Copycat Killers

Brittney Dwyer is the kind of girl who never quite fit in. Obsessed with all things grim and macabre, Brittney has few friends, and spends most of her time doing drugs and watching horror movies. Low on money after moving out on her own, Brittney comes up with a deadly scheme to get rich quick by killing her grandfather and stealing his $100,000 life savings. Brittney says plot was inspired by her favorite TV show, American Horror Story. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/  

Transcribed - Published: 28 September 2020

Sean Sellers grew up in Oklahoma City but his childhood was far from normal. As a boy, he came across books about Satanism and found solace as he became increasingly drawn to the occult. Much like the evil character, “Damien” in the horror film The Omen, Sean was a young person wreaking havoc-- believing he was possessed by demons. As Sean seeks to gain power and control in his life, he turns to the devil’s guidance in his bloody, twisted path. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts unravel the brutal murder inspired by American Horror Story. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 21 September 2020

Two middle school girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, decide to sacrifice their friend Payton Leutner to the infamous supernatural internet meme known as “Slender Man.” After reading stories about Slender Man online, the 12-year-old girls attempt to murder their classmate, but they soon discover that committing a cold-blooded murder is harder than it seems. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts analyze the bloody crimes inspired by the horror movie, The Omen. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 14 September 2020

A man becomes so obsessed with the film Queen of the Damned that he murders his friend, eats part of his body, and drinks his blood – thinking that just like in the movie, the gruesome act will help him achieve immortality. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts unravel the bloody crime inspired by the legend of Slender Man. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 7 September 2020

Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. This childhood rhyme was based on a real-life murder that was turned into a great movie, The Legend of Lizzie Borden. So great that when one fan, James Cushing, finds an axe, he thinks it is destiny to follow Elizabeth Montgomery’s portrayal and become Lizzie. Walking the streets of a Seattle suburb at night, no one is safe as he searches for the perfect victim. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts analyze the real-life murder inspired by the movie, Queen of the Damned. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 31 August 2020

In a scene right out of the crime-comedy Heathers, three high school best friends become mortal enemies in a plot to kill the “cool kids.” New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts unravel the murder inspired by the legend of Lizzie Borden.   Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/

Transcribed - Published: 24 August 2020

The psychological thriller starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close inspired a real murder Known as “The Fatal Attraction Case.” The crime occurred when one man’s infidelity resulted in obsession, stalking, and murder—just like in the movie. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts analyze the real-life crimes inspired by the movie, Heathers. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 17 August 2020

Inspired by an episode of TV’s Forensic Files, disgraced businessman Ari Squire attempts to start a new life by faking his own death in order to collect his $5 million life insurance policy. To do it, Squire plans to murder an innocent man named Justin Newman and take on his identity. Little does Ari know, his plan is far from airtight, and Newman is not the only one who will end up dead. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 10 August 2020

The movie tells the story of a star student’s decent into the violent, underground world of heroin on the streets of New York. Inspired by what he saw, 14-year old Michael Carneal of Paducah, Kentucky, horrifies the nation when he reenacts the movie’s most violent scene with an unsuspecting group of students in a prayer circle. It’s a copycat killing that forever leaves a small town shaken to its core. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts unravel the murder inspired by TV’s Forensic Files. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 3 August 2020

Enjoy today's bonus episode of I Lived With A Killer from Real Crime: The Reelz Files!  Be sure to subscribe for new episodes every Thursday: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-crime-the-reelz-files/id1503083538  I Lived With A Killer: Drew Peterson The Killer Cop’s son, Stephen, is in disbelief when his father is accused of murder in the suspicious death of his 3rd wife – and the suspicious disappearance of his 4th wife. As the media circles around the family, Stephen protects his younger siblings and is ultimately forced to face the terrible truth – could his father be guilty after all? I Lived With A Killer is part of the real crime collection in The REELZ Files. New podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, the family of The Craigslist Killer opens up about what it’s like to live with a killer. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 30 July 2020

Lyle and Erik Menendez live an extraordinarily comfortable life, thanks to the hard work of their father. Despite being set for success with prestigious educations and father’s many connections, the boys lack an adequate work ethic and prioritize play over work. When their self-made father finally cuts them off, the boys are outraged. They start to compare themselves to the characters in the popular TV movie Billionaire Boys Club. They won’t accept any obstacles in their quest for free-flowing money and freedom, even if it means killing their parents to get it. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts analyze the murders inspired by the movie, The Basketball Diaries. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 27 July 2020

Janice Orndoff kills her husband in a supposed act of self-defense. Despite the couple’s recent troubles, no one believes this sweet woman could commit such a grisly murder unless it was absolutely necessary. However, much like in the movie Primal Fear, her court case unravels the truth, proving that Janice has plenty of hidden secrets. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts analyze the brutal murders inspired by The Billionaire Boys Club. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 20 July 2020

