The Netflix series Trial by Media re-examines cases that played out not just in court, but in the court of public opinion Jonathan Schmitz knew that a secret admirer would be revealed to him during a ...

Prior to a 1995 taping, “The Jenny Jones Show” put out a call for guests, asking viewers to call its 1-800 number “if you have a secret crush you would like to reveal to a same-sex friend.” Watching ...

Jonathan Schmitz served almost 22 years in prison for murdering Scott Amedure after the latter man shared his infatuation on a national TV taping A Michigan man convicted of murdering another after ...

A Michigan man who murdered a gay admirer three days after the victim revealed his same-sex crush on the “Jenny Jones” talk show has been set free after 22 years in prison. Jonathan Tyler Schmitz, 47, ...

When the camera snapped on, Jenny Jones — the daytime 1990s talk show host responsible for mining tabloid drama and human outrageousness for ratings gold — laid a hypothetical on the viewers back home ...

A Michigan man convicted of killing a man who expressed romantic interest in him on a TV show has been freed. Jonathan Schmitz, 47, spent 23 years in prison for the 1995 murder and was let out on ...

Netflix's latest docuseries, Trial By Media, examines famous trials that were media circuses. The first episode focused on the murder trial and civil trial that resulted from a confessional segment on ...