NJ.com’s ‘Father Wants Us Dead’ podcast a finalist for true crime award

United States News News

NJ.com’s ‘Father Wants Us Dead’ podcast a finalist for true crime award
United States Latest News,United States Headlines
  • 📰 njdotcom
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 65 sec. here
  • 3 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 29%
  • Publisher: 63%

This is the third awards contest to select the podcast — about the 1971 murders of the List family — as a finalist.

is up against podcast heavy hitters. The other nominees in the category are “Finding Tamika,” produced by SBH Productions and Audible; “The Girl in the Blue Mustang” by Dateline NBC; “Freeway Phantom,” produced by Tenderfoot TV, iHeartRadio and Black Bar Mitzvah and ”Project Unabom,” produced by Pineapple Street Studios in association with Apple Original Podcasts.

The entries are judged on four criteria: the respect shown to victims and their families, accuracy of reporting and storytelling integrity, creativity in presentation, and editing and sound design. “With ‘Father Wants Us Dead,’ we set out to create a podcast that would bring the sort of depth, humanity and reporting skill that you don’t often encounter in the true crime genre,” said Christopher Kelly, vice-president of content for NJ Advance Media and the executive producer and director of the podcast.,” a serial podcast reported and hosted by reporters Rebecca Everett and Jessica Remo, took the Apple Podcast charts by storm, hitting No. 4 in U.S.

Pictured shortly after their move to Westfield in 1965 are John List, left, and at right, Helen List with their children, Patricia, Frederick and at right, John Frederick.

When authorities entered the List mansion in Westfield a month later, they found bodies arranged on sleeping bags in the ballroom, a confession note in the study and music playing eerily through the halls. But List had planned the execution and his escape. He was already halfway across the country, reinventing himself under the alias of Bob Clark. He lived a mundane life, marrying an unsuspecting woman, until he was finally discovered in 1989.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

njdotcom /  🏆 282. in US

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

1 The Walking Dead: Dead City Mistake That Daryl Dixon Must Avoid1 The Walking Dead: Dead City Mistake That Daryl Dixon Must AvoidDaryl Dixon must avoid Dead City's big mistake.
Read more »

Dear Abby: My step-daughter’s dislike for me is ruining relationship with her fatherDear Abby: My step-daughter’s dislike for me is ruining relationship with her fatherDear Abby: My husband's family's dysfunction is causing emotional stress for all of us.
Read more »

13-year-old Pa. girl threatened grandmom, father during fight over posters: police13-year-old Pa. girl threatened grandmom, father during fight over posters: policeThe girl, who was charged with attempted homicide as an adult, wanted the posters in her room returned. But her grandmother thought they were inappropriate, police said.
Read more »

More emails show Hunter Biden’s involvement in White House affairs while father was vice presidentMore emails show Hunter Biden’s involvement in White House affairs while father was vice presidentA search of President Biden’s official email records from his time as vice president has uncovered more than 1,000 emails between his office and Rosemont Seneca Partners, the business development company owned by son Hunter Biden and an associate who helped rake in millions of dollars for Biden family members.
Read more »



Render Time: 2025-02-14 17:27:26