The Thing About Pam
NBC News
True crime · Limited series · 12 episodes · ~30 min · 2019
Taste attributes: documentarycrimejournalisticlegalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemsinjustice/tragedy/vengeancetroubled leads
Boxlist takeA grounded, heavy true-crime podcast: contained and morally murky. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About this podcast
Two days after Christmas, 2011, Russ Faria came home from game night to find his wife, Betsy, dead. He was soon charged and convicted of her murder. But Russ Faria insisted he did not kill his wife. Betsy’s brutal murder set off a chain of events that would leave one man dead, another man implicated…
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- Publisher
- NBC News
- Format
- Limited series
- Episodes
- 12
- Typical episode
- About 30 minutes
- Latest episode
- 19 October 2026
- Categories
- True Crime, News, Society & Culture
- Taste scores
- How we score
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