Criminal Adaptations

From 1972 to 1983 serial killer and bakery owner Robert Hansen abducted, raped, and murdered at least 17 women, many of whom he hunted after releasing them into the wilderness. 13 years after Hansen …

In 1992, Mark Whitacre, vice president of a Fortune 500 company, agreed to be an undercover FBI informant to help an investigation into price fixing. In 1998, he was convicted of 46 felonies involvin…

Selena was an up-and-coming Tejano star about to break into the mainstream music scene when her life was cut short by the manager of her boutiques and president of her fan club in 1995. Gregory Nava’…

 New Episodes of Criminal Adaptations season 2 are coming February 13th !

Join our hosts Remi, who spent over a decade working in the film and television industry in Los Angeles, California, and  Ashl…

For our first season finale, we dive deep into the fascinating life of Truman Capote, the man often accredited for popularizing true crime creating the nonfiction fiction genre. The late great Philip…

Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood captivated the world when it was published in 1966. Richard Brooks adapted the book into a movie under the same name the following year. This week we explore Brooks’s fi…

Everybody polka! This week we discuss Jan Lewan, Grammy nominated polka artist turned Ponzi schemer, and Jack Black’s depiction of him in Maya Forbes’s The Polka King (2017). Was Lewan a contriving m…

This week Ashley and Remi discuss Noah Hawley’s Lucy in the Sky (2019), a film loosely inspired by former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak. Join us as we uncover the details behind the riveting story which …

Mark and Dave Shultz were viewed by many as the greatest wrestlers in the world, but their lives and careers would be uprooted less than a decade after they meet an eccentric multi-millionaire, John …

“The Windshield Murder” is regarded as one of the most bizarre and sensational crimes in Tarrant County. The details of the case, which inspired Stuart Gordon’s Stuck (2007), illustrate the fine line…

How far would you go to support the person you love? Would you rob a bank and hold eight employees hostage for 14 hours to pay for your partner’s gender reassignment surgery? This week we talk about …

Corey Finley’s and HBO’s Bad Education (2019), staring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney, gained praise from critics and viewers. How did Frank Tassone and Pam Gluckin pull off the largest public schoo…

Wes Craven’s Scream (1996) is a cult classic and regarded by many as one of the greatest horror movies of all time, but did you know it was inspired by the real life robbery, rape, and murder spree o…

Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures (1994) helped launch the careers of two of the biggest names in Hollywood, Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey. How accurate is the movie adaption of New Zealand’s inf…

What do you get when you mix Michael Bay, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Mark Wahlberg, and Anthony Mackie? 2013’s blockbuster film Pain & Gain. This story has it all: body builders, kidnapping, torture,…

What do you get when you mix Michael Bay, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Mark Wahlberg, and Anthony Mackie? 2013’s blockbuster film Pain & Gain. This story has it all: body builders, kidnapping, torture,…

Welcome to Criminal Adaptations, the show where we take a look at some of your favorite movies and the true crime stories that inspired them. Join our hosts Remi, who has over a decade of experience …