Talk turned deadly. I'm Rebecca Leib. I'm Jason Horton and this is Ghost Town. Watch Watch it now to meet Donna and Scott. Now Donna has been helping Scott pursue his

secret crush on John. Jenny Jones was one of many daytime talk show hosts in the

90s that had viewers tuning in to watch ordinary people reveal their deepest, darkest secrets.

But one of those revelations would turn deadly.

On the March 6th 1995 taping of the relations would turn deadly.

On the March 6th, 1995 taping of the Jenny Jones show titled Same Sex Secret Crushes,

Scott Emmerdure 32 admitted to being a secret admirer of acquaintance Jonathan Schmitz 24.

I think I have heard of this. It's a pretty well known part of talk show history. Yeah. Reality

history and of course for the Jenny Jones show. Yeah, wow. When things spiral out of control, when things are on a

show, on TV for a show, produced for television and it gets to fascinating and horrifying. Let me ask you a

stalking, taking a life crime.

It is absolutely fascinating and horrifying.

Let me ask you a question. You worked as a producer. absolutely fascinating and horrifying.

Let me ask you a question.

You worked as a producer on a show

and you worked with talent, celebrities.

Did you ever feel like you had to,

not the word is, it manipulates, not the right word,

but in a way you have to do your best to make sure

everyone does everything in a way so when you present it it's it's like the best

way possible yeah is there gonna be bananas on set and you know there's no

bananas like well I guess we'll get Yes, of course there'll be bananas on

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