The Ryan White Story a 1989 Made-For-TV movie that tells the true story of Ryan White, an Indiana teenager who was diagnosed with AIDS in the 80s after contracting HIV through a contaminated blood treatment. At a time when little was understood about HIV/AIDS and fear and misinformation were widespread, Ryan faced discrimination and was prevented from attending school because of his diagnosis. Despite these challenges, Ryan and his family fought for his right to an education and worked to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. His courage and determination helped change public attitudes toward people living with HIV and made him an important figure in the history of the AIDS epidemic.

Sources:

https://www.pbs.org/video/retro-report-on-pbs-season-1-episode-8-forgotten-history-aids/

https://ryanwhite.hrsa.gov/about/ryan-white

https://www.wrtv.com/lifestyle/history/throwback-in-1989-abc-airs-the-ryan-white-story

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-16-ca-299-story.html

https://www.childrensmuseum.org/stories/just-a-normal-kid-10-facts-about-ryan-white

https://www.afmc.org/blog/ryan-white

This Week in Queer History 

https://web.archive.org/web/20071012032359/http://www.ryanwhite.com/pages/timeline.html

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/one-teenager-s-battle-attend-school-and-tells-us-framing-disease

https://time.com/6340507/ryan-white-world-aids-day/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16HV4n5nBHvPqnmvK1jYvg-RDY6BL2sBZKR1dhL7ZkJQ/edit?tab=t.0

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This new weekly segment "Off Script" will explore beyond the silver screen. Every Friday, we will dive into true crime in the TV and Music industry.

This week we will discuss Rebecca Schaeffer.

Rebecca Schaeffer was a rising television star best known for her role as Patti Russell on the sitcom My Sister Sam. In 1989, at just 21 years old, her life was tragically cut short when she was murdered at her home in Los Angeles by an obsessed fan who had obtained her home address through a private investigator.

Rebecca’s murder shocked Hollywood and sparked national conversations about celebrity privacy and stalking. Her case helped inspire stronger anti-stalking laws and changes to how personal information could be accessed through public records.

Behind the bright lights of television was a terrifying story about obsession, privacy, and the vulnerability that can come with fame. Rebecca’s death remains one of the most heartbreaking true-crime cases connected to the television industry.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIqMOMy6vr4

https://www.aetv.com/articles/rebecca-schaeffer-murder-robert-john-bardo

https://people.com/rebecca-schaeffer-death-everything-to-know-11766223

https://abcnews.com/video/62368687/

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In this episode, we explore the true story behind the Lifetime movie The Girl in the Bunker and the 2006 abduction of 14-year-old Elizabeth Shoaf in Lugoff, South Carolina. Elizabeth was taken while walking home from her school bus and held captive underground for 10 terrifying days.

We’ll look at who Elizabeth how she survived and the remarkable way she helped lead authorities to her location, and what happened to her captor. This is a story of unimaginable circumstances and extraordinary courage.

Sources:

#textmewhenyougethome Season1, Episode 7 

https://www.cnn.com/videos/bestoftv/2013/05/08/ac-elizabeth-shoaf-interview.cnn

https://allthatsinteresting.com/elizabeth-shoaf

https://www.wistv.com/story/5393737/accused-kershaw-co-kidnappers-mother-posts-bond/

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In this episode, we take a closer look at the real story behind the #1 movie on Netflix this week The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story and the disturbing case of Anthony Robinson, known as the “Shopping Cart Killer.”

We discuss Monica White’s experience meeting Robinson through a dating app, the warning signs she encountered, and the investigation that eventually connected Robinson to multiple women.

We will look beyond the movie to separate the dramatized story from what actually happened, and we remember the women at the center of this case.

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Sources:

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/the-dating-app-killer-the-monica-white-story-release-date-news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t1TapTinZ4

https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/regional-news/virginia-news/daughter-of-alleged-serial-killers-victim-describes-the-most-hurtful-thing/

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/unsettling-true-story-dating-app-090200653.html

https://www.dnronline.com/news/public_safety/trial-for-alleged-shopping-cart-killer-moved-to-jan-27/article_67a936d5-77cf-526a-904e-163148ddef35.html

https://1061thecorner.com/news/064460-tonita-nita-smith-charlottesville-woman-found-dead-in-harrisonburg-aunt-of-sage-smith/

https://abcnews.com/US/5th-victim-possibly-linked-shopping-cart-killer-police/story?id=82152736

https://wset.com/news/local/alleged-shopping-cart-serial-killer-dc-anthony-robinson-fairfax-police-virginia-victims-family-speaks-out

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In this special bonus episode, I join my friends Natalie and Paige from The Murder Diaries for a deeper conversation about the life and tragic murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer.

We talk about Rebecca's rise to fame, the obsessive stalking that preceded her murder, and the devastating events of July 1989.

