Based On A True Story Studios
BOATS is a documentary studio for the stories that actually happened. No scripts. No reenactments dressed as truth. Every production is built from the record — footage, transcripts, court files — and we show our work.
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Real footage. Real court records. Real transcripts. If it isn't documented, it isn't in the film.
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We piece the story together from the evidence — never invent, never embellish, never stage.
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Where AI touches a production, we say so — in writing, on this site, for anyone to audit.
The Slate
Production No. 1 — Coming soon
At the end of Halloween, the nightmare began.
A neighbor. A fire at 2:08 AM. Thirty years of quiet menace, told from the footage, the transcripts, and the court record — nothing invented.
Trailer drops soon
Cut from the record, like everything else. Leave your email and you see it the day it lands.
The Series
The Menace in the Backyard is being assembled as a serialized documentary. This is the working episode guide — titles and order are being worked out in the open as the record comes together.
EP 01
The night of the fire — November 1, 2025, just after 2 AM — told from the security-camera footage: who was in the driveway, what the camera saw, and what happened next.
EP 02
The history between the households — the confrontation on record from February 2025 and the years before it, from footage and on-the-record accounts.
EP 03
The court record — the charges, the proceedings, and the outcome — assembled from court files and transcripts, nothing added.
EP 04
The people who lived it — on-the-record accounts from the household in the driveway that night, in their own words.
Working guide: episode titles, order, and count are not final. This page updates as the record gets assembled.
The Studio
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Our productions start with evidence that exists — footage, records, on-the-record accounts. The story is found, not written.
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Sources, timestamps, and methods travel with the story. If you want to check us, the door is open.
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We use AI in production — and we publish exactly how, in plain language, so anyone can hold us to it.
Create your own documentary
BOATS develops true stories into documentaries — yours could be next. Join the waitlist: tell us the story in a line or two, and when we open submissions, the waitlist hears first.