You Can’t Make This Up

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The incredible real stories behind the making of the biggest documentary series & films on Netflix. Host Rebecca Lavoie leads in-depth interviews with creators and subjects, exploring how these stories are produced & their impact, while uncovering new information. New episodes every Wednesday.

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Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers

The Netflix documentary film Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers recounts Aileen Wuornos’s violent childhood, lethal killing spree, and problematic trial. It provides additional context to her story and invites viewers to reconsider her complicated legacy. Featuring never-before-seen footage from death row, Wuornos discusses the trauma she endured, the case against her, and the victims of her crimes. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Emily Turner. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at tudum.com! Read more about Aileen Wuornos and how her murderous legacy is being reconsidered. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

37 min
29 OKT

Who Killed the Montreal Expos?

The Netflix documentary film Who Killed the Montreal Expos? revisits the baseball team’s collapse and relocation to Washington. It lets heartbroken fans, beloved players, and vilified owners point fingers at who or what was responsible for the club’s demise. Was it management blunders, labor disputes, political indifference, or basic economics? Or…do all these things share blame for Montréal losing its beloved baseball team? In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Jean-François Poisson and executive producer Marie-Christine Pouliot. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Who Killed the Montreal Expos? yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at tudum.com! There you can read more about the Expos’s sad and shocking downfall. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

41 min
22 OKT

The Perfect Neighbor

The Netflix documentary film The Perfect Neighbor offers a real-time look at the simmering dispute between a white woman and her Black neighbors. Told largely through police body cam footage, it reveals the petty complaints that started the conflict - and the heart-wrenching grief when it ended. It also explores whether Susan Lorincz tried to weaponize police against those living around her and whether she tried to exploit self-defense laws to commit murder. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Geeta Gandbhir and producer Nikon Kwantu. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched The Perfect Neighbor yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at tudum.com! Right now you can read more about the fallout from the case. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

38 min
15 OKT

My Father, the BTK Killer

In the Netflix documentary My Father, the BTK Killer, Kerri Rawson embarks on a personal journey of understanding—confronting childhood trauma and searching for healing. In this bonus from the podcast Monster: BTK from Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts, Executive Producer Payne Lindsey sits down with Kerri to talk about her early childhood, learning about her dad's true identity when she was an adult, and dealing with the aftermath of his arrest, 20 years ago. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched My Father, the BTK Killer yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at tudum.com. Read more from director Skye Borgman about what went into chronicling Kerri’s journey in My Father, the BTK Killer. You can listen to all episodes of the Monster: BTK⁠ podcast now. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

37 min
8 OKT

Rebel Royals

The Netflix documentary Rebel Royals offers an intimate look at the unlikely romance between Märtha Louise, daughter of the King of Norway, and Shaman Durek Verrett, a mystic from California. The spiritual couple navigates issues of class, race, and national identity as they prepare for a royal wedding among the Scandinavian fjords. They address critics in the press and the public who view their union as an oddity, and reveal what life looks like for two unconventional soulmates. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews Märtha Louise and Shaman Durek Verrett. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Rebel Royals yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at tudum.com. Read more about these rebel royals’ lives before they met. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

34 min
1 OKT

Love Con Revenge | part 2

In part two of our look at the Netflix series Love Con Revenge, we talk to the private eye working with The Tinder Swindler’s Cecilie Fjellhøy about the tradecraft of locating other con artists who’ve swindled their partners. She discusses the challenge of uncovering their web of deceit and bringing any measure of justice for victims duped by those who loved their money more than they loved them. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews private investigator Brianne Joseph. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Love Con Revenge yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at Tudum.com! Read more about a romance scammer’s playbook and learn what’s happened to the victims since their stories were filmed. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

35 min
24 SEP

Love Con Revenge | part 1

In the Netflix series Love Con Revenge, Cecilie Fjellhøy from The Tinder Swindler teams with a private investigator to track down other swindlers and tell the stories of those left both broke and heartbroken. Faced with limited legal options, the team goes to bat for a group of victims who were ripped off in different ways, but were all victims in elaborate romantic long cons. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews Cecilie Fjellhøy. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Love Con Revenge yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at tudum.com. Read more about a romance scammer’s playbook and learn what’s happened to the victims since their stories were filmed. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

40 min
17 SEP

Katrina: Come Hell and High Water

From Executive Producer Spike Lee, the Netflix series Katrina: Come Hell and High Water tells the story of what happened, what’s changed, and what hasn’t. It recounts the harrowing experiences of those whose lives were forever changed by the storm. And it provides a report card 20 years later on the long term efforts to rebuild a community and its culture, and the effects of Katrina’s wounds that will not heal. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews showrunner Alisa Payne and episode director Samantha Knowles. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Katrina: Come Hell and High Water yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at Tudum.com! There you can read more about what happened to the people featured in the series. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

42 min

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Introducing: You Can't Make This Up

Join journalist, true-crime author and podcaster Rebecca Lavoie as she delves into the true stories behind some of the biggest documentaries and films on Netflix. Hear from filmmakers, writers, actors and contributors as they describe the journey from real life to screen: how they found the story, how they got access, what got cut, and the continuing impact on the lives of its subjects. New episodes every Wednesday.

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Great insights behind the docus

02-06-2020

ThaForce

This is truly magnificant. It gives you great insights about how the documentaries vame to life. I really would love to hear how Dope was being produced and written.

The incredible real stories behind the making of the biggest documentary series & films on Netflix. Host Rebecca Lavoie leads in-depth interviews with creators and subjects, exploring how these stories are produced & their impact, while uncovering new information. New episodes every Wednesday.