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The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga is a true-crime series from Chapman and Maclain Way, the directing duo behind the Emmy-winning Wild Wild Country. Produced under Stardust Frames Productions, the documentary will stream on Netflix beginning December 11, 2024. It explores this assassination attempt deeply by giving real testimonies with archival footage.
It also puts into perspective and joins the dots that led to the bizarre 2013 case of ricin-laced letters sent to major U.S. officials, one of them being former President Barack Obama. The initial investigation led to the arrest of Elvis impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis from Tupelo, Mississippi, but went on to unravel a deeper conspiracy of local rivalries and personal conflicts.
The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga will drop on Netflix 12:00 a.m. Pacific Time and 3:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
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The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga proves that small-town rivalries make nationwide headlines. The documentary contains interviews with people directly associated with the case, first-hand stories, and insights from the witnesses.
Release schedule of The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga
While The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga is set to premiere globally on December 11, 2024, the release times are based on standard time zones and do not account for any variations due to daylight-saving time changes. Viewers can refer to the table below for the exact premiere time in select time zones across the world.
What is The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga about? Everything to know
The official synopsis of the documentary on Netflix reads:
"In this bizarre true-crime tale, an Elvis impersonator's conspiracy theory sets off a feud that spirals into an attempted presidential assassination."
The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga unravels an improbable coincidence/conspiracy that led to the failed assassination attempt on former President Barack Obama. At the focal point of this documentary was an Elvis impersonator, a former janitor named Paul Kevin Curtis, who in April 2013 faced false accusations of mailing ricin-laced letters to then-President Obama and other high-ranking U.S. officials.
It was a sting operation that brought to light the conspiracy against Curtis orchestrated by James Everett Dutschke, a martial arts instructor with whom he had long-standing bad blood. Dutschke later pleaded guilty and received 25 years in federal prison.
It sheds light on the rivalries and personal conflicts right at the hub of this national scandal. This was the saga that proved how from a small-town feud it grew into an attempted assassination and a black market organ trafficking conspiracy. Documentation of in-depth probed-whose, what, where, and why is exhaustive.
Who is interviewed in The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga?
The narrative includes interviews with various people involved in the case, including police officers who describe the investigation process in detail. These interviews help the story set the viewer up to fully understand some of the complex issues being presented.
Outside the police force, the documentary interviews residents and local people, as well as the Elvis impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis from Tupelo, Mississippi.
"I have the most controversial story in the entire state of Mississippi and possibly the entire country," Paul Kevin Curtis said during his interview for the Netflix documentary.
With all this conspiracy theory and relations to the US government officials, the case becomes more complex.
News clippings from when the crime happened are featured in the documentary, providing a historical context.
Catch The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga on December 11, 2024, on Netflix.
