Murder Made Fiction
A podcast that analyzes fictionalized adaptations of true crimes. Hosted by Jenn Adams and Joe Lipsett. Part of the Bloody FM podcast network.
Episodes
October 7, 2025 • 56 mins
As we prepare to discuss Monster: The Ed Gein Story episode by episode on Patreon (patreon.com/murdermadefiction), here's the full version of last year's Primer.
Jenn walks Joe through the the disturbing details of Ed Gein’s life and crimes, including his uncomfortably close relationship with his mother Augusta, the mysterious death of his brother Henry, and the house of horrors uncovered with his arrest.
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October 1, 2025 • 3 mins
Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on the finale of The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, "Libertá"
Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/murdermadefiction and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today, including episodic coverage of Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story and Peacock's Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy.
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September 30, 2025 • 56 mins
We’re concluding our coverage of the Weeping Woman with Jayro Bustamante’s La Llorona. This haunting film repackages the eerie legend of a woman driven to drown her kids as a damning indictment of dictatorial rule and the Mayan Genocide in Guatemala.
Topics include: pathetic men, complicit women, and the inescapable consequences of large-scale violence.
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September 26, 2025 • 5 mins
Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on The Conjuring: Last Rites.
Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/murdermadefiction and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today!
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September 23, 2025 • 48 mins
Our month of La Llorona coverage continues with Michael Chaves' feature directorial debut, The Curse of La Llorona (2019) starring Linda Cardellini.
This film finally (!) includes water, but we're unsure what message it is making about motherhood and white saviors.
Topics include: wasting Cardellini and Patricia Velásquez; bad parenting; questions about race; and connections to Annabelle
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September 19, 2025 • 3 mins
Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon minisode on the 1991 made-for-TV movie The Haunted, which explores the same case that's tackled in The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025).
Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/murdermadefiction and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today, including our episode on Last Rites!
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September 16, 2025 • 39 mins
Jenn and Joe spend another week investigating Mexican La Llorona films with a look at Rafael Baledón's The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963).
This 80-minute black and white film is a pretty bad adaptation, but this Mexican Gothic film has a Universal meets Hammer vibe that we adore.
Plus: vampires, werewolves, trap doors, nods to Bava's Black Sunday, and an utterly perfect Rita Macedo.
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September 9, 2025 • 44 mins
Our first text on La Llorona takes us back to Mexico for Ramón Peón's 1933 film La Llorona or The Crying Woman (Watch on YouTube here). C/W: suicide
This is the oldest movie we've covered on the pod to date, but there's plenty to discuss, including issues of race, class, and gender, especially across the film's three generational storylines.
Plus: secret passageways, birthday parties and weddings, and ties to historical figures.....
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September 3, 2025 • 52 mins
Jenn and Joe celebrate one year of Murder Made Fiction with a look back at the many titles and topics we’ve covered, including our faves from the Main Feed, Patreon, and which titles we wanna cover in the future!
Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media @murdermfiction (Twitter & Instagram) or send us an email: murdermadefiction@gmail.com
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September 2, 2025 • 37 mins
Throughout Mexico and Central America, children grow up fearing La Llorona. Also known as the Weeping Woman, this menacing figure is said to lurk near various bodies of water, crying for her missing sons.
Some believe she intentionally drowned her children while others claim their deaths were caused by the negligence of a shameless seductress.
But where did this frightening legend begin and does La Llorona still haunt the moder...
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August 27, 2025 • 5 mins
Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on Episode 3 The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, ““The Guardian of Perugia”
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August 26, 2025 • 57 mins
Jenn and Joe continue our discussion of The Warrens with a look at James Wan's The Conjuring 2 (2016) which moves the action to London.
The film purports to tackle the Enfield haunting, but the narrative is much more fictionalized than the first film, largely in service of Bonnie Aarons' The Nun/Valak.
Plus: evangelizing the Warrens, Amityville connections, changing hair and wardrobes, and Jenn's philosophy on sequels.
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August 22, 2025 • 15 mins
Ron Howard is in his "no f*cks given" era with Eden (2025) in which an all-star cast lead by Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, and (secret MVP) Ana de Armas try to survive without killing each other on a rugged island in the Galapagos in the 1930s.
It's campy and surprisingly entertaining!
If you want more on the film, including spoilers, join us on Patreon (patreon.com/murdermadefiction) where we're also tackling Hulu's The Twisted Ta...
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August 21, 2025 • 56 mins
Before we tackle The Conjuring 2, let's discuss The Enfield Poltergeist (2023) which covers the same events...minus Ed and Lorraine Warren.
The four part Apple TV limited series boasts a fascinating conceit: the show consists of actors lip synching to tape recordings collected by Maurice Grosse of the Society for Psychical Research between 1977 - 1978.
It's the most well documented poltergeist case in history...or is it?
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August 19, 2025 • 33 mins
As we gear up for Hulu's The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, Joe tells Jenn the story of the titular woman, who was accused and later convicted of murdering her flatmate Meredith Kercher in Italy in the late 2000s.
What follows is a long, bizarre, and frustrating story, so strap in!
Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media @murdermfiction (BlueSky & Instagram) or send us an email: murdermadefiction@gmail.com
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August 12, 2025 • 59 mins
In 1971, the Perron family moved into a rambling farmhouse in rural Rhode Island. They immediately sensed a supernatural presence and, after months of torment, contacted Ed and Lorraine Warren. Their story remains one of the scariest accounts of a real life haunting while inspiring the opening chapter of one of horror’s most successful franchises. Jenn and Joe tackle the true story of the Perron haunting and James Wan’s cinematic a...
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August 11, 2025 • 14 mins
Michael Caissie’s No Tears in Hell tells the true story of of Alexander Spesivtsev, also known as the Siberian Ripper.
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August 5, 2025 • 47 mins
The world of ghost hunting and paranormal investigation in the second half of the 20th century was dominated by one power couple. Demonologist Ed Warren and his clairvoyant wife Lorraine traveled the world investigating cases they would later make famous.
But were they devout researchers dedicated to helping others or opportunistic grifters out to line their own pockets?
Jenn walks Joe through four decades of supernatural scamm...
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August 1, 2025 • 5 mins
Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on Episode 7 of Smoke, “Whitewashed Tombs”
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July 30, 2025 • 7 mins
Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on Backdraft.
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