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Time of India
21 hours ago
- Time of India
News anchor Jodi Huisentruit 'vanished' 30 years ago and now a documentary reveals chilling witness' claim. Where to watch?
American news anchor Jodi Huisentruit has been missing for 30 years. Jodi was on her way to work shortly after 4 a.m. on the morning on June 27, 1995, when authorities believe she was violently abducted. Now, a three-part documentary on Jodi Huisentruit reveals a chilling claim by a witness. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Jodi Huisentruit docuseries What happened to Jodi Huisentruit still remains a mystery to date. The 27-year-old from Long Prairie, Minnestosa, was a morning anchor at KIMT-TV, serving north central Iowa and southeastern Minnesota. Everyday, Jodi Huisentruit was up before dawn every day for Daybreak at 6 am and she aspired to go June 27, 1995, DayBreak producer Amy Kuns called Huisentruit at home shortly after 4 am to see why she wasn't at work yet, as she was usually there closer to 3 am."I called her twice. I talked to her and woke her up that first time," Kuns remembered in a 2011 interview. "The second time, it just rang and rang. I don't remember the times. I had obviously woken her up. She asked what time it was. I told her. She said she'd be right in." She never made it to her apartment, police found signs of a struggle, including a bent key outside her car. Her disappearance was quickly ruled an abduction and over the last three decades, authorities have been unable to find her or recover her Huisentruit didn't obviously disappear into thin air. Jodi was declared dead on May 14, 2001, but, to this day, no body or any other physical trace of her has ever been search warrant sheds light that investigators placed a GPS tracker on a friend's car in 1999 and on the friend's pickup truck in 2013, according to CBS News. But the friend is yet to be charged with a crime and had been with the local TV news anchor the night before she also caught a break in 2022, when an ABC 20/20 episode on Huisentruit's disappearance led a witness to reach out to the Mason City Police Department and share information she kept secret for more than two decades, as the network highlights in the new trailer for its years after Jodi Huisentruit 'disappeared', a new three-part documentary on her disappearance is set to debut this week, reports Fox 9. " Her Last Broadcast : The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit" is a new documentary on the disappearance of the Iowa news anchor, which will also take a look at the case, including a new tip that led authorities to search a property in Minnesota last Jodi Huisentruit documentary is being produced by ABC News Studios. The new series, 'Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit', includes more than 20 new interviews with family members, detectives, witnesses and friends of Jodi Huisentruit. ABC News Studios in a press release said the series also promises "never-before-seen material and new, groundbreaking information" about the case."An exploration of the power of persistence, public memory, and journalism, Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit breathes new life into one of the country's most haunting unsolved mysteries," the network says. "Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit" will debut on Hulu on Tuesday, July the 30th anniversary of Huisentruit's disappearance in late June, an online group dedicated to finding the truth about what happened to the television news anchor shared a statement demanding the person responsible come forward and explain what happened."[Thirty] years. It's time,' the group Find Jodi said, according to CBS. 'Don't make Jodi Huisentruit's family and friends wait another year for you to come forward. They need answers and justice.'
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
As Ellen Greenberg's Parents Vie To Reopen Case Of Her Suspicious Death, ABC News Studios, Elle & Dakota Fanning & Blackfin Investigate For Hulu
EXCLUSIVE: Ellen Greenberg, a 27-year-old teacher, was found dead on the kitchen floor of her apartment in 2011 with 20 knife wounds and 11 bruises. Her death was officially ruled a suicide but her parents have insisted she was murdered and the pathologist who ruled her death a suicide recently changed his mind. This case is the latest to be investigated in a true-crime documentary series for Hulu. More from Deadline 'King Of The Hill' Revival Casts Ronny Chieng To Take Over Voice Of Khan; Unveils Season 14 Trailer 2025 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming 'Reasonable Doubt' Adds Kiah Clingman & Brittany Inge To Season 3 Cast Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? comes from ABC News Studios, Dakota and Elle Fanning's production company Lewellen Pictures and Lionsgate Alternative Television's Blackfin label. The three-part series will follow her family's 14-year quest to find out what happened. To the shock of many who knew her, detectives on the scene treated her death as a suicide until her autopsy results came back with the cause of death ruled a homicide. Shortly thereafter, the manner of death was reversed again to suicide, and the city of Philadelphia shut the case without further investigation. However, Ellen's parents are fighting to reopen the investigation. Nancy Schwartzman, who directed Hulu's Sasha Reid and the Midnight Order and Netflix's Victim/Suspect, serves as showrunner and director. Laura Dimon serves as producer, David Sloan is senior executive producer and Victoria Thompson is executive producer for ABC News Studios. It is set to launch on the streamer later this year. It marks the latest true-crime series for ABC News Studios, which launched in 2022 and is behind projects including Scam Goddess, Daughters of the Cult and Still Missing Morgan. The company, which recently debuted Hulu's Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything at the Tribeca Film Festival, also has a number of true-crime series coming up including Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit, Trophy Wife: Murder on Safari and Mr. & Mrs. Murder. Dakota and Elle Fanning launched Lewellen Pictures in 2021 and the company has produced a number of series for Hulu including The Great and The Girl From Plainville as well as Apple's upcoming Margo's Got Money Troubles and documentaries including Hulu's Mastermind. Blackfin is behind series including Netflix's Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez and Hulu's Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre. Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 'Stick' Release Guide: When Do New Episodes Come Out? 'Stick' Soundtrack: All The Songs You'll Hear In The Apple TV+ Golf Series

