Inspired By A True Story
The Hollywood Outsider
Welcome to Inspired By A True Story, where our award-winning podcast hosts and film critics discuss the genuine details that have inspired some of the most memorable true crime mov...
Episode list
19
February 24, 2025
1 hr 4 min
Texas Killing Fields - Inspired by the Calder Road and I-45 Corridor Murders
June 17, 1971. A 13 year old girl is dropped off at a bus stop in Alvin Texas. Never seen alive again, her body was found on November 26, 1971. Just a few months later, another bod...
moreFebruary 10, 2025
1 hr 7 min
TILL - Inspired by Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till
August 28,1955. Young Emmett Till is kidnapped in the middle of the night. His eventual death will change the course of events in civil rights for decades to come. In 2022, Daniell...
moreJanuary 27, 2025
48 min
Dark Crimes - Inspired by Krystian Bala, Jacek Wróblewski, and Dariusz Janiszewski
November 13, 2000. A polish man leaves work for a meeting with a client, and is never seen alive again. How his murderer is caught is nothing short of fascinating. In 2016, Jim Car...
moreJanuary 13, 2025
58 min
The Honeymoon Killers and Lonely Hearts - Inspired by Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck
March 1, 1949. Police are notified by surrounding neighbors that a local woman and her two-year-old daughter are missing, which leads to a basement full of horrors and the arrests ...
moreDecember 30, 2024
1 hr 10 min
I, Tonya - Inspired by Tonya Harding, Jeff Gillooly, and Nancy Kerrigan
January 6, 1994. Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is viciously attacked on the eve of her Olympic qualifying competition at the 1994 US figure skating championships. In 2017, director ...
moreDecember 9, 2024
1 hr 15 min
Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey? - Inspired by JonBenét, John, and Patsy Ramsey
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 ...
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