Like the film, The Talented Mr. Ripley, a young working-class man creates multiple identities in order to become part of the wealthy elite – and kills to keep his lies a secret. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts analyze the gruesome murder inspired by the movie, Primal Fear. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/  

Transcribed - Published: 13 July 2020

Socially awkward George Hennard has been searching all his life for love. But no matter how hard he tries he can’t seem to find a girlfriend. After years of rejection, his resentment and hatred of women grows and culminates in the tragic slaughter of a restaurant full of customers. George kills himself as well. His autopsy reveals a ticket stub for the film The Fisher King, tucked into his pants pocket, indicating George’s inspiration for this mass shooting came from a twisted misinterpretation of the movie. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts analyze the gruesome kidnap and murder inspired by The Talented Mr. Ripley. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 6 July 2020

The gruesome kidnap and torture of 16-year-old Suzanne Capper ends in murder. But the story proves even more twisted upon the revelation that the character “Chuckie” from the movie Child’s Play played a dark and sinister role in inspiring the killers. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts unveil the mass shooting inspired by The Fisher King. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 29 June 2020

A mentally ill man takes a page out of the script from the movie Taxi Driver, as he attempts to assassinate President of the United States and impress the film¹s star with his deranged act of violence. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts analyze the gruesome kidnap and murder inspired by Child’s Play. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 22 June 2020

In the 1960’s thriller, The Collector, “Freddy Clegg” kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just to have her there. Just like “Freddie,” Leonard Lake sought attention and affection from countless women, many of whom rejected him coldly. Inspired by events in The Collector, he sets off on a blood curdling adventure with his partner-in-crime Charles Ng. The pair build a bunker, in which almost two-dozen women would be held with their fates in his hands. The chilling and astounding series of events that followed became one of the most infamous copycat crimes in California. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts analyze the attempted presidential assasination inspired by Taxi Driver. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/  

Transcribed - Published: 15 June 2020

Erin Caffey's life starts resembling that of Nicole Walker, a character in James Foley's 1996 film, "Fear," and like Nicole, when Erin begins dating the town bad boy, her parents disapprove and forbid her from seeing him again. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts unveil the serial killings inspired by The Collector.   Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/?  

Transcribed - Published: 8 June 2020

Token clerk Harry Kaufman went to his job at a Brooklyn subway station with no idea his life was in danger. That day, Vincent Ellerbe and James Irons set a fire in the token clerk’s booth. Like the brothers trying to rob the station in Money Train, Vincent and James end up killing Kaufman in the inferno. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts unveil the grisly murder inspired by Fear. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 1 June 2020

For most people the Robocop movie franchise is action packed with violence and extreme gore. But for Nathaniel White of Poughkeepsie, NY, the movie inspired him to become a serial killer. White searches the streets and bars for easy prey. Once he has picked his target, he hides his true desires and uses his charms to lure the victim in. Then he switches to become like the movie villains he admires, killing just like they did in Robocop. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts dissect the murder inspired by Money Train. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/  

Transcribed - Published: 25 May 2020

Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham are teenage lovers convinced that the only way they can truly be together is to kill Kim’s mother, Elizabeth. Elizabeth believes Lucas’ bad boy ways are going to send her daughter down the wrong path, and she has tried to break them up. Kim and Lucas, however, are not dissuaded. Inspired by the love story in Twilight, where not even death can stand in the way of true love, the couple decide to kill Kim’s mother so they can finally be together.  New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Tuesday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts unmask the serial killer inspired by Robocop. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/  

Transcribed - Published: 18 May 2020

Inspired by the slasher epic, Freddy vs. Jason, a young man tries to transform himself into the famous movie monster “Freddy Krueger.” The copycat killer stalks, taunts, and stabs his victims like a psychopath with no remorse. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts unveil the double murder inspired by Twilight. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 11 May 2020

When Michelina Lewandowska met Marcin Kasprzak it was love at first sight. But he was hiding a dark secret and when their love dimmed, Michelina announced she was leaving the relationship for a better life. But Marcin would rather kill than be left alone. So he copies a scene from Kill Bill where Uma Thurman’s character, “The Bride,” is buried alive. In this case, “The Bride” is his girlfriend Michelina. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts unmask the murders inspired by Freddy vs. Jason Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 4 May 2020

A Gulf War Vet goes “Rambo” after watching the movie series and deciding to become his own one-man army. His target is the entire Los Angeles Police Department. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts chronicle how Kill Bill inspired a jilted lover to bury his girlfriend alive. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 27 April 2020

