Based on a True Story

By Dan LeFebvre

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 Oct 25, 2021


 Mar 28, 2020

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We've all seen movies that claim to be 'based on a true story', but have you ever wondered how accurate they are? That's what we'll find out as we compare Hollywood with history.

Episode Date
This Week: Immortal Beloved, Knute Rockne All American
Mar 25, 2024
This Week: Waterloo, The Blue Max, Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Mar 18, 2024
This Week: Schindler's List, Valkyrie, Rome
Mar 11, 2024
War Dogs with David Packouz
Mar 06, 2024
This Week: The Alamo, Selma, Mary Queen of Scots
Mar 04, 2024
This Week: Waco, The Crucible, Seabiscuit
Feb 26, 2024
This Week: Letters from Iwo Jima, Malcolm X, Flags of Our Fathers
Feb 19, 2024
This Week: Mata Hari, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Young Guns
Feb 12, 2024
This Week: Mary Queen of Scots, The Pacific, Julia
Feb 05, 2024
This Week: Lincoln, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Buddy Holly Story
Jan 29, 2024
This Week: Zulu, Steve Jobs, U-571
Jan 22, 2024
Darkest Hour with Furman Daniel
Jan 17, 2024
This Week: Sully, El Chapo, The French Revolution
Jan 15, 2024
This Week: Milk, Roman Empire, Walk the Line
Jan 08, 2024
Chariots of Fire with Keep the Flame Alive
Jan 03, 2024
This Week: Emancipation, Bonnie and Clyde, I, Tonya
Jan 01, 2024
This Week: Joyeux Noel, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Evel Knievel
Dec 25, 2023
Classic: The History of Christmas with Heather LeFebvre
Dec 19, 2023
This Week: The Man Who Invented Christmas, Band of Brothers, At Eternity's Gate
Dec 18, 2023
This Week: W.E., Young Winston, The Right Stuff
Dec 11, 2023
Napoleon with Alexander Mikaberidze
Dec 06, 2023
This Week: Tora! Tora! Tora!, Pearl Harbor, Wake Island
Dec 04, 2023
This Week: Little Big Man, Public Enemies, Dahmer
Nov 27, 2023
This Week: JFK, LBJ, The Pianist
Nov 20, 2023
The Mafia in Casino, Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco, and The Sopranos with Scott Hoffman
Nov 15, 2023
This Week: Silkwood, Young Winston, Saving Lincoln
Nov 13, 2023
This Week: Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure, From Hell, All Quiet on the Western Front
Nov 06, 2023
Chaplin with Scott Eyman
Oct 31, 2023
This Week: Ali, Argo, Gunpowder
Oct 30, 2023
This Week: Jobs, The Pacific, Tombstone
Oct 23, 2023
Gettysburg with Gregory J.W. Urwin
Oct 17, 2023
This Week: The Patriot, MacArthur, X-Men: First Class
Oct 16, 2023
This Week: Eight Men Out, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, The Right Stuff
Oct 09, 2023
This Week: Black Hawk Down, Sergeant York, Che!
Oct 02, 2023
This Week: Robinson Crusoe, Alexander, 61*
Sep 25, 2023
This Week: Patty Hearst, Chaplin, Tolkien, Turn
Sep 18, 2023
JFK with Marty Morgan
Sep 14, 2023
This Week: United 93, A Star-Spangled Story, Frida
Sep 11, 2023
This Week: Geronimo, The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, All Eyez on Me
Sep 04, 2023
This Week: Krakatoa, From Hell, Rome
Aug 28, 2023
This Week: Sweet Dreams, Pompeii, Saving Mr. Banks
Aug 21, 2023
This Week: The Pacific, The Crucible, The Battle of Britain
Aug 14, 2023
Little Big Man with Gregory J.W. Urwin
Aug 09, 2023
This Week: Hatfields & McCoys, The Walk, Frost/Nixon
Aug 07, 2023
This Week: Rush, Patton, Braveheart
Jul 31, 2023
This Week: At Eternity's Gate, Bonnie and Clyde, USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Jul 24, 2023
Hotel Rwanda with Jens Heycke
Jul 19, 2023
This Week: Anastasia, Eight Men Out, Dahmer
Jul 17, 2023
This Week: Battle of Britain, Hamilton, One Nation, One King
Jul 10, 2023
Schindler's List with Dan McMillan
Jul 07, 2023
This Week: 1776, Lawrence of Arabia, Project Blue Book
Jul 03, 2023
Young Winston with Furman Daniel
Jun 28, 2023
This Week: 37 Days, Gettysburg, The Trench
Jun 26, 2023
This Week: Lizzie, The Hobbit, They Died with Their Boots On
Jun 19, 2023
The Thin Red Line with Marty Morgan
Jun 15, 2023
This Week: Waterloo, J. Edgar, Amelia
Jun 12, 2023
This Week: The Longest Day and Saving Private Ryan
Jun 05, 2023
My Place in the Sun with George Stevens, Jr.
