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Laura has worked in True Crime television since 2012. Laura has appeared in numerous true crime shows on networks, such as Oxygen, ID, Spike, Starz, and nationally syndicated networks. Currently, Laura is a recurrent Special Guest on CourtTV and CourtTVUK.

Along side some of the most brilliant legal minds and talented legal anchors in the country, Laura has given analysis in some of the highest profile cases in America:

Amber Heard v. Johnny Depp
Texas v. Robert Durst
The Alec Baldwin Wrongful Death Suit
The Murder of Gabby Petito
Idaho

…and many more…

Emmy-Winning CSI Atlanta

Laura was the Forensic Criminologist on Emmy-Winning CSI Atlanta seasons 1 and 2. CSI Atlanta was co-hosted by Multi-Emmy-Winning Anchor Karyn Greer and highly decorated, renowned Emmy-Winning CSI and Host of Zone 7 Podcast Sheryl “Mac” McCollum.The show focused on Atlanta-based unsolved homicides and worked with law enforcement, the media, families, friends, and the community to solve cases towards justice for victims and answers for families. Two cases were solved: Honey Malone in Season 1 and Nacole Smith in Season 2.

In 2020, CSI Atlanta won an Emmy for Best New Special. Sheryl McCollum is a very kind and generous person and chose to share the show’s win with the entire cast and crew. Pictured to the left, Dr. Laura Pettler holding CSI Atlanta’s 2020 Emmy Award. In 2021, CSI Atlanta was nominated for a second Emmy, but did not win that year.

CSI Atlanta ended in season 2 when anchor Karyn Greer accepted a prestigious position with another network. Karyn and Mac continue to work in television today.

Emmy-Winning The Dr. Oz Show

In Season 8, Dr. Oz and his team decided they wanted to add a “True Crime Tuesday” piece to their show. They hired Emmy-Nominated Crime Correspondent Melissa Jesperson Moore to help get it started. The segments were so successful, OzTeam decided to expand the True Crime Cast Team asking Melissa for suggestions. Melissa suggested trying Dr. Laura and it was a match! Laura started working with Dr. Oz, Melissa, and OzTeam in the end of Season 8. Dr. Laura was invited to join the Season 9 True Crime Team and contributed to the True Crime piece of the Season 9 Emmy-Package, which The Dr. Oz Show won an Emmy for Season 9. Dr. Oz, Melissa, Dr. Pettler, and several additional incredible True Crime related individuals delivered outstanding content in seasons 10 and 11. With covid striking during Season 11, Dr. Pettler did not appeared in the last season, Season 12.

Click Here for TheOzBlog, Dr. Oz’s True Crime Blog with Season 10 co-Authors Dr. Laura Pettler & Melissa Moore

Dr. Oz, Laura, and Melissa Clips:

Season 8 May Sweeps: Clip 1 Trenton Mallory Murder

Season 8 May Sweeps: Clip 2 Trenton Mallory Murder

Season 9: Clip 3 The Cold Medicine Murder of Lauren Phelps

Season 9: Clip 1 The Cold Medicine Murder of Lauren Phelps

Season 9: Clip 2 The Cold Medicine Murder of Lauren Phelps

Season 9 February Sweeps: Clip 1 How a Coroner Cracks a Case

Season 9 February Sweeps: Clip 2 The Accidental Cardiac-Related Death of Tanner Barton Click here to read the statement of falsely accused veterinarian Dr. Todd Cooney

Season 9: Tupac & Biggie Crime Scene Reconstruction

Season 10: Clip 1 The Eye Drop Murder of Steven Clayton

Season 10: Clip 2 The Eye Drop Murder of Steven Clayton

Season 10 November Sweeps: Clip 1 Allergy Medicine Murder of Rebecca Apodaca

Season 10 November Sweeps: Clip 2 Allergy Medicine Murder of Rebecca Apodaca

Season 10 November Sweeps: Clip 3 The Allergy Medicine Murder of Rebecca Apodaca

Season 10 November Sweeps: Clip 4 The Allergy Medicine Murder of Rebecca Apodaca

Season 11: Clip 1 Michael Peterson: The Staircase Theories

Pettler Co-Executive Producer and Host of International Academy of Web Television Awards Nominated True Crime Series "NOTORIOUS"

Premiered June 21, 2017

Directed by Award-Winning Director Gwen Titley Stonesfier, "Notorious True Crime Stories with Laura Pettler" is a web television series about the most sensational, most compelling, most twisty and turning cases around. Beginning with alleged serial killer Edward Art Surratt, Season 1 tells the story of how Surratt terrorized Western Pennsylvania in the late 1970s. Surratt accumulated 20 victims or more across Ohio and Pennsylvania before traveling south to South Carolina and Florida where he's in prison. "Notorious" is set in Western Pennsylvania where Laura grew up, so hosting the show is a fun way to participate in the community she still loves to go home to today.

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Notorious was produced by LPA's BlackHorse Production (Laura Pettler Music) in partnership with The Times and Calkins Media.

Stream Season 1 of Award-Nominated Notorious: True Crime Stories with Laura Pettler:

In September of 1977, David Hamilton was murdered in his Beaver Township, OH home. His wife, Linda, was missing. Seven days later, a milk truck driver was fo...

A couple is murdered in their Marshall Township home, the police are made aware of the situation after the couple's children run to a neighbor's home. A mont...

With numerous murders occurring in the area, Allegheny County Sheriff Eugene Coon announces a "state of crime emergency" and puts together a special task for...

At first, the killings occurring through the area had happened everywhere except for Beaver County. In November 1977, two murders, back-to-back, added to the...

On Dec. 3, 1977, a Moon Twp. elementary school principal in found dead from a shotgun blast in his home. After trying to escape, his wife is found dead and h...

Following up on a lead from the Breezewood murders, investigators begin surveillance on Aliquippa man Edward Surratt. The attacks continue; a Baden man is mu...

Investigators learn more information about their main suspect, Edward Surratt. In March of 1978, Surratt has a run in with Boardman, Ohio police. The followi...

Edward Surratt was born in Aliquippa, PA on August 8, 1941. He had multiple run-ins with the law in his late teens before joining the military in 1965.

Eight years after the disappearance of Nancy Adams, her remains are found in Brady's Run Park. Investigators continue to question Edward Surratt throughout t...

During the late 1960s and into the 1970s, the United States saw the start of change in culture and politics. Many of the notorious serial killers that we sti...

How and why did Edward Surratt kill? The motives and tactics behind Surratt's crimes are examined.

In the summer of 1978, Edward Surratt is caught by Florida police. He is arrested and questioned by law enforcement from across the country. He is put on tri...

After Edward Surratt's convictions in both Florida and South Carolina, the families who lost loved ones in Pennsylvania and Ohio still have many questions th...