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Nile Cappello
Nile Cappello is a Los Angeles-based writer and producer focused on true crime. As a journalist, she has published articles with outlets including HuffPost, VICE, LA Weekly, High Times, POPSUGAR, Eventbrite, and Bustle. Additionally, Nile is currently developing scripted and unscripted projects for film and TV, including two memoir-to-feature-film adaptations and five documentary projects she is executive producing with Campfire, STX, 44 Blue, and Large Eyes. She is represented by Antonio D’Intino of Circle of Confusion. When not writing, you can find Nile binge watching murder shows, indoor climbing, trying to control her volume, and drinking iced tea. Talk to her about: The Virgin Suicides, Burke Ramsey, her degree in Italian, Millie Bobby Brown, cult leaders, The Florida Project, Sally Mann, and her childhood efforts to lobby the president to give kids the right to vote.
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Who is Rodney Reed? A Primer on this Texas Death Row Case
A brief introduction to the principal figures of a complex case earning comparisons to To Kill A Mockingbird
25 Years Later, Reconsidering the Fallout from Heavenly Creatures
A real-life story of love, coming-of-age, murder, film adaptation, and pseudonymous crime writing.
Munchausen by Proxy Is the Crime Story of the Moment
Four case studies of a disease that's rarer in real life than on TV.
The Bloody Benders: America's First Family of Serial Killers
The family of killers behind an infamous legend.
