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December 26, 1996. John and Patsy Ramsey wake to find their daughter, JonBenét Ramsey, missing, and a ransom note on the stairs. Hours later, JonBenét's body would be found INSIDE the house. To this day, no murderer has been named. In 2016, Lifetime attempted to tell this story with conflicting information, and in 2024, Netflix released a dive into the case from the family's perspective. Always check every room in your house, because Who Killed JonBenét? and Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey were both inspired by a true story.
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The Lifetime Original Movie, Who Killed JonBenét?, revisits the infamous murder of young beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey and the lurid details of her murder that captivated the nation. The film was written by Brian Ross, directed by Jason Lapeyre, and starred Eion Bailey, Julie Campbell, and Michael Gill.
In Cold Case: Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey: Nearly 30 years since her murder, a three-part Netflix series revisits the death of JonBenét Ramsey, the child beauty queen killed in her Colorado home, featuring interviews with key figures including her father.
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December 7, 2003. A beloved young boy sets off to take a bus ride on a journey to buy his parents Christmas presents and is never seen alive again. In 2022, Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris starred in a film that focuses on the police investigation that led to the perpetrator’s eventual arrest, which left the family of the victim in complete disdain. An incredible tale that seems almost impossible, yet The Stranger was indeed inspired by a true story.
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The Stranger follows Henry Teague and Mark Frame, two men who meet on a bus almost as a stroke of fate. These two men strike up a most unique friendship, one that leads to a calvacade of crime and decadence. But there is something more to this relationship, something lingering under the surface. And it’s about to break free. The film was written and directed by Thomas M. Wright and stars Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris.
The Casefile episode referenced in this podcast with the original recordings can be found HERE
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September 13, 1978. Cheryl Bradshaw, a drama teacher, takes a trip to The Dating Game, where she asks potential suitors random questions that lead to an eventual date. One of those contestants, is a serial killer. In 2024, Anna Kendrick renames the film's lead Sheryl and offers up her directorial debut with Woman of the Hour, recapturing these same events in creatively intense ways with a uniquely distinct approach.
Listen to this episode of the Inspired By A True Story podcast at any of the resources below or on your favorite podcast app to uncover the truth behind 2024's Woman of the Hour.
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Sheryl Bradshaw, a single woman looking for a suitor on a hit 1970s TV show, chooses charming bachelor Rodney Alcala, unaware that, behind the man's gentle facade, he hides a deadly secret. Woman of the Hour was written by Ian Macdonald, directed and starring Anna Kendrick as well as Daniel Zovatto.
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September 1975. Suffering from either psychosis or demonic possession, a young woman begins undergoing an exorcism that will lead to her eventual death. In 2005, director Scott Derrickson delivers a film based off of these true events that posits the question of what is good and what is evil? It’s time to put everlasting battle between God and the Devil on trial, this is the story behind The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose, directed by Scott Derrickson (The Black Phone), follows an ambitious lawyer, Erin Bruner (Laura Linney), as she defends Father Moore (Tom Wilkinson) from murder charges after the tragic death of Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter). Was it divine intervention, or something far more sinister?
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October - 1973. The Perron Family have moved into a dream of a home. Unfortunately, it allegedly harbored a dark, evil secret and for the next decade. This family claimed to be tortured by a malevolent spirt, and they were begging for help, and Ed and Lorraine Warren, a pair of paranormal investigators, were more than happy to oblige. In 2013, renowned horror director James Wan reinvents history in The Conjuring, as Ed and Lorraine Warren are reimagined as the only ones who can stop this horror. But did they?
Grab your crucifixes, it’s time for an exorcism of facts, because The Conjuring was indeed inspired by a true story.
Listen to this episode of the Inspired By A True Story podcast at any of the resources below or on your favorite podcast app to uncover the truth behind 2013's The Conjuring
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The Conjuring follows Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren as they battle a demonic force haunting the family and house of Carolyn and Roger Perron. Can the Warrens stop this horrific force before it’s too late?
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May 1, 1990. Greggory Smart is found murdered in his own home, the victim of an apparent burglary gone wrong. Shortly after, his wife, Pamela Smart, is charged with his murder, committed by the 15 year old boy she was having a sexual affair with. In 1995, Nicole Kidman’s stars in Gus Van Sant’s To Die For, a wild retelling of these same events, complete with a much darker outcome.
Listen to this episode of the Inspired By A True Story podcast at any of the resources below or on your favorite podcast app to uncover the truth of the crimes behind 1995's To Die For. Remember, you're not anyone unless you're on TV.
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To Die For follows Suzanne Moretto, aka Suzanne Stone as he strives to make it as a media journalist. Starring Nicole Kidman, Suzanne struggles to find her footing, and as she works on her pet project for a local cable news outlet, Teens Speak Out, she sees a solution to one of her problems, her husband. After beginning an affair with Jimmy Emmett, Suzanne begins crafting a plot to have her husband murdered, as she refuses to ponder a divorce. Things quickly spiral out of control.
