The world's astonishing news
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The World's Astonishing News began airing in 2002. The majority of the episodes are produced by Sean Traynor, E. Paul Dimartino Jr., and directed by either Yuki Gouroku, Shunsuke Morita, or Naoko Yamada. The show is produced under Duo Creative Communications, a San Francisco based company, and is distributed through Nippon Television
Network (NTV), where the program receives its distribution through Japan and many other Asian countries.
The show is filmed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area
as well as in Japan, and episodes air every month or so throughout Asia. The episodes are shot in documentary-style formats, to preserve the investigatory aesthetic, with English subtitles.
, psychic Kathlyn Rhea, and of the Wendy's Finger-in-the-chili incident. Episodes story lines also include those of Alexander Graham Bell
, Gale St. John, and Lisa Marie Nowak.
Nippon Television
is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...
Network (NTV), where the program receives its distribution through Japan and many other Asian countries.
The show is filmed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
as well as in Japan, and episodes air every month or so throughout Asia. The episodes are shot in documentary-style formats, to preserve the investigatory aesthetic, with English subtitles.
Plot
Episode topics have included stories such as the ones of Aileen WuornosAileen Wuornos
Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer who killed seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990, claiming they raped or attempted to rape her while she was working as a prostitute...
, psychic Kathlyn Rhea, and of the Wendy's Finger-in-the-chili incident. Episodes story lines also include those of Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....
, Gale St. John, and Lisa Marie Nowak.
Characters
Characters include Ross Turner as serial killer James Koedatich, David Alan Hodges as Brent Hicks, David Pearl as Detective, Big Spence as Jimmy, Jaime Soria as Autistic Classmate, Alexi Torres as (teenage) John Wayne Gacy, and Kyle Scudiere as Detective Brown.External links
- The World's Astonishing News! at the Internet Movie Database http://posters.imdb.com/title/tt0478069/