Jun 03, 2023
This Week: Watchmen, Harriet, Midway
May 29, 2023
Chernobyl Part 5
May 24, 2023
This Week: The Messenger, Bonnie and Clyde, Dunkirk
May 22, 2023
Chernobyl Part 4
May 17, 2023
This Week: The Other Boleyn Girl, The Spirit of St. Louis, Amelia
May 15, 2023
Chernobyl Part 3
May 10, 2023
This Week: Band of Brothers, Operation Finale, Amazing Grace
May 08, 2023
Chernobyl Part 2
May 03, 2023
This Week: Gods and Generals, The Right Stuff, The Hindenburg
May 01, 2023
Chernobyl Part 1
Apr 26, 2023
This Week: Troy and Chernobyl
Apr 24, 2023
This Week: The Conspirator, Pearl Harbor, The Red Baron
Apr 17, 2023
This Week: Apollo 13, The Conspirator, Titanic
Apr 10, 2023
This Week: Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Grant and Lincoln
Apr 03, 2023
A United Kingdom with Jens Heycke
Mar 30, 2023
This Week: Immortal Beloved and The Highwaymen
Mar 27, 2023
This Week: Waterloo, The Blue Max and Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Mar 20, 2023
This Week: Schindler's List, Valkyrie and Rome
Mar 13, 2023
Radioactive with Lauren Redniss
Mar 08, 2023
This Week: The Alamo, Selma and Malcolm X
Mar 06, 2023
This Week: Waco, The Crucible and Seabiscuit
Feb 27, 2023
This Week: Malcolm X, Flags of Our Fathers and Patton
Feb 20, 2023
This Week: Mata Hari, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre and Young Guns
Feb 13, 2023
One Night with the King with Michael LeFebvre
Feb 09, 2023
This Week: Mary Queen of Scots, The Pacific and Julia
Feb 06, 2023
This Week: Lincoln, All Quiet on the Western Front and The Buddy Holly Story
Jan 30, 2023
This Week: Steve Jobs, U-571 and The Challenger Disaster
Jan 23, 2023
King Arthur with Professor Dorsey Armstrong
Jan 20, 2023
This Week: El Chapo, La Révolution française and Zulu
Jan 16, 2023
This Week: Roman Empire, Walk the Line and Sully
Jan 09, 2023
Introducing Based on a True Story This Week
Jan 09, 2023
Spartacus with Barry Strauss
Jan 05, 2023
Classic: The Man Who Invented Christmas
Dec 17, 2022
Bonus: History Daily Presents The Signing of the World War One Armistice
Dec 10, 2022
All Quiet on the Western Front with Dr. Christopher Warren
Dec 02, 2022
Dahmer with Robyn Maharaj
Nov 21, 2022
Pirates of the Caribbean with Colin Woodard
Nov 08, 2022
Being the Ricardos with Michael Karol
Nov 03, 2022
A Nightmare Before Halloween Part 2
Oct 25, 2022
A Nightmare Before Halloween Part 1
Oct 24, 2022
Pearl Harbor with Marty Morgan
Oct 11, 2022
The X-Files with Rob Kristoffersen
Sep 26, 2022
Dolemite Is My Name with Mark Jason Murray
Sep 07, 2022
W.E. with Andrew Lownie
Aug 19, 2022
Zero Dark Thirty with Peter Bergen
Aug 03, 2022
Lawless with Matt Bondurant (Remastered)
Jul 25, 2022
Jurassic Park/Jurassic World with Jack Horner
Jul 13, 2022
Monty Python's Life of Brian with Adele Reinhartz
Jun 20, 2022
Dunkirk with Joshua Levine
Jun 04, 2022
The Conqueror with Ryan Uytdewilligen
May 11, 2022
'Doc' Durant in Hell on Wheels with Sheila Myers
Apr 28, 2022
Tesla with Richard Munson
Mar 28, 2022
Worth with Kenneth Feinberg and Camille Biros
Mar 10, 2022
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter with Dr. Brian Dirck
Feb 26, 2022
They Died with Their Boots On with Gregory J. W. Urwin
Feb 08, 2022
Frances with Jack El-Hai
Jan 25, 2022
Moneyball with Will Cooper
Jan 12, 2022
Bonnie and Clyde with John Neal Phillips
Dec 14, 2021
Project Blue Book with David O'Leary and Sean Jablonski
Nov 18, 2021
At Eternity's Gate with Steven Naifeh
Nov 02, 2021
The Pacific Part 3 with Marty Morgan
Oct 26, 2021
