216: Pirates of the Caribbean with Colin Woodard
Disney has released five movies in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and while they’re clearly fictional movies they pull from and have influenced our views of what the real pirates of history were like. New York Times Bestselling and Pulitzer Prize Finalist author Colin Woodard has a fantastic book called The Republic of Pirates […]
215: Being the Ricardos with Michael Karol
The 2021 Amazon Original Movie Being the Ricardos tells us the story behind the scenes of the husband/wife team behind I Love Lucy, Dezi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) and Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman). To help us separate fact from fiction in the movie, we’ll learn from Michael Karol, author of the book Lucy A to Z: […]
214: A Nightmare Before Halloween Part 2
This is part 2 of ‘A Nightmare Before Halloween’ with 16 spooky stories to help you get into the Halloween spirit! Find the podcasts in this episode (in order of appearance) True Crime Island: https://links.boatspodcast.com/214truecrimeisland Based on a True Story: https://links.boatspodcast.com/214boats The Asian Madness Podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/214theasianmadnesspodcast Sistas Who Kill: https://links.boatspodcast.com/214sistaswhokill Hometown History: https://links.boatspodcast.com/214hometownhistory Coffee and […]
213: A Nightmare Before Halloween Part 1
This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire, Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including Based on a True Story. Each host brings a new, nerve-wracking true story to the circle. It’s an extra special, two-part, five-hour, Halloween event, but before hitting play you […]
212: Pearl Harbor with Marty Morgan
Released in 2001, Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor is often criticized as being entirely inaccurate as it attempts to tell the story of the surprise attack on December 7th, 1941 that led to the United States entering World War II. Today we’ll be joined by historian and author Marty Morgan to take a deep dive into […]
211: The X-Files with Rob Kristoffersen
The classic TV series The X-Files is fiction, but there are some true stories and UFO cases that inspired episodes of the series. To help us learn more about them, we’ll chat with UFO researcher and host of Our Strange Skies, Rob Kristoffersen. Listen to Our Strange Skies Raechel’s Eyes episode Rob mentions Did you […]
210: Dolemite Is My Name with Mark Jason Murray
Dolemite Is My Name is the 2019 biopic about Rudy Ray Moore, the comedian, singer, actor, and film producer who has often been given the nickname the “godfather of rap.” We’ll chat with Mark Jason Murray, who was the Research Consultant on the film and author of Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself: The […]
209: W.E. with Andrew Lownie
The movie’s title W.E. stands for Wallis and Edward. Was the movie correct to suggest King Edward VIII’s reason for abdicating the throne in 1936 was so he could marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson? We’ll chat with author Andrew Lownie about the true story to find out more. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of […]
208: Zero Dark Thirty with Peter Bergen
Zero Dark Thirty shows the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden. Peter Bergen is the author of The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden and he joins us today to dig into the true story behind the movie. The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden Manhunt Peter’s website Did you enjoy this episode? […]
207: Lawless with Matt Bondurant (Remastered)
This episode was originally released on August 28, 2017. This is a remastered version of that interview. Matt Bondurant joins us today episode as we compare what really happened with the movie Lawless. Matt’s grandfather, Jack, and two grand-uncles that were the inspiration for his book that the movie is based on, The Wettest County […]
206: Jurassic Park/Jurassic World with Jack Horner
Jack Horner was the Paleontology Consultant on all six of the Jurassic Park/Jurassic World movies. He joins Based on a True Story to chat about the real dinosaurs we saw in the franchise. Jack Horner’s Dinosaurs How to Build a Dinosaur Did you enjoy this episode? Help support the next one! Buy me a coffee […]