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  1. May 23, 2017 · Learn how a mother was deceived by the LAPD and a fake son in 1928, and how her real son was murdered by a serial killer. This article explores the facts and fiction of the true crime that inspired a Clint Eastwood movie.

  2. Jul 8, 2020 · Christine Collins' son went missing in 1928 and was allegedly found in Illinois, but she knew it wasn't him. The boy was a runaway who impersonated the boy, while police covered up a serial killing case at a chicken ranch.

  3. Changeling is a 2008 American mystery crime drama film directed, produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. The story was based on real-life events, specifically the 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop murders in Mira Loma, California.

  4. Walter B Collins was a nine-year-old boy who went missing in 1928. The state of California concluded that Collins had been murdered by Gordon Stewart Northcott as part of the Wineville Chicken Coop murders .

  5. Oct 24, 2008 · But the new Clint Eastwood movie Changeling is also based on a true story — one of the most bizarre and tragic crime stories of the 1920s. It's a story with so many strange turns and...

  6. Dec 7, 2021 · Changeling is a 2008 movie based on the 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop murders and the case of Christine Collins, who lost her son Walter and was accused of insanity by the police. The movie follows the historical facts closely, except for the trial location and the molestation charges against the killer.

  7. Oct 29, 2018 · What you may not know about The Changeling, however, is that its tale of a malevolent spirit haunting a gloomy mansion is based on a true story. When Russell Hunter moved into a old mansion in Denver, he soon began experiencing paranormal phenomena, which eventually left him in fear for his life.