Limetown


Limetown is a podcast fiction series created by Two-Up Productions that debuted on July 29, 2015 and became the number one US podcast on iTunes less than two months later. The show has drawn comparisons to the popular podcast Serial and the 1990s television show The X-Files. The series was written and directed by Zack Akers and produced by Skip Bronkie. The second season debuted on October 30, 2018.

Plot

Limetown is a fictional story told as a series of investigative reports by Lia Haddock, a journalist for American Public Radio, detailing the disappearance of over 300 people at a neuroscience research facility in Tennessee.

Episode listing

Although the creators planned seven episodes for the first season, only six were produced: Very short teasers were broadcast after some episodes.

Other media

Prequel book

Two-Up Productions signed a book deal with Simon & Schuster to produce a prequel of Limetown in novel form. It was written by Cote Smith and released on November 13th, 2018.

TV series

On October 8, 2018, it was announced that Jessica Biel would star as Lia Haddock for a Limetown TV series, to air on Facebook Watch. Stanley Tucci was cast as Emile Haddock. The first season run of 10 episodes premiered October 16, 2019. The series was cancelled by Facebook Watch after its inaugural season.