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Janice Orndoff kills her husband in a supposed act of self-defense. Despite the couple’s recent troubles, no one can believe this sweet woman can commit such a grisly murder unless it is absolutely necessary. However, much like in the movie Primal Fear, her court case unravels the truth, proving that Janice has plenty of hidden secrets.
Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. This childhood rhyme was based off a real-life murder that was turned into a great movie, The Legend of Lizzie Borden. So great that when one fan, James Cushing, finds an axe, he thinks it is destiny to follow Elizabeth Montgomery’s portrayal and become Lizzie. Walking the streets of a Seattle suburb at night, no one is safe as he searches for the perfect victim.
The film, Casino, takes us back to a time when Las Vegas was still the “wild west” and the mob ran everything. Living near sin city, Matt Baker watches the movie over and over again, trying to mimic the gangsters. He forms a small clique of other high school students known as “The Crew”, a group of rebellious teens who start their own drug enterprise. But when one member, Jared Whaley, decides he no longer wants to sell, Matt feels betrayed. That’s when he remembers a famous line in the movie, “a lot of holes in the desert and a lot of problems are buried in those holes.”
Token clerk Harry Kaufman went to work at a Brooklyn subway station like any other day; having no idea his life was in danger. That day, two men named Vincent Ellerbe and James Irons created a fatal fire in the token clerk’s booth. Like the brothers in Money Train, when trying to rob the train station, Vincent and James end up killing an innocent man in the flames.
Two middle school girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, decide to sacrifice their friend Payton Leutner for the infamous online horror villain Slender Man. After reading stories about Slender Man, the two 12-year-old girls attempt to murder their classmate, but they soon discover that committing a cold-blooded murder is much easier said than done.
Luka Magnotta confesses to a grotesque murder online, setting off an international manhunt; after Magnotta is found and brought to trial, prosecutors reveal that he was inspired by the erotic thriller "Basic Instinct."
Few serial killers are more infamous than Jeffrey Dahmer; few people know that Dahmer had a bizarre obsession with "The Exorcist III."
At a young age, Michael Hernandez develops a dark obsession with serial killers—specifically, Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs. In an attempt to mirror these horror villains, Hernandez decides to start his very own killing spree. He lures classmates Jamie Gough and Andre Martin into his school bathroom, and only one of them lives to tell the tale.
When Gypsy Rose Blanchard tires of her mother's overbearing love, she creates a sinister plot with her boyfriend to leave her behind.
Inspired by an episode of Forensic Files, disgraced businessman Ari Squire attempts to start a new life by faking his own death. To collect his $5 million life insurance policy, Squire plans to murder an innocent man named Justin Newman and take on his identity. Little does Ari know, his plan is far from airtight, and Newman is not the only one who will end up dead.
Jason Moore, an unemployed stonemason, becomes obsessed with Freddy Krueger; after creating his very own knife glove, Jason summons his only friend, John Paul-Skamarski, to his death.
In an attempt to become just like his favorite fictitious criminals, New Jersey man Joe Post joins the “Pit Bulls,” a small gang of local drug addicts who terrorize the neighborhood. While the Pit Bulls’ crimes start off small, when Joe becomes convinced fellow gang member Andrew may have ratted them out to the authorities, Joe takes no mercy in a brutal Goodfellas–inspired copycat crime.
In London, England, a drug addict mimics one of the most gruesome torture scenes in the "Saw" horror movie franchise to murder his roommate.
In Moscow, a woman obsessed with the horror film "Bride of Chucky" goes on a stabbing rampage with a gang of male accomplices, leading to the deaths of 15 people.
A group of teenagers, led by 14-year-old Chelsea, are leaving a trail of victims in their wake; proving that anyone can commit the most serious crimes.
Less than 30 days after the famous movie aired, a crime mirroring the film occurred; a look at who the sociopath was and was he inspired by the cult classic.
Brittany, a teenager with an alcohol and drug problem, binge watches `American Horror Story', and in an act of desperation she ends up murdering her grandfather.
After watching the cult classic, a couple were inspired to mimic the actions in the movie in their fight for love; a look at what made these killers commit such an atrocious crime.
Cousins Tony Bagnato and Diego Carbone joined a real life Fight Club hoping to have some fun sparring with like-minded men and, in Tony’s case, further his boxing career. But when Tony starts pushing drugs for some money on the side, he quickly turns from an up-and-coming fighter to a wannabe crime boss. And when Tony fears a conflict within the club could come back to bite him later, the cousins decide one member needs to pay the ultimate price.
Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham are a pair of teenage lovers convinced that the only way they can truly be together is to end the life of Kim’s mother Elizabeth. Elizabeth believes Lucas’ bad boy tendencies are going to set her daughter down the wrong path, and has attempted to break up the couple numerous times. Kim and Lucas, however, are not dissuaded. Inspired by Twilight, where not even death can stand in the way of true love, the two decide to kill Kim’s mother so they can finally be together. Dubbed the “Twilight Killers” by the media, the two make headlines as Britain’s youngest double murderers.
A look at real-life murder cases inspired by those in film and television with interviews of family members and investigators.
