In Popular Culture
- On October 17, 2003, the USA Network's U.S. cable station aired D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear, a television movie based on the 2002 sniper attacks.
- In 2003, a book written by former Montgomery County police chief Charles Moose was published.
- During the fall of 2007, BET showcased a documentary on the Beltway snipers in its American Gangster series.
- In June 2008, Barbara Kopple released her documentary The D.C. Sniper's Wife, which told the story through the eyes of Mildred Muhammad, wife of John Allen Muhammad. Mildred was to appear on CNN's Larry King Live on November 9, the day before her ex-husband's execution.
- An episode of Serial..., a TLC show about serial killers, also covered the shootings.
- The Ulli Lommel film, D.C. Sniper, is based on the attacks.
- On January 3, 2011, Canadian actor, William Shatner, spoke at length with three survivors of the sniper shootings - Paul LaRuffa, Kellie Adams, and Caroline Seawell - on the Biography Channel's "Aftermath with William Shatner."
- The Diary of the D.C. Sniper was written by Lee Boyd Malvo and Anthony Meoli, M.A., J.D., it describes the specific events within Lee Malvo's life that led him to become one-half of the Beltway sniper duo. (2012, www.Dippub.com)
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