13-06-2025
- Entertainment
'The View' co-hosts and more step out for world premiere of Barbara Walters doc
Barbara Walters' highly anticipated documentary, " Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything," had its world premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday. " The View" co-hosts Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar and Sara Haines were among the stars who came out to show their support. The upcoming documentary about the trailblazing television news broadcaster and longtime ABC News anchor "examines the broadcast legend's pivotal role in the history of journalism and her pioneering example for women in the industry," according to a press release. The press release adds that the documentary, from ABC News Studios, "gives viewers an intimate and raw look" at Walters' "astonishing career, personal life, and the challenges she faced trying to balance it all as a woman in a male-dominated industry. Walters, in her own words, also reflects on the high price of fame and the legacy she hoped to inspire." Walters died in December 2022. She was 93. The legendary journalist joined ABC News in 1976 and became the first female anchor on an evening news program. Three years later, she became a co-host of "20/20," and in 1997, she launched "The View." Her career spanned five decades, during which she earned 11 Emmy Award nominations, winning three. "Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything" will premiere on Hulu in the U.S. on Monday, June 23, and later this year on Disney+ in select territories. See more photos from the world premiere red carpet below. Lara Spencer and Sam Champion Deborah Roberts Will Reeve Sara Haines Juju Chang Cynthia McFadden Sunny Hostin Joy Behar
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Barbara Walters grills Taylor Swift, Oprah in doc trailer on pioneering newswoman
For nearly five decades, the hottest seat on the publicity circuit was the same – the one across from Barbara Walters. Now, Walters' brass knuckles interview approach and unrelenting pursuit of a viral sound bite is getting the documentary treatment. In "Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything," a new project from ABC News Studios and Imagine Documentaries, documentarians take a fine-tooth comb to the newswoman's career, exploring her interviews with Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, the Menendez brothers and others. A trailer, released May 28, shows Walters asking hard-hitting, sometimes eyebrow-raising questions, as she presses Swift on her dating life, the Kardashian family on their so-called lack of "talent," and Russian leader Vladimir Putin on whether he's ever had anyone killed. What we know about Barbara Walters, from her notorious pal to the 'SNL' nickname she hated Inversing the interview equation, the documentary features commentary from some of her most famous subjects, including Winfrey and Bette Midler, along with Disney CEO Bob Iger, who paint a picture of a tenacious and unapologetically nosy woman, who was married to her career at a time when women in the workplace were outnumbered, even more so in a newsroom. The documentary will also stitch together interviews of Walters, who died in 2022, taking an "in her own words" approach to the journalist's personal life and career struggles. "She didn't just report the news, she made news. She was a true American original – and trailblazer who broke ground for women," a release announcing the trailer said, promising viewers "an intimate and raw look at her astonishing career, personal life, and the challenges she faced trying to balance it all as a woman in a male-dominated industry." Making its world premiere June 12 at the Tribeca Film Festival, the documentary will be available to stream on Hulu June 23. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Barbara Walters interviews with Trump, Kardashians make up new doc


USA Today
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Barbara Walters grills Taylor Swift, Oprah in doc trailer on pioneering newswoman
Barbara Walters grills Taylor Swift, Oprah in doc trailer on pioneering newswoman For nearly five decades, the hottest seat on the publicity circuit was the same – the one across from Barbara Walters. Now, Walters' brass knuckles interview approach and unrelenting pursuit of a viral sound bite is getting the documentary treatment. In "Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything," a new project from ABC News Studios and Imagine Documentaries, documentarians take a fine-tooth comb to the newswoman's career, exploring her interviews with Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, the Menendez brothers and others. A trailer, released May 28, shows Walters asking hard-hitting, sometimes eyebrow-raising questions, as she presses Swift on her dating life, the Kardashian family on their so-called lack of "talent," and Russian leader Vladimir Putin on whether he's ever had anyone killed. What we know about Barbara Walters, from her notorious pal to the 'SNL' nickname she hated Inversing the interview equation, the documentary features commentary from some of her most famous subjects, including Winfrey and Bette Midler, along with Disney CEO Bob Iger, who paint a picture of a tenacious and unapologetically nosy woman, who was married to her career at a time when women in the workplace were outnumbered, even more so in a newsroom. Watch Barbara Walters documentary trailer The documentary will also stitch together interviews of Walters, who died in 2022, taking an "in her own words" approach to the journalist's personal life and career struggles. "She didn't just report the news, she made news. She was a true American original – and trailblazer who broke ground for women," a release announcing the trailer said, promising viewers "an intimate and raw look at her astonishing career, personal life, and the challenges she faced trying to balance it all as a woman in a male-dominated industry." Making its world premiere June 12 at the Tribeca Film Festival, the documentary will be available to stream on Hulu June 23.