Based on a True Crime
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Based on a True Crime
BASED ON A TRUE CRIME is a podcast where Chelsea’s love of true crime and David’s love of horror movies intersect. We discuss murders and mysteries and how they have inspired film adaptations, television, books and more.
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BEHIND THE SCREAMS: Dracula & Vlad the Impaler
In the 15th century, conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and neighboring Wallachia (wall-ache-ia) rocked Eastern Europe. The Wallachian Army was lead...
BEHIND THE SCREAMS: Winchester (House)
Following the death of her husband, the heiress to the Winchester Rifle fortune suddenly moved west and began constructing on a sprawling, seven-story...
BEHIND THE SCREAMS: Urban Legend(s)
Urban legends are defined as lurid stories that are circulated as true, often with the teller claiming that it happened to a friend of a friend, and w...
BEHIND THE SCREAMS: Poisoned Candy Myths, Facts and Candyman
Razor blades hidden in candy apples. Needles in snicker bars. Cyanide in pixy stix. Some of these things never happen on Halloween. And some did. Whil...
BEHIND THE SCREAMS: The Entity & Doris Bither
In the summer of 1974, Dr. Barry Taff, a now a renowned parapsychologist, was working as a research associate in UCLA's parapsychology laboratory. He...
BEHIND THE SCREAMS: The Silence of the Lambs
Hello, Clarice! In this episode, we discuss the chilling adaptation of the best-selling novel 'The Silence of the Lambs' by Thomas Harris and how the...
Episode 40: Ted Bundy and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The heinous crimes of Ted Bundy captured a nation as he stood trial for murder in Florida. At the time, few knew his true body count, in a series of m...
Episode 39: Party Monster
In the early 90s, Michael Alig rose to prominence as a club promoter and founding member of the Club Kids, before being arrested for the vicious murde...
Episode 38: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer & Henry Lee Lucas
In 1983, Henry Lee Lucas was arrested in Texas for unlawful possession of a firearm. While in custody, he confessed to hundreds of murders committed i...
Episode 37: The Exorcist
It's our Exorcist Halloween Special! In the Spring of 1949, a 14-year-old boy began exhibiting signs of demonic possession after the death of his aunt...
Episode 36: The Villisca Axe Murders
Late one night in June of 1912, eight people were bludgeoned to death in a house in Villisca, Iowa. Although several suspects were named, and even put...
Episode 35: Jack Black's Bernie & the Real Bernie Tiede
In August of 1997, the body of 81-year old Marjorie Nugent was found in a taped up freezer in her home. Police quickly arrested her close, and only, f...
Episode 34: The Mystery of Marie Roget & Mary Cecilia Rogers
On July 25, 1841, Mary Cecilia Rogers told her fiance she was leaving to visit family. Her body was found floating in the Hudson River three days late...
Zombies, Deadites & More: An Interview with Author Dana Fredsti
In this interview special, we chat with author Dana Fredsti, a writer/producer/director/theatrical sword fighter (she's in Army of Darkness) and anima...
Episode 33: Wolf Creek & Ivan Milat
In the Fall of 1992, seven bodies were found in the Belanglo State Forest, all belonging to young people who had disappeared while hitchhiking in New...
Episode 32: Memories of Murder & the Hwaseong Serial Killer
In the early morning hours of September 15, 1986, the body of 71-year-old Lee Wan-im was found in the rice fields hear her home, strangled to death an...
Episode 31: Heavenly Creatures
16-year-old Pauline Parker and her best friend, 15-year-old Juliet Hulme murdered Pauline’s mother to try to avoid being separated. The story of their...
Tales from the Murder.ly Network
We are excited to announce that we are members of the just-launched Murder.ly True Crime Podcast Network! In this very special episode, we hear true c...
Episode 30: First Year Podcast Anniversary Q&A
Happy one year anniversary of our show! It's been an amazing year and we are celebrating by answering questions that you asked us through social media...
