REEL CRIMES: A True Crime and Movie Podcast

In 1948 Alfred Hitchcock would unveil his first color feature film, ROPE, a darkly satisfying crime thriller full of tense voyeurism and wicked narcissism about two precocious young men who attempt to prove they have committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling one of their former classmates to death.

A brilliant achievement of experimental cinematography and gripping suspense, it pales in comparison to the shocking events, grisly murder, and sensationalized trial that inspired it.
Join me and my guest, Alex Mattson, as we discuss the film and the true crime events it is based on.
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I’m Brion Salazar the host of REEL CRIMES, the podast of Murder, Mayhem, and Movies - where Hollywood meets Homicide, and the truth is absolutely stranger than fiction.

Each episode I’ll be taking a deep dive into one of my favorite films that is based on or inspired by true events.

On season One of Reel Crimes we’ll be covering movies from different genres including Thriller, Horror, Western, and more.

I hope you will join me and my friends as we take a unique look at true crime through the lens of pop culture and compare the real events to the box office magic.

You can join us by searching for Reel Crimes - That’s, REEL with two E’s - wherever podcasts are found, or by visiting ReelCrimesPod.com

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On August 22, 1972, at 2:58 pm, 3 men attempted to rob a branch of the Chase Manhattan bank in Brooklyn, New York..

John Wojtowicz, a troubled Vietnam veteran, and two accomplices tried to stage a daring bank heist, hoping to snatch nearly 200,000 dollars in cash.

Ill-advised, and poorly managed, the caper quickly went off the rails, leading to a tense hostage situation between police, the FBI, Wotojtwicz, and the bank employees stuck in the middle.

On this episode we’ll take a look at the 1975 film DOG DAY AFTERNOON, written by Frank Pierson, Directed by Sidney Lument, and starring Al Pachino.

Stolen cash, hostage negotiations, tv cameras, chanting crowds and the desperate men that started it all - this is the story of John Wojtowicz and the failed bank heist on a hot summer day in New York that captured the nation's attention.

On May 19, 1981, Laura Susan Ramsay and Robert Mountford Jr. were hiking the Appalachian Trail in Virginia.

The pair were social workers from Maine and were using their trip to raise money for a school for mentally challenged children run by Rob Mountford's mother.

While they were staying at the Wapiti Shelter in Giles VA, Robert Mountford was shot in the head with a .22-caliber pistol, and Laura Ramsay was bludgeoned with a piece of iron and then stabbed repeatedly with a knife and a long nail.

Randall Lee Smith was convicted of the crime and served 15 years before getting out of prison on parole, only to strike again, 27 years after his original crimes.
Find out more on this bonus episode of REEL CRIMES, as we dive into the horrific true crime story of the The Appalachian Trail Murderer.
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On this episode we’ll take a look at the 1979 film, The Amityville Horror, a story about George and Kathy Lutz and their tale of intense dread and chilling horror that would inspire several books and more than half a dozen films.

Bleeding walls, glowing red eyes, forces of evil commanding you to GET OUT, and swarms of flies...This is the story of the Amityville Horror and the events, both real and imagined, that created an American Horror story that has thrilled audiences for over 60 years.

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