Murder Made Fiction Podcast
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A podcast about fictionalized horror adaptations of true crimes. Part of the BloodyFM podcast network
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Aquatic Disasters: Thirteen Lives (2022)
Podcast Episode · Murder Made Fiction · 11/25/2025 · 58m
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Today on the Pod: Ron Howard’s emotional film THIRTEEN LIVES chronicles the risky and controversial mission to save twelve young soccer players and their coach from the rapidly flooding Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand.
Topics include: claustrophobia, star power, and white savior narratives
Topics include: claustrophobia, star power, and white savior narratives
Our December schedule has been revealed! @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are spending the next month on #thestaircase.
Main Feed: 2 eps per week of the 2022 series
Patreon: individual coverage of the 13 episode documentary series from 2004/2013
Main Feed: 2 eps per week of the 2022 series
Patreon: individual coverage of the 13 episode documentary series from 2004/2013
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Our December schedule has been revealed! @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are spending the next month on #thestaircase.
Main Feed: 2 eps per week of the 2022 series
Patreon: individual coverage of the 13 episode documentary series from 2004/2013
Main Feed: 2 eps per week of the 2022 series
Patreon: individual coverage of the 13 episode documentary series from 2004/2013
ICYMI: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrapped up Aquatic Disaster month with a look at Ron Howard’s Thai cave flood drama, THIRTEEN LIVES.
Read more on @bloody-disgusting.com and listen via @bloodyfm.bsky.social
Read more on @bloody-disgusting.com and listen via @bloodyfm.bsky.social
‘Thirteen Lives’ Chronicles a Risky Rescue [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]
On Saturday, June 23, 2018, twelve young members of the “Wild Boars” soccer team and their coach became trapped in the rapidly flooding Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand. As part of a global rescue...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
ICYMI: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrapped up Aquatic Disaster month with a look at Ron Howard’s Thai cave flood drama, THIRTEEN LIVES.
Read more on @bloody-disgusting.com and listen via @bloodyfm.bsky.social
Read more on @bloody-disgusting.com and listen via @bloodyfm.bsky.social
Today on Patreon: It's the end of Murdaugh: Death in the Family, so Jenn and Joe share their thoughts on both the wrap-up, as well as the limited series as a whole.
Topics include: a trial, a murder recreation, a Murdaugh survivor, and a dramatic reading of "The Man in the Glass"
Topics include: a trial, a murder recreation, a Murdaugh survivor, and a dramatic reading of "The Man in the Glass"
Murdaugh: Death in the Family Episode 8 | Murder Made Fiction
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November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Today on Patreon: It's the end of Murdaugh: Death in the Family, so Jenn and Joe share their thoughts on both the wrap-up, as well as the limited series as a whole.
Topics include: a trial, a murder recreation, a Murdaugh survivor, and a dramatic reading of "The Man in the Glass"
Topics include: a trial, a murder recreation, a Murdaugh survivor, and a dramatic reading of "The Man in the Glass"
Tomorrow is sentencing day for Alex Murdaugh as @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up our coverage of Hulu's MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY with a look at episode 8.
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Tomorrow is sentencing day for Alex Murdaugh as @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up our coverage of Hulu's MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY with a look at episode 8.
We will *not* be covering these films
Twisted Serial Killer Cinematic Universe to Launch with ‘Jeffrey Dollmer’ & ‘Ted Bunny’
After finding success in the public domain horror space with Popeye the Slayer Man, producer Jeff Miller is launching a “Twisted Serial Killer Universe.” Deadline has learned the cinematic universe wi...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We will *not* be covering these films
Today on Patreon: With Maggie no longer around to cushion his fall, Alex begins spiralling out.
Meanwhile, Mandy starts a podcast and Gloria's sons try to collect the settlement money they were promised.
Discussions include: busted alibis and frozen jellyfish
Meanwhile, Mandy starts a podcast and Gloria's sons try to collect the settlement money they were promised.
Discussions include: busted alibis and frozen jellyfish
Murdaugh: Death in the Family Episode 7 | Murder Made Fiction
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November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Today on Patreon: With Maggie no longer around to cushion his fall, Alex begins spiralling out.
Meanwhile, Mandy starts a podcast and Gloria's sons try to collect the settlement money they were promised.
Discussions include: busted alibis and frozen jellyfish
Meanwhile, Mandy starts a podcast and Gloria's sons try to collect the settlement money they were promised.
Discussions include: busted alibis and frozen jellyfish
Tomorrow on Patreon: Jenn and Joe reach the penultimate episode of MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY as Alex prepares for trial.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Tomorrow on Patreon: Jenn and Joe reach the penultimate episode of MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY as Alex prepares for trial.
