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Making a Murderer fans brace yourselves: Netflix has officially announced that the people who brought you the story of Steven Avery are already working on brand new episodes of the hit documentary Making a Murderer.

The new instalments aim to take give viewers a glimpse at the lives of convicted murderer Stephen Avery and his co-defendant Brendan Dassey as their investigative and legal teams challenge their convictions while the State fights to have their life sentences upheld.

According to Netflix, fans will be shown the emotional toll of the post-conviction process and will have in-depth access to Avery’s new lawyer Kathleen Zellner, Dassey’s legal reps and the families and characters close to the case.

The show's Executive Producers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos have said in a statement: “We are extremely grateful for the tremendous response to, and support of, the series.”

“The viewers’ interest and attention has ensured that the story is not over, and we are fully committed to continuing to document events as they unfold.”

Although it is not yet known when exactly the new instalments will air, given that the Emmy-nominated first season was a major success, we’re hopeful Season Two will have us all glued to our screens once again.

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If there's still a Making A Murderer-sized hole in your life, then our fave lawyer ever, Dean Strang is here to fill it.

The hot shot is coming to Cork city for A Conversation with Dean Strang… But, you're going to have to wait a while for it.

The evening of conversation is taking place in Cork Opera House on September 22 and tickets are going on sale next Thursday March 31 at the Opera House box office.

The evening will see Dean talk about the Netflix documentary, the failures of the justice system and he will also spill a few details about the Steven Avery case.

With Steven's case becoming bigger than ever, we can't wait to see the man in person and ask him a few juicy questions.

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Ladies, our favourite lawyers are going on tour! 

Steven Avery's legal team (and newly discovered heart throbs) are taking to the road as part of a live justice event.

The event, called Conversation on Justice will look into "the Steven Avery case and its broader implications, as well as a discussion on the larger topic of the American criminal justice system", which might answer all the questions we've been waiting on.

Unfortunately the lads are only touring the US (but steering clear of Manitowoc County), so we'll just have to keep up to date on the latest reports coming from their road trip.

Dean and Jerry are set to answer questions live every night, so it'll be super interesting to see what comes up and what actually gets answered.

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If you had logged on to Twitter around the time that Ray D'Arcy was interviewing man of the moment Dean Strang, you would have been forgiven for thinking that it was quite literally a total car crash of an interview. 

However, one very important person is disagreeing with the general public's assessment of that interview and that person is Dean Strang himself. 

Yep, while it seems that ninety per cent of the audience considered Ray's interview to be a bit of a bumbling mess, Dean Strang himself considered it quite brilliant.

"His interview far exceeded in depth and thoughtfulness of almost all of the national US media outlets," the successful layer told the Irish Sun. 

"It simply is true – his interview was more serious and lengthy than most of those I have seen or in which I have participated in here."

Whether this means that American interviews are really terrible or that we were WAY too harsh on poor Ray, most importantly Dean thought the interview went swimmingly. 

"Even with his more relaxed format, Mr D'Arcy was prepared. He treated me with great courtesy.

"Most importantly, he consciously tried to make the subject accessible to people who have not seen the film, which is most people.

"That seemed to me a quite defensible choice for someone who hosts a nationwide, popular chat show.

"Even if they had not heard of Netflix, he wanted to include all of his viewers so that they might get something from the interview."

While we reckon one of the main reasons the host got such a backlash was because a lot of people tuning in specifically HAD seen the popular series, we can totally see Dean's point of view (which we guess is his job). 

And we may have to give Ray a major thank you because it sounds like our favourite public defender will most definitely return to Ireland after his positive stint in the country. 

"I cannot wait to return to Ireland and happily will buy Mr D'Arcy and his producers a pint or two if they allow me do that.

"They were bright, interesting people. Anyway, I hope that folks can give the bickering a rest. You've a lovely country."

Whatever your thoughts on the interview, can you cope with what a lovely, thoughtful and articulate man Dean Strang is? 

The infatuation grows…. 

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*SPOILERS*

By now, most people know Ken Kratz as the villain in the Steven Avery case; the attorney that was successful in putting Steven – and Brendan Dassey – behind bars for a crime he supposedly didn't commit. 

AND everyone totally ended up hating him at the end when it became known that he was involved in a sexting scandal with a domestic violence victim. 

Well, now the former attorney wants to write a book about the whole case.

According to WBAY-TV, Ken is working on a book of his own, "because the one voice forgotten to this point is Teresa Halbach," the women who Steven and Brendan were accused of killing in 2005. 

"Finally grateful to tell the whole story," Ken told the TV station. 

But, we're a little bit confused about the whole thing. First of all, we understand that Teresa's voice was the only one not heard, but how will Ken know what Teresa had to say about everything? 

And secondly, Ken now wants to work together with Steven to write the book.

Yesterday, Steven's new lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, tweeted a letter that Mr Kratz sent Mr Avery in September 2015.

