Bad Acts Live: Horror Movies & The True Crime Cases That Inspired Them

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Live show audio, y'all. Let's discuss three true crime cases and the horror movies they inspired. First, we’re going to be discussing The Hills Have Eyes franchise and the legend of a cannibalistic Scottish clan that inspired it. Then, we’ll talk about the movie Changeling and the tragic murder case at its center. Finally, we’ll discuss Borderland, which was inspired by a drug lord who thought a human sacrifice would make his men invisible. 

The Hills Have Eyes/Scottish Cannibal Clan

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-21506077.amp

https://ayrshireandarran.com/sawney-beans-cave/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKd5D3fD3qI

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1260707

https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/did-the-scottish-mass-murdering-cannibal-sawney-bean-actually-exist/ 

https://www.scotclans.com/pages/the-legend-of-sawney-bean 

Changeling/The Chicken Coop Murders

https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2008/12/21/clark-chief-witness-in-20s-child-murders-led-exemplary-life/ 

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/gordon_stewart_northcott/1.html  

https://www.nytimes.com/1929/02/08/archives/northcott-convicted-of-slaying-three-boys-his-last-dramatic-plea.html 

https://people.com/gordon-stewart-northcott-chicken-coop-house-horrors-11695921

https://www.nytimes.com/1930/10/03/archives/northcott-hanged-for-killing-boys-californian-on-whose-ranch-bones.html 

Borderland/The Murder of Mark Kilroy

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-14/black-magic-voodoo-and-murder-occurs-at-rancho-santa-elena

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/mexico-kidnapping-matamoros-mark-kilroy-b2297461.html

https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-work-of-the-devil/

https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/friend-recalls-horrific-murder-of-mark-kilroy/

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/ut-austin-student-mark-kilroy-murdered-in-mexico