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TEGNA’s in-house digital content studio, Vault Studios, has launched two new projects. During CrimeCon in New Orleans, June 7-9, true crime aficionados and the press will be treated to a preview of Vault’s two new podcasts, True Crime Chronicles and Bardstown, and have an opportunity to interact with the podcasts’ hosts and creators.
These latest projects build on the success of Bomber, Vault’s March 2019 debut offering, which chronicles the 2018 Austin serial bombings. Bomber reached Number 12 on Apple’s News & Politics podcasts, remaining in the top 50 for three weeks.
“We saw with Bomber that there is a tremendous market for bringing together our world-class journalism with innovative storytelling formats,” said Adam Ostrow, TEGNA’s chief digital officer. “Our latest projects tap into our archive of solved and unsolved cases to tell engaging stories that will inform and entertain a wide audience of listeners, from news junkies to true crime superfans.”
True Crime Chronicles, launching June 24, is a weekly podcast hosted by Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist Jessica Noll and Vault Executive Producer Will Johnson. Noll and Johnson will bring audiences a new case each week, spotlighting underreported cases and offering a new perspective on bigger, better-known stories.
Bardstown dives deep into a spate of five unsolved murders in three years that occurred in and around the small Kentucky town for which the series is named. Produced in partnership with WHAS, Tegna’s ABC affiliate in Louisville that originally reported the murders, Bardstown investigates whether the murders are connected and why a killer is still on the loose in this community of 13,000. Premiering this summer, a new Bardstown episode will be released each week over its 8-12 week run.
The Vault Studios team will be appearing at CrimeCon, the world’s largest convention for true crime fans, on June 7-9 in New Orleans. Attendees are encouraged to take part in Vault’s “Every City Has Its Secrets” pitch-fest and pitch new podcast ideas for consideration.