It was back in the summer of 2000 when the entire television entertainment industry was left shaken to the core as Nancy Campbell-Panitz was found horrifically murdered in her own home. After all, as explored in Netflix’s ‘Jerry Springer: Fights,

Fights, Camera, Action docuseries reexamined guest Nancy Campbell-Panitz's brutal murder at the hands of ex-husband Ralf Panitz after their appearance on the controversial talk show. During the second part of the special,

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.

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,

I want the show to demonstrate outrageousness,” Jerry Springer, the late host of the eponymous talk show, once said.

Nancy Campbell-Panitz was beaten and choked by ex-husband Ralf Panitz in July 2000, shortly after her episode of The Jerry Springer Show, in which she was confronted by her ex and his new wife, Eleanor, aired.

Nancy Campbell-Pantiz walked off of The Jerry Springer Show stage, but producers were quick to push her to head back to the cameras. They were even willing to keep her stranded.

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.

A new Netflix docuseries goes behind the scenes of The Jerry Springer Show, with first-hand testimony from insiders and former guests.

Luke Sewell spoke about the complex legacy of the notorious talk show, which both coarsened American culture and affirmed the values of free speech.