The 9 Best Making a Mania: The Steven Avery Saga and Why We're Obsessed Podcast Episodes
1) Why'd the Netflix series 'Making a Murderer' capture worldwide attention? | Ep. 1
We talk with Robert Thompson, a trustee professor of television, radio and film at Syracuse University, and Catherine Tatge, an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and founder of the Civic Life P...Show More
2) Dahmer and Gein: Wisconsin's other notorious crimes | Ep. 3
Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey are far from Wisconsin's first famous convicted killers. In the not-so-distant past, the Badger State was home to two of the most famous murderers in history: Jeffrey D...Show More
3) True crime: Why's it so bloody captivating? | Ep. 2
We talk true crime obsessions with Molly Fitzpatrick, a New York-based freelance journalist who covered the 2017 CrimeCon, and Janine Vaccarello, COO at Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Ten...Show More
4) Ken Kratz on the dishonesty of 'Making a Murderer' | Ep. 4
There's no doubt that Ken Kratz, the Calumet County D.A. who prosecuted Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey more than 10 years ago, comes off as a villain in "Making a Murderer." We sit down with Kratz to...Show More
5) Why would anyone ever confess to a crime they didn't commit? | Ep. 5
Jim Trainum, retired homicide detective and author of "How the Police Generate False Confessions: An Inside Look at the Interrogation Room," explains how and why false confessions happen and how law e...Show More
6) Jerry Buting reacts to 'Making a Murderer Part 2' | Ep. 8
Among the surprises in "Making a Murderer Part 2" is the way Steven Avery's attorney Kathleen Zellner points fingers at the work of Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, who defended Avery at his 2007 murder ...Show More
7) A conversation with Dean Strang | Ep. 6
Dean Strang was part of Steven Avery's defense team and became a Midwestern folk hero after "Making a Murderer." We talked with him about changes he'd make in the criminal justice system, the politics...Show More
8) Should you watch 'Making a Murderer Part 2'? | Ep. 7
The long-awaited Part 2 of Netflix's "Making a Murderer" has arrived. USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin reporters Doug Schneider and Shane Nyman talk about their binge session, impressions from the new epis...Show More
9) Ken Kratz fires back at 'Making a Murderer Part 2' | Ep. 9
Ken Kratz, the man who prosecuted the Steven Avery case and is portrayed as a villain in "Making a Murderer," sits down with USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin to talk about "Part 2" and Kathleen Zellner's a...Show More