Michael Carneal - Copycat Killers

1995’s movie, The Basketball Diaries, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, tells the story of a star student's descent into the seedy underground world of heroin and violence on the streets of New York... not exactly a story you would expect to see in small town Paducah, Kentucky. But14-year old Michael Carneal does exactly that when he re-enacts the movie’s most violent scene onto an unsuspecting group of students in a prayer circle

Hollywood made them do it… This new series chronicles the real-life copy cat crimes and criminals inspired by blockbuster movies and TV series. The series features hits like Scream, Fatal Attraction, Natural Born Killers, Hannibal, Heathers and others where real life has imitated the silver screen. Each episode details the real life crime and its parallels to a Hollywood hit with dramatic recreations and insight from police detectives, psychologists, and other experts familiar with the case and film.