The Pacific Part 2 with Marty Morgan
Oct 14, 2021
The Pacific Part 1 with Marty Morgan
Sep 28, 2021
Defiance with Roland Tec
Sep 14, 2021
Lafayette with Mike Duncan
Aug 27, 2021
Harriet with Dr. Kate Clifford Larson
Aug 04, 2021
1492: Conquest of Paradise with Patrick Wyman
Jul 20, 2021
J. Edgar with Paul Letersky
Jul 13, 2021
Band of Brothers Part 3 with Marty Morgan
Jul 04, 2021
Band of Brothers Part 2 with Marty Morgan
Jun 22, 2021
Band of Brothers Part 1 with Marty Morgan
Jun 06, 2021
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with Gordon Laco
May 11, 2021
The Last Samurai with Dr. Brian Dirck
Apr 14, 2021
The Passion of The Christ with Dr. David Chapman
Apr 02, 2021
The Highwaymen with John Neal Phillips
Mar 17, 2021
The Duellists with Alexander Mikaberidze
Mar 05, 2021
Greyhound with Gordon Laco
Feb 17, 2021
The Conspirator with Dr. Brian Dirck
Feb 05, 2021
Waterloo with Alexander Mikaberidze
Jan 12, 2021
Donnie Brasco with Joe Pistone and Leo Rossi
Jan 04, 2021
The Alamo with Stephen L. Hardin
Dec 18, 2020
Wake Island with Gregory J. W. Urwin
Dec 07, 2020
Lincoln with Dr. Brian Dirck
Nov 18, 2020
Glory with Gregory J. W. Urwin
Nov 05, 2020
Project Blue Book Season 2 with Rob Kristoffersen
Oct 21, 2020
Selma with Dr. Clayborne Carson
Oct 06, 2020
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford with Chris Wimmer
Sep 24, 2020
Stonewall with Eric Marcus
Sep 08, 2020
Windtalkers with Judith Avila
Aug 27, 2020
Patton with Furman Daniel
Aug 12, 2020
Operation Finale
Jul 30, 2020
Just Mercy with Erica Kelley
Jul 14, 2020
Gettysburg with Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
Jul 01, 2020
Saving Private Ryan with Marty Morgan
Jun 06, 2020
Midway with Craig Symonds
May 25, 2020
Alexander with Ryan Stitt
May 11, 2020
Mutiny on the Bounty with Brandon Huebner
Apr 28, 2020
Les Miserables with Maurice Samuels
Apr 14, 2020
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story with Matthew Polly
Apr 03, 2020
12 Years a Slave with Professor Greg Jackson
Mar 24, 2020
Project Blue Book Season 1 with Rob Kristoffersen
Mar 11, 2020
Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier with Michael Wallis
Feb 18, 2020
Downton Abbey with Lady Carnarvon
Feb 03, 2020
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves with Dr. Sean McGlynn
Jan 27, 2020
1917 with Doran Cart
Jan 16, 2020
The Imitation Game with Mark Cotton
Jan 06, 2020
Young Guns with Chris Wimmer
Dec 27, 2019
Christmas Special 2019 with Heather LeFebvre
Dec 01, 2019
First Man
Nov 20, 2019
The Crucible
Nov 04, 2019
Tombstone with Chris Wimmer
Oct 26, 2019
Tolkien with John Garth
Oct 04, 2019
Tag with Tag Brothers Patrick and Joe
Sep 17, 2019
Turn: Washington's Spies with Michael Troy
Aug 18, 2019
Mary Queen of Scots
Aug 01, 2019
Cleopatra with Dr. Zahi Hawass
Jul 09, 2019
Change
Jun 24, 2019
Loving Vincent
Jun 17, 2019
The Longest Day with Marty Morgan
Jun 03, 2019
Troy
May 20, 2019
Eight Men Out
May 06, 2019
Seabiscuit
Apr 22, 2019
The Perfect Storm
Apr 08, 2019
The Return of the King
Apr 01, 2019
Malcolm X
Mar 25, 2019
LBJ
Mar 11, 2019
JFK
Feb 25, 2019
Bohemian Rhapsody
Feb 11, 2019
The Catcher Was a Spy
Jan 28, 2019
Minisode: Aladdin
Jan 21, 2019
The Greatest Showman (Revisited)
Jan 14, 2019
All the President's Men
Dec 31, 2018
A Christmas Carol
Dec 24, 2018
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Dec 17, 2018
Finding Neverland
Dec 03, 2018
Hidalgo
Nov 19, 2018
Rob Roy with Moxie LaBouche
Nov 05, 2018
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Oct 22, 2018
Che!
