“Monster: The Zodiac Killer”- Season Two of Hit Podcast “Atlanta Monster” - Surpasses 12 Million Downloads In Just Two Months

Total Series Downloads Climb To 60 Million

 

WHO: An iHeartRadio Original True Crime Investigative Podcast, “Monster: The Zodiac Killer,”  created and co-produced by Tenderfoot TV.

 

Matt Frederick, host of “Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know”, narrates the podcast, while Payne Lindsey, Tenderfoot TV co-founder and “Atlanta Monster” host, serves as an executive producer and lends his voice to the series.

 

WHAT: "Monster: The Zodiac Killer,” the season two follow up to hit true-crime podcast “Atlanta Monster,” has unveiled numbers from the current season:

 

· 12+ million downloads of season two in just two months

· Series downloads total more than 60 million

· Season two downloads average more than one million per episode

· “Monster: The Zodiac Killer” was No. 1 on the Apple Podcast Charts during launch week

 

WHEN:“Monster: The Zodiac Killer” premiered January 2, 2019 on the iHeartPodcast Network. The second season of the podcast will total 15 episodes, with a new episode
premiering weekly. The finale will be on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

 

WHERE: Listen on iHeartRadio and everywhere podcasts are heard.

 

ASSETS: "Monster: The Zodiac Killer” press assets:

·         Cover Art

·         One Sheet

 

About Tenderfoot TV

Founded by Atlanta director and independent filmmaker, Payne Lindsey, and music industry veteran, Donald Albright, Tenderfoot TV is a hub for content creators and storytellers. The company launched in August 2016 with the release of the viral true crime podcast “Up and Vanished” and has since created projects that include number one hit podcast, “Atlanta Monster” as well as “Sworn.” Together these podcasts have amassed nearly 300 million downloads in total, with seasons 1 and 2 of “Up and Vanished” making up over 250 million of those downloads and the number one podcasts “Atlanta Monster” and “Sworn” making up over 35 million and 10 million respectively. Tenderfoot TV recently launched “To Live and Die in L.A.,” hosted by bestselling author, Neil Strauss. Additionally, Tenderfoot transitioned into the television space with several projects in development as well as a docu-series based on “Up and Vanished” that premiered on Oxygen Nov. 18, 2018. Tenderfoot strives to tell compelling stories that forge a deeper level of connection and engagement with the audience. No rules. No restrictions.

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