Today on the Pod: Ron Howard’s emotional film THIRTEEN LIVES chronicles the risky and controversial mission to save twelve young soccer players and their coach from the rapidly flooding Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand.
Topics include: claustrophobia, star power, and white savior narratives
Topics include: claustrophobia, star power, and white savior narratives
Aquatic Disasters: Thirteen Lives (2022)
Podcast Episode · Murder Made Fiction · 11/25/2025 · 58m
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November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today on the Pod: Ron Howard’s emotional film THIRTEEN LIVES chronicles the risky and controversial mission to save twelve young soccer players and their coach from the rapidly flooding Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand.
Topics include: claustrophobia, star power, and white savior narratives
Topics include: claustrophobia, star power, and white savior narratives
Tomorrow on the pod: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up Aquatic Disaster month with a look at Ron Howard’s Thai rescue film, THIRTEEN LIVES
Thirteen Lives - Official Trailer | Prime Video
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November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tomorrow on the pod: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up Aquatic Disaster month with a look at Ron Howard’s Thai rescue film, THIRTEEN LIVES
Today on Patreon: Maggie and Paul try to turn their lives around as the walls begin to close in on Alex. With Randolph III hospitalized, the unstable lawyer makes a desperate decision.
Discussions include: mystery shooters, compression socks, and Bradley Cooper's A Star is Born.
Discussions include: mystery shooters, compression socks, and Bradley Cooper's A Star is Born.
Murdaugh: Death in the Family Episode 6 | Murder Made Fiction
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November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today on Patreon: Maggie and Paul try to turn their lives around as the walls begin to close in on Alex. With Randolph III hospitalized, the unstable lawyer makes a desperate decision.
Discussions include: mystery shooters, compression socks, and Bradley Cooper's A Star is Born.
Discussions include: mystery shooters, compression socks, and Bradley Cooper's A Star is Born.
Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social tackle the sixth episode of MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY, which brings the framing device of the murders back full circle.
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social tackle the sixth episode of MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY, which brings the framing device of the murders back full circle.
@jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are wrapping up Aquatic Disaster month on Tuesday, so be sure to check out Ron Howard’s #thirteenlives beforehand!
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November 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
@jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are wrapping up Aquatic Disaster month on Tuesday, so be sure to check out Ron Howard’s #thirteenlives beforehand!
Today on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are into the back half of the season as Buster Murdaugh takes center stage for "The Prince."
Plus: watermelon festivals, "manning up", the series' take on Stephen Smith, and tracking the images from the credits
Plus: watermelon festivals, "manning up", the series' take on Stephen Smith, and tracking the images from the credits
Murdaugh: Death in the Family Episode 5 | Murder Made Fiction
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November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Today on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are into the back half of the season as Buster Murdaugh takes center stage for "The Prince."
Plus: watermelon festivals, "manning up", the series' take on Stephen Smith, and tracking the images from the credits
Plus: watermelon festivals, "manning up", the series' take on Stephen Smith, and tracking the images from the credits
Fancy a watermelon? Tomorrow on Patreon, @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social hit up the local watermelon festival for another eventful Murdaugh outing.
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Fancy a watermelon? Tomorrow on Patreon, @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social hit up the local watermelon festival for another eventful Murdaugh outing.
Director Charlie Shackleton makes lemonade out of lemons after losing the rights to adapt Lyndon Lafferty’s 2012 true crime novel The Zodiac Killer Cover-up AKA The Silenced Badge.
From the ashes of his abandoned doc rises a fascinating exploration of the genre itself with ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
From the ashes of his abandoned doc rises a fascinating exploration of the genre itself with ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
Zodiac Killer Project (2025) Spoiler-Free Review
Podcast Episode · Murder Made Fiction · 11/20/2025 · 31m
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November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Director Charlie Shackleton makes lemonade out of lemons after losing the rights to adapt Lyndon Lafferty’s 2012 true crime novel The Zodiac Killer Cover-up AKA The Silenced Badge.
From the ashes of his abandoned doc rises a fascinating exploration of the genre itself with ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
From the ashes of his abandoned doc rises a fascinating exploration of the genre itself with ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
Tomorrow on the Main Feed: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social drop a bonus contemporary movie review on ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT, one of the most fascinating examples - and simultaneous take-downs - of true crimes docu/series in recent memory.
ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT | Official Trailer | In Select Theaters November 21
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November 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Tomorrow on the Main Feed: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social drop a bonus contemporary movie review on ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT, one of the most fascinating examples - and simultaneous take-downs - of true crimes docu/series in recent memory.
Today on Patreon: On episode 4 of MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY, Maggie tends to her sunflowers instead of visiting Gloria in the hospital while Alex struggles with his finances and Mandy begins investigating the death of Stephen Smith.
