True Crime Series Hits 2 Million Downloads

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In One Minute Remaining, Jack Laurence speaks with inmates in the United States who are serving lengthy sentences and talks to them about their convictions for a range of serious crimes from arson, robbery, attempted murder, and murder itself.

The series is the creation of former Australian radio host, Jack Laurence, and to-date, One Minute Remaining has released over 60 episodes and allows numerous incarcerated men and women to tell their stories.

Laurence looks at the case against them and allows the inmates to tell their accounts of the events that lead up to their incarceration…until there’s one minute remaining. 

“It’s honestly mind blowing what the show has managed to achieve in the last nine months, and I couldn’t be more proud,” says Laurence.

One Minute Remaining has not only been hitting big download numbers, but has also been featured at the top of the major charts across Spotify and Apple, reaching number one on Apple’s Australian podcast charts, as well as the number one true crime show on both Apple and Spotify at the beginning of this year.

Guy Scott-Wilson, Acast’s Content Director for Australia/NZ says the series is “a testament to…the unwavering power of great storytelling”.

“It’s a unique format [that] has real human interest and a higher purpose - so it’s no surprise to see it tap into Australia’s enduring love of true crime so emphatically. As a creator-centric platform, we love watching Jack succeed with his ambitions for this show!” says Scott-Wilson.

With the high quality of the episodes produced each week, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it has a large team behind, but that’s not the case. Laurence who hosts, produces and edits the show, but his only other team member is Dom Evans, Earsay’s Founder and Head of Production.

“Since Jack first shared the demo with me in August of last year, I knew this show would be big - I just didn’t realise how big,” Evans says. 

A new episode of One Minute Remaining is released every Tuesday and Thursday. One Minute Remaining is hosted, distributed and monetised by Acast as part of the Acast Creator Network, ensuring it can be heard here and across all podcast platforms. Listen to the episodes above for a taste of the series.

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