Episode 1:

Bernie

In Episode 1 Bolton and Grace recap the 2011 movie Bernie and discuss the facts of the true crime story that the movie is based on.

Bernie tells the story of the 1996 murder of Marjorie Nugent by Bernie Tiede in the small Texas town of Carthage. The film stars Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey, and Shirley MacLaine. It was directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Skip Hollandsworth. The movie is based on Hollandsworth's January 1998 article, "Midnight in the Garden of East Texas," published in Texas Monthly magazine.

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Bernie, 2011
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Criminal Discourse Podcast Season 1, Bernie Tiede: Saint or Sinner
48 hours episode on this case called “The Mortician, The Murder, and The Movie released October 1st 2016, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-the-mortician-the-murder-the-movie/
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