The perfect heist becomes a deadly trap staged by an Air Force man and his friends in Northern Utah. Airman Dale Pierre planned to rob $25K worth of electronic from a Hi Fi store in Ogden. But Pierre and his accomplices didn’t have a plan for the growing group of hostages they had to hide in the basement. The crime scene turns grisly when Pierre and his team begin to torture rape and murder their hostages in a scene Inspired by watching Clint Eastwood’s classic Dirty Harry series. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts reveal how a murderous rampage was inspired by watching Rambo.   Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/  

Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2020

On May 23, 2015, a triple murder shook a small town in Oxfordshire, England. That’s when 21-year-old Jed Allen reached his boiling point. He is furious about his mother’s spiraling problems with drugs, alcohol and a boyfriend Jed does not approve of. Worried for his mother and his sister, he kills the three in a blind rage. His misguided need to protect his family from themselves is inspired by the X-Men character, “Wolverine” who is known for being a loner with a kind heart, but who also allows his good intentions to morph into killer instincts instead. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts unmask the murder inspired by Dirty Harry. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2020

Evil lurks in an upscale, gated community in Annetta, TX. The perpetrator is 17-year old Jake Evans who is inspired to copy what he saw in Rob Zombie’s remake of the slasher flick, Halloween. In a homicidal quest to destroy a family he felt was suffocating him, Jake devises a plan to kill his family just like the masked killer “Michael Myers,” in the movie. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts reveal how a triple-murder was inspired a character in X-Men. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 6 April 2020

In the horror movie Saw, a twisted killer named “Jigsaw” becomes notorious for designing torture scenes that test his victim¹s will to live. The movie inspired a copycat “Jigsaw-Killer” and his first victim was a pizza deliveryman who became an unwitting player in his scheme. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts unmask the murder inspired by Halloween. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 30 March 2020

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Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2020

Inspired by slasher films like Wes Craven’s Scream, two deranged teenagers put on the Ghostface masks worn in the movie and then proceed to terrorize and brutally stab a female classmate to death using iconic horror movie tropes learned from Scream. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts reveal how a twisted torture-test was inspired by the movie Saw. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 23 March 2020

When the DC Snipers terrorized the Washington, DC area in 2002, few realized that the killers were motivated by a movie. John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo watched The Matrix before their shootings. The film inspired their mission to create chaos and change a world that they believed had been overtaken by an oppressive system. To Muhammed and Malvo, everyone was part of that system and had to be eliminated. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts dissect the real-life murder inspired by Scream. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/  

Transcribed - Published: 16 March 2020

On a warm summer evening in Aurora, Colorado, an excited audience sits down for the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises. But little do they know, this will be a night to remember, and not because of the movie. For sitting among them is James Holmes, and he’s taken a little too much inspiration from one of Batman’s most recognizable supervillains, “The Joker.” Intent on causing chaos and destruction, this copycat uses the latest Batman release as the inspiration for a deadly rampage that turned into the worst theater mass-shooting in American history. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts dissect the murder inspired by The Matrix. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 9 March 2020

Like the handsome killer, “Patrick Bateman,” played by Christian Bale in American Psycho, a real-life copycat murderer is hiding behind expensive sunglasses and designer clothes. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts dissect the Colorado theater massacre inspired by The Dark Knight. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 3 March 2020

The dystopian horror film, The Purge, explores the ruthless nature of humans when all crime—even murder—is legal one night a year. Jonathan Cruz, a troubled Indianapolis teen, obsesses over the idea of crime without consequence. He also identifies with the outsiders in The Purge who seek vengeance. Encouraged by members of his gang, Cruz decides to stage a copycat “Purge” of his own.  New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts dissect the real-life carnage inspired by American Psycho. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/  

Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2020

In Deliverance, a group of friends from the city take a seemingly innocent weekend canoe trip in rural Georgia. But the weekend takes an unimaginable turn to murder. The same horrific scene plays out in real-life as a Poughkeepsie, New York history teacher named Albert Fentress sees a young man trespass onto his lawn. Inspired by Deliverance, Albert enters a psychotic state that unleashes his disturbed and deeply rooted urges to kill, copycat-style. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts dissect murder inspired by The Purge. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/  

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2020

TV’s Breaking Bad is infamous for violent scenes that are so heartless, they have you peeking through your fingers! In the second episode, “Cats in the Bag,” Aaron Paul’s “Jesse Pinkman” disposes a body in a tub full of acid. For Spokane single, Regan Jolley, life seems too good to be true when she meets a charming young war veteran, Jason Hart, and starts a whirlwind romance. But when the relationship turns sour, Reagan has no idea that her boyfriend has plans to copy his Breaking Bad hero’s most devious plot point-- a tub full of acid and her dead body. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Tuesday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts expose a real-life Dexter. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2020

