Max takes a deep dive into TRUE NOIR's 4th chapter.
About the series ...
HISTORY BEHIND THE MYSTERY is a series of video shorts featuring Mystery Writers’ of America GrandMaster, Max Allan Collins, as he walks us through the research he did into the events, historical figures, and conflicts that form the foundation of TRUE NOIR: The Assassination of Anton Cermak.
Max also gives us some insights into the decisions he made as the author and creator of the Nathan Heller Casebooks.
New episodes appear the Wednesday following each new episode of TRUE NOIR.
In this episode of the “History Behind The Mystery” series, Creator/Producer Creator/Producer Max Allan Collins provides some background on how “The Outfit” operated during the Prohibition Era in Chicago and gives us a deeper look into “Tower Town” located near the Water Tower in downtown Chicago.
All of this helps set the stage for the events that take place in “Two New Clients” – the fourth chapter of the 10-episode, immersive audio drama, TRUE NOIR: The Assassination of Anton Cermak.
TRUE NOIR: The Assassination of Anton Cermak is an audio drama set in Chicago at the end of the Prohibition Era (in the early 1930s) and tells the story of private eye Nathan Heller as he tracks down the killer of the Mayor of Chicago at a political rally. But this isn’t your ordinary assassination. Mayor Anton Cermak was in a nearly constant power struggle with organized crime in his city … and he played just as dirty.
In this video:
00:20 – Why are some of the historical figures in TRUE NOIR no longer “household names”?
02:45 – How do you go about your research?
05:15 – Do you work alone?
06:34 – Where and what was “Tower Town”?
07:24 – What’s a “sudser”?
The nearly 6-1/2 hour audio drama stars Michael Rosenbaum (SMALLVILLE, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2) as Detective Nathan Heller, Anthony Lapaglia (WITHOUT A TRACE) as Al Capone, and a host of other actors from television and film.
TRUE NOIR was created by Mike Bawden, Robert Meyer Burnett, and Max Allan Collins. For more information about Imagination Connoisseurs Unlimited, please visit our website: www.icu.co
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