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The Law and Order series really do take stories from the headlines. When they do that, the story will start off just like the real case then take twists and turns that end the episode far differently than the real case. I know this because I'm very well versed in real crime stories and often recognize the case that the story came from, even some reasonably obscure cases. The Law and Order CI episode, 'Bombshell' is an example that most people would recognize as the case of Anna Nicole Smith. See the link below for a clip of that show.

The Lifetime channel specializes in made for TV movies about real cases. Although it's popular to satirize their programing, their movies are recreations of some very serious cases about some really bad crimes.

Some of the more famous theater movies based on real crimes go back to the 1932 'I Was a Fugitive From a Chain Gang' based on a biography by James Allen, the real fugitive; or the well known 1967 movies, 'In Cold Blood" and 'Bonnie and Clyde; the 1976 movie 'Helter Skelter', the story of the Manson crimes; the 2002 'Catch Me If You Can', the story of Frank Abagnale Jr.; the 2003 'Monster', the story of Aileen Wuornos. These are some of the more well known real crime movies, there are many more. See the link below for a partial list.

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