Murder Made Fiction

Salem Witch Hunts month continues with The Crucible (1996). Filmmaker and author Sarah Lyons joins the podcast to discuss this film, based on the Arthur Miller play of the same name. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media @murdermfiction (BlueSky & Instagram) or send us an email: murdermadefiction@gmail.com > Amanda: @amandajanestern (BlueSky, Instagram, TikTok) > Sarah:...

Here's a sneak peek at our Patreon episode on Maid of Salem (1937) with special guest Morgan of Female Gaze: The Film Club Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/murdermadefiction and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Host: Amanda Jane Stern Producers: Amanda Jane Stern & Julian Seltzer Editor : Mae Shults Theme Music: Conrad Chambers Learn more about your a...

Salem Witch Hunts month kicks off with I Married a Witch (1942). Film historian and author Pamela Hutchinson joins the podcast to discuss this delightful Veronica Lake and Fredric March comedy. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media @murdermfiction (BlueSky & Instagram) or send us an email: murdermadefiction@gmail.com > Amanda: @amandajanestern (BlueSky, Instagram, TikTok...

This month, Amanda is going back in time to the Salem Witch Hunts of 1692-1693. Instead of doing the primer solo, she is joined by Margo Burns, a Salem Witch Hunts historian and direct descendant of Rebecca Nurse. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media @murdermfiction (BlueSky & Instagram) or send us an email: murdermadefiction@gmail.com > Amanda: @amandajanestern (BlueSk...

Welcome to Murder Made Fiction, a podcast that analyzes fictional adaptations of true crime. From the direct adaptations, to the loose inspirations, join host Amanda Jane Stern as she dives into the wide world where true crime meets fiction. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media @murdermfiction (BlueSky & Instagram) or send us an email: murdermadefiction@gmail.com > Aman...

Here's a sneak peek at our Patreon episode on Bonnie and Clyde: The Musical (2024) with special guest director Nick Winston. Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/murdermadefiction and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Host: Amanda Jane Stern Producers: Amanda Jane Stern & Julian Seltzer Editor : Mae Shults Theme Music: Conrad Chambers Learn more about your...

Bonnie and Clyde month comes to a close this week with the most recent movie in the cannon: The Highwaymen (2019). Christopher James of I Love Horror joins Amanda to talk through whether telling this story from the posse's perspective was the right choice. Spoiler alert: it wasn't. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media @murdermfiction (BlueSky & Instagram) or send us an...

Here's a sneak peek at our Patreon episode on Bonnie and Clyde vs Dracula (2008) with special guests Michael Varrati (Midnight Mass) andTiffany Shepis (Casualty Friday) Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/murdermadefiction and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Host: Amanda Jane Stern Producers: Amanda Jane Stern & Julian Seltzer Editor : Mae Shults Theme...

Bonnie and Clyde month continues with the David DeCoteau output Bonnie & Clyde: Justified. Yes, that is the man who directed A Talking Cat!?! and Voodoo Academy, so be prepared for hunky men. Joining Amanda on the episode is David DeCoteau expert (kinda), Jarrod Hornbeck of Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media @murdermfiction (BlueSky & Ins...

Here's a sneak peek at our Patreon episode on Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde (1993) with special guests Eli Bosnick (God Awful Movies) and Kolleen Carney (For Unlawful Cinematic Knowledge) Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/murdermadefiction and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Host: Amanda Jane Stern Producers: Amanda Jane Stern & Julian Seltzer Edito...

Bonnie and Clyde month continues with the most famous movie of the month: Bonnie and Clyde (1967). Amanda is joined by special guest, historian and archivist, Erik Rebain to breakdown this movie. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media @murdermfiction (BlueSky & Instagram) or send us an email: murdermadefiction@gmail.com > Amanda: @amandajanestern (BlueSky, Instagram, TikT...

Bonnie and Clyde month continues with our first movie: The Bonnie Parker Story (1958). This movie made the baffling choice to change Clyde's name to Guy. To unpack this baffling decision, Amanda is joined by special guest Caitlyn of the North from Pleasers & Punishers. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media @murdermfiction (BlueSky & Instagram) or send us an email: murder...

