SOLVED: The Talk Show Confession 1

SOLVED: The Talk Show Confession 1

From Murder: True Crime Stories by Crime House

April 7, 2026 · 35 min · Episode 145

About this episode

The episode explores the events leading up to Scott Amedure's confession on The Jenny Jones Show and the subsequent fallout that led to a controversial crime.

Scott Amedure was 32 years old when he stepped onto the stage of The Jenny Jones Show, prepared to share a deeply personal confession. In 1995, he revealed on national television that he had a crush on Jonathan Schmitz, a moment designed for daytime drama that would soon take on far more serious consequences. In Part 1, Murder: True Crime Stories examines Scott’s life leading up to the taping and the cultural climate surrounding daytime talk shows in the 1990s, where sensational reveals and emotional confrontations drove ratings. Carter Roy traces how producers recruited guests, what participants were told in advance, and how the episode was framed behind the scenes. As the cameras rolled and the surprise was revealed on stage, laughter, shock, and visible discomfort filled the studio. Schmitz’s stunned reaction became part of the spectacle, but when the taping ended, the tension lingered. Within days, the fallout from that televised moment would escalate into one of the most controversial crimes of the decade. Head over to our Murder True Crime Stories YouTube channel to WATCH our video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@MurderTrueCrimeStories If you’re new here, don’t forget to…

People in this episode

Host: Carter Roy

Topics covered

  • daytime talk shows
  • 1990s culture
  • confession
  • crime
  • television spectacle

Keywords

  • Scott Amedure
  • Jonathan Schmitz
  • Jenny Jones Show
  • confession
  • true crime
  • 1990s
  • television

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Jenny Jones Show, PAVE Studios

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