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"Making a Mania: The Steven Avery Saga and Why We're Obsessed," is a podcast from USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin exploring the phenomenon of the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" and the cases of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey.
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Ken Kratz fires back at 'Making a Murderer Part 2' | Ep. 9 from 2018-12-07T18:48:17
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'...
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Jerry Buting reacts to 'Making a Murderer Part 2' | Ep. 8 from 2018-11-02T15:30:03
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 murd...
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Should you watch 'Making a Murderer Part 2'? | Ep. 7 from 2018-10-26T01:42:38
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 e...
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A conversation with Dean Strang | Ep. 6 from 2018-10-09T12:55:10
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 polit...
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Why would anyone ever confess to a crime they didn't commit? | Ep. 5 from 2018-10-09T12:39:13
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 la...
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Ken Kratz on the dishonesty of 'Making a Murderer' | Ep. 4 from 2018-10-09T12:22:02
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...
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Dahmer and Gein: Wisconsin's other notorious crimes | Ep. 3 from 2018-10-09T10:48:46
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: Jeffre...
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True crime: Why's it so bloody captivating? | Ep. 2 from 2018-10-09T04:09:13
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, ...
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Why'd the Netflix series 'Making a Murderer' capture worldwide attention? | Ep. 1 from 2018-10-09T01:39:16
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 Lif...
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