America’s Most Wanted might be revived by Fox. John Walsh’s iconic true crime trailblazer has a history that stretches back 25 years, including a cancellation in 1996, and a 40-episode return to the airwaves from 2011-2013. Now Fox Alternative president Rob Wade tells Deadline that he wants the series to rise once again, saying that this time around the show will cover fugitives from across the globe.

“It is America’s Most Wanted but with the help of our producer and Interpol we are now able to work outside of the U.S. because a lot of the fugitives these days travel; you need to be able to have a global reach to find fugitives,” Wade said. (The World’s Most Wanted?) Another difference the new AMW will have will be its host: as Walsh is currently tied to ID’s In Pursuit with John Walsh (the second season of which drops on January 15), Fox is currently seeking a host for the rebooted show. Who would you pick to take over Walsh’s AMW throne? — EB

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A new Netflix doc delves into an Argentinan terror attack. Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy is a six-part series about the July 18, 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires’ AMIA Jewish cultural center. The attack killed 85 people and injured over 200, making it the worst terror attack in Latin American history.

Alberto Nisman was the prosecutor on the case, and as the investigation unfolded, Nisman grew to believe that then-Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner was complicit in letting the suspects in the case go free. The day before he was slated to officially present his findings, Nisman was killed, and his slaying remains unsolved.

The Daily Beast has a great piece on the case and the show, which writer Nick Schager says is “only partially successful” as “No matter the six-hour-plus runtime, there’s sometimes too much information to lucidly process.” (In other words, Argentina is complicated!) In the end, Schager says, viewers get “a tangled tale with few clear answers and considerably less hope.” The show proved provocative enough, however, that current President Alberto Fernandez took to the airwaves to say that “there isn’t a shred of proof” that Nisman was murdered and that claims that Kirchner was part of a coverup is “absurd.” — EB

The family of a homicide victim who was featured on On the Case with Paula Zahn has detailed their experience to the Winnipeg Free Press. relatives of slain Canadian Forces officer David Turenne appeared on the ID series to discuss his 1996 fatal shooting, which captured headlines when it was alleged that Turenne was killed by his wife and her ex-lover, a former U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant named Ralph Crompton. (Crompton continues to assert his innocence, claiming that Monique beat her spouse to death and he was just there to “fulfill one of her fantasies.”)

According to Mary Oscarson, who was Turenne’s niece, Zahn’s show contacted her via Facebook and eventually flew her and her mom to New York to appear on the show. Oscarson — who identifies as a fan of true crime — says that Zahn’s show “came to us with such empathy. There was no pressure, we could stop at any time. From the producers to Paula Zahn herself, everyone was so kind.” You can watch their episode, entitled “A Secret To Kill For,” here or here, and read Oscarson’s full account of her experience with the show here. — EB

Tony Harris has a new podcast about the DC Sniper. Harris, who also hosts ID’s (for pete’s sake, is this issue super ID-y today or what?) Scene Of The Crime, is the host of Monster: D.C. Sniper, a podcast about the October, 2002 sniper attacks across Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia that killed ten people and injured three others.

So far, the podcast’s three episodes in, and has reached October 7 on the case’s timeline. In its show notes, the podcast asks “Does the person convicted of these crimes ever deserve a second chance?” which is kind of an odd question from a show that calls itself “Monster,” but was perhaps spurred by October’s Supreme Court consideration of the case. Harris is likely to discuss that, as well as other evidence that’s come to light since the crimes were prosecuted, on the podcast, which releases episodes every Thursday. You can subscribe to the show here. — EB

Friday on Best Evidence: A really sweet Why Hasn’t This Been Adapted Yet?

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