Invisible Hate

The Murder of Scott Amedure

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A 32-year-old man named Scott Amedure was killed by 24-year-old Jonathan Schmitz, three days after the men appeared as guests for a taping of an episode of The Jenny Jones Show. Amedure had publicly revealed in the episode that he had a secret crush on Schmitz. Saadia and Asad explore the story.

Source Materials 

  • The New York Times - November 13, 1996 
  • The New York Times - December 5, 1996 
  • People V Schmitz (1998)
  • Esquire
  • All That’s Interesting 
  • True Crime Documentary - Scott Amedure: The ‘Gay Panic’ Murder
  • True Crime - The Jenny Jones Show Murder 
  • The Tyee 
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