact,

0:39.4

one of his neighbors described him as being a talk show junkie. The episode was called Revealing

0:44.7

Same Sex Secret Crush, a recent trend that had been appearing on several other talk shows at the same

0:50.6

time. The premise was that six guests would be invited to publicly meet their

0:55.8

secret admirer. And after the admirer confessed to their feelings, both people would be

1:01.3

interviewed by Ginny Jones. Before the show, all of the guests had to undergo pre-screening.

1:08.1

In these interviews, the producers of the show told them that it was possible

1:11.5

that their secret admirer could be male or female. But even though the episode was going to be

1:17.5

titled, Revealing Same-sex Secret Crush, the producers failed to inform any of the guests that all of the

1:23.6

secret admirers would be the same sex as them. As a gay man, Scott was going to be one of the six secret admirers would be the same sex as them.

1:28.3

As a gay man, Scott was going to be one of the six secret admirers.

1:32.3

He had always had a hard time with relationships and had been involved in a domestic violence incident in the past.

1:38.3

However, he was highly involved in the LGBT community, even working at a gay bar in Pontiac, Michigan, where he lived.

1:46.7

At the beginning of the episode, Jenny Jones explained the premise to the audience.

1:51.6

Each of the secret admirers were invited out to the stage, and Jenny interviewed them about their

1:56.5

feelings, asking how they met their crush, and probed for details about their romantic and sexual

2:02.8

fantasies. To prevent each of the crushes from overhearing, they were asked to sit backstage with

2:09.0

soundproof headphones on. Finally, once the interviews with the admirers were over, Jenny asked

2:14.7

the crush to come on stage. In front of the live audience, the admirers admitted their feelings for their crushes, and they were asked them to be able to be able to be crush to come on stage. In front of the live audience, the admirers

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