"American Hostage," a narrative true-crime podcast that is the first of its kind from Amazon Music, tells an infamous Indy tale: A 63-hour standoff involving a shotgun-wielding Tony Kiritsis, his hostage, Meridian Mortgage Co. executive Richard "Dick" Hall, and the law enforcement and media watching their every move.
Is American Hostage based on a true story?
Based on a true story, American Hostage stars Jon Hamm as Fred Heckman, a beloved local radio reporter who is thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when hostage-taker, Tony Kiritsis, demands to be interviewed on his popular radio news program.
How do I listen to American hostage?
Follow American Hostage on Amazon Music: amazon.com/AmericanHostage. In the series premiere, radio DJ Fred Heckman (Jon Hamm) receives an unexpected call from a listener that turns his life upside down. Follow American Hostage on Amazon Music, to hear all 8 episodes right now: amazon.com/AmericanHostage.
How many episodes of American hostage are there?
American Hostage is an 8-episode scripted psychological thriller from Amazon Music & Criminal Content starring Emmy Award-winner Jon Hamm and directed by Academy Award® winner Shawn Christensen. Follow American Hostage on Amazon Music: amazon.com/AmericanHostage.
Where is Tony Kiritsis now?
After 11 years of psychiatric treatment, Kiritsis was released from custody. He returned to Indianapolis to haunt the halls of the City-County Building, berating public officials and reporters, and lived in Speedway where he feuded with neighbors, garnered the attention of police and died of natural causes in 2005.
Is Tony Kiritsis still alive?
January 28, 2005Tony Kiritsis / Date of death
What happened to Fred Heckman?
After serving as news director at WIBC-AM (1070) in Indianapolis for 32 years, Heckman left the station in the summer of 1993 over disputes with station management. The station's attempts to increase the amount of “happy news” on the air was one cause of those disputes.