We’ve all seen the title card a dozens of times. Inspired by real events or this film is based on a true story. Some of the biggest films of all time are inspired by true crimes. Dog Day Afternoon. Goodfellas. Zodiac. But what about real crimes inspired by media, itself? From Workshed Creative, comes Trueish Crime: the true crime podcast that combines everyone’s love of true crime and pop culture. Join us as we delve into some of the most shocking and bizarre crimes committed in the name of ...
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It's pandemonium! And on this week's episode, we're talking about the Reefer Madness phenomenon that dominated the 20th century. We're breaking down the cult classic film and taking an in-depth look at the big-business, backed policies that gave marihuana such a negative connotation.Thanks for listening. Stay Safe!…
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Episode 19 - Quarantine Crimes and Updates
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On our first episode via zoom since we've all been in lockdown, we talk about the pop culture true crime events that are happening during the pandemic including Tiger King and a Van Gogh painting theft. After that we go into the entertainment industry parallels between today and the 1918 Influenza epidemic. Thanks for listening. Stay Safe!…
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Episode 18 - Classic Hollywood Assassination Attempts
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On our first solo episode, we're talking about the golden age of Hollywood with the assassination attempts of Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin and John Wayne. Thanks for listening. Please subscribe and rate our podcast. It helps us out a lot.
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Episode 17 - Dungeons and Dragons during the Satanic Panic
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We're back! On today's episode, we talk about some of the high profile cases where the role playing game Dungeons and Dragons was blamed for violence and suicide. We talk about the disappearance of James Dallas Egbert whose tragic story was turned into Tom Hanks first major film Mazes and Monsters. WE also talk about Patricia Pulling who after her …
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Episode 16 - Martin Cahill: The Ordinary Decent Criminal
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Today we’re talking with special guest Jason Brennan (from Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast) about Martin Cahill or the general, as dubbed by the media. From the early 1970s until his death in 1994, Cahill rose from house burglaries and hot dog vendor extortion up to major robbery including both a multimillion dollar gold and jewelry heist; and…
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Episode 15 - Kevin Spacey Mysterious Deaths Conspiracy
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Today we’re talking about the pretty insane story of the mysterious deaths of Kevin Spacey’s accusers in what can only be described as a conspiracy theorists wet dream. Thanks for listening. Please subscribe and rate our podcast. It helps us out a lot.
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Animals have been harmed in films since the dawn of its invention. Leading up to next week’s episode about the film Cannibal Holocaust which notoriously killed several animals on camera, we are talking about other instances of animal cruelty in film including Thomas Edison's Electrocuting an Elephant, Luis Bunuel's Land Without Bread, Milo and Otis…
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A few recent shady book happenings; New York Times fake bestseller Triggered by Donald Trump Jr and the sentencing of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh for her Healthy Holly scandal got us interested in some other historical book scams including Clifford Irving's fake Howard Hughes biography and Go Ask Alice written by Anonymous. Please rate, review a…
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Episode 11 - The Money Train Subway Fire Bombings
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For our first episode of season 2 we wanted to start off the season with another Woody Harrelson movie that spread controversy in the 1990’s. So today we’re talking about the series of bombings of New York City subway ticket booths that happened right after the release of the film Money Train and the politic battle that ensued. Please rate, review …
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The Letter from The Axeman of New Orleans - 100th Anniversary
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On this bonus episode recorded exactly 100 years to the day after the Axeman's last murder, we are talking about the letter supposedly written by The Axeman of New Orleans who claimed he would spare the lives of those who played Jazz music. We talk about the theories surrounding the letter and if the murderer was the actual writer? Thanks for liste…
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Episode 10 - The Exorcist Post Mortem: Real Life Killers and Curses
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On today’s post-mortem episode of The Exorcist, we’re gonna talk about the film’s allegedly cursed production, the real life exorcism that influenced it, the real serial killer on the cast and other real-life deaths surrounding it. Please rate, review and subscribe if you dig. It really helps us a lot!…
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Episode 9 - The Exorcist made me do it
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On this week’s Halloween episode, we dive into the brutal murder of 4 year-old Khunji Wilson by her mother, who was reportedly influenced by The Exorcist. After watching an edited version of the film on CBS, Patricia Ann Frazier became convinced that her child was a demon clone and performed gruesome surgery on the kid, before turning herself in. I…
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Episode 8 - Wes Craven's Scream and the History of the Slasher
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Today, we are talking about the three true crime murders influenced by the Scream franchise. We also go into the history of the slasher Genre and Siskel and Ebert's crusade against it in 1980. We also go into the making of Scream and play final motive scene from the first three films. Thanks for listening. Please subscribe, rate and review us where…
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On this weeks bonus episode, Kindell and I talk about our experience seeing Todd Phillip's The Joker in theaters with all the increased security. After a few more discussions on unnecessary controversy the film continues to stir up, we actually talk about the actual merit of the film itself! We're partnering with Get it Gals to do a free true crime…
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Episode 7.5 - Post-Mortem: Fight Club 2
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On this week’s post-mortem, we’re talking about 4 real life Fight Clubs and one copycat crime inspired by the film. As an honorable mention, we had to cite a cage-fighting ring that came out of a Dallas high school. Special thanks to Complex Media, Inc. for their sleuth work on our sources! Feel free to break the first rule by subscribing, rating &…
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Bonus Episode - The Joker (2019): The Prehysteria!
