The Based On Podcast

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This week Elizabeth covers the 2020 film The Trial of the Chicago 7 which is a historical drama that discusses the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The protest was wild... but the trial was even wilder! Since Sabrina didn't have the chance to sit down and watch this movie she is taken through a range of emotions... love, laughter, tears... you get the idea. As alway...

This week Sabrina covers the 2005 movie Dark Water and the creepy connections the movie has to the disappearance of Elisa Lam in 2013 … a girl goes missing, gross dark water… you get the idea.

Boy is this one a doozy. Elizabeth and Sabrina both work to process through their emotional hangovers following the 2022 Netflix Original Blonde. While the real life story doesn't quite align with this over dramatization of Marilyn Monroe's life, the real story of Marilyn Monroe isn't too much better. Join Elizabeth as she expands on the parts of Marilyn's story that were true to t...

On this weeks episode Sabrina talks about the “not” horror movie Winchester and the true story behind the Winchester Mystery House. And even though Elizabeth was forced into another horror movie she does end up finding a new witchy friend in Sarah Winchester.

In continuing with the Pride month episodes Sabrina covers the 2018 film, Boy Erased. A traumatic biography based on Garrard Conley's 2016 memoir of the same name. Presently only 21 out of the 50 states have fully banned conversion therapy and Sabrina takes the opportunity presented with this movie to help provide more information about this often unspoken practice. Meanwhile, Elizabeth is pul...

This week's episode kicks off our pride releases to finish out Pride month! Elizabeth discusses the 2014 movie Pride which tells the story of an unexpected alliance between UK miners and the LGBTQ+ community during the 1984-85 miner's strike. Sabrina must come to terms with Professor Umbridge actually playing someone nice in this movie and figure out how to not cry by the time this story i...

Okay, saying that it's her favorite murder is a bit uncomfy - but this is the fascinating tale of Robert Durst. Elizabeth covers the 2010 American thriller "All Good Things" on this week's episode. The girls discuss the disappearance of Kathleen McCormack and the murders that followed her not so mysterious disappearance at the hands of Robert Durst. Sabrina also picks at the old...

In this week's episode Sabrina talks about the 2019 film True Story which stars James Franco and Jonah Hill. This movie tells the story of how shunned journalist Michael Finkel tries to manipulate his way back into success through a tell all book with family annihilator Christian Longo. In case you are curious about how things are going... Sabrina's house is still haunted and creepy and El...

If you have ever found yourself wondering what it would be like to go on a date with Elizabeth this is the episode for you. This week Elizabeth spends a good portion of the episode info dumping on her favorite subject of all time - sharks. However, when she isn't pleading with listeners to recognize sharks as our friends she tells the true story of the 1916 New Jersey shark attacks and the inf...

This is a heavy one. Sabrina covers the 2016 biographical drama Spotlight. We discuss the guy who started the whole investigation off - Fr. John Geoghan. Get ready to be angry. SOURCES: https://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/caseconsortium/casestudies/14/casestudy/www/layout/case_id_14_id_148.html https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2003_07_12/2003_12_01_Noe_PedophilePriest.htm https://archive...

On this week's episode Elizabeth tells the story about one of the very first black composers Joseph Bologne the Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Sabrina is in love - if she were a mermaid...well, you're just going to have to listen. This virtuoso violinist was skilled at literally anything he set out to accomplish and his life was fascinating as a result. Join us as we stumble through French pr...

In this weeks episode Sabrina is talking about the infamous Wolf of Wall Street - aka: an extremely toxic Cancer man. Sabrina realizes her crush on Matthew McConaughey and the girls learn a little bit about Black Monday.

We have new audio equipment!! On this week's episode, Elizabeth discusses the Lifetime movie "Girl in the Shed: The Kidnapping of Abby Hernandez" a movie which only reinforced her distaste for the terrible Lifetime movies that Sabrina loves. The silver lining to Elizabeth's miserable experience with watching this movie is that she gets to tell the story of how this badass 14 (alm...

On this week's episode, Elizabeth discusses one of the most notorious figure skaters of all time - and contrary to what you may be led to believe, it is not Sabrina. Discussing the 2017 hit mockumentary (yes, that is what it is really called) " I, Tonya ", Elizabeth talks Tonya Harding, figure skating history, Obama, and the 'whack heard around the world'. If you are a Tonya...

Sabrina empathizes all over the place in this latest episode where we discuss the heinous crimes of Charles Cullen from the 2022 Netflix Original movie The Good Nurse. Join us as we discuss everything we don't know (and the little bit that we do) about the military, Twilight, and the events that led to Charles Cullen murdering dozens of patients in hospitals across New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Everyone has a core memory about McDonalds - for Sabrina it is how delicious their fries are and for Elizabeth it is her time being a slut at... *ahem*, working at McDonalds. This weeks episode focuses on the 2016 movie "The Founder". Elizabeth shares the origin story of the McDonald's brothers and how a milkshake really did bring a boy to their yard. The boy being Ray Kroc who not o...

*** IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: This is a prerecorded episode that was recorded while we were still trying to figure out how things were going to sound best. We used one computer and ran into issues with Elizabeth's mic not picking up as well. We appreciate your patience with us as we navigate podcasting!*** In this episode, Sabrina covers the 2009 (maybe underrated?) movie The Orphan and the true s...

In this first episode we are discussing Jennifer's Body and how it is (maybe?) inspired by the horrific murder of Elyse Pahler. Elyse Pahler was a fifteen year old girl who was brutally murdered by a teenage band who thought sacrificing her to the devil would make them as famous as Slayer. Sabrina does not hide her detest for the movie Jennifer's Body and Elizabeth points out some of what...

We are two childhood best friends who dumped their love of garbage reality shows to be lifelong students with an obsession for research. Okay. That’s not true. We still love our garbage tv. But, we also really love researching all things inspired by crazy events that actually happened! The Based On Podcast is hosted by us, Elizabeth and Sabrina, and every week we tell you the real events that insp...