The public’s interest in true crime is proving a boon for podcasting. A new iHeartRadio Original eight-part true-crime podcast, Hell and Gone, will premiere October 17 with new episodes available each Thursday. Hell and Gone follows the unsolved killing of Rebekah Gould, a beautiful and popular 22-year-old college student, in the Arkansas Ozarks. The podcast will be hosted by true-crime writer and licensed private investigator Catherine Townsend. HowStuffWorks and School of Humans will co-produce the series.
“I’ve always had a personal connection to Rebekah’s murder,” Townsend said. “My dad is a deputy sheriff in the area, my sister is close friends with Rebekah’s sister. It seemed like, over the years, everyone in town has had a theory about who killed Rebekah – but not everyone wanted the case solved. I was inspired by true-crime podcasts like Serial and wanted to use the podcast as an investigative device. But because no one had been arrested or charged, there is a very real sense of danger to the story. Any time I head out to interview someone, I could be talking to the killer.”
