Exclusive: Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi’s PatMa Productions’ has optioned podcast Cold from Ksl to develop into a TV series that tackles the issue of domestic abuse.
Cold chronicles the tragic circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a young Mormon wife and mother of two, Susan Powell.
Using actual case files, journal entries, and recordings, Cold examines Powell’s seemingly perfect marriage only to reveal harrowing details of domestic abuse. After deciding to escape the violence with her children, Susan suspiciously vanishes without explanation, without her children, in 2009 and remains missing to this day.
Her husband, who had been named a person of interest but never charged, subsequently killed himself and their young sons in a murder-suicide amid a custody dispute with Sudan’s parents.
Tassler, Di Novi, Joan Boorstein, Dave Cawley and Ksl Podcasts will executive produce the project, possibly a limited series, which will be taken out to the marketplace shortly.
Cold chronicles the tragic circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a young Mormon wife and mother of two, Susan Powell.
Using actual case files, journal entries, and recordings, Cold examines Powell’s seemingly perfect marriage only to reveal harrowing details of domestic abuse. After deciding to escape the violence with her children, Susan suspiciously vanishes without explanation, without her children, in 2009 and remains missing to this day.
Her husband, who had been named a person of interest but never charged, subsequently killed himself and their young sons in a murder-suicide amid a custody dispute with Sudan’s parents.
Tassler, Di Novi, Joan Boorstein, Dave Cawley and Ksl Podcasts will executive produce the project, possibly a limited series, which will be taken out to the marketplace shortly.
- 4/30/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Susan Powell was just 28 years old when she disappeared from her Utah home in 2009. Her husband, Josh Powell, was named a suspect in the case, but before he could be charged, he killed his two sons and himself. And still, no one knows what truly happened to Susan.
Oxygen’s new special, “The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell,” attempts to uncover new details of the last few years of Susan’s life, and incriminates her father-in-law, Steven Powell, in a dangerous way.
In the documentary special, investigative journalist Stephanie Bauer dissects Susan and Josh’s marriage, and looks into Steven Powell’s creepy obsession with his former daughter-in-law. Investigators uncovered numerous video tapes that Steven took of Susan, sometimes without her knowing.
Initially, Josh Powell claimed he had taken their sons Charlie, 4, and Braden, 2, on a camping trip during a winter blizzard shortly after his wife had gone to bed.
Oxygen’s new special, “The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell,” attempts to uncover new details of the last few years of Susan’s life, and incriminates her father-in-law, Steven Powell, in a dangerous way.
In the documentary special, investigative journalist Stephanie Bauer dissects Susan and Josh’s marriage, and looks into Steven Powell’s creepy obsession with his former daughter-in-law. Investigators uncovered numerous video tapes that Steven took of Susan, sometimes without her knowing.
Initially, Josh Powell claimed he had taken their sons Charlie, 4, and Braden, 2, on a camping trip during a winter blizzard shortly after his wife had gone to bed.
- 5/4/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
It's a case that captivated the nation, and now Oxygen presents a new twist in the Susan Cox Powell story. In The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell, the two-part event starting Saturday, May 4, Oxygen will present what it's calling the "definitive story" of Susan's final years and promises "alarming new developments" and "scandalous" never-before-seen videos. There will be rare interviews with family members offering a new, closer look into the shocking case. Susan Powell disappeared at the age of 28 from her home in Utah in 2009. Husband Josh Powell told police after Susan went to bed, he went camping with sons Charlie, then 4 years old and Braden, then 2 years old…during a...
- 3/25/2019
- E! Online
Tony Sokol Mar 22, 2019
Investigation Discovery documentary The Atlanta Child Murders revisits investigation into the murders of 22 children.
"It's 10 p.m., do you know where your children are," Georgia TV broadcast stations asked at the end of the 1970s. The 1979–1981 Atlanta Child Murders claimed the lives of at least 28 children, adolescents, and adults. Twenty-three-year old Atlanta native Wayne Williams was arrested and convicted for two of the adult murders during the two-year spree. He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. Officials will re-evaluate evidence in the Atlanta Child Murders case, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on Thursday, March 21. The Atlanta Police Department will re-test 22 murder cases which which have been deemed cold cases since 1981. The cases are the subject of the upcoming documentary The Atlanta Child Murders, which premieres Saturday, March 23 on Investigation Discovery.
“It would certainly be in order for us to look once again at evidence that the...
Investigation Discovery documentary The Atlanta Child Murders revisits investigation into the murders of 22 children.
"It's 10 p.m., do you know where your children are," Georgia TV broadcast stations asked at the end of the 1970s. The 1979–1981 Atlanta Child Murders claimed the lives of at least 28 children, adolescents, and adults. Twenty-three-year old Atlanta native Wayne Williams was arrested and convicted for two of the adult murders during the two-year spree. He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. Officials will re-evaluate evidence in the Atlanta Child Murders case, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on Thursday, March 21. The Atlanta Police Department will re-test 22 murder cases which which have been deemed cold cases since 1981. The cases are the subject of the upcoming documentary The Atlanta Child Murders, which premieres Saturday, March 23 on Investigation Discovery.