Episode 29: Bobby & Ila Fae Dent and The Sugarland Express
On May 2, 1969, a desperate bid by Bobby and Ila Fae Dent to avoid arrest would lead to one of the longest police chases in history, spanning 6 hours...
Episode 28: Murder in the First & Henri Young
In 1939, convicted bank robber Henri Young tried and failed to escape from Alcatraz. Three years later, after spending time in solitary confinement, h...
Episode 27: True Crimes Based on Movies
The common thread in the movies we’ve covered has been their inspiration by real-life crimes, whether they are factual retellings, or original stories...
Episode 26: Eaten Alive and Joe Ball
Two years after the success of 1974’s “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, director Tobe Hooper and screenwriter Kim Henkel joined forces for a follow-up mo...
Episode 25: The Executioner’s Song & Gary Gilmore
On July 2, 1976, the US Supreme court reserved its ruling that the death penalty was unconstitutional, allowing it to be reinstated as punishment for...
Episode 24: Bonnie and Clyde
In 1932, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow embarked on a two-year crime spree, gaining a reputation as fun-loving outlaws which has been cemented by thei...
Episode 23: Starkweather & Fugate & Natural Born Killers
Between January 21 and January 29 of 1958, 19-year-old Charlie Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Fugate, went on a killing spree acro...
Episode 22: The Night of the Hunter & Harry Powers
In August of 1931, police searching a farm in Quiet Dell, West Virginia made a gruesome discovery: five bodies, three of them children, buried in a sh...
Episode 21: Janett Christman and When a Stranger Calls
On March 18, 1950, 13-year-old Janett Christman was babysitting for the Romacks in their small, isolated home on the outskirts of Columbia, Missouri....
Episode 20: Have Yourself a Scary Little Black Christmas
Before he directed the holiday classic A Christmas Story, Bob Clark helmed a film that was quite a bit darker: Black Christmas, an early entry to the...
Minisode: Christmas Murders
In this special crossover episode with The Little Podcast of Horrors, we chat with Julie about a couple of Christmas murders, including the Los Feliz...
Episode 19: Bob Crane & Auto Focus
By the late 1960s, Bob Crane was a household name, famous for his portrayal of the wisecracking Colonel Robert Hogan on Hogan’s Heroes. Less than 10 y...
Minisode: Winter Holiday Horror
In this minisode, we celebrate winter holiday horror movies (mostly Christmas horror movies). We begin the discussing with an overview of the controve...
Episode 18: Maria Marten & Murder in the Red Barn
Note: In this episode we use an outdated term for the Romani people. We are very sorry and appreciate our listeners taking the time to set us straight...
Minisode: My Friend Dahmer
My Friend Dahmer is the film adaptation of Derf Backderf's true story graphic novel about his time hanging out with Jeffrey Dahmer in high school, bef...
Episode 17: Richard Ramirez & Nightstalker
Between June of 1984 and August of 1985, a spree of home invasion robberies, rapes, and murders terrified residents of Los Angeles and San Francisco....
Minisode: Crime-Solving Ghosts & Lady in White
In this minisode we discuss ghosts who solved their own murders and the 1988 film "Lady in White."
Based on a True Crime is a podcast where Chel...
Episode 16: Deadly Dreams and A Nightmare on Elm Street
Join us as we detail a string of mysterious sleep-related deaths that inspired the late, great horror master Wes Craven and his 1984 slasher film, A N...
Minisode: The Poughkeepsie Tapes
It's a minisode! The Poughkeepsie Tapes may be too scary to contain in one episode, so we teamed up with the Victims and Villains podcast for a great...
Episode 15: Jack the Ripper and From Hell
Join us for another spooky October discussion! This time it's all about the 1888 London murders committed by Jack the Ripper and as told in the film a...
Minisode: Robert the Doll & Child’s Play
In this special Halloween minisode, we tell the story of Robert the Doll, the creepy real-life inspiration for the murderous Chucky in "Child's Play"...