Payne Lindsey

Payne Lindsey (born November 21, 1987) is an American director, documentary filmmaker, Right Side of the Tree lead singer and podcast host. He is best known for co-creating and hosting the hit investigative journalist and true crime podcasts Up and Vanished and Atlanta Monster.

Early life Lindsey was born and raised in Kennesaw, Georgia. He obtained his first video camera at age 10 and later directed local television commercials and music videos.

Career Up and Vanished In December 2015, Netflix released Making a Murderer. Lindsey watched the show and realized that he wanted to do something similar. a well-known cold case in Georgia. At the time, Lindsey's intentions were to develop Grinstead's story into a documentary film, but he realized he did not have the funds to film interviews on location. Lindsey realized that he "could produce a podcast at home in my boxers," and created Up and Vanished. Lindsey broadcast in real-time, week by week, in audio form. Within a 12-month period the podcast received over 50 million downloads, which propelled Grinstead's case into the mainstream media. This helped uncover previously unnoticed evidence which lead to the decade-old case being cracked and two arrests made. Lindsey began podcasting full time once Up and Vanished increased in popularity.

Tenderfoot TV After Up and Vanished, together with his business partner Donald Albright, Lindsey launched the content creation company Tenderfoot TV which is based in Atlanta. Together with Tenderfoot TV and Oxygen Lindsey and Albright developed a TV docu-series from Up and Vanished. As of January 2020, Oxygen and Tenderfoot TV are working to develop a television special about Kristal Reisinger which will be produced by Lindsey. Culpable, , This Day in Crime and Somebody. Meredith Stedman is the Creative Producer at the company. Lindsey launched Atlanta Monster, a new podcast about the infamous Atlanta Child Murders, which occurred between 1979 - 1981 with over 25 victims murdered in Atlanta. Lindsey had never heard of the case until his business partner, Donald Albright, told him about the murders. Lindsey hosted the podcast and conducted the interviews featured on the podcast. The podcast had over 70 million downloads. In September 2016, Lindsey married Cassie House. He is currently in a relationship with fellow podcaster Sabrina Deana-Roga of Two Girls One Ghost. According to the Up and Vanished website, Lindsey has a brother, Mason Lindsey, who works as a producer for Tenderfoot TV. He is the cousin of 98.5 The Sports Hub radio host Rich Shertenlieb.

Filmography Just Like You (2014) Our People (2015) Thank Yo Mamma (2015) Up and Vanished: The TV Show (2018)