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Oxygen, the home of high-quality, true-crime programming, travels to Camden, Ark., a quiet bucolic town where the only thing thicker than the humidity is the gossip. However, when one of Camden’s richest men dies mysteriously, a web of lies overwhelms this tightknit, rural community, leaving families destroyed and the town forever altered. The two-hour special Southern Fried Lies premieres Sunday, April 27 at 6 p.m. ET/PT on Oxygen and will be available to stream on Peacock on April 29.
What is Southern Fried Lies about?
Donna Herring, Camden’s unofficial mayor and proud pageant mom to daughter Alex, believes the only man worthy of Alex’s affection is the local hero, Matt Jacobs. Matt won a big settlement as a survivor of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig explosion, making him one of the wealthiest and thus most eligible bachelors in town. However, after Matt’s unfathomable death, his last will and testament leaves the majority of his estate to Alex and very little to his only child, his teenage son, Jordan. After it’s discovered that Donna forged Matt’s will, law enforcement begins to investigate. As they move beyond the white-collar crime, they uncover a secret mistress and other inexplicable deaths and question if something potentially more nefarious could be at play.
Donna has a lot to say about it all, and she isn’t the only one talking. Southern Fried Lies reveals the insights of those in the community impacted most by Matt’s death and Donna’s duplicitous actions. In addition to Donna, Matt’s son Jordan, the lead FBI agent, town coroner and others speak out to share their side of events as the special examines all the twists and turns of the case. Yet, many unanswered questions remain, but secrets (and bodies) don’t stay buried for long. There’s still hope someone may be able to answer them.
Southern Fried Lies is produced by Scout Productions and Cypress Trail Films. Rachel Reid Holbrook directs. Joel Chiodi, David Collins, Rob Eric and Eric Korsh from Scout Productions are executive producers. Holbrook, Rajal Pitroda, Jon Crawford and Gabe Mayhan from Cypress Trail Films are executive producers. Carolyn Day is also an executive producer with Trent Johnson serving as producer.
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, Killer Relationship with Faith Jenkins and breakout event specials such as The Pike County Murders: A Family Massacre, Selena & Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them, and Murdered and Missing in Montana. The network had its best year ever in 2023 in total viewer cable rankings in all day and primetime thanks to one of cable’s most-engaged audiences. Oxygen True Crime’s over-the-air platform recently launched in select U.S. markets. Oxygen True Crime is part of NBCUniversal’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 Scout Productions
Scout Productions is an Emmy® and Academy Award®-winning media company in film, television, and digital content creation. The prolific team at Scout has spent the last 20+ years raising the story-telling bar and building their catalog of groundbreaking, culture-defining unscripted series. Scout is globally celebrated for their inclusive, culturally resonant, and critically acclaimed storytelling that shines a light on untraditional characters. Their dynamic body of work can be seen across many platforms, including Netflix, Max, Disney+, Peacock, Hulu, Prime Video, FX, Roku, Snap, Facebook, MTV/VH1, Tubi and more. Scout works across a variety of unscripted genres, from transformation to competition to documentaries to digital, while staying true to a central philosophy: our era’s vanguard content is centered on omni cultural storytelling and representing real-life people.
About Cypress Trail Films
Cypress Trail Films is an award-winning, San Francisco-based production company that illuminates the most culturally-resonant stories of our time. Anchored by honest and vibrant characters, our stories seek to explore universal themes with depth, human emotion and a little bit of edge.
