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It began with a picture — one that, when examined closer, opened up a twisted and heartbreaking 30-year mystery.

The upcoming true-crime documentary Girl in the Picture dives into the story of Sharon Marshall, as she goes from being an ambitious teenager with a scholarship to Georgia Tech to a woman with a 2-year-old son, forced by her abusive husband to work as a stripper. Her eventual tragic murder leads to an investigation of her true identity and the federal fugitive who happened to be at the center of it all. Investigative journalist Matt Birkbeck, who first wrote about this saga in his bestselling novels A Beautiful Child and Finding Sharon, is the film’s executive producer.

As a companion to the documentary, Netflix will also publish a special five-part audio miniseries. Girl in the Picture, the podcast, will feature complementary information and interviews not seen in the film. Episodes 1...

Exclusive: A new true crime series is in early development spotlighting the points of view of Robert Durst’s female victims and the investigators who believed he was a more prolific serial killer than the world ever knew, sources reveal to Deadline.

From UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, for Peacock, the untitled project hails from writer, showrunner and executive producer Dara Resnik. She also exec produces with Jimmy Fox and Emily Bon for Main Event Media and Matt Birkbeck.

Durst was charged with the murders of his ex-wife Kathleen McCormack, his friend Susan Berman and neighbor Morris Black but served very little jail time. As the heir to successful real estate investor Seymour Durst, Robert Durst had extensive amounts of money at his disposal.

McCormack went missing on January 31, 1982, with Durst saying he put her on a train to New...

"This is more than just a crime story – who is this girl?" Netflix has debuted an official trailer for another true crime documentary, this one titled Girl in the Picture. Not to be confused with the other two feature films also with the same title: The Girl in the Picture from 1957, and The Girl in the Picture from 1985. This one is based on the true story of a woman who was missing for 30 years and didn't even know her real name. A young mother's mysterious death and her son's subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman's true identity, and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of it all. It's based on an investigation by journalist Matt Birkbeck, who also appears in this doc talking about everything they figured out. This is such an over-the-top trailer, with all the jump cuts to the score and recreation footage added in.

All3Media America’s Main Event Media has teamed up with Audioboom to launch an original podcast division and has prepared a slate of projects including TrumpMania and a series featuring Fuller House star Jodie Sweetin.

The United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell producer, which is run by Jimmy Fox, becomes the latest TV production company to move into the podcast world. The division will be run by Emily Bon, who will both produce and co-write projects in its fast-growing slate, and the podcasts will be available on all major platforms.

The aim is to develop podcasts with the goal of developing them for film and television.

“The biggest motivation behind the launch of this division was simple – creative control. It’s incredibly refreshing as a producer to find talent you enjoy working with or a story that deeply fascinates you and immediately be able to give yourself the green light.