The latest Apple TV+ show to land is a crime drama with a twist. Home Before Dark follows a young news reporter – and we mean young, Hilde is just nine years old – who investigates a cold case and uncovers a town full of secrets. But Hilde Lysiak – Hilde Lisko in the show – is a real person, who publishes the Orange Street News formerly in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania and currently in Patagonia, Arizona. Much of Home Before Dark is fictional but Hilde, Matt, and Bridget Lysiak consulted on the series and there are elements of truth throughout. Here’s the lowdown on the real child reporter Hilde Lysiak.

Hilde’s background

Hilde Lysiak is now 13. She launched her publication the Orange Street News in 2014 when she was seven. As in Home Before Dark, Hilde was born in Brooklyn, New York and her father was a reporter for the New York Daily News...