274: JFK with Marty Morgan
Conspiracies still swirl around the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Many of those were depicted in Oliver Stone’s 1991 film JFK, and today we’ll dig deep into the true story with historian Marty Morgan. Follow Marty’s YouTube Look for Marty on The UnXPlained with William Shatner Historical tours Marty’s book […]
260: This Week: 1776, Lawrence of Arabia, Project Blue Book
In this episode, we’ll learn about historical events that happened this week in history as they were depicted in 1776, Lawrence of Arabia, and Project Blue Book. Did you enjoy this episode? Help support the next one! Buy me a coffee Disclaimer: Dan LeFebvre and/or Based on a True Story may earn commissions from qualifying […]
244: This Week: Gods and Generals, The Right Stuff, The Hindenburg
In this episode, we’ll learn about historical events that happened this week in history as they were depicted in Gods and Generals, The Right Stuff and The Hindenburg. Alan Shepard’s photo from space The Hindenburg disaster footage Did you enjoy this episode? Help support the next one! Buy me a coffee Disclaimer: Dan LeFebvre and/or […]
232: This Week: Waco, The Crucible, Seabiscuit
On this episode, we’ll learn about historical events that happened this week in history as they were depicted in Waco, The Crucible and Seabiscuit. Did you enjoy this episode? Help support the next one! Buy me a coffee Disclaimer: Dan LeFebvre and/or Based on a True Story may earn commissions from qualifying purchases through our […]
230: This Week: Mata Hari, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Young Guns
For the week between February 13th to February 19th, we’ll be learning about historical events that were depicted in Mata Hari, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and Young Guns. Did you enjoy this episode? Help support the next one! Buy me a coffee Disclaimer: Dan LeFebvre and/or Based on a True Story may earn commissions […]
211: The X-Files with Rob Kristoffersen
The classic TV series The X-Files is fiction, but there are some true stories and UFO cases that inspired episodes of the series. To help us learn more about them, we’ll chat with UFO researcher and host of Our Strange Skies, Rob Kristoffersen. Listen to Our Strange Skies Raechel’s Eyes episode Rob mentions Did you […]
175: The Conspirator with Dr. Brian Dirck
2010’s The Conspirator tells the story of Mary Surratt and her alleged involvement in Lincoln’s assassination. Dr. Brian Dirck joins us again to separate fact from fiction in the film. Dr. Dirck is a Professor of History at Anderson University and author of multiple books on President Lincoln, including Lincoln and the Constitution, The Black […]
168: Project Blue Book Season 2 with Rob Kristoffersen
Listen to Season 1 BOATS interview with PBB’s creator and showrunner Disclaimer: Dan LeFebvre and/or Based on a True Story may earn commissions from qualifying purchases through our links on this page. Did you enjoy this episode? Help support the next one! Buy me a coffee Transcript Note: This transcript is automatically generated. There will […]
152: Project Blue Book Season 1 with Rob Kristoffersen
Listen to Season 2 BOATS interview with PBB’s creator and showrunner Subscribe to Rob’s podcast Rob’s other podcast: The Coda Disclaimer: Dan LeFebvre and/or Based on a True Story may earn commissions from qualifying purchases through our links on this page. Did you enjoy this episode? Help support the next one! Buy me a coffee […]
126: JFK
Resources JFK (1991) – IMDb JFK (1991) – Plot Summary – IMDb JFK (film) – Wikipedia JFK Assassination Records – 2018 Additional Documents Release | National Archives The Lie That Linked CIA to the Kennedy Assassination — Central Intelligence Agency JFK — The Assassination Movie How Accurate is Oliver Stone’s Film JFK? : 22 November […]
124: The Catcher Was a Spy
Did you enjoy this episode? Help support the next one! Buy me a coffee Resources The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) – IMDb The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) – Plot Summary – IMDb Moe Berg | Baseball Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia Moe Berg Moe Berg | Society for American Baseball Research Who […]