Is the show Dirty John Based on a true story?

Is the show Dirty John Based on a true story?

Like the first season, which told the story of real-life conman John Meehan and his last victim Debra Newell, this season is also based on a true story—this time about the Brodericks and how their seemingly picture-perfect marriage deteriorated and ended with Betty murdering Dan and his second wife, Linda Kolkena.

Why do they call it Dirty John?

Title. The title Dirty John is one of the nicknames John Meehan’s classmates gave him during his time at the University of Dayton. Other nicknames from this time included “Filthy John” and “Filthy”. The exact origin of these nicknames is never divulged during the podcast.

Is Dirty John Season 1 and 2 connected?

While the second season, titled The Betty Broderick Story is entirely separate from the first—which told the true story of sociopathic con-man John Meehan (Eric Bana) and his unsuspecting victim Debra Newell (Connie Britton)—the story that inspired the show’s second outing is just as real and just as shocking.

Was Dirty John an actual doctor?

But, in reality, he never had a medical degree. Meehan did have a nurse anesthetist degree from Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia in 1998, but his nursing career fell apart after he was caught stealing drugs from patients in the hospitals where he worked.