The murder of Campbell-Panitz was perhaps the most notorious incident involving guests on the infamous — and groundbreaking — Jerry Springer Show, which often brought on guests entwined in lurid real-life scenarios,

Fights, Camera, Action, Nancy Campbell-Panitz's son, Jeffrey, speaks out about his mother's tragic murder, and how he believes the talk show contributed to her death.

Fights, Camera, Action' explored how Ralf Panitz killed ex-wife Nancy Campbell-Panitz after their appearance on the talk show

That very ranking is mentioned in the second of two episodes in the documentary Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, which is streaming now on Netflix. And seeing the history of the riotous and controversial daytime talk show laid out by its creators,

The show played a big part, “in people not wanting to understand each other, but just shout at each other and fight,” said Luke Sewell, the documentary's director

The Jerry Springer Show,” which aired nearly 4,000 episodes between 1991 and 2018, was home to all four. Yet at its center, host Jerry Springer (who died in 2023) was an ocean of calm wading through a sea of muck and controversy.

Fights, Camera, Action" on Netflix dives deep into Springer's infamous talk show, touching on murder and scandal.

Netflix’s shocking new documentary about The Jerry Springer Show exposes its darkest secrets and most stomach-churning moments.

Building a show around outrage became a "trap" for producers, who "had to keep outdoing themselves" to draw in viewers, the director of "Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action" told Yahoo Entertainment.