'48 Hours' Launches First Video Podcast Series — SkimNews
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- "48 Hours" launches "The Woman in the Woods," a six-part podcast that mixes audio and video — the first time the long-running true-crime franchise has ventured beyond its audio-only miniseries format.
- Erin Moriarty hosts and investigates the case of Mindi Kassotis, whose friends were told she died in a hospital, then were told her husband Nick had died too, before a dismembered body was found in a swamp outside Savannah, Ga., with police sketches resembling Mindi.
- The video episodes are released on the "48 Hours" YouTube channel the same day as each audio episode, featuring never-before-seen interview footage from the original broadcast alongside b-roll, photography, and animated text.
- Moriarty's investigation explores Nick Kassotis' previous military work and its potential effects on the couple, and probes why Mindi was rarely seen out by friends.
Why it matters: "48 Hours"' move into video podcasting places the CBS true-crime staple on YouTube, where rivals like Crime Junkie and MrBallen have built sizable video audiences. Moriarty's six-part format gives the 35-year-old franchise new visual storytelling tools, while the Kassotis case — with its military backdrop and the eerie reversal of two reported deaths preceding a body discovery — offers investigative depth that extends well beyond the original broadcast.
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