Incredible Crime Movies That Were Based On True Events

An American Crime (2007)

Released in 2007, An American Crime focuses on the story of a young girl named Sylvia and her younger sister who are allowed to stay at a new friend’s house while their parents go to work on the carnival circuit. However, in a series of events, the mother who they are staying with ends up locking Sylvia up and allowing the neighborhood kids repeatedly torture Sylvia up until her death. She also participated in Sylvia’s torture and murder. The story is based on the true events of the murder of Sylvia Likens by housewife Gertrude Baniszeski. As if the film isn’t disturbing enough, knowing it was based on actual events makes it even more difficult to watch.