Based on a True Story

Our story today covers the capture of the notorious Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann. The operation to hunt him down and bring him to justice was depicted in the movie Operation Finale , and today we'll find out how many of the things we saw on screen actually happened. Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/episode/1c1b0322-1757-40b6-82e2-6685c30c3f52 Find the transcript and f...

Erica Kelley is the host of the Southern Fried True Crime podcast. She joins us today to separate fact from fiction in the 2019 movie  Just Mercy. Learn more about the true story Listen to Erica's episode about the true story: https://links.boatspodcast.com/161guestepisode Follow Erica's podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/161guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm...

Today marks the 157th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863). How much of the movie's depiction of the battle is historically accurate? I'm joined by Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade to find out. Jim and Eric are both Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guides and are the co-hosts of The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. Learn more about the true story Follow The Battle of Gettysburg podca...

June 6th, 1944. D-Day. Fast forward 76 years and today, June 6th, 2020, we'll chat with author and historian Marty Morgan to separate fact from fiction in one of the most popular movies depicting D-Day, Saving Private Ryan . Learn more about the true story Get Marty's book D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion: https://links.boatspodcast.com/159book Another of Marty's books mentio...

Craig Symonds is the Earnest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the Naval War College as well as Professor Emeritus of History at the U.S. Naval Academy. He also has a great book called The Battle of Midway that dives into the true history behind the battle. He joins us today to discuss the historical accuracy of the 2019 movie Midway . Learn more about the true story Get Craig's book The Ba...

Ryan Stitt is the host of The History of Ancient Greece Podcast, and he joins us today to separate fact from fiction in the 2004 movie Alexander. Learn more about the true story Follow Ryan's podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/157guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/episode/f3c27ad3-6809-4732-95d3-9b9e8acccf49 Find the transcript and full show notes:  https://l...

1962's Mutiny on the Bounty is one of the most popular requests to cover and today we'll do that with the help of Brandon Huebner, the host of The Maritime History Podcast. Learn more about the true story Follow Brandon's show The Maritime History Podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/156guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/episode/a52b0228-d295-4dd7-bfbf-36080e07...

Maurice Samuels, Author and Yale's Betty Jane Anlyan Professor of French, joins the Based on a True Story podcast to separate fact from the fiction we saw in 1998's depiction of Les Miserables. Learn more about the true story Get your copy of Maurice's book: https://links.boatspodcast.com/155book Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/episode/28955942-3d61-45c2-bbb4-d4c3d7a...

Author Matthew Polly joins the Based on a True Story podcast to separate fact from the fiction we saw in 1993's Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story . Matthew's book called Bruce Lee: A Life  is considered the authoritative biography on the film legend and martial artist. Learn more about the true story Get your copy of Matthew's book: https://links.boatspodcast.com/154book Find Matthew's work: https://lin...

Today we'll learn about the historical accuracy of the movie 12 Years a Slave with Professor Greg Jackson from the History That Doesn't Suck podcast. Learn more about the true story Subscribe to Greg's podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/153guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/episode/9f4814a1-6d40-4f6c-ab0e-476fa2c7a096 Find the transcript and full show notes: ...

UFO expert Rob Kristoffersen joins Based on a True Story to discuss the historical accuracy of the History Channel's TV show Project Blue Book. Learn more about the true story Follow Rob's podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/152guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/episode/d4cde2c9-7b36-4023-a767-bbe939a4dfb7 Find the transcript and full show notes:  https://link...

Author Michael Wallis joins the Based on a True Story podcast to separate fact from the fiction we saw in Disney's 1955 film Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier . Learn more about the true story Get your copy of Michael's book, David Crockett: The Lion of the West: https://links.boatspodcast.com/151book Find all of Michael's books: https://links.boatspodcast.com/151guest Did you enjoy this ep...

Downton Abbey was filmed at Highclere Castle, which is Lady Carnarvon's home. On this episode of the Based on a True Story podcast, she'll join us to talk about the historical accuracy of the Downton Abbey movie and TV series. Learn more about the true story Find all of Lady Carnarvon's books: https://links.boatspodcast.com/150guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/ep...

