Tamron Hall's New True Crime Series Highlights Victims Of 'Someone They Knew'
essence.com“You always wonder when you see these stories, how did it turn to this?” asks Tamron Hall. “Did the person not see any other alternative?” Hall is telling us about her new true crime series on Court TV called Someone They Knew, and that question, of how someone could be driven to harm someone they know, is what the Emmy Award-winning talk show host seeks to help answer on it.
The series, which made its debut March 6, tackles stories with a unique connection: the victim of a crime knew their killer.
The killer was driven by common feelings that they lost control over, including envy and greed. Hall tells ESSENCE that in covering these types of cases for the show, she often thinks of loved ones like her friends. “At any point, any of us could fall in love or befriend another adult who doesn’t mean well by us,” she says. “With this show, the person’s in the house.
It’s not the person lurking in the garage. This is level one of your home. That is so fascinating and eye-opening.” She also thinks of her sister, Renate.
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