In the letter, Ken asks Steven, "to be honest about what happened.

"Since I'm the only person who probably knows more about your case than anyone else, I hoped that you would choose me to tell your story to," he wrote.

"Unfortunately, you only want to continue your nonsense about being set up. That's too bad, because you had one opportunity to finally tell all the details, but now that will never happen."

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In case you have not heard, tonight's line up for the Ray D'arcy Show is going to be brilliant. 

First of all, if you have been in any way watching Celebrity Big Brother, our screens will once again be graced by the hysterical Angie Bowie, former wife of the late David Bowie, who really does live in a world of her own. 

While she was not our favourite house mate by a long shot, she did provide us with many a moment of absolute TV gold. 

And considering she learned of her ex-husbands passing while in the house, this interview will definitely make for an interesting watch. 

Next up is Dean Strang, the beloved lawyer of Steven Avery who is the subject of the Netflix docu-series Making a Murderer, which in case you haven't noticed EVERYONE is watching. 

We will be dying to hear his thoughts on the case now that the documentary has taken off but more importantly we want to know what he thinks about becoming an unexpected sex symbol. 

Because that's been happening. 

Also added to the line up is national treasure Neven Maguire and his wife Amelda who'll be discussing everything from business to pleasure. 

We'll also hear from Damo & Ivor star Jules Coll as well as some good aul Irish music from Dublin band Mongrel State. 

The show starts on RTE 1 this evening at 9.35pm. 

Don't know about you lads but we're staying in. 

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FM104's Jim-Jim and Nobby are known to slag off a few things, but this may just be the best one yet.

After the major success of Netflix's Making A Murderer, the funnymen decided to create their own version: Making A Dubliner

It entails the life of a Cork man, who is slowly and surely being turned into a Dub.

Watch, listen, and laugh your heart out. 

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He's been the unlikely star of Netflix's true crime documentary Making A Murderer, with a love of dad jeans that has even inspired a dedicated Tumblr page.

And this weekend Dean Strang will be arriving on Irish soil, for a just-confirmed appearance on The Ray D'Arcy Show this Saturday Jan 23.

The Wisconsin defence attorney will appear on the show to chat about Steven's case (we hope), and most likely his love of hurling – many Irish viewers got a kick out of spotting a GAA-themed statue in Strang's office:

"I’ve never been to a hurling game," Strang told The Irish Sun of the statue, given to him by an Irish-American friend.

"I’ve never been to Ireland, notwithstanding the 25 per cent of my genome rooted in your soil."

Never been to Ireland? Someone roll out the red carpet at Dublin Airport, this is going to be a VERY exciting weekend.

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*SPOILERS*

The seminal true crime documentary series, Making a Murderer, has truly captured the imagination of viewers all over the world but recent reports have indicated that the Netflix show may not have included every vital detail of the case. 

As the creators reveal that the documentary almost didn't happen, many have speculated that the ten episode series goes heavy on the corrupt nature of the trial but also leaves out evidence that does not look good for Steven. 

During a Twitter Q&A yesterday, Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos revealed they had to battle the State pretty hard to keep filming the case. 

"The State of Wisconsin tried to subpoena our footage," said the filmmakers.

"We had to hire a lawyer and file a motion to quash the subpoena which we won. If the State had won, they would have effectively shut down the production."

Thank goodness it wasn't! As the corruption of police conduct in this case goes unquestioned, we chart several vital pieces of evidence that were not featured in the documentary. 

1) Just WHAT happened with that cat 

Many articles written about the series have picked up on the earlier crimes committed by Steven Avery and have honed in on THAT cat incident. 

While the filmmakers passed the indiscretion off as a petty crime in the first few episodes, many have speculated that the act was much more sinister than depicted. 

Steven describes the incident as playing with the cat and tossing it over a fire, but according to an article written at the time, Steven was reported to have doused the cat in oil, tossed it in the fire and watched it die. 

2) The Steven/ Teresa back story 

According to many viewers, the documentary suggested that Teresa Halbach and Steven Avery barely knew each other apart from a few business transactions. 

However, details began to emerge during the court case about their relationship that did not feature in the documentary. 

Teresa had visited the Avery yard numerous times to photograph cars for Autotrader and Steven had specifically requested her on the day she was murdered. 

According to People Magazine, other evidence suggested Steven made three phone calls to Teresa on the day of the murder and witnesses also suggested that the 25-year-old had been uncomfortable in his presence, especially when he answered the door to her wearing only a towel. 

3) Steven's questionable shopping list 

According to a 2006 article, Steven admitted to buying a pair of handcuffs and leg shackles. 

The description of these items match what Brendan Dassey described in his alleged confession but no DNA evidence of Teresa's was found on either of these items.

4) Do you believe Ken Kratz? 

Ken Kratz is most definitely portrayed as the villain in the Netflix series and his reputation is completely tarnished by the last episode when it is revealed he was sending lude texts to a domestic violence victim. 