Between 1932 and 1934 outlaws Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Champion Barrow traveled the American West, robbing small stores, filling stations, banks and shooting anyone who got in their way. The duo had the press and the public enthralled with their crimes. Even to this day, Bonnie and Clyde live on in infamy. Tune in to learn all about this killer couple. Wanna connect with the show? Follow...

Our month of John List coverage wraps up with Taye Diggs in the Tubi title Stepfather (2026). Aside from a great lead performance, this one is a dud. Not only is it strangely more of a remake of the 2009 film, but it reverts back to problematic/inaccurate depictions of mental health and features way too many shitty cop characters who add nothing to the film! Wanna connect with the show? Follow us...

Our second John List title is Nelson McCormick's 2009 remake, The Stepfather starring Dylan Walsh and (often shirtless) Penn Badgley. It's bigger and longer and gender swaps the teen character...but curiously doesn't do anything with the newfound male energy. Plus: queer connections; questioning Walsh's casting; and joking about how 2000s era this film is. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on...

Our month of John List titles begins with the original The Stepfather (1987). Starring a magnetic Terry O'Quinn, this Reagan-era slasher film is the perfect takedown of outdated "father knows best" patriarchal beliefs. Plus: a debate about 'teenage' nudity; appreciating the production design; a gory opening; and a film where the dog doesn't die. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social med...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on Episodes 1-2 of Ryan Murphy's The Watcher limited series. Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/murdermadefiction and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today!  Theme Music: Conrad Chambers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In November, 1971 mild-mannered accountant John List murdered his entire family. He then fled town and started a brand-new life in a whole new State. How long did he get away with his crimes? Tune in to find out. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media  (BlueSky & Instagram) or send us an email: murdermadefiction@gmail.com > Amanda: @amandajanestern > Joe: @bstolemyremote...

Writer/director Matt Ruskin's Boston Strangler (2023) stars Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon as the Record American reporters who covered the infamous case. Too bad this one is such a snooze! In addition to being too long and drab, the film fudges plenty of facts and has no perspective other than "being a lady reporter is hard". It's a miss! Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media @m...

Four years after the last fictional adaptation, Compulsion director Richard Fleischer delivered a new fresh take on the case with 1968's The Boston Strangler. While Edward Anhalt's script uses the same tired pop psychology to excuse DeSalvo's crimes, cinematographer Richard H. Kline and editor Marion Rothman use split screens and transitions in an incredibly exciting way. Plus: charismatic Tony Cu...

Our coverage of The Boston Strangler kicks off with Burt Topper's The Strangler (1964). We've got 60s pop psychology, indistinguishable cops, and a leading performance from Victor Buono that steals the movie. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media  (BlueSky & Instagram) or send us an email: murdermadefiction@gmail.com > Amanda: @amandajanestern > Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett...

Amanda and Joe begin their coverage of Hulu's limited series The Girl from Plainville. Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/murdermadefiction and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Theme Music: Conrad Chambers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Joe begin a new month dedicated to the murder spree that gripped Boston in 1963 as 13 women were strangled to death in their own homes. This month we're discussing Albert DeSalvo, The Boston Strangler. If you want to hear the full story, join us on Patreon (⁠patreon.com/murdermadefiction⁠) for the full-length primer as well as episodic coverage of the Hulu miniseries, The Girl From Plai...

Amanda and Joe look back at their coverage of Leopold and Loeb and discuss their favorite adaptations, least favorite adaptations, and possible new ways to adapt the story today. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social media  (BlueSky & Instagram) or send us an email: murdermadefiction@gmail.com > Amanda: @amandajanestern > Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky) Wanna support the sh...

After using his work extensively to fact check texts throughout the month, Amanda and Joe sit down with author and archivist Erik Rebain to discuss his fascination with the case, his favorite fictional adaptations and why Ryan Murphy should (or shouldn't) make a TV series. Erik's website: The Lives and Legends of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on social medi...