Payne Lindsey | |
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| Born | November 21, 1987 Kennesaw, Georgia, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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| Spouse | Cassie House (m. 2016;div. 2018) |
| Website | paynelindsey.com |
Payne Lindsey is an American director, documentary filmmaker, Right Side of the Tree lead singer and podcast host. [1] He is best known for co-creating and hosting the hit investigative journalist and true crime podcasts Up and Vanished and Atlanta Monster . [2] [3] [4] [5]
Lindsey was born and raised in Kennesaw, Georgia. [6] [7] He obtained his first video camera at age 10 and later directed local television commercials and music videos. [7] As a child, he wanted to direct feature films. [8] Lindsey made a 13-minute documentary film about people that he met on a cross-country road trip and entered it into festivals. [7] He attended college on and off for a few years, but hated school. At age 23, his dad cut him off and he began focusing on creating and directing videos. [8]
In December 2015, Netflix released Making a Murderer . Lindsey watched the show and realized that he wanted to do something similar. [7] With an early interest in investigative journalism, Lindsey was inspired to investigate the disappearance of beauty queen and school teacher Tara Grinstead, [9] a well-known cold case in Georgia. [10] At the time, Lindsey's intentions were to develop Grinstead's story into a documentary film, but he realized he did not have the funds to film interviews on location. Lindsey realized that he "could produce a podcast at home in my boxers," and created Up and Vanished . [7] Lindsey did not have access to police files, so instead scoured through old news articles and online forums to hunt out possible leads. [11] Lindsey's grandmother lived in Tifton, Georgia, near Ocilla, where Grinstead had gone missing. [12] Lindsey broadcast in real-time, week by week, in audio form. Within a 12-month period the podcast received over 50 million downloads, [13] which propelled Grinstead's case into the mainstream [14] media. [15] This helped uncover previously unnoticed evidence which lead to the decade-old case being cracked and two arrests made. [11] Lindsey began podcasting full time once Up and Vanished increased in popularity. [7] A second season of Up and Vanished covered the disappearance of Kristal Reisinger. [16]
After Up and Vanished, together with his business partner Donald Albright, [17] [18] Lindsey launched the content creation company Tenderfoot TV which is based in Atlanta. Together with Tenderfoot TV and Oxygen [19] Lindsey and Albright developed a TV docu-series from Up and Vanished. [20] [21] As of January 2020, Oxygen and Tenderfoot TV are working to develop a television special about Kristal Reisinger which will be produced by Lindsey. [16]
In addition to Up and Vanished and Atlanta Monster, Tenderfoot TV also produced the podcasts To Live and Die in L.A. , [22] Culpable , [23] and Somebody. [24] Meredith Stedman is the Creative Producer at the company. [22] As of June 2019, the company had over 400 million total downloads for its podcasts. [22] Tenderfoot TV is represented by United Talent Agency. [22]
In early 2018, in partnership with HowStuffWorks, [25] Lindsey launched Atlanta Monster , a new podcast about the infamous Atlanta Child Murders, which occurred between 1979 - 1981 with over 25 victims murdered in Atlanta. [26] [27] Lindsey had never heard of the case until his business partner, Donald Albright, told him about the murders. [28] [29] Lindsey hosted the podcast and conducted the interviews featured on the podcast. [30] The podcast had over 70 million downloads. [30]
In fall 2019, Payne Lindsey announced and released the first episode of a new podcast that features true stories with a fictional backdrop, Radio Rental. [4] Lindsey asked Atlanta citizens to reach out and share the paranormal and scary stories to share on the podcast. [30] The podcast is hosted by a fictional character, a 1980s-era video store employee named Terry Carnation, played by Rainn Wilson. [4] Lindsey and Wilson connected after Wilson tweeted that he loved Lindsey's podcast, Atlanta Monster. [4]
Lindsey is from Georgia and resides in Atlanta. [4] [31] In September 2016, Lindsey married Cassie House. [7] [32] He is currently in a relationship with fellow podcaster Sabrina Deana-Roga of Two Girls One Ghost. According to the Up and Vanished website, Lindsey has a brother, Mason Lindsey, who works as a producer for Tenderfoot TV. [33] He is the cousin of 98.5 The Sports Hub radio host Rich Shertenlieb.
Wayne Bertram Williams is an American convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who is serving life imprisonment for the 1981 killings of two men in Atlanta, Georgia. Although never tried for the additional murders, he is also believed to be responsible for at least 24 of the 30 Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, also known as the Atlanta Child Murders.
HowStuffWorks is an American commercial infotainment website founded by professor and author Marshall Brain, to provide its target audience an insight into the way many things work. The site uses various media to explain complex concepts, terminology, and mechanisms—including photographs, diagrams, videos, animations, and articles.
The Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, sometimes called the Atlanta child murders, are a series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia, between July 1979 and May 1981. Over the two-year period, at least 28 children, adolescents, and adults were killed. Wayne Williams, an Atlanta native who was 23 years old at the time of the last murder, was arrested, tried, and convicted of two of the adult murders and sentenced to two consecutive life terms.
Tara Faye Grinstead was an American high school history teacher from Ocilla, Georgia, who went missing on October 22, 2005, and was declared dead in 2010.
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My Favorite Murder is a weekly true crime comedy podcast hosted by American comedians Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. The first episode was released in January 2016. The podcast debuted at #25 on the iTunes podcast charts and peaked at #3 on April 27, 2018. Weekly episodes regularly land within the iTunes' Top 10 Comedy Podcast chart. As of 2020, the podcast gets 35 million downloads per month.
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Atlanta Monster is an investigative journalism podcast hosted by Payne Lindsey. The series takes an in-depth look into the infamous Atlanta Child Murders, which occurred between 1979 and 1981 with over 25 victims murdered in Atlanta. The podcast was co-produced by Tenderfoot TV and HowStuffWorks.
Up and Vanished is an investigative documentary-style podcast hosted by Payne Lindsey. The series investigates missing persons cold cases by reviewing old leads, interviewing witnesses and townspeople, and on-site investigation. The show is produced by Tenderfoot TV. The first season premiered on August 7, 2016, and investigated the case of Tara Grinstead, a beauty queen and school teacher who disappeared in Ocilla, Georgia. Season 2 aired in August 2018 and focused on the disappearance of Kristal Reisinger in Crestone, Colorado. The podcast also prompted a television special on Oxygen that premiered on November 18, 2018. The success of Up and Vanished has led to the creation of many other podcasts from Payne Lindsey, such as Atlanta Monster and Radio Rental.
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The Fall Line is an American true crime podcast that covers lesser-known cases of murder and disappearance from minority communities in Georgia. As of January 2021, it is an independent podcast, after having been part of the Exactly Right Podcast Network for 2 years. The podcast has helped to publicize the disappearance of Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook, a cold case from Augusta, Georgia.
The Vanished is a weekly podcast that focuses on the stories and circumstances of missing people, hosted by Marissa Jones. Most episodes feature interviews with the friends and family of the missing person, and sometimes the local law enforcement.
Culpable is an investigative true crime podcast hosted by Dennis Cooper that covers the 2014 death of 21-year-old Christian Andreacchio. It is produced by Dennis Cooper, Mark Minnery, Donald Albright, and Jacob Bozarth as a partnership of Black Mountain Media, Tenderfoot TV, Resonate Recordings, and Cadence13. In September 2019, the podcast was the #2 true-crime podcast and #3 podcast overall on Apple Podcasts. The podcast brought national attention to Andreacchio's case. Tenderfoot TV and Black Mountain Media offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to a conviction.
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