You Can’t Make This Up

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

The Netflix documentary film aka Charlie Sheen looks at the actor’s rise to movie and TV stardom, his personal demons, and his public implosion. With deeply candid insights from those he loved and those he fought, Sheen gives his own colorful takes on the heights of celebrity, the depths of addiction, the cycle of self-destruction, and the quest to be #winning at life. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Andrew Renzi. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched aka Charlie Sheen 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 Charlie Sheen’s incredible journey of self-discovery. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

The Netflix documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish brings us the teen victims, their families, and the investigators behind a disturbing case of digital harassment. We also hear from the catfish who attempts to explain their actions, as well as the people they hurt, about whether or not they can forgive the pain inflicted on them. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Skye Borgman. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Unknown Number: The High School Catfish 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 the case and what’s next for the Licari family. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

In the Netflix documentary The Truth About Jussie Smollett? we hear directly from the actor about his claim he was beaten by racists that frigid night on a Chicago sidewalk. We also hear from police, journalists, and the two men who say Smollett paid them to fake the hate crime. The film also explores unexamined evidence which questions whether the assailants were actually the two Black men who took responsibility…or whether they were white men like the actor said they were. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews Director Gagan Rehill. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched The Truth About Jussie Smollett 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 Jussie Smollett case. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.