Betsy Schechter
Directing
Biography
Betsy Schechter is an Emmy nominated producer who has created and produced both scripted and non-scripted programming for major networks and cable outlets, including CBS, NBC, ABC, A&E, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, HISTORY, OWN, and MTV. Betsy created and executive produced the hit series Paranormal State, which aired on A&E for five seasons. She also created and executive produced the series Psychic Kids for A&E. In addition, Betsy also Executive Produced MOST LIKELY TO… for Discovery ID. Prior to that, Betsy executive produced Try My Life for The Style Network, Sit, Stay, Style for The Fine Living Network, and the docudrama Cutthroat for VH1. In addition to non-scripted programming Betsy has created numerous scripted shows, including The Gumshoe Club ABC, movies-of-the-week What Happened to Bobby Earlon CBS, and Runaway Home NBC. She also created and produced the syndicated reality dating show, Shipmates, and directed and produced the feature documentary, Touched By Elvis. Betsy was nominated for an Emmy for the documentary Miracle at Trapper Creek, which aired on ABC.
Known For
Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.
Killer Legends
Rose Earl is proud as a peacock when Bobby, her eldest, whom she raised, like his kid brother Michael, to become moral men an model citizens, is the first member of the modest family ever to get accepted at college. It will take a while till she starts getting aware of it, but after he joins a respectable fraternity Bobby becomes ever more influenced by his roomy, the ambitious Tom Stahl, who promises him the world as they form an unbeatable team...
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
After overcoming traumatic events, Gloria Gaynor rebuilt her life by earning a degree in psychology and investing her own resources to produce the gospel record Testimony, which earned her second Grammy 40 years later.