Based on a True Story
Comparing Hollywood with history, Based on a True Story is a podcast that tells the true stories behind the movies we love. New episodes every Monday, just in time for your morning commute. Learn more at basedonatruestorypodcast.com
- Website
- http://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com/
- Description
- Comparing Hollywood with history, Based on a True Story is a podcast that tells the true stories behind the movies we love. New episodes every Monday, just in time for your morning commute.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-09-10 01:26
- last episode published
- 2024-09-09 10:00
- publication frequency
- 8.86 days
- Contributors
- Dan LeFebvre
- Owner Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 349
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture Performing Arts TV & Film History Arts
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Episodes
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| 2024-09-09 |
This Week: 300: Rise of an Empire, United 93, A Star-Spangled Story, The Exorcism of Emily Rose BOATS THIS WEEK (SEP 9-15, 2024) — Tuesday this week marks the anniversary of the Battle of Marathon, which we see in the movie 300: Rise of an Empire. Then, of course, we'll be looking at this week's anniversary of the 9/11 attacks from the movie Unit... |
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| 2024-09-05 |
Today: The Great Fire and the Extinguishment of the Great Fire of London BOATS TODAY (SEPT 5, 2024) — After four days of fighting the flames, the Great Fire of London was finally extinguished on this day in 1666 so today we'll learn more about how the events from exactly 358 years ago today were shown in the TV miniseries c... |
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| 2024-09-02 |
This Week: Rome, Geronimo: An American Legend, The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid BOATS THIS WEEK (SEPT 2-8, 2024) — On this day almost two thousand years ago, the Battle of Actium decided power in Rome. Not coincidentally, we'll learn about that today from a TV show called Rome. The second event from this week in history according ... |
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| 2024-09-02 |
Today: The Great Fire and the Initial Ignition of the Great Fire of London Editor's Note: The fire started after midnight on September 2nd in London, so if you're in the United States like I am then you might see this minisode release on September 1st due to time zones. BOATS TODAY (SEPT 2, 2024) — The Great Fire of London s... |
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| 2024-08-26 |
This Week: Saving Mr Banks, Krakatoa East of Java, From Hell BOATS THIS WEEK (AUG 26-SEPT 1, 2024) — Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of Disney's Mary Poppins premiered, and that event is shown in the 2013 movie called Saving Mr. Banks about the making of Mary Poppins. If that's too confusing, give the episod... |
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| 2024-08-19 | BOATS THIS WEEK (AUG 19-25,2024) — Historical events from the movies start with The Crucible and how it depicts the Salem witch trials from this week in 1692. Then, we'll learn a bit about Patsy Cline's hit song "Crazy" because it was this week in 1961... |
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| 2024-08-12 | The Mummy (1999) is packed with supernatural powers, Hollywood magic, and...maybe some truth? After all, mummies were a real thing. We'll chat with acclaimed Egyptologist Dr. Aidan Dodson to find out how much of the movie is based in history. Where to ... |
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| 2024-08-12 |
This Week: The Philadelphia Experiment, Macbeth, The Pacific BOATS THIS WEEK (AUG 12-18,2024) — Today is the 81st anniversary of the conspiracy theory from the 1984 movie The Philadelphia Experiment. Or is it? Tune in to find out. After that, we'll move into the Shakespearean classic-turned-modern movie Macbeth ... |
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| 2024-08-05 |
This Week: Braveheart, Hatfields & McCoys, The Walk, Frost/Nixon BOATS THIS WEEK (AUG 5-11,2024) — This week's events from historical movies starts with Monday's 719th anniversary (August 5th, 1305) of William Wallace's (Mel Gibson) capture shown in the movie 'Braveheart.' In the History Channel's dramatic miniserie... |
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| 2024-07-29 | BOATS THIS WEEK (JUL 29-AUG 4,2024) — There were two major disaster this week in history. The first we'll learn about is an event many consider the worst shark attack in history, which began on July 30th, 1945, and is shown in the movie USS Indianapoli... |
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