Listen to our To Die For episode of Presenting Hitchcock covering the film itself in greater detail
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October 26, 1881. Four men, armed with guns, long coats, and badges, rolled up to a lot near the OK Corral to disarm several miscreants looking for trouble. What happened next became the most infamous gunfight in American history.
In 1993, Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer star as Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday in one of the greatest westerns of all time.
Grab your horses and load your revolvers, because Tombstone was indeed inspired by a true story.
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Tombstone follows Wyatt Earp as he and his brothers Virgil and Morgan arrive in Tombstone, Arizona searching for fortune and glory. What they instead find is a mining town in desperate need of some law and order. And the Earps, along with their friend Doc Holliday, are there to serve it to them. Starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Dana Delaney, Powers Booth, Michael Biehn
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November, 1986. A young woman, beaten and disheveled, has run from lawn to lawn screaming she has been raped, and for anyone to call the police. This woman, this hero, finds herself ultimately responsible for bringing down two of Australia’s most notorious serial killers.
In 2016, writer and director Ben Young creates a film frighteningly close to the real story of Kate Moir's tragic encounter with David and Catherine Birnie, despite not quite acknowledging it.
Prepare for a house of horrors, because Hounds of Love was inspired by a true story.
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Hounds of Love: Vicki Maloney is picked up one night on her way to a party by a seemingly sweet couple out to sell some drugs. Once they get her to their home, she is drugged and chained to a bed. She then spends several days as their captor where she is brutally abused while she tries to play the husband and wife against each other until everything spirals to a head. Stars Ashleigh Cummings, Emma Booth, and Stephen Curry
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June, 1983. A young woman gets into a car expecting a simple exchange of sex for money. Instead, her horrific ordeal and fight for survival leads to the capture of Alaska’s most notorious serial killer, Robert Hansen, known as the Butcher Baker, a man believed to have murdered at least 17 women.
In 2013, Nicolas Cage and John Cusack reunite determined to take on this tale and pay respect to the victims.
Turns out nowhere is safe from predators, not even the snowy, beautifully desolate northwest. Because The Frozen Ground was indeed inspired by a true story.
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The Frozen Ground: An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
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July 1, 1981. A brutal attack at 8763 Wonderland Avenue in Los Angeles leads to the bodies of 4 people, and one clinging to life. At the center of the investigation is a coked out porn star.
In 2003, director James Cox recounts these events with Val Kilmer taking on the role of porn legend John Holmes. We are about to go down the rabbit hole known as the Wonderland murders.
Be careful where you swing that thing, because Wonderland was indeed inspired by a true story.
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Wonderland: During a police investigation of a horrifically brutal crime scene deep in the heart of Los Angeles, one man appears to be at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.
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June, 1964. Three young men took part in Freedom Summer, a 3 month initiative to register black people in the South to vote. Then suddenly, they went missing.
In 1988, director Alan Parker recreated these events in a phenomenal film that became nominated for Best Picture, and starred the talents of Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, and Gene Hackman.
It’s hard to believe, but this was only 60 years ago, and Mississippi Burning was indeed inspired by a true story.
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Two FBI Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights activists.
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In 1990, a widow meets a kindly young man at her husband’s funeral, and the two immediately kick up an engrossing friendship. This man eventually takes on the widow’s entire multimillion dollar estate, up and 6 years later, when a body is found in a deep freezer.
In 2011, director Richard Linklater takes on the task of painting Bernie Tiede in the most positive of lights, under the darkest of circumstances, complete with talents such as Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey.
Be mindful of who you leave your millions to, because BERNIE was inspired by a true story.
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In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.
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February 22, 1946. A young couple in Texarkana, Texas pull over for a little loving, and are forced out of their car by a man wearing a hood with two slits for eyes. The carnage that followed terrified an entire community for months, and eventually became known as the Moonlight Murders.
In 1976, Director Charles B Pierce recreates these crimes in a quasi documentary style. Be mindful where you park your car for necking, because The Town that Dreaded Sundown was inspired by a true story.
This is the truth of the crimes behind 1976's The Town that Dreaded Sundown, which was indeed inspired by a true story.
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A hooded killer terrorizes Texarkana, Arkansas in 1946, murdering several innocents before he finally stopped. This masked butcher was never caught. This is a dramatic recreation of those true-life events, also known as the Moonlight Murders and the Phantom Killer.
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The Sound of Freedom was based on events in 2014, when a former Department of Homeland Security agent partners with Columbian authorities for an undercover sting targeting traffickers of children sold into sex slavery.
In 2023, Jim Caviezel stars as this man, Tim Ballard, in a dramatic reenactment of this operation, which brought with it millions in box office success, and plenty of controversy.
Keep an eye on your children, because The Sound of Freedom was indeed inspired by a true story.
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The Sound of Freedom is the incredible true story of a former government agent named Tim Ballard turned vigilante who embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue hundreds of children from traffickers by setting up an island for pedophiles.
