TV Producer, Author. Works include:
John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise (6-part
docuseries streamed on Peacock)
BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer (2-part event on
GANGLANDS – Mongol Nation (History Channel)
Strange Inheritance (Fox Business Network)
Chasing Freedom (OJ Simpson – MSNBC)
I’m originally from the suburbs of Chicago and
have spent my life observing the human
condition, often fascinated by the extremes. I
went to the University of Iowa in an attempt to use photography to study people. When
my parents let me know they thought art was a hobby and I’d need to get a degree that
led to a job, I switched to Broadcasting and Film (ha!).
After beginning my work life as an assistant to a scientist researching at the
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the San Blas Archipelago of Panama
studying coral reef sex, I moved to London and then Glasgow, working as a medical
photographer. By chance, I got an interview at the BBC in Glasgow – they were looking
for someone to start their internet presence…in Gaelic (thank you, Ken MacQuarrie!).
My world continued to get wider as I moved into making documentary film, my first
about the US collegiate Greek rush process (BBC) and my second about people dating
over the age of 50 (ITV). I returned to the US after 7 years, where my focus has been
on true crime programming – having the privilege of asking people questions about their
most intimate experiences of life, love and death.
Obviously, this is the glossed over version of a life lived with intensity, so I’m hoping
you’ll read my blog for the nuggets that taught me a thing or two about a thing or two.