There are many versions of Robin Hood's story that have been on the big screen. Today we'll chat with historian Dr. Sean McGlynn about the 1991 classic  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves . Learn more about the true story Get your copy of Dr. McGlyyn's book called Robin Hood: A True Legend: https://links.boatspodcast.com/149book Also mentioned in the episode is another of his books, Blood Cries Afar: T...

Doran Cart is Senior Curator at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. He joins us today to talk about the historical accuracy of the hit blockbuster movie 1917 . Learn more about the true story Visit the National WWI Museum and Memorial website: https://links.boatspodcast.com/148guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/episode/1bed6286-e7bb-45dc...

Mark is the producer of the official Bletchley Park podcast. He joins us today to discuss the historical accuracy of the 2014 film  The Imitation Game  and do some fact checking on the original Based on a True Story episode from back in 2016. Learn more about the true story Follow the Bletchley Park podcast: https://links.boatspodcast.com/147guest Plan your visit to the home of the codebreakers du...

How much do you know about Billy the Kid? On the popular Infamous America podcast, Chris Wimmer has dug deep into the life of one of most famous outlaws in the Old West. He joins us today to separate fact from the fiction we saw in the 1988 movie about Billy the Kid, Young Guns. Want more of the true story?  Subscribe to Infamous America and listen to a full season of episodes telling the true st...

As the Christmas season approaches, let's take a step back from the hustle and bustle to learn about the history and festivities over the millennia that have resulted in the holiday traditions we're familiar with today. Links from today's episode Pick up your own copy of Heather's book, The History of Christmas: https://links.boatspodcast.com/145book Follow Heather's work:  https://links.boatspodc...

Our story today is as close to traveling through time and space as we can without a single mention of the Doctor. That's because today we're going to travel back in time to discuss the true story of Neil Armstrong as we saw in the movie  First Man . Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/episode/4e3bace3-5e6c-4fdb-bac3-4d68826d4dac Find the transcript and full show notes: ...

The story of the Salem witch trials was brought to the world's spotlight thanks to Arthur Miller's play  The Crucible . Today, we'll look at the historical accuracy of the 1996 movie based on that play. Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/episode/d127df3f-c0d1-482e-97dc-7d2431faabe3 Find the transcript and full show notes:  https://links.boatspodcast.com/143 Support our...

Today (October 26th) is the anniversary of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Chris Wimmer is the Host and Producer of the Legends of the Old West podcast. He joins us today to separate fact from the fiction of the events surrounding and during the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as it was depicted in the classic film Tombstone . Learn more about the true story Follow the Legends of the Old West podcast...

Historian and Tolkien scholar John Garth breaks down the historical accuracy of the 2019 biopic about the life of J.R.R. Tolkien simply called  Tolkien . Learn more about the true story Follow John's work and get his books at  https://links.boatspodcast.com/141guest Get the award-winning  Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth on Amazon:  https://links.boatspodcast.com/141book Di...

The story behind 2018's Tag seems almost too ridiculous to be true. What better way to separate fact from fiction than by chatting with some of the real guys that the movie is based on? That's exactly what we'll do today. Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/episode/6bb286b5-e403-4c11-a2b4-413a22f5c038 Find the transcript and full show notes:  https://links.boatspodcast.c...

In a first for Based on a True Story, today we'll chat about the TV series Turn: Washington Spies . Joining me to dive behind the history of the popular AMC show is Michael Troy from the American Revolutions podcast.   Subscribe to Michael's podcast at:  https://links.boatspodcast.com/139guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/episode/1025f77d-5412-41aa-9ce2-7beba07d28...

The story of Mary Stuart and her cousin Queen Elizabeth I is one that's been told many times over. We've looked at the story from Elizabeth's side when we looked at the two Elizabeth  movies a little while back. Today, we'll look at the story from a different perspective as told in the 2018 movie called Mary Queen of Scots . Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment:  https://galas.fm/episode/7b...