See production, box office & company info. [103], Instead of contesting the charges at trial, Hupp entered an Alford plea, waiving her right to a jury trial. [34] CSI agent Amy Buettner, who had examined the crime scene, testified that she believed the slippers found in Russ's closet had not gotten bloodied by stepping in blood. (In a bit of stunt casting, Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison plays The Thing About Pams omniscient narrator. A mother is found dead, another woman targeted at home, two mysterious crimes tied together with a shocking common ground. Long Waits, Short Appointments, Huge Bills. Driven largely by ego; driven toward an agenda rather than truth.. Narrated by Keith Morrison, 'The Thing About Pam' is a crime drama series that revolves around the murder case of Betsy Faria, a woman from a small town in Missouri. You may find the call disturbing, as it includes the victim's final moments of life, as well as the sound of gunshots. [84], Hupp claimed that Gumpenberger, armed with a knife, had jumped out of a car (driven by another person) into her driveway, accosted her while she sat in her SUV in her garage, and demanded she drive to a bank to retrieve "Russ' money". Chris Hayes of KTVI was the only reporter to attend Russ' first trial in November 2013, and the first to report questions about Hupp that same month; upon his release from prison, Russ thanked Hayes for his coverage. ET on NBC. When Schwartz deposed Hupp in March 2013, she joked that her husbands life insurance policy was much bigger than Betsys. At approximately 5 p.m. on October 30, Hupp dropped Neumann off at her apartment, instructing staff not to expect her for dinner that evening or breakfast the following day. [100] She appeared in court on January 31, 2017, pleading not guilty. The Rene Zellweger-led series The Thing About Pam may have aired its series finale on Tuesday, but NBC isnt done exploring the bizarre story of Pam Hupp. A tip-off to police accused Hupp of killing Neumann for financial gain. She saw a bigger picture. Published in 2022, "Bone Deep: Untangling the Twisted True Story of the Tragic Betsy Faria Murder Case" is a thorough analysis of Faria's murder from the perspective of someone who knows it better than most. [2][14][30] Two members of the jury in Russ' trial informed the media that this information had been withheld. Judy Greer, Josh Duhamel, Gideon Adlon, Sean Bridgers, Suanne Spoke, Mac Brandt, and also Katy Mixon are several of the other stars in the actors. While you can watch Dateline live or on demand via Hulu + Live TV, the episode wont be available for next-day streaming with a traditional Hulu account. CLARIFICATION (March 16, 2022 at 12:58 p.m. [78][80][83], Immediately after the shooting, Hupp voluntarily went to the O'Fallon Police Department. However, neither side called Hupp to testify during the retrial. Main Content. Zellweger, however, said she felt that in the case of telling this story, it was really important to as closely resemble Pam Hupp as we possibly could, because she seems so familiar. [18] The trial judge, Christina Mennemeyer, refused to allow Schwartz to present evidence implicating Hupp as an alternative suspect,[15] including cellphone records showing she had been in the vicinity of the Faria house for up to thirty minutes after the time she claimed to have dropped Betsy off[14] or that Betsy had made Hupp the sole beneficiary of the life insurance policy shortly before her death. '1923' Episode 7 Recap: "The Rule of Five Hundred". You can also stream the show live with an active subscription to an over-the-top streaming service that offers NBC, including YouTube TV,Hulu + Live TV,fuboTV,Sling TV (in select markets), andDIRECTV STREAM. [2][3], In 2011, Hupp and Betsy Faria, a friend terminally ill with cancer, reportedly collected money for a family also impacted by cancer. Pam Hupp is in prison for the murder of Louis Gumpenberger and is currently going to trial for the murder of Betsy Faria where Prosecuting Mike Wood will be seeking the Death Penalty. The series will be an adaptation of the Dateline podcast The Thing About Pam, which detailed Hupp's actions leading up to her arrest in 2019. [26], In September 2020, Hupp's husband Mark filed for divorce, describing their marriage as "irretrievably broken";[114] by March 2022, the couple were divorced. "[46] In a 2021 interview, Leah Wommack Chaney (ne Askey) noted that she had believed Hupp would have been physically incapable of inflicting the wounds found on Betsy's body. [44] In August 2018, both Mennemeyer and Askey (now Leah Wommack Chaney) were voted out of office, a result attributed to the mishandling of the murder case and trial. By the end of her senior year, she had gotten pregnant and then married, a turn in her life that, according to friends who spoke to the magazine, made her resentful of those who went on to college. Crime scene photos, police interviews, and overlooked evidence are examined. Actress Rene Zellweger stars as convicted killer Pam Hupp in the new series, The first detective to interview the husband of murdered terminal cancer patient Betsy Faria has called the new. Pamela Hupp. 4,673, This story has been shared 3,127 times. [122] In September 2019, the murder of Louis Gumpenberger was the subject of a Dateline NBC true crime podcast. Since convincing Betsy Faria to change the beneficiary on her life insurance policy, Hupp had tracked Betsy's every move, according to NBC News. Only O.J. Pam Hupp was the last person to see her alive. Police investigators were skeptical that Gumpenberger would have been capable of carrying out the acts Hupp said he had given his mental and physical disabilities. The killings of