Best Martha Calder Podcasts (2025)

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Texas Killing Fields - Inspired by the Calder Road and I-45 Corridor Murders 1:04:10

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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 body was found mere yards away. Thus begins the sordid tales of the Texas Killing Fields. In 2011, a film is released that is focused on these Texas Killing Fields, but goes…

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TILL - Inspired by Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till 1:07:41

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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, Danielle Deadwyler portrays the mother of this young boy, Mamie Till-Mobley, in one of the most powerfully underrated films of this decade. 70 years was not so long ago, and Til…

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Dark Crimes - Inspired by Krystian Bala, Jacek Wróblewski, and Dariusz Janiszewski 48:04

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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 Carrey portrays a version of the detective who eventually brought this killer to justice in a completely different way. Always remember that print and the internet are forev…

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The Honeymoon Killers and Lonely Hearts - Inspired by Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck 58:56

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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 of two despicable people. The couple at the heart of these horrors, who came to be known as the Lonely Hearts Killers, are later revisited in not one but TWO movie interp…

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I, Tonya - Inspired by Tonya Harding, Jeff Gillooly, and Nancy Kerrigan 1:10:47

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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 Craig Gillespie showcases Margot Robbie as the alleged conspirator of this attack, Tonya Harding. Lace up before hitting this ice, because I, Tonya was Inspired By A True…

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Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey? - Inspired by JonBenét, John, and Patsy Ramsey 1:15:24

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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…

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The Stranger (2022) - Inspired by Daniel Morcombe and Brett Peter Cowan 54:31

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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. …

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Woman of the Hour - Inspired by Cheryl Bradshaw and Rodney Alcala, aka The Dating Game Killer 1:00:58

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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…

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The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Inspired by Anneliese Michel 1:04:00

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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 …

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The Conjuring - Inspired by Ed and Lorraine Warren with the Perron Family 57:23

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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, reno…

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To Die For - Inspired by Greggory Smart, Pamela Smart, and Billy Flynn 1:08:59

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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, com…

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Tombstone - Inspired by Wyatt Earp and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1:13:01

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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. G…

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Hounds of Love - Inspired by Kate Moir, David and Catherine Birnie 57:54

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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 …

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The Frozen Ground - Inspired by Robert Hansen, the Alaskan Butcher Baker 1:07:25

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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 determi…

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Wonderland - Inspired by John Holmes and the Wonderland Murders 52:54

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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 …

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Mississippi Burning - Inspired by the Murders of James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner 59:57

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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.…

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Bernie - Inspired by the Murder of Marjorie Nugent by Bernhardt Tiede II 49:14

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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 …

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown - Inspired by the Texarkana Moonlight Murders 59:53

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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…

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The Sound of Freedom - Inspired by Tim Ballard and Operation Triple Take 1:07:42

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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 i…

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The Amityville Horror - Inspired by George and Kathy Lutz, and the Ronald DeFeo Jr. Murders 1:12:13

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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 str…

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Captain Phillips - Inspired by the Maersk Alabama Hijacking 49:25

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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 point…

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The Stepfather - Inspired by the John Emil List Murders 59:51

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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 pe…

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Foxcatcher - Inspired by Dave Schultz, Mark Shultz, and John du Pont 1:05:06

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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 a…

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American Hustle - Inspired by Melvin Weinberg, Evelyn Knight, and the ABSCAM Sting 58:29

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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, direct…

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Compliance - Inspired by the Strip Search Phone Call Scam 59:27

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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 cr…

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The Strangers - Inspired by the Manson Family and Keddie Cabin 28 Murders 1:04:33

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August, 1969. Four people have been tasked with a mission: to murder strangers in the most gruesome fashion possible. The results of which haunted an entire nation for decades. In 2008, writer and director Bryan Bertino took this notion and crafted The Strangers, one of the most terrifying thrillers of this century, which answered the horrific ques…

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Catch Me If You Can - Inspired by Frank Abagnale Jr. 50:42

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France, 1969. After fleeing authorities in Louisiana to Europe, Frank Abagnale Jr., is apprehended in France. To this point, Frank has been suspected on counts of impersonating a pilot, a lawyer, a doctor, and eventually became an undercover agent with the FBI. In 2002, Steven Spielberg directed a dreamy retelling of Frank Abagnale Jr’s story, Catc…

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Monster - Inspired by the Crimes of Aileen Wuornos 1:01:02

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November 30, 1989. Aileen Wuornos has led a life of crime and debauchery, and tonight, she will segue into murder. What follows is the emergence of one of history’s most renowned serial killers. In 2003, Charlize Theron portrays Aileen in a brutal, almost empathetic look at Wuornos’ life. Prepare to journey into the mind of a Monster. This is inspi…

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Scream - Inspired by Danny Rolling aka The Gainesville Ripper 1:09:34

