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You Can’t Make This Up

The Innocent Man

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.21K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re diving into the new Netflix Original, The Innocent Man. This six part docu-series follows the life of Ron Williamson, who sat on Oklahoma's death row for 11 years for a crime he didn't commit. It’s based on John Grisham’s best-selling true crime book of the same name. Here to talk about it are the series director Clay Tweel and true crime authors, podcasters and real-life married couple Rebecca Lavoie and Kevin Flynn. They host the popular true crime podcast, Crime Writers On.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to You Can't Make This Up, a companion podcast from Netflix.

0:03.5

I'm Ray Vada, your host for this week's episode.

0:10.3

Here on You Can't Make This Up, we go behind the scenes of Netflix original true crime series and films with special guests.

0:17.0

This week, we're diving into the innocent man.

0:19.0

This six-part docuaries follows the life of Ron Williamson, who sat on Oklahoma's death row for 11 years for a crime he didn't commit.

0:27.0

It's based on John Grisham's best-selling true crime book of the same name.

0:31.0

We brought in true crime authors, podcasters, and real life married couple, Rebecca

0:35.0

Laveoy and Kevin Flynn to interview the series director, Play Twel.

0:39.3

And now, here's Rebecca, Kevin, and Play.

0:46.0

I'm Rebecca Lervoy. And I'm Kevin Flynn.

0:47.0

And we are true crime authors and the hosts of Crime Writers On,

0:51.0

Podcast, and these are their stories, the Law and Order Podcast.

0:55.4

We're here with Clay Twiel, the director of the Innocent Man, which we're just going to say

0:59.5

it's so, so good.

1:01.9

Clay, thanks for joining us. Oh, thanks for joining us.

1:03.0

Oh, thanks for having me.

1:04.0

I got to say that Rebecca and I looked at each other and we said,

1:07.0

what are we going to do if this sucks?

1:09.0

And we have to talk to Clay.

1:12.0

But this does not suck. This is a really good tight six episode documentary.

1:17.0

Congratulations.

1:18.0

Oh, thank you. Yeah, we tried to keep it tight. We were, you know, we're basing a lot of it off of a John Grisham novel so trying to keep it in the vein of the

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