GREED, LUST AND WRATH TURN DEADLY IN NEW OXYGEN TRUE CRIME SERIES "SINS OF THE SOUTH" PREMIERING SUNDAY, MAY 12th AT 8:00 PM ET/PT

NEW YORK - April 25, 2024 - The American South is known for its beauty and culture: the music, the food, the hospitality. However, its dark side - the greed, the lust, the wrath - can be just as alluring.  Oxygen True Crime, the home of high-quality, true crime programming, sheds light on the intriguing stories that shook the region when "Sins of the South" premieres Sunday, May 12th at 8:00pm ET/PT. Beginning Sunday, May 19th, the series will move to its regular timeslot of Sundays at 7:00pm ET/PT.

From Wolf Entertainment, ITV America's Good Caper Content and Universal Television Alternative Studio, "Sins of the South" is a riveting new true crime series that illuminates the drama, the history and the crime stories found below the Mason-Dixon line. With a deliciously delightful Southern inflected narration, each of the 12-hour-long episodes unravel the twists and turns of a real-life murder, highlighting the disturbing crimes of the South and the wickedness that led to it. First-hand accounts from victims' loved ones and law enforcement, archival footage and cinematic recreations bring these sinful stories to life.

COMING UP THIS SEASON:

Episode 1/Terror in Tennessee /May 12th, 2024/8:00pm ET/PT

In the emerald suburb of Cordova, Tenn, the Caronnas live a seemingly perfect life. When one of them turns up missing on the day of a big party, investigators uncover that behind closed doors lies a mysterious tale of lust and greed.

Other gut-wrenching crimes covered throughout the season include the slaying of a New Orleans pastor amidst the chaos of post Hurricane Katrina; a triple murder on a North Carolina Christmas tree farm that devastated the close-knit Blue Ridge Mountain community where it happened and the unfathomable killing of a Miami Beach hotel heir inciting fears that someone was trying to take out their family dynasty.

"Sins of the South" is produced by Wolf Entertainment, ITV America's Good Caper Content and Universal Television Alternative Studio. Dick Wolf and Tom Thayer are Executive Producers for Wolf Entertainment. Jordana Hochman, Alison Dammann and Sarah Howell Executive Produce for Good Caper Content with Brian DeCubellis as the Showrunner.

ABOUT OXYGEN TRUE CRIME

Oxygen True Crime is a multiplatform crime destination for women. Oxygen True Crime remains one of the fastest-growing cable entertainment networks with popular original programming, including the flagship "Snapped" franchise, "Cold Justice," "Injustice with Nancy Grace" and breakout event series such as "Catching a Serial Killer: Sam Little," "Kim Kardashian: The Justice Project," "Aaron Hernandez Uncovered," "The Pike County Murders: A Family Massacre" and "Selena & Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them." The network had its best year ever in 2023 in total viewer cable rankings in Total Day and Press Prime thanks to one of cable's most-engaged audiences. Oxygen True Crime's over-the-air platform recently launched in select US markets. Oxygen True Crime is part of NBCUniversal Television and Streaming's Entertainment portfolio, which includes NBC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen True Crime, SYFY, Universal Kids, USA Network and Peacock. For more information, visit oxygen.com.  

ABOUT WOLF ENTERTAINMENT 

Wolf Entertainment, led by Emmy(R)-winning television producer Dick Wolf, produces scripted and non-scripted content for all platforms. In conjunction with Universal Television (UTV), Wolf Entertainment produces NBC's award-winning "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," the longest-running primetime scripted series on television, which is currently in its 25th season. The company also produces "Law & Order" (S23), "Law & Order: Organized Crime" (S4), "Chicago Fire" (S12), "Chicago PD" (S11) and "Chicago Med" (S9); CBS' "FBI" (S6), "FBI: Most Wanted (S5) and "FBI: International" (S3). These shows alone brought in over 75 million viewers across the 2022-23 season finales. Wolf Entertainment's upcoming half-hour drama "On Call' for Prime Video, marks the company's first streaming original. Wolf Entertainment also produced "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," which ran for 11 seasons on NBC and the Emmy-winning HBO film "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee."  

ABOUT GOOD CAPER CONTENT 

Good Caper Content, an ITV America company, develops and produces an array of projects for broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms, and is devoted entirely to crime and investigative programming. In addition to Oxygen's Final Moments, recent and current Good Caper series and specials include New York Homicide (Oxygen); BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer and Exposing Parchman (A&E); Fruitcake Fraud and Holy Heist (discovery+); True Life: Crime (MTV) and Taken at Birth (TLC). Good Caper also has projects in development with networks and platforms including MTV, Netflix, and ID, among others. 

ABOUT UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ALTERNATIVE STUDIO  

Universal Television Alternative Studio (UTAS), a division of Universal Studio Group, is a global supplier of broad, premium unscripted programming and formats. Led by President Toby Gorman, the studio develops and produces game shows, competition programs, true crime, documentaries and docuseries. The studio is known for series with A-list talent, including the Emmy(R) Award-nominated competition series "Baking It," hosted by Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler; "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning," executive produced and narrated by Amy Poehler; and docuseries from Dick Wolf, including "Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler." Additionally, the studio creates hit formats that are replicated worldwide: longtime NBC favorite "Hollywood Game Night," for which Jane Lynch has won two Emmy Awards as host, has been remade in 25 territories; "The Wall" has been sold into 29 territories internationally; and Emmy-nominated music and comedy event series "That's My Jam" has options in over a dozen territories. Upcoming series include "The Americas," a 10-part natural history show narrated by Tom Hanks with music by Hans Zimmer, and "Surviving Earth," a docuseries that will recreate critical mass extinctions in Earth's history.