The Town That Dreaded Sundown - Inspired by the Texarkana Moonlight Murders

February 22, 1946. A young couple in Texarkana, Texas pull over for a little loving, and  are forced out of their car by a man wearing a hood with two slits for eyes. The carnage that followed terrified an entire community for months, and eventually became known as the Moonlight Murders.  

In 1976, Director Charles B Pierce recreates these crimes in a quasi documentary style. Be mindful where you park your car for necking, because The Town that Dreaded Sundown was inspired by a true story.

This is the truth of the crimes behind 1976's The Town that Dreaded Sundown, which was indeed inspired by a true story.

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.

A hooded killer terrorizes Texarkana, Arkansas in 1946, murdering several innocents before he finally stopped. This masked butcher was never caught. This is a dramatic recreation of those true-life events, also known as the Moonlight Murders and the Phantom Killer. 

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