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Inspired By A True Story

By: The Hollywood Outsider
  • Summary

  • 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 movies around. Inspiration is far different than being based on a true story, so 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. Inspired by a true story is now available to listen and subscribe on your favorite podcast app, or you can always find episodes at Inspiredbyatruestory.com. As fans, we all deserve to know how TRUE our true crime is, so take a listen to Inspired by a True Story, and let’s keep those artists honest.
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Episodes
  • Hounds of Love - Inspired by Kate Moir, David and Catherine Birnie
    Jun 3 2024

    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.

    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.

    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

    Email your thoughts on this episode and/or suggestions of films to cover to Inspired@TheHollywoodOutsider.com

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    "Southern Gothic" and other music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    58 mins
  • The Frozen Ground - Inspired by Robert Hansen, the Alaskan Butcher Baker
    May 20 2024

    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.

    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.

    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.

    Email your thoughts on this episode and/or suggestions of films to cover to Inspired@TheHollywoodOutsider.com

    Listen to all episodes of Inspired By A True Story at https://www.thehollywoodoutsider.com/inspired-by-a-true-story/

    Subscribe:

    Apple Podcasts

    Spotify

    RSS Feed

    Support the podcast and gain early access to episodes of Inspired By A True Story at https://www.patreon.com/thehollywoodoutsider

    "Southern Gothic" and other music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Wonderland - Inspired by John Holmes and the Wonderland Murders
    May 6 2024

    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.

    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.

    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.

    Email your thoughts on this episode and/or suggestions of films to cover to Inspired@TheHollywoodOutsider.com

    Listen to all episodes of Inspired By A True Story at https://www.thehollywoodoutsider.com/inspired-by-a-true-story/

    Subscribe:

    Apple Podcasts

    Spotify

    RSS Feed

    Support the podcast and gain early access to episodes of Inspired By A True Story at https://www.patreon.com/thehollywoodoutsider

    "Southern Gothic" and other music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    53 mins

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