![]() Included in this lineup is Ariana Madix’s highly anticipated Lifetime debut in Buying Back My Daughter, premiering October 7. ![]() Then there’s Bad Romance: The Vicky White Story starring Wendi McLendon-Covey, and of course, Would You Kill for Me: The Mary Bailey Story starring Melissa Joan Hart and TikTok star Celina “Spooky BooBoo” Myers. Most of the lineup uses a tried and true Lifetime approach, making sure viewers know from the subtitle that this movie is “The (Name of Well-Known Criminal/Victim Here) Story.” There’s Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story starring Luke McFarlane and Kristen Vangness. Kicking things off is How She Caught a Killer, based on the true story of a rookie detective (played by network mainstay Sarah Drew) who went undercover as a sex worker to catch a serial killer. The Murdaugh Murders: The Movie, which premieres on October 14, comes as part of this fall’s “Truly Unbelievable Movie Event.” Starting on September 16, Lifetime will debut a new ripped-from-the-headlines film every Saturday through October 28. Lifetime’s version, however, marks the first scripted depiction of the case. The movie joins a long line of existing documentaries and series unraveling the details of the family’s scandals - Alex’s son Paul was involved in a deadly boating accident two years before his death - and the flaws of the justice system. The Murdaugh Murders: The Movie stars Bill Pullman as Alex Murdaugh, the real-life patriarch of a well-connected family who murdered his wife and son. ![]() The milestone movie is a prime example of another of Lifetime’s signifiers: a ripped-from-the-headlines retelling. This fall, the network keeps the tradition going with the release of its 500th original film. It set expectations for the network’s movies for years to come: over-the-top stories about women in danger that were either cautionary tales, survival narratives, or both. The film followed a woman (Nancy Allen) who hits her head and gets amnesia, causing her to forget that a psychopath is trying to kill her family. Back in 1990, Lifetime premiered its first-ever original made-for-TV movie, Memories of a Murder.
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