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November 13, 1974. Amityville, Long Island. A man, Ronald DeFeo Jr., bursts into a bar screaming that his parents have been shot. What the police later find in this man’s home will terrify and haunt an entire community.
One year later, George and Kathleen "Kathy" Lutz move their family into that same home, and almost immediately begin to notice strange occurrences throughout the property, including a voice telling them to GET OUT. But how much of what they claimed actually happened in that house?
Be careful of that sweet real estate deal, because The Amityville Horror was inspired by a true story.
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George and Kathy Lutz, along with their three children, move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. Almost immediately, they start to experience strange, inexplicable manifestations which have strong effects on everyone living in or visiting the house. Including priests and nuns. Starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder and Rod Steiger, and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. Based on the book The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson.
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April 8, 2009. The U.S. cargo ship Maersk Alabama disembarks on a journey to Kenya, led by Captain Phillips. It would not arrive as scheduled due to an attack by Somali pirates, that would lead to several people dead.
In 2013, Tom Hanks takes on the role of Captain Richard Phillips in a film that garnered 6 Oscar nominations and left everyone pointing and saying, I'm the Captain now.
Be careful where you take a cruise, because Captain Phillips was inspired by a true story.
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Captain Phillips retells the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage.
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December 7, 1971. Five bodies have been discovered in a New Jersey mansion. They have all been brutally murdered. But the husband and father is nowhere to be found.
In 1987, Lost’s Terry O’Quinn starred in a film revolving around a serial killer in search of the ideal American family. A man who would kill anyone whom dare challenge his vision of perfection.
Be careful who parents your children because The Stepfather was inspired by a true story.
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In 1987's The Stepfather, Terry O’Quinn stars as Jerry Blake, a man constantly in search of the perfect family. He claims to be a moral, upstanding, value driven man… but there is something hiding behind his eyes. Jerry marries widows or divorcees who already have children, and as soon as his vision of perfect is lost, Jerry murders them, flees town, and starts all over again. His newest project is Susan, and her daughter Stephanie is getting a bit too difficult to deal with.
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January 26, 1996. An Olympian wrestler is gunned down in his own driveway located on Foxcatcher Farm, in front of his wife, for seemingly no reason at all. The perpetrator turns out to be someone of wealth and privilege.
In 2014, Steve Carrell gives a career altering performance as the man who pulled the trigger, starring alongside Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo.
Be careful who you work for, because Foxcatcher was inspired by a true story.
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Foxcatcher revolves around U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz as they join Team Foxcatcher, led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, training for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. It should be a time of excitement and glory, yet John's self-destructive behavior threatens to eventually consume them all.
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1978. Melvin Weinberg and Lady Evelyn Knight have been arrested for fraud, and are facing three years in prison when the FBI presents them with an offer: Come work for us, conning politicians and others into committing crimes by providing favors in exchange for cash, all under the illusion of an Arabian Sheik, and you get probation.
In 2013, director David O Russell directs Christian Bale and Amy Adams in a film detailing many of these same events through a very different lens. Once again, never trust a plunging neckline or anyone wearing a 70's combover, because American Hustle was inspired by a true story.
American Hustle featured an all-star cast of Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, and starred Christian Bale and Amy Adams as two con artists who are blackmailed into working for the FBI in a sting known as ABSCAM, intended to bring down politicians and the like by posing as representatives for a sheik interested in investment opportunities in New Jersey. American Hustle was directed by David O. Russell and received numerous academy award nominations including for Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, Actress, Director, and Best Picture.
Welcome to Inspired By A True Story, a podcast where every two weeks, our award-winning hosts and film critics discuss the genuine details that have inspired some of the most memorable true crime movies around. Each episode will break down the crime or crimes that inspired a specific film, and then discuss how factual that film is, versus how much is simply Hollywood magic.
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April 2004. A young woman has been called into her bosses office at a small, Kentucky McDonald’s at the behest of a police officer’s phone call who demands compliance. What follows is a tragedy of astonishing proportions, and crimes that included unlawful imprisonment, sexual deviancy, and sexual assault.
In 2012, writer and director Craig Zobel crafted an independent film called Compliance, which swept Sundance and inspired many to proclaim its premise was to insane to believe.
Except Compliance, was inspired by a true story.
2012’s Compliance is written and directed by Craig Zobel. What seems like a typical day at a fast-food restaurant quickly escalates into madness when a police officer contacts the location claiming an employee has stolen from a customer, and that is only the beginning of the horror that follows.
Welcome to Inspired By A True Story, a podcast where every two weeks, our award-winning hosts and film critics discuss the genuine details that have inspired some of the most memorable true crime movies around. Each episode will break down the crime or crimes that inspired a specific film, and then discuss how factual that film is, versus how much is simply Hollywood magic.
Email your thoughts on this episode and/or suggestions of films to cover to [email protected]
Listen to all episodes of Inspired By A True Story at https://www.thehollywoodoutsider.com/inspired-by-a-true-story/
Support the podcast and gain early access to episodes of Inspired By A True Story at https://www.patreon.com/thehollywoodoutsider
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