Discussions include: kudzu, obituaries, and guns for Christmas
Discussions include: kudzu, obituaries, and guns for Christmas
Murdaugh: Death in the Family Episode 4 | Murder Made Fiction
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November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Today on Patreon: On episode 4 of MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY, Maggie tends to her sunflowers instead of visiting Gloria in the hospital while Alex struggles with his finances and Mandy begins investigating the death of Stephen Smith.
Discussions include: kudzu, obituaries, and guns for Christmas
Discussions include: kudzu, obituaries, and guns for Christmas
Tomorrow on Patreon: following their Bahamas vacation, the Murdaugh family struggles to cope without housekeeper/surrogate mother, Gloria in episode 4 of #murdaughdeathinthefamily
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Tomorrow on Patreon: following their Bahamas vacation, the Murdaugh family struggles to cope without housekeeper/surrogate mother, Gloria in episode 4 of #murdaughdeathinthefamily
On the night of April 20, 2010, over the span of nine minutes, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon experienced a cataclysmic explosion that killed 11 men, and spilled an estimated 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf over a period of 87 days.
It is the worst oil disaster in US history.
It is the worst oil disaster in US history.
Murder Made Fiction
True Crime Podcast · Updated Weekly · A podcast that analyzes fictionalized adaptations of true crimes. Hosted by Jenn Adams and Joe Lipsett. Part of the Bloody FM podcast network.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
On the night of April 20, 2010, over the span of nine minutes, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon experienced a cataclysmic explosion that killed 11 men, and spilled an estimated 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf over a period of 87 days.
It is the worst oil disaster in US history.
It is the worst oil disaster in US history.
Tomorrow on the pod: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social venture out to the rig to discuss the greatest oil disaster in US history with 2016's DEEPWATER HORIZON.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Tomorrow on the pod: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social venture out to the rig to discuss the greatest oil disaster in US history with 2016's DEEPWATER HORIZON.
Today on Patreon: Sing the song because we are joining the Murdaughs on a $65K vacation to the Bahamas in episode three of the Hulu series, "Kokomo."
As poor Gloria struggles back at home, the individual family members isolate themselves at the resort before an explosive dinner.
As poor Gloria struggles back at home, the individual family members isolate themselves at the resort before an explosive dinner.
Murdaugh: Death in the Family Episode 3 | Murder Made Fiction
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November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today on Patreon: Sing the song because we are joining the Murdaughs on a $65K vacation to the Bahamas in episode three of the Hulu series, "Kokomo."
As poor Gloria struggles back at home, the individual family members isolate themselves at the resort before an explosive dinner.
As poor Gloria struggles back at home, the individual family members isolate themselves at the resort before an explosive dinner.
Today on Patreon: The second episode of Murdaugh: Death in the Family follows the eight days that Mallory Beach was missing.
Topics include: Maggie's complicity, wavering sympathy for Paul, praising nurses, and the introduction of Brittany Snow!
Topics include: Maggie's complicity, wavering sympathy for Paul, praising nurses, and the introduction of Brittany Snow!
Murdaugh: Death in the Family Episode 2 | Murder Made Fiction
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November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Today on Patreon: The second episode of Murdaugh: Death in the Family follows the eight days that Mallory Beach was missing.
Topics include: Maggie's complicity, wavering sympathy for Paul, praising nurses, and the introduction of Brittany Snow!
Topics include: Maggie's complicity, wavering sympathy for Paul, praising nurses, and the introduction of Brittany Snow!
Tomorrow on Patreon: the search begins for Mallory's body as Randolph and Alex Murdaugh go into overdrive to keep all of the boating accident survivors on message.
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Tomorrow on Patreon: the search begins for Mallory's body as Randolph and Alex Murdaugh go into overdrive to keep all of the boating accident survivors on message.
Today on Patreon: @joelipsett.bsky.social and @jennferatu.bsky.social kick off coverage of the Murdaugh murders by going to a high-end oyster roast and learning how to correctly pronounce Alex's name.
Discussions include: country music, southern accents, and illicit jellyfish farming
Discussions include: country music, southern accents, and illicit jellyfish farming
Murdaugh: Death in the Family Episode 1 | Murder Made Fiction
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November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Today on Patreon: @joelipsett.bsky.social and @jennferatu.bsky.social kick off coverage of the Murdaugh murders by going to a high-end oyster roast and learning how to correctly pronounce Alex's name.
Discussions include: country music, southern accents, and illicit jellyfish farming
Discussions include: country music, southern accents, and illicit jellyfish farming
Tomorrow on Patreon: get ready Bo because @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are kicking off coverage of Hulu's limited series, MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY with a look at the first episode.
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tomorrow on Patreon: get ready Bo because @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are kicking off coverage of Hulu's limited series, MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY with a look at the first episode.