What's the "True Story?"

I was about to get snarky and say "just google it," but then I did, and apparently you're not he only one asking this question. The closest I could find to an answer (granted, I didn't spend much time, so there might be a real answer for someone who has more than 3 minutes to spare), was a reference on a page for a geocache near where they filmed it. Apparently a disappointments room was a room, usually at the top floor of a house, where a disabled child would be kept. I've heard of people locking up their disabled children, so I'm sure there are dozens of stories this could be "based on." Maybe a better googler than I can find the one where a house is supposedly haunted because it contained such a room.

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5NQHW_the-disappointments-room?guid=2c1b61ca-3a4c-4543-ae29-09c1070bcce5

I came across the story of a mentally handicapped boy who was kept away in the Lemp mansion in Missouri. Just Google Lemp mansion. It's supposedly haunted by a monkey faced boy.

If you look up Wentworth Miller and his background you may find yourself close to an answer to your question.

It's not really based on a ''true story'' it's just a marketing line horror films have been using since the Blaire Witch came out. This though is obviously fake, they shouldn't even have bothered because in the end you'll just piss off the audience by lying.









LOL you sadists https://youtu.be/6Zxy_dScjsM

There is no "true story". The trailer says "based on true events" . Which means there were houses built with what were called "Disappointment Rooms", where undesirable family members would be hidden away. This movie itself is not a true story.

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A few years ago and HGTV episode of “If Walls Could Talk,” featured new homeowners Laurie and Jeff Dumas who bought a home in Rhode Island and discovered that Laurie’s dream home was hiding some dark secrets in the attic. The house turned out to have belonged to a prominent Judge.

When they went exploring in the attic, they discovered a strange room that was a partitioned off from the rest of the space. The space was dead-bolted off and the interior’s entire floor was made of metal. When Laurie went looking for answers at the local library, she received an answer that would have chilled me to the bone. Someone informed her that she had a disappointments room.

Laurie learned that, a disappointments room was somewhere that some families would imprison a child who was born with disabilities. These families would keep these children locked away from sight. In this case a Judge had locked away their daughter Ruth, inside of the room.

“The Disappointments Room” is a retelling of that true story. Director, D.J. Caruso’s (Disturbia) film revolves around, couple Dana (Kate Beckinsale) and David and their 5-year-old son. When Dana discovers a small mysterious locked room in the attic, things begin to go bump-in-the-night and Dana begins to doubt her sanity.
- See more at: http://ihorror.com/the-chilling-true-story-of-the-disappointments-room/#sthash.JSwEqJPi.dpuf

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/?ref_=nv_sr_2

It's been done before and I'm sure the Changeling is better. Horror fans looking for something actually worth a crap WATCH OLDER MOVIES. The 70's and 80's were have some real gems hiding if you can pry yourself off of netflix :P

Here's the true story directly from Laurie Dumas: https://youtu.be/OazYDbJQiRw

Absolutely nothing to do with a haunting or a ghost.