The new TV show Smoke is fictional but inspired by the true story of California arsonist John Orr, who set fires in the 1980s and ’90s. Orr had a surprising connection to firefighting. Two key clues ...
Apple TV+’s new crime drama miniseries “Smoke” is loosely based on the crimes of a real serial arsonist. Taran Egerton stars as Dave Gudsen, an arson investigator working with Detective Michell ...
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who can’t stand the heat outside, but can tolerate it onscreen. The eerie and bizarre story of John Orr, a Southern California arson investigator who ...
A 1988 photo of John Orr, when he was a celebrated arson investigator with the Glendale Fire Department. (Myung J. Chun / Associated Press) Soon after the first engine arrived to fight the fatal ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this article: The new TV show Smoke is fictional but inspired by the true story of California arsonist John Orr, who set fires in the 1980s and ’90s. Orr had a ...