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True Crime: Based on True Crime

These are fictional movies, novels, aphic novels based on true crimes.

Library Books

Who Killed Christopher Goodman? by Allan Wolf
Call Number: Y F Wolf

ISBN: 9780763656133

Publication Date: 2017-03-14

This book is inspired by a real life crime from the author's past. This book is set in the 1970s.
Nemesis by William Bernhardt
Call Number: LT M Bernhardt

ISBN: 1410415023

Publication Date: 2009-04-15

This is based on a case that Eliot Ness was involved in when he was working in Cleveland. This case also inspired a graphic novel called Torso. It also inspired a novel called Butcher's Dozen by Max Allan Collins.
Chicago Confidential by Max Allan Collins
Call Number: LT M Collins

ISBN: 1587243288

Publication Date: 2002-11-01

This is part of a long running series about a private investigator who gets involved in famous crimes, many of which were never solved in real life. The book covers the Kefauver hearings on organized crime in 1950 and 1951.
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Call Number: F Ellroy

ISBN: 0892962062

Publication Date: 1987-09-01

James Ellroy wrote this novel about the famous unsolved murder in 1940's Los Angeles. There was later a movie based on this novel.

Library DVD's

Law & Order True Crime the Menedez Murders
This is based on a famous California murder case from the 1990s. Twin brothers were accused of murdering their wealthy parents.

American Crime Story; The People V. O.J. Simpson
This miniseries is based on a book about the O.J. Simpson trial by Jefffrey Toobin. Sarah Paulson played Marsha Clark, one of the prosecutors. Paulson won four awards for her work in this miniseries including a Golden Globe and an Emmy.

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DVD 791.4575 Ame
Foxcatcher
This movie is based on the real life murder of a wrestling coach in 1996 by an heir to one of America's great fortunes and the events that led up to the crime. This movie stars Steve Carell and Channing Tatum.

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DVD 791.4372 Fox
Zodiac
This movie is based on the book by Robert Graysmith about the Zodiac killer in the San Francisco area and how he got involved in the case. The movie stars Robert Downey Jr, and Jake Gyllenhaal.

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DVD 791.4372 Zod