Rebecca's story is heartbreaking, but it is also an important reminder that behind the headlines was a young woman with a promising life and career ahead of her.

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Bonus episode! I was recently invited to be a guest on the hit podcast "Murderish" hosted by Jami Rice. We discussed the new Netflix documentary A Toxic Love Story on the Serial Streamers TV Club segment. This case centers on Michelle Hadley, who was engaged to Ian Diaz, a U.S. Marshal. After their relationship ended, Ian married another woman, Angela. Angela then began receiving increasingly disturbing emails and threats from someone named "Lilithistruth". Suspicion immediately falls on Michelle. But as the investigation unfolds, this story takes a dramatic turn.

Spoiler warning: We discuss the documentary and the major revelations.

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The chilling true story behind the 1993 made-for-TV movie Stalking Laura, also released as I Can Make You Love Me. The film, starring Brooke Shields as Laura Black and Richard Thomas as Richard Farley, dramatizes one of the most disturbing stalking cases of the 1980s.

Laura Black was a young computer engineer who was beginning her career in Silicon Valley. What should have been an exciting new chapter quickly became a nightmare when her coworker, Richard Farley, became obsessed with her. Laura repeatedly rejected his advances, but Farley refused to accept that their relationship was strictly professional. His behavior escalated from unwanted attention and gifts to following Laura, obtaining her personal information, threats, harassment, and increasingly frightening acts of intimidation.

Sources:

Deadly Demands 

https://katira.medium.com/the-stalking-case-that-led-to-mass-murder-d15385ac8c49

https://personalitycouch.com/blog/paranoid-perpetrators/

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/survivors-retell-horrors-of-sunnyvale-esl-mass-shooting/

https://www.svvoice.com/ghosts-of-the-past-mass-shooters-victims-get-a-win-after-judge-rules-to-keep-him-on-death-row/

https://theultimaterabbit.com/2021/05/29/stalking-laura-a-better-than-average-made-for-television-movie

https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-farley-32998/

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Before Dream House Nightmare became a thriller, there was the disturbing real-life case of Kathy Rowe. After losing a bidding war for her dream home to newlyweds Jerry Rice and Janice Ruhter, Rowe became obsessed with getting the house back. What began as resentment soon escalated into months of harassment, fake online ads, unwanted deliveries, and terrifying attempts to disrupt the couple’s lives. When investigators finally uncovered Rowe’s involvement, the dream home became the center of a chilling stalking case.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l8SnX3H-7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l8SnX3H-7s

https://people.com/crime/kathy-rowe-charged-with-terrorizing-couple-speaks-out/

Dr. Phil 

https://people.com/crime/kathy-rowe-charged-with-terrorizing-couple-speaks-out/

Dream House Nightmare (2017)

20/20 

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The Craigslist Killer, the 2011 Lifetime film based on the true story of Philip Markoff, a Boston University medical student whose seemingly perfect life concealed a shocking double life. On the surface, Markoff appeared to have everything going for him, a promising medical career, a loving fiancée, and a bright future. But behind closed doors, investigators uncovered a series of violent crimes connected to women he contacted through Craigslist's "erotic services" ads.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu6i_uzXIOo

https://abcnews.com/US/TheLaw/craigslist-killer-philip-markoff-swallowed-toilet-paper-revived/story?id=11413302

https://www.aetv.com/articles/the-rise-and-fall-of-craigslist-killer-philip-markoff

https://www.thoughtco.com/julissa-brisman-craigslist-killer-victim-970976

https://www.forensicscolleges.com/blog/interviews/forensics-casefile-craigslist-killer

https://abcnews.com/GMA/story?id=7437059

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Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story (also released as Victim of Rage) is a 1994 made-for-TV film based on the real-life case of Donna Yaklich, a Colorado woman convicted of hiring two men to kill her abusive husband, police officer Dennis Yaklich. While the film portrays Donna as a survivor of years of severe domestic violence with no safe way to escape, the true story remains the subject of debate. Supporters believe the movie accurately reflects the abuse she endured, while Dennis Yaklich's family has strongly disputed that portrayal, arguing the film presents only Donna's perspective. In this episode, we examine the real case, the evidence, the controversies, and the question that continues to divide people decades later: how closely did the movie reflect the truth?

Sources:

Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXo6K-K5ZH8

https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/court-of-appeals/1991/88ca1369-0.html

Husband Killer: Donna Yaklich by Jessi Dixon 

https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/2005/10/21/yaklich-s-release-draws-mixed/8984309007/

Evil Stepmother: Donna Yaklich Nanny Nightmare 

https://variety.com/1994/tv/reviews/cries-unheard-the-donna-yaklich-story-1200436017/

https://murderpedia.org/female.Y/y/yaklich-donna.htm

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