MSNBC to premiere doc strand ‘Maximum Drama’

October 29, 2012 by Kevin Ritchie

U.S. cable news network MSNBC will debut a documentary strand that goes in-depth on major news stories called ‘Maximum Drama.’ Hosted by reporter Jeff Rossen, the show will feature a different investigative documentary each week.

The first episode, which airs on November 11, will feature Shoot to Kill: The Ohio Animal Massacre, a Minnow Films-produced doc on Terry Thompson, the owner of a Zanesville, Ohio farm who set loose 50 exotic animals before killing himself in 2011. It will include exclusive interviews with the police officers who hunted down and killed 48 of the animals, including rare Bengal tigers and lions.

The second episode of the strand, Profiling Evil: The I-5 Strangler, will examine the case of convicted serial killer Roger Kibbe, who is serving a life sentence in a California prison. It was produced by Tom Jennings and will air on November 18. Other episodes this season will focus on sex slaves in Chicago and serial killer Ted Bundy.

‘Maximum Drama’ is produced by MSNBC Films and executive produced by Scott Hooker, the network’s senior executive producer, documentary production and development.

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Frank J

The episode tonight about the animal massacre in Zanesville, Ohio, was incomplete as far as I could tell. I don’t recall the story outlining that famous Columbus zoo director Jack Hanna was involved. He and other exotic animal experts offered the opinion that, in spite of the criticism to the contrary, tranquilizer bullets would not be effective since they take a while to have an effect. In the meantime, the animal shot with such a tranquilizer would be antagonized and would probably attack. Thus the only way to insure everyone’s safety was to put the animal down.
Raven

As a resident of central Ohio and a person who has been involved with not only the Columbus Zoo, but also Jack Hanna, I can tell you that he was very involved. He was also highly upset that our officers were put in the position of “shoot to kill” when these animals deserved our protection. I have no respect for a person who buys, owns, and treats exotic animals as pets. I have even less respect for a person who willingly set loose over 50 highly dangerous animals into his own community and then kills himself just so that he doesn’t need to take any responsibility for his actions. I did not like watching those animals die for any reason, much less such a senseless reason as those animals were. I applaud our officers for having the strength to live through what they had to endure.