However, in a recent interview for Maxim, Ken pointed out some troubling evidence that had been omitted from the series. 

This included the fact that Steven's DNA was discovered under the hood of Teresa's car and that two separate eye witnesses saw Steven dispose of Teresa's belongings. 

5) Brendan Dassey's revelation 

While we heard snippets of conversations made between Brendan and his mother, the documentary did not include the teen inferring that he had been molested by Steven. 

"I even told them about Steven touching me," says Brendan in a transcript of the conversations and the then teen went on to claim that his brothers were also inappropriately touched by their uncle. 

6) Brendan's polygraph test 

Brendan agreed to take a lie detector test regarding the confession he made about the murder of Teresa. 

And he totally failed. 

The test concluded there was a 98% chance of deception. 

7) That bullet

We heard reams and reams about the bullet found with Teresa's DNA in Steven's garage. 

What we did not hear is that this infamous bullet is also forensically tied to the rifle that Steven kept above his bed. 

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*There are SPOILERS in this article.* 

Making a Murderer, Netflix's seminal crime series, has been turning the internet on it's head ever since going live over the Christmas holidays. 

But now it seems that Jodi Stachowski , Steven's former partner who appeared in the first few episodes of the series before the couple went their separate ways, has finally opened up about the case. 

"Steve Avery is guilty. He murdered Teresa Halbach. He and his nephew [Brendan Dassey] raped and murdered her," said Jodi in a taped interview with Nancy Grace, television host on US news network, HLN

According to US Weekly, the former girlfriend of Steven Avery reached out to the Nancy Grace Show after the host raised questions about the documentary and the case. 

When a producer asked Jodi what she wanted to tell the world, she replied: "The truth. What a monster he is, and he's not innocent."

"I love Making a Murderer. It's beautifully put together, it's just leaving out about 60 or 70 percent of the evidence.

"I remember interviewing Steve Avery while we were still looking for Teresa. My knowledge at that time and now is that he brutally murdered this girl.

"True, he was wrongly convicted on a previous charge, and that's a miscarriage of justice too. But he killed Teresa Halbach."

Amidst the pretty damning statements, Jodi also revealed she feared being around her ex-boyfriend when they were together. 

"I ate two boxes of rat poison just so I could go the hospital and get away from him, and ask them to get the police to help me."

These new revelations by Jodi are pretty shocking especially considering she made a pretty convincing case for Steven's innocence in the documentary. 

Watch the full interview below: 

 

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**Spoilers ahead, beware!**

At this moment in time, you can probably categorise everyone you know into one of three groups: those who have already finished Making A Murdererthose who are halfway through; and those who haven't watched it yet BUT are just about to start.

So we're sure you'll be delighted with the news that the exploration of Steven Avery's case won't end with just the original ten Netflix episodes.

A TV special offering more "critical details" around Avery's trial and Teresa Halbach's death will air at the end of this month.

Front Page: The Steven Avery Story will be produced by US TV network Investigation Discovery and NBC News's Peacock Productions, and it'll attempt to "to better inform viewers in light of the nearly 300,000 people calling for the release of Avery."

Since Making A Murderer was first launched on TV streaming service Netflix, hundreds of thousands of people have signed their names to two online petitions asking that Avery be granted a presidential pardon by Barack Obama.

Earlier this week, the filmmakers behind the attention-grabbing documentary revealed they'd heard from one of the jurors of Steven's trial, who said they believed he was innocent but felt the had to vote against him for their "personal safety."

Here's hoping for more such revelations in the coming months.

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*Spoilers!* 

Without a doubt, your newsfeed has probably been choc-a-block full with news about Netflix's documentary series, Making a Murderer. 

The documentary follows the arrest, trial and conviction of Steven Avery for the murder of Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc back in 2007. 

And while there has been a FLOOD of new information regarding the case and even a startling confession from a juror released yesterday, we have yet to get to hear who Steven Avery thinks committed the crime. 

Until now. 

In files obtained by TMZ, Steven allegedly filed legal documents back in 2009 revealing who he suspects to have murdered Teresa and why. 

According to the 53-year-old, his own brothers could have been responsible for the crime. 

Earl and Charles Avery, who are not mentioned in the documentary, are accused of committing the murder by Steven in the documents and then framing him for it.

And the motive? The files reveal that the brothers were fighting over the family business at the time of Teresa's death and were allegedly jealous of Steven's million dollar lawsuit against the local Sheriffs' department. 

What makes these accusations more interesting is the fact that both men have a serious history of assaulting women. 

Earl Avery plead 'no contest' in a suit regarding the sexual abuse of his own children. 

Meanwhile, Charles Avery was charged with sexually assaulting his own wife as well as a number of women who visited the Avery junk yard, according to the documents. 

Perhaps most worryingly is the fact that there are reports of three women being assaulted by Charles within a month of Teresa's disappearance. 

As with almost every aspect of this troubling case, this new information sure does sound fishy… 

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