Inspired by the Hannibal TV series and The Silence of the Lambs horror franchise, a real life “Hannibal Lecter” sets out to find human victims as his appetite for human flesh increases. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Tuesday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts expose a real-life Hannibal Lector. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/ 

Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2020

Sir Anthony Hopkins’ chilling cannibal in The Silence of the Lambs spawned a Hollywood horror franchise. But the macabre gentleman-killer also inspired 14-year-old Florida boy, Michael Hernandez, to develop a dark obsession with serial killers like Lecter. In an attempt to mirror the cold-blooded monster, Hernandez embarks on his very own killing spree. He lures classmates Jamie Gough and Andre Martin into the bathroom of their school. What happened next was unspeakable and only Andre lived to tell what copycat killer Michael Hernandez did.  New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts expose a real-life Hannibal Lector. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/  

Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2020

Brad Pitt and Edward Norton form an underground fight club to counter their boredom and discontent with life in Fight Club. The film inspired Australian cousins Tony Bagnato and Diego Carbone to join a real-life Fight Club hoping to have some fun sparring with like-minded men and, in Tony’s case, further his boxing career. But when Tony starts pushing drugs for some money on the side, he quickly turns from an up-and-coming fighter to a wannabe crime boss. And when Tony fears a conflict within the club could come back to bite him later, the cousins decide one member needs to pay the ultimate price. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts analyze the grisly schoolyard scene inspired by The Silence of the Lambs. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/

Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2020

Martin Scorsese’s film, Casino, takes us back to a time when Las Vegas was still the “wild west” and the mob ran gambling and damn near everything else in sin city. Vegas-teen Matt Baker watched Casino over and over again, trying to mimic the dapper gangsters portrayed by Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. Inspired by what he saw, Matt forms a clique of other high school students who start their own drug enterprise and call themselves “The Crew.” But when one member, Jared Whaley, decides wants out, Matt feels betrayed. That’s when this copycat is inspired by Pesci’s line as gangster “Nicky Santoro.” “Got a lot of holes in the desert and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. Except you gotta do it right.” New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and experts analyze the murder inspired by Fight Club. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/

Transcribed - Published: 7 January 2020

Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta grew up to be mob-murderers in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas.But for one New Jersey man named Joe Post, the fictional characters became his inspiration. Joe joined the “Pit Bulls,” a gang of local drug addicts who terrorize their neighborhood. While the Pit Bulls’ crimes start off small, Joe is convinced that fellow gang member, Andrew, may have ratted them out to the authorities. Joe takes no mercy in a brutal Goodfellas–inspired copycat crime.  New Copycat Killerspodcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and experts dissect the mob-style killings inspired by Casino. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https.//www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 30 December 2019

Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis are two attractive serial killers who take their crime spree on the road in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. But for two troubled lovers, Natural Born Killers inspired them to become the film's characters in real life. Together, these copycat killers go on a cross-country killing spree and leave a trail of blood in their dust. New Copycat Killers podcasts drops each Tuesday. Next Week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Orsteiner dissects the mob-style killings inspired by Goodfellas. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https.//www.reelz.com/podcasts/ 

Transcribed - Published: 24 December 2019

Quentin Tarantino is affectionately known as “The Master of Suspense” for his movie scenes that depict excessive violence and cutthroat retaliations. One English fan, 16-year-old Allan Bentley from the Liverpool, drew inspiration from Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs and, along with two friends, reenacted a brutal murder scene from the film. The boys got it right --including mutilation and an attempt to cut off their victim’s ear. The copycats even hummed a familiar tune that played under the grisly scene in the movie.  New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts expose serial killings inspired by Natural Born Killers. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com   To find every episode of Murder Made Me Famous, check out it's new feed here.  

Transcribed - Published: 17 December 2019

Tony Soprano, the fictional New Jersey mob boss in HBO’s The Sopranos, could seemingly get away with anything, even the eight murders his character committed in the series. But for Riverside, CA residents, Jason Bautista and his half-brother Michael Montejo, one particular Sopranos episode inspired them to murder their mentally ill mother and dismember her in an attempt to conceal the identity of her body. It was a familiar mob tactic that the boys learned from watching an episode of The Sopranos.But unlike the fiction, these copycat killers turned what they saw on TV into tragedy. New Copycat Killerspodcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Forensic Psychologist Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner and the experts dive into the murder inspired by Reservoir Dogs. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/

Transcribed - Published: 21 November 2019

Happy Halloween! Enjoy this bonus episode of the new Reelz and PodcastOne podcast 'Autopsy: The Last Hours Of..." featuring an in depth look at the death of Patrick Swayze. If you like what you hear be sure to subscribe!

Transcribed - Published: 30 October 2019