Renée Zellweger
Pam Hupp
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- 1. She's a Good Friend Mar 8, 2022
- Pam Hupp is the last person to see her friend Betsy Faria alive the night of her murder.
- 2. She's a Helper Mar 15, 2022
- Pam becomes a source of support for Betsy's family, law enforcement and the district attorney.
- 3. She's a Star Witness Mar 22, 2022
- Pam gets her 15 minutes of fame when DA Leah Askey calls her as a witness for the prosecution.
The Thing About Pam: With Renée Zellweger, Josh Duhamel, Judy Greer, Gideon Adlon. Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in the conviction of her husband, Russ, but he insisted he did not kill her. This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp.
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- Who Is Pam Hupp?
- How Did Pam Hupp and Betsy Faria Become Friends?
- What Happened to Betsy Faria?
- Why Was Betsy Faria’s Husband, Russ, Found Guilty of Her Murder?
- How Did Pam Hupp Get Arrested For Betsy Faria’s Murder?
Hupp (née Neumann) was born in Dellwood, Missouri, in 1958 to a strict Catholic family. The third of four children, Hupp was described by friends as a “boy crazy” cheerleader with a big personality and an even bigger laugh, according to St. Louis Magazine. By the end of her senior year, she had gotten pregnant and then married, a turn in her life t...
Hupp met Betsy Faria in 2001 when they both worked at the State Farm office. Faria, who was 11 years Hupp’s junior, was known for being sweet and bubbly, with a reputation for being scatterbrained and often short on cash. The former coworkers lost touch for years, but when Faria was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, Hupp swooped in to help, oft...
Two days after Christmas, Faria was stabbed to death in her Troy, Missouri, home. When her husband Russell “Russ” Faria found her on the floor he believed his terminally ill wife, whose breast cancer had metastasized to her liver, had taken her own life. However, the police reported that Betsy had been stabbed 55 times and her wounds were not self-...
As The Thing About Pam points out, local law enforcement believed Betsy’s murder was an open-and-shut case: the husband did it. The cops pointed to Russ’ 911 call, which they said sounded performatively distraught. His behavior in the hours after discovering his wife’s body was also deemed “suspicious” by authorities. The first cop who arrived at t...
Oddly enough, it wasn’t Betsy Faria’s murder that landed Pam Hupp in jail. In August 2016, she fatally shot Louis Gumpenberger, a mentally and physically disabled man, in her home. She claimed to police that Gumpenberger had tried to kidnap her at knifepoint to get “Russ’ money,” a reference to Betsy’s husband that was believed to be Hupp’s attempt...
April 12, 2022. ( 2022-04-12) The Thing About Pam is an American true crime comedy-drama television miniseries detailing the involvement of Pam Hupp in the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria. It stars Renée Zellweger, Josh Duhamel, Judy Greer, Gideon Adlon, Sean Bridgers, Suanne Spoke, Mac Brandt, Katy Mixon, and Glenn Fleshler.
- The Thing About Pam Podcast and Dateline TV Episodes Concerning the Story of Pam Hupp
- Keith Morrison
- United States
The Thing About Pam. Season 1. In what appeared to be a straightforward murder case eventually sets off an unexpected chain of events, exposing a wrongful conviction and a diabolical scheme involving a woman named Pam Hupp. 508 2022 6 episodes. X-Ray 16+. Comedy · Drama. Available to buy. More purchase. options.
The Thing About Pam - Watch episodes on NBC.com and the NBC App. Renée Zellweger stars in this true-crime drama inspired by a saga told on Dateline NBC.
Feb 25, 2022 · It’s the name of the popular Dateline podcast about the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria, which her friend, Pam Hupp, was charged with in 2021. Yes, a full 10 years later. It’s a wild story filled with...