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November, 1991. Danny Rolling is charged with five counts of murder, crimes that occurred over the course of four days in August 1990 in Gainesville, Florida. His crimes extended to a triple homicide, sexual assault, and even an attempted murder. He became known as the Gainesville Ripper. In 1996, Wes Craven unleashed a new slasher film named Screa…

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Cocaine Bear - Inspired by Andrew C. Thornton II and Pablo Escobear 50:08

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It’s 1985. A former officer turned drug smuggler named Andrew Thornton has been found dead in a driveway. A short time later, a hunter discovers the body of a black bear, deceased for some time. And when they performed an autopsy, they discover the shocking truth: this bear overdosed due to a heavy intake of what some call the white tornado, or as …

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The Snowtown Murders - Inspired by the Crimes of John Bunting, James Vlassakis, Robert Wagner, and Mark Haydon 58:28

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May 1999. Several missing person reports have led investigators here to an abandoned bank vault in Snowtown, Australia. Inside the vault are several barrels containing the results of a group of evil perpetrators. In 2011, the accounts of these men were captured in a searing thriller called The Snowtown Murders. And this film was inspired by a true …

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Lost Girls - Inspired by Shannan Gilbert and the Gilgo Beach Murders 1:14:42

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It’s May 1, 2010, 4:51 am. A young woman named Shannan Gilbert calls 911, the phone call lasts 23 minutes. It’s not until a neighbor calls 911 that the police arrive, nearly an hour later. By then, Shannan Gilbert has vanished. Her mother, Mari Gilbert, is a force of nature who refuses to let her disappearance go unchecked, which leads to the disco…

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Inspired By A True Story - Trailer 0:54

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We all love true crime and the movies they inspire, but have you ever wondered how TRUE that story is? Welcome to Inspired by a true story, where every two weeks, our award-winning podcast 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…

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Texas Killing Fields - Inspired by the Calder Road and I-45 Corridor Murders 1:04:10

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TILL - Inspired by Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till 1:07:41

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Dark Crimes - Inspired by Krystian Bala, Jacek Wróblewski, and Dariusz Janiszewski 48:04

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The Honeymoon Killers and Lonely Hearts - Inspired by Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck 58:56

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I, Tonya - Inspired by Tonya Harding, Jeff Gillooly, and Nancy Kerrigan 1:10:47

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Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey? - Inspired by JonBenét, John, and Patsy Ramsey 1:15:24

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The Stranger (2022) - Inspired by Daniel Morcombe and Brett Peter Cowan 54:31

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Woman of the Hour - Inspired by Cheryl Bradshaw and Rodney Alcala, aka The Dating Game Killer 1:00:58

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The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Inspired by Anneliese Michel 1:04:00

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The Conjuring - Inspired by Ed and Lorraine Warren with the Perron Family 57:23

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To Die For - Inspired by Greggory Smart, Pamela Smart, and Billy Flynn 1:08:59

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Tombstone - Inspired by Wyatt Earp and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1:13:01

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Hounds of Love - Inspired by Kate Moir, David and Catherine Birnie 57:54

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The Frozen Ground - Inspired by Robert Hansen, the Alaskan Butcher Baker 1:07:25

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Wonderland - Inspired by John Holmes and the Wonderland Murders 52:54

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Mississippi Burning - Inspired by the Murders of James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner 59:57

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Bernie - Inspired by the Murder of Marjorie Nugent by Bernhardt Tiede II 49:14

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown - Inspired by the Texarkana Moonlight Murders 59:53

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The Sound of Freedom - Inspired by Tim Ballard and Operation Triple Take 1:07:42

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The Amityville Horror - Inspired by George and Kathy Lutz, and the Ronald DeFeo Jr. Murders 1:12:13

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Captain Phillips - Inspired by the Maersk Alabama Hijacking 49:25

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The Stepfather - Inspired by the John Emil List Murders 59:51

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Foxcatcher - Inspired by Dave Schultz, Mark Shultz, and John du Pont 1:05:06

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American Hustle - Inspired by Melvin Weinberg, Evelyn Knight, and the ABSCAM Sting 58:29

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Compliance - Inspired by the Strip Search Phone Call Scam 59:27

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The Strangers - Inspired by the Manson Family and Keddie Cabin 28 Murders 1:04:33

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Catch Me If You Can - Inspired by Frank Abagnale Jr. 50:42

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Monster - Inspired by the Crimes of Aileen Wuornos 1:01:02

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Scream - Inspired by Danny Rolling aka The Gainesville Ripper 1:09:34

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Cocaine Bear - Inspired by Andrew C. Thornton II and Pablo Escobear 50:08

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The Snowtown Murders - Inspired by the Crimes of John Bunting, James Vlassakis, Robert Wagner, and Mark Haydon 58:28

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Lost Girls - Inspired by Shannan Gilbert and the Gilgo Beach Murders 1:14:42

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Inspired By A True Story - Trailer 0:54

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Tips For Relocating 1:46