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February 24, 2025 64 mins

June 17, 1971. A 13 year old girl is dropped off at a bus stop in Alvin Texas. Never seen alive again, her body was found on November 26, 1971. Just a few months later, another body was found mere yards away. Thus begins the sordid tales of the Texas Killing Fields.

In 2011, a film is released that is focused on these Texas Killing Fields, but goes in a wildly different direction. True is often stranger than fiction, because Texas Killing Fields was indeed inspired by a true story. Listen to this episode of the Inspired By A True Story podcast at any of the resources below or on your favorite podcast app to uncover the truth behind 2011's Texas Killing Fields.

Texas Killing Fields - In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders. Directed by Ami Canaan Mann and starred Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain and Chloe Grace Moretz.

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.

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