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On today's bonus episode, we are talking about all of the controversy surrounding Todd Phillips 2019 The Joker. The film stars Joaquin phoenix and is set to be released this Friday, October 4th. We haven't even seen the movie but there is enough pre-panic that we had to discuss especially since there has been movie theater threats in our hometown. …
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On Memorial Day in 2009, a bomb went off outside of Starbucks in New York City. When the bomber was finally caught, he claimed he was inspired by the film Fight Club to start his own version of Project Mayhem. In today's episode, we examine the ideology behind Fight Club, how it defined a generation of young men and what really happened on that dar…
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Episode 6.5 - Movie Theater Protests and Attacks
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People overreact to movies. A Lot. Today we talk about two of the films that sparked the most outrage and violence with the Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and Martin Scorsese's Last Temptation of Christ. We also talk about badly timed movies that wouldn't have been controversial if not for when they were released. Thanks for listening. Please…
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Bonus Episode - Daniel Johnston: Story of An Artist
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This past week we lost an Austin Legend, Daniel Johnston. Throughout life and struggles with mental illness, he was able to create some of the most pure art and music ever created. Cutting between some of his most infamous stories and his music/interviews, we hope to create small vignette of the artist. Thanks for listening. We'll be back on Thursd…
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Following two mass shootings earlier last month, politicians again decided to go to one of their favorite scapegoats: blaming video games for the violence. we talk about the history of this and then talk about the ex-lawyer who has made it his crusade to prosecute video game developers and sellers. Thanks for listening. Please subscribe, rate and r…
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Episode 5.5 - Once Upon a Time in True Crime in Hollywood
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On this weeks bonus episode, We talk about the true crime events that influenced the newish Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Was the boat scene influenced by the death of Natalie Wood? Did Roman Polanski at one point really think Bruce Lee was the murderer? Why was The Haunting of Sharon Tate made? One of our sources for our di…
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Episode 5 - The Town and the History of Movie Bank Robberies
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Today we are talking about a robbery and eventual court case that were influenced by the 2010 Ben Affleck film The Town. We also talk about the history of robberies in pop culture starting with the 1903 film The Great Train Robbery Thanks for listening. Please subscribe, rate and review us wherever you are listening. It really helps us out. Our sou…
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Episode 4.5 - Post-Mortem Discussion: Real Life Vampires
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Warning: Graphic details of crime and violence in this episode. Don't listen if you have a queasy stomach or soft teeth. This week’s episode bookends the brutal and tragic tale of real-life vampire, Allan Menzies. Because vampires are such a staple of our culture, and have been for centuries, we’re talking about 4 real life vampires that need to be…
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Episode 4 - Watching Queen of the Damned 100 times
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On today's episode, we talk about the tragic murder of Thomas McKendrick by his friend Allan Menzies who believed the vampire god Akosha had ordered him to kill after he had watched the film Queen of the Damned over 100 times. We also talk about the making of the film, our strange histories with it and how great Aaliyah was. Thanks for listening. P…
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Episode 3.5 - Pre-Mortem Discussion: Death on Sets
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Today we are talking about death on movie sets. We go into Martha Mansfield who was killed after her costume lit on fire by a passing tossed cigarette, rising TV star and model Jon-Erik Hexum put a pistol to his head and pulled the trigger—but this was no suicide, The cameraman behind some of the best Bond scenes, and finally the Duke himself, John…
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Episode 3 - Stephen King's Banned Book Rage
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Stephen King has written over 91 novels and only one of them has ever been banned. Rage, released under his pen name Richard Bachman, was written by King in high school and released in 1977. After several violent incidents were connected to the book, King pulled it from the shelves himself, not wanting it to be a possible accelerant. Thanks for lis…
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Episode 2.5 - Pre-Mortem Discussion: Banned Books
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To lead us into episode 3, where we are talking about Stephen King's banned book Rage, we go into details on three other books that have inspired crime. We talk about the Rushdie Riots brought on by the 1988 release of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, the book that inspired the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and The Anarchist Cookbook. Thanks for list…
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Episode 2 - The Subliminal Trial of Judas Priest
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Today, we’re talking the Judas Priest subliminal message controversy. In 1990, while on a US tour, the heavy metal band Judas Priest played a show in Reno, NV, where they were served a subpoena, seconds before going on-stage. The allegations purported that there were subliminal messages in their song “Better by you, better than me”, messages that f…
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Episode 1.5 - Pre-Mortem Discussion: Serial Killers Favorite Music
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Next week on episode 2, we are talking about a song that was blamed for a violent act. As a transition, we are talking about serial killers favorite music. We go into the above the line killers talking about Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski and Charles "Helter Skelter" Manson. We also test out a trivia game! Thank…
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On our inaugural episode, we dive into a gruesome murder that was inspired by Oliver Stone’s film Natural Born Killers. Two crazed teens tore through the deep south on a murderous spree. They watched the film repeatedly while dropping acid and then hit the road, hoping for the same adventure Mickey and Mallorie had. After they were caught, author J…
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We’ve all seen the title card a dozens of times. Inspired by real events or this film is based on a true story. Some of the biggest films of all time are inspired by true crimes. Dog Day Afternoon. Goodfellas. Zodiac. But what about real crimes inspired by media, itself? From Workshed Creative, comes Trueish Crime: the true crime podcast that combi…
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