Reporter Steve Fishman Reveals Never Before Heard Confession Tapes as He Explores His Own Unique Relationship with a Murderer 

Listeners Can Subscribe to The Binge to Listen To The Full Season Today

New York, NY – June 3, 2024 – Sony Music Entertainment and Orbit Media, today announced the premiere of Smoke Screen: My Friend, The Serial Killer, the newest season of Sony Music’s hit investigative podcast series that explores shocking tales of crime and deception. In this season of Smoke Screen, journalist and host Steve Fishman unpacks the story of serial killer Robert F. Carr III and, with the help of the killer’s daughter, dissects his personal connection to Carr’s heinous crimes that spanned a decade.  Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes at once today. 

In My Friend, The Serial Killer, Fishman sets out to understand the man who he briefly met just months prior to his confession of multiple rapes and murders. The killer picked him up hitchhiking and for some reason, let him go. Throughout the series, listeners are exposed to the never before heard confession tapes, interviews with detectives and a road trip to the scenes of his crimes. All the while Fishman continues to question – how did this happen? Why was I spared? And how do I revisit this dark story from so many years ago? 

“My whole world was turned upside down at 19 years old working for a local Connecticut newspaper. The bells went off meaning a huge story had come in,” said host and reporter Steve Fishman. “In that moment, I learned that I was almost the victim of a serial killer and for years I have searched for answers about this man who I narrowly escaped from.” 

Smoke Screen: My Friend, The Serial Killer is hosted by award-winning journalist, Steve Fishman. Dan Bobkoff is the producer. Annie Aviles is the editorial consultant. From Sony Music Entertainment, executive producers are Catherine Saint Louis and Jonathan Hirsch.  

Listeners can subscribe to Smoke Screen: My Friend, The Serial Killer on The Binge, as well as all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. For more information on Smoke Screen: My Friend, The Serial Killer and all other Sony Podcast shows, follow @SonyPodcasts on X/Twitter and Instagram.