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 interpretations of these events.

Love is not always exciting and new, sometimes it’s monstrous. And yes, The Honeymoon Killers and Lonely Hearts were both inspired by a true story.

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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.

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The Honeymoon Killers
An embittered nurse doesn't mind if her toupee-wearing boyfriend romances and fleeces other women, as long as he takes her along on his con jobs. Eventually it leads to murder. Written and directed by Leonard Kastle and starring Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco as Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez

Lonely Hearts
Based on the true story, two homicide detectives track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers" who lured their victims through the personals Written and directed by Todd Robinson starring Jared Leto and Salma Hayek as Ray Fernandez and Martha Beck and also starring John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Scott Conn, Laura Dern.

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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 Story.

Listen to this episode of the Inspired By A True Story podcast at any of the resources below or on your favorite podcast app to uncover the truth behind 2017's I, Tonya.

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.

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Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes. Does she have culpability? I, Tonya was written by Steven Roger, directed by Craig Gillepsie – who coincidentally directed Nancy Kerrigan in a campbell’s soup ad spot in 1993 - and starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, who won an Oscar for her performance, and Paul Walter Hauser.

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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 the case from the family's perspective. Always check every room in your house, because Who Killed JonBenét? and Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey were both inspired by a true story.

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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.

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The Lifetime Original Movie, Who Killed JonBenét?, revisits the infamous murder of young beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey and the lurid details of her murder that captivated the nation. The film was written by Brian Ross, directed by Jason Lapeyre, and starred Eion Bailey, Julie Campbell, and Michael Gill.

In Cold Case: Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey: Nearly 30 years since her murder, a three-part Netflix series revisits the death of JonBenét Ramsey, the child beauty queen killed in her Colorado home, featuring interviews with key figures including her father.

Media inquiries, direct thoughts on this episode, and/or suggestions of films to cover for future episodes of Inspired By A True Story can be sent to Aaron@TheHollywoodOutsider.com or Inspired@TheHollywoodOutsider.com

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