Betsy Faria and Louis Gumpenberger have been the subject of significant media coverage, including extensive reporting from the local Fox affiliate station KTVI in St. Louis and six Dateline NBC episodes airing from 2014 to 2022, as well as a Dateline NBC true crime podcast. After a successful appeal and second trial in 2015, Faria was exonerated after his defense attorney was permitted to introduce evidence that was withheld from the original trial jury, some of which implicated Hupp the beneficiary of a life insurance policy held by Betsy as the killer. Well done whoever cast Renee Zellweger as Pam Krupp. ), The show is both a campy true-crime thriller and a social satire that looks at a mishandled criminal investigation that sent an innocent man to jail. 3,014, This story has been shared 2,595 times. This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp. The investigation into Neumann's death was not reopened. By 2010, Hupp had stopped working and was claiming disability benefits for back, leg, and neck pain. [45], The decision not to investigate Hupp had been widely criticized; a former employee of the prosecutor's office said, "There were several of us that kept thinking, why are we not pursuing Pam Hupp? To think I was supposed to be laying in that yard dead? If you're looking for a podcast, you might want to give NBC's "Dateline" podcast a try. The position of Betsy's body suggested that she was murdered by someone she trusted. IE 11 is not supported. ", Where to listen: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Whatever car she thought Russ was driving, shed say she saw in the drive, Schwartz told St. Louis Magazine. Listen to the entire 911 call from that incident. [6] Unable to make $250,000 bail (equivalent to $295,000 in 2021), he was held in the county jail until his trial began on November 18, 2013. A carpet swatch found by police appeared to have been positioned to protect a rug in Hupp's home from Gumpenberger's blood. S26 E25 02/09/20. Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in the conviction of her husband, Russ, but he insisted he did not kill her. Pamela Hupp. [17][47][48] In January 2018, attorneys acting for Russ deposed Hupp as part of his lawsuit against Lincoln County; she declined to answer 92 questions relating to the killing of his wife. 1,107, This story has been shared 932 times. Pamela Hupp is a strange woman. The aluminum balcony railing was broken. This was to frame Pam Hupp's friend's husband. If youve already started "The Thing About Pam" and are looking to do a deep dive into the rest of the story, weve rounded up all of the books, podcasts and documentaries to check out in between episodes of the new NBC show. [29], An initial motion for a new trial was rejected by Judge Christina Mennemeyer in December 2013. 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Six years later, Hupp got divorced and shortly thereafter married Mark Hupp, a minor league baseball player turned carpenter. Season 5 Return Date Info, Love 'Yellowstone'? After her chemo session, though, Betsy texted to let him know that Hupp would be taking her home that night instead. Pamela Hupp. She was also the one who pushed the narrative that Russ was an abusive husband who was out to get Betsys life insurance money when she died. His behavior in the hours after discovering his wifes body was also deemed suspicious by authorities. [28] Betsy's daughters ultimately issued an apology to Russ in July 2021. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. The article alleged that Askey, the prosecutor, had been in a relationship with Mike Lang, the then-captain of investigations for the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and one of the investigating officers in the Faria murder case, as well as a prosecution witness. [63] He further suggested that, by the time of Russ' second trial, Lincoln County prosecutors were acting to protect their own civil liability rather than seeking justice. The third of four children, Hupp was described by friends as a "boy crazy". Excessive pride proves to be the downfall of one sinful perpetrator Read allA mother is found dead, another woman targeted at home, two mysterious crimes tied together with a shocking common ground. If it's details you're after, then details you shall find in this true crime book. "[14][21][38][39] Meanwhile, KTVI found other problematic cases involving Mennemeyer. The night Betsy died, Russ had originally planned to pick up his wife from her mothers house following his weekly Tuesday game night. Hupp insisted upon driving Betsy home from her chemotherapy treatment despite Betsy already having transportation arranged and despite Hupp claiming not to be familiar with the Troy area. When her husband Russell Russ Faria found her on the floor he believed his terminally ill wife, whose breast cancer had metastasized to her liver, had taken her own life. In an interview weve been pursuing for years, Keith Morrison talks to Leah Askey, the former Lincoln County prosecutor behind the wrongful conviction of Betsys husband Russ Faria. She went on to say she blamed Hayes' reporting for attracting threatening people. Excessive pride proves to be the downfall of one sinful perpetrator trying to preserve their reputation. Jenny Klein serves as showrunner for the series. This picture of Russ as an aggressive spouse helped prosecutors build a case against him. The NBC docudrama The Thing About Pam, which premiered March 8, tells the true story of how Hupp (Rene Zellweger in her first network TV role) allegedly got away with the 2011 murder of her best friend Betsy Faria (Katy Mixon)until it all caught up to her. 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