“It would certainly be in order for us to look once again at evidence that the...
- 3/22/2019
- Den of Geek
Tony Sokol Jan 17, 2019
One of America’s most vicious serial murderers was also a good dad, says ID's two-hour special Btk: A Killer Among Us
Dennis Rader murdered 10 people, including two children, in the Wichita, Kansas, area between 1974 and 1991. He taunted the police and gave himself his own nickname, the Btk Killer, based on the method of his crimes: Bind, Torture, Kill. When he was arrested in 2005, Rader pointed the police to the Wichita Public Library, where he'd stashed a letter he wrote in October 1974 detailing the killing of four members of the Otero family on January 15, of that year. Two of the victims were children, aged 9 and 11, the bodies were found by their sibling, who was only in tenth grade. Btk: A Killer Among Us which premieres Sunday, February 17 at 10 p.m. on Investigation Discovery, will explore the incidents.
Stephen King was inspired to write the 2010 novella A Good Marriage,...
One of America’s most vicious serial murderers was also a good dad, says ID's two-hour special Btk: A Killer Among Us
Dennis Rader murdered 10 people, including two children, in the Wichita, Kansas, area between 1974 and 1991. He taunted the police and gave himself his own nickname, the Btk Killer, based on the method of his crimes: Bind, Torture, Kill. When he was arrested in 2005, Rader pointed the police to the Wichita Public Library, where he'd stashed a letter he wrote in October 1974 detailing the killing of four members of the Otero family on January 15, of that year. Two of the victims were children, aged 9 and 11, the bodies were found by their sibling, who was only in tenth grade. Btk: A Killer Among Us which premieres Sunday, February 17 at 10 p.m. on Investigation Discovery, will explore the incidents.
Stephen King was inspired to write the 2010 novella A Good Marriage,...
- 1/17/2019
- Den of Geek
Tony Sokol Dec 6, 2018
The great lakes have their mysteries but Lake Erie may be the most treacherous in ID's series The Lake Erie Murders.
Amy Mihaljevic disappeared in October of 1989 from a Lake Erie area shopping plaza. The 10-year-old met a man there the police believe she might have known. She wanted to buy her mother a gift to celebrate a recent promotion. Amy's body was four months later. For nearly 30 years, police have been looking for the person responsible in the death. Investigation Discovery's new miniseries The Lake Erie Murders will try to answer the question when it premires with the three-hour special Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic? on Sunday, December 30 from 9 p.m. to midnight.
The Lake Erie Murders: Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic? is only one of several mysteries of the Great Lake. "Ominously named for its violent and unpredictablenature, Lake Erie borders four states and parts of Canada...
The great lakes have their mysteries but Lake Erie may be the most treacherous in ID's series The Lake Erie Murders.
Amy Mihaljevic disappeared in October of 1989 from a Lake Erie area shopping plaza. The 10-year-old met a man there the police believe she might have known. She wanted to buy her mother a gift to celebrate a recent promotion. Amy's body was four months later. For nearly 30 years, police have been looking for the person responsible in the death. Investigation Discovery's new miniseries The Lake Erie Murders will try to answer the question when it premires with the three-hour special Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic? on Sunday, December 30 from 9 p.m. to midnight.
The Lake Erie Murders: Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic? is only one of several mysteries of the Great Lake. "Ominously named for its violent and unpredictablenature, Lake Erie borders four states and parts of Canada...
- 12/6/2018
- Den of Geek
Tony Sokol Nov 24, 2018
All-new special Susan Powell: An ID Murder Mystery tracks a decade old disappearance.
On February 5, 2012, Josh Powell chased a social worker out of his house, and attacked his sons Charlie, age seven, and Braden, five, with a hatchet, before blowing his house up with everone in it. Powell emailed a curt suicide note, “I’m sorry, goodbye,” to his custody lawyer minutes earlier. He was in the battle because he was a person of interest in the 2009 disappearance of his wife. Investigation Discovery's Susan Powell: An ID Murder Mystery, will take viewers inside the investigation of Josh Powell. They will speak with Ellis Maxwell, lead detective on the Powell case, and Gary Sanders, Pierce County detective who assisted with Washington State investigation. The special will also feature a new exclusive interview with Susan’s father, Chuck Coxm and her her sister, Denise Cox Ernest.
The two-hour...
All-new special Susan Powell: An ID Murder Mystery tracks a decade old disappearance.
On February 5, 2012, Josh Powell chased a social worker out of his house, and attacked his sons Charlie, age seven, and Braden, five, with a hatchet, before blowing his house up with everone in it. Powell emailed a curt suicide note, “I’m sorry, goodbye,” to his custody lawyer minutes earlier. He was in the battle because he was a person of interest in the 2009 disappearance of his wife. Investigation Discovery's Susan Powell: An ID Murder Mystery, will take viewers inside the investigation of Josh Powell. They will speak with Ellis Maxwell, lead detective on the Powell case, and Gary Sanders, Pierce County detective who assisted with Washington State investigation. The special will also feature a new exclusive interview with Susan’s father, Chuck Coxm and her her sister, Denise Cox Ernest.
The two-hour...
- 11/24/2018
- Den of Geek
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