Crime Stories

Are the movies, "The Girl Next Door", and "An American Crime" stories about the same child abuse case? THX.?

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1. Yes, both are about the same case in the Sixties in Indiana. "An American Crime" is a 2007 crime-drama film based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by Indianapolis housewife Gertrude Baniszewski. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Crime "The Girl Next Door" aka "Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door" is a 2007 film adaptation of the 1989 novel of the same name by Jack Ketchum. It is loosely based on the true story of the murder of Sylvia Likens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Next_Door_(2007_film) Here is a link to the Wikipedia page about Sylvia Likens (January 3, 1949~October 26, 1965) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Likens