Truly Original Preps Kremlin True-Crime Project

Truly Original has partnered with Vanity Fair special correspondent and best-selling author Bryan Burrough to develop and produce a true-crime documentary series chronicling Scotland Yard’s newly reopened investigations into 15 mysterious deaths linked to a Russian program.

Presented by Burrough (Public Enemies, Barbarians at the Gate), the event series, tentatively titled The Kremlin’s Long Shadow, will unravel a recent chain of deaths and assassination attempts. Burrough will take viewers inside a new Russian “Murder Incorporated,” tapping such sources as widows and children, defectors and spies.

Truly Original Co-Presidents and Co-CEOs Steven Weinstock and Glenda Hersh executive produce, alongside Truly Original’s Stephanya Bareham. Burrough also serves as executive producer.

Weinstock commented, “Among Bryan’s many talents as a writer and investigative journalist is his ability to present world-defining events through a deeply personal lens, allowing him to reveal the emotional and human aspects of each story, adding depth and relevance to the facts. Paired with his vast knowledge and experience with this dark subject matter—so much a part of today’s cultural conversation—this documentary will shock and shed light on a frightening series of events.”

Burrough added, “This is urgent ‘true crime’ with global implications, a kind of real-life James Bond film—only all of it is real.”