The Shocking Truth - Season 2 (2018)

"Friday The 13th" is the story of a group of teenagers who are stalked and murdered while trying to reopen a summer camp at Crystal Lake. But the shocking truth is that the film is based on the real life murders of three teenagers at Lake Bodom, Finland.

When the Jigsaw killer burst on to movie screens, no one had ever seen a sadistic killer like that before. Or had they? As it turns out the story of Saw took its cues from med-student-turned-serial-killer H. H. Holmes who ruthlessly tortured and murdered countless victims. You may think you know the story of Saw, but this is The Shocking Truth.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest won best picture in 1975, but author Ken Kesey was not thrilled with the movie adaptation of his book. As compelling as the story is, Kesey's life as an author and lab rat for the CIA's MK Ultra program is just as perplexing and amazing. You may think you know the story of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but this is The Shocking Truth.

"Night of the Living Dead" is the story of a group of people that barricade themselves in an abandoned farmhouse hoping to stay safe from the horde of flesh-eating corpses that are coming for them. But the shocking truth is that throughout history there have been several documented cases of real-life zombies walking among the living, especially in Haitian voodoo culture.

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a horror classic, but few people know that the story of a man who stalks people in their dreams was inspired by true stories. Years before the popular horror series, a group of men we're having nightmares so terrifying they never woke up. You think you know the story of A Nightmare on Elm Street, but this is the Shocking Truth.

Apocalypse Now is one of the most important war movies of all time. A war-weary Captain goes on a secret mission to take out a rogue Colonel and along the way the film paints a portrait of the violence and futility of the Vietnam War. But what most people don't know is that the gonzo character of Colonel Kurtz played by Marlon Brando, was inspired by real-life Colonel Robert B. Rheault. In Vietnam 1969, nothing was more important than intelligence, so when a special forces A-Team discovers that they might have a double agent in their midst they have to play it just ...

A quiet suburban home is rocked by a poltergeist. A family under siege is desperate for answers. Researchers are baffled as to why the poltergeist has targeted the Herrmann family. Does the youngest family member hold the answer? Two decades later, "Poltergeist" terrifies moviegoers with a similar story of a family put through a living hell. You may think you know the story behind "Poltergeist." But this is The Shocking Truth.

When Betty and Barney Hill were travelling back from vacation they witnessed strange lights on the horizon and realized that they had lost several hours. Upon returning home they began to feel that they had been abducted by aliens. This is just one of many stories that witnesses claim offer proof of life beyond planet earth. You think you know the story of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but this is The Shocking Truth.

The Martin Scorsese classic Casino introduced movie goers to the world of the Vegas mob. The story of "Ace" Rothstein was really the story of mobster Frank Rosenthal. And as outrageous as the story of Casino was, what happened in Vegas in real life was too big to stay there. You think you know the story of Casino, but this is The Shocking Truth.

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