Oct 08, 2018
Empire of the Sun
Sep 24, 2018
United 93
Sep 10, 2018
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Aug 27, 2018
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Aug 13, 2018
Communion with Rob Kristoffersen
Jul 30, 2018
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Jul 16, 2018
The Ghost and the Darkness
Jul 02, 2018
Sergeant York
Jun 18, 2018
Elizabeth
Jun 04, 2018
Black Hawk Down
May 21, 2018
Housekeeping
May 21, 2018
Lowell LeFebvre
Apr 23, 2018
Jackie
Apr 16, 2018
The Last of the Mohicans
Apr 09, 2018
King Arthur
Apr 02, 2018
The Two Towers
Apr 01, 2018
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Mar 26, 2018
Bonnie and Clyde
Mar 19, 2018
The Monuments Men
Mar 12, 2018
Sweet Dreams
Mar 05, 2018
Anastasia
Feb 26, 2018
BONUS: From Hell and the Historical Context
Feb 19, 2018
From Hell
Feb 19, 2018
The Other Boleyn Girl
Feb 12, 2018
The Hindenburg
Feb 05, 2018
The Founder
Jan 29, 2018
The Man in the Iron Mask
Jan 22, 2018
Birth of the Dragon
Jan 15, 2018
Hawmps! with Scott Rank
Jan 08, 2018
The Lost City of Z
Jan 01, 2018
Christmas Special 2017
Dec 25, 2017
The Greatest Showman
Dec 18, 2017
Becoming Jane
Dec 11, 2017
Pearl Harbor and Tora! Tora! Tora! with Corey Constable
Dec 04, 2017
Kingdom of Heaven
Nov 27, 2017
Das Boot
Nov 20, 2017
Darkest Hour
Nov 13, 2017
Grace of Monaco
Nov 06, 2017
The Mothman Prophecies with Sam Fredrickson
Oct 30, 2017
Loving
Oct 23, 2017
The Right Stuff
Oct 16, 2017
Mata Hari
Oct 09, 2017
Flash of Genius
Oct 02, 2017
Enemy at the Gates
Sep 25, 2017
Ip Man
Sep 18, 2017
Rush
Sep 11, 2017
Breach
Sep 04, 2017
Lawless with Matt Bondurant
Aug 28, 2017
The Ten Commandments (Part 2)
Aug 21, 2017
The Ten Commandments (Part 1)
Aug 14, 2017
Genius
Aug 07, 2017
A Few Good Men
Jul 31, 2017
Cool Runnings
Jul 24, 2017
Valkyrie
Jul 17, 2017
Dunkirk
Jul 10, 2017
The Patriot
Jul 03, 2017
Tombstone
Jun 26, 2017
Schindler's List
Jun 19, 2017
Behind the True Story of Bitter Harvest
Jun 12, 2017
The Experiment
Jun 05, 2017
A League of Their Own
May 29, 2017
Men of Honor
May 22, 2017
Cadillac Records
May 15, 2017
The Untouchables
May 08, 2017
Citizen Kane
May 01, 2017
Mulan
Apr 24, 2017
Lawrence of Arabia
Apr 17, 2017
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Apr 10, 2017
Newsies
Apr 03, 2017
The Fellowship of the Ring
Apr 01, 2017
Braveheart
Mar 27, 2017
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Mar 20, 2017
Walt Before Mickey
Mar 13, 2017
Everest
Mar 06, 2017
Lion
Feb 27, 2017
Bitter Harvest
Feb 20, 2017
Florence Foster Jenkins
Feb 13, 2017
Black Mass
Feb 06, 2017
13 Hours
Jan 30, 2017
The Big Short
Jan 23, 2017
Titanic
Jan 16, 2017
The Pianist
Jan 09, 2017
Hidden Figures
Jan 02, 2017
A Beautiful Mind
Dec 26, 2016
Joyeux Noël
Dec 19, 2016
Spotlight
Dec 12, 2016
The Sound of Music
Dec 05, 2016
Captain Phillips
Nov 28, 2016
Pocahontas
Nov 21, 2016
Defiance
Nov 14, 2016
The Wolf of Wall Street
Nov 07, 2016
The Conjuring
Oct 31, 2016
Steve Jobs
Oct 24, 2016
Amazing Grace
Oct 17, 2016
The Finest Hours
Oct 10, 2016
The Black Dahlia
Oct 03, 2016
Deepwater Horizon
Sep 26, 2016
The Great Escape
Sep 19, 2016
Argo
Sep 12, 2016
Pawn Sacrifice
Sep 05, 2016
Apollo 13
Aug 29, 2016
The Danish Girl
Aug 22, 2016
The Social Network
Aug 15, 2016
Anthropoid
Aug 08, 2016
Ali
Aug 01, 2016
Pain & Gain
Jul 25, 2016
Zodiac
Jul 18, 2016
Catch Me If You Can
Jul 11, 2016
The Hunt for Red October
Jun 27, 2016
Free State of Jones
Jun 13, 2016
300
May 30, 2016
Frost/Nixon
May 16, 2016
The Imitation Game
May 02, 2016
42
Apr 18, 2016
The Revenant
Apr 02, 2016