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- CreatorScott BaileyPetro DuszaraAlain ZaloumStarsMichael Douglas CakeLiana MontoroTyrone BenskinEach episode is a crime-solution reenactment of a real murder. The actual detectives offer commentary throughout the show.
- DirectorEzra EdelmanStarsKareem Abdul-JabbarMike AlbaneseMuhammad AliA chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
- StarsSteven AveryDolores AveryLaura NiriderFilmed over a 10-year period, Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime.
- StarsGemma HoskinsAbbie SchaubVirginia AnzengruberA seven-part docuseries about the unsolved murder of a nun and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death.
- StarsRobert DurstAndrew JareckiCharles BagliFilmmaker Andrew Jarecki examines the complicated life of reclusive real estate icon Robert Durst, the key suspect in a series of unsolved crimes.
- StarsMichael PetersonDavid RudolfRon GueretteThe high-profile murder trial of American novelist Michael Peterson following the death of his wife Kathleen Peterson in 2001.
- DirectorJean-Xavier de LestradeStarsCaitlin AtwaterBradley BannonFreda BlackExplosive developments - implicating both the forensics laboratory of the police department of North Carolina, and Duane Deaver, its chief - recently saw the convicted subject of 'The Staircase', Michael Peterson, released from jail after serving eight years of a life sentence, pending a retrial.
- DirectorJoe BerlingerBruce SinofskyStarsTony BrooksDiana DavisTerry WoodA horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
- StarsSarah PaulsonSterling K. BrownNina JacobsonInside the series of the same name.
- CreatorScott AlexanderLarry KaraszewskiSarah BurgessStarsSarah PaulsonAnnaleigh AshfordSterling K. BrownAn anthology series centered around America's most notorious crimes and criminals.
- DirectorRod BlackhurstBrian McGinnStarsAmanda KnoxMeredith KercherRaffaele SollecitoAmerican exchange student Amanda Knox is charged with the 2007 death of another student in Italy.
- DirectorJames D. SolomonJessica RobinsonStarsWilliam GenoveseKitty GenoveseCharles SkollerThe brother of Kitty Genovese investigates the circumstances of her murder and the truth of the story that dozens of locals witnessed the crime and did nothing to intervene.
- DirectorDavid BeilinsonMichael GalinskySuki HawleyStarsNoreen GoschNancy AllenPaul BonacciAn examination into the cold case of the Iowa boy, Johnny Gosch, who disappeared on his paper route 30 years earlier.
- DirectorBonni CohenJon ShenkStarsRobin BourlandDaisy ColemanCharles ColemanA look at the effects that online bullying has on the lives of teenagers and their community.
- DirectorJacob LaMendolaStarsTasha BoggsJuan CatalanMelissa CatalanWhen Juan Catalan is arrested for a murder he didn't commit, he builds his case around raw footage from the popular TV show, Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000).
- DirectorSteffi KammererStarsChristian Karl GerhartsreiterDan BanksSandra BossPortrait of Christian Gerhartsreiter, who posed as a Rockefeller heir for decades, but who was, in fact, a con artist and a murderer.
- DirectorJon GreenhalghStarsJohn du PontDave SchultzMike GostigianDocumentary filmmaker Jon Greenhalgh examines the life of Dave Schultz, a professional wrestler who was part of 'Team Foxcatcher', funded by multi-millionaire John du Pont.
- StarsD.C. GoodeJason ShablikClark SarulloNarrated reenactments of key events with commentary from law enforcement officers, criminal justice professionals, and friends and family of victims.
- StarsFrank Di NapoliJames M. ReillyT.J. CraigA TV series where individuals share their perspectives of loved ones who committed horrific crimes.
- StarsDaniel LukesRachel StacyTommy CampbellWith haunting, real-life 911 calls as its through-line, Murder Calls is true-crime storytelling taken to a new level. Each episode pivots on the contents and subtext of 911 calls, which investigators must decipher to uncover the truth.
- StarsTim HopperKevin DwaneHillary HamiltonTo unravel a murder mystery, investigators dig up secrets long thought buried, and come face-to-face with people who will do anything to keep those secrets in the ground.
- StarsAlicia DennisSteve HellingCynthia SanzThe true stories behind gripping crimes that transcended headlines are uncovered in this true crime investigation series.
- StarsBryan BurroughMartin KoughanJennet ConantVanity Fair Confidential brings you deep into the criminal affairs of various people whose stories were once across the pages of Vanity Fair Magazine. The show covers high scandal cases including those of soldiers, family heirs, and even boy band moguls.
- CreatorChristine ConnorStarsMarc A. HermannMichelle McNamaraJohn MirabellaA look back at famous cases from the past.
- StarsMark Williams-ThomasRick WardenTanya WinsorSeries 1: In June 1985 Carole Packman, a wife and mother mysteriously disappeared and has never been seen since. Her husband Russell Causley is now serving a life sentence for her murder, yet no body has ever been found. Throughout the case he pleaded his innocence and refused to talk. Mark Williams-Thomas re-investigates the disappearance of Carole Packman. With the help of neighbours and friends, he retraces Carole's last known steps. Series 2: The 1988 case of missing 18-year-old Louise Kay.
- CreatorKelly LoudenbergStarsDavid BurnsBrian HutchinsonJames KonatA critical look into some true crime cases where American law enforcement made up for lack of actual physical evidence by using devious psychological tactics during interrogation in order to extract confessions from naive suspects.
- StarsBraxton AlexanderMichael ReaganDoug StroupA three-part miniseries exploring the various theories surrounding the unsolved murder of JonBenet Ramsey.
- DirectorMary MazzioStarsErik BauerJohn MontgomeryRob PortmanThis intense documentary follows real cases of American girls enslaved in the child sex trade through ads in a newspaper's online classified section.
- DirectorDavid FranceStarsKurt WolfeSue YackaCatherine Shugrue Dos SantosVictoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson. Using archival interviews with Johnson, and new interviews with Johnson's family, friends and fellow activists.
- DirectorNadav SchirmanStarsMosab Hassan YousefGonen Ben YitzhakSheikh Hassan YousefThe son of a founding leader in the Palestinian organization, Hamas, becomes a spy for the Israelis.
- DirectorDror MorehStarsAmi AyalonAvraham ShalomAvi DichterA documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.
- DirectorStephen BurkeStarsTom Vaughan-LawlorBarry WardMartin McCannInspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.
- DirectorYance FordStarsYance FordHarvey WalkerKevin MyersWhen filmmaker Yance Ford investigates the 1992 murder of a young Black man, it becomes an achingly personal journey, since the victim, 24-year-old William Ford Jr., was the filmmaker's brother.
- DirectorBryan FogelStarsBryan FogelDave ZabriskieDon CatlinWhen Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller.
- StarsJane Monckton-SmithEllie CannonDonna YoungsA british documentary about the nurses who used their position to kill.
- StarsNicola KelleherEthan TaylorKeethan KrishA law student, a protective mother, a Hooters waitress and others are targeted by men whose affections become dangerous and violent.
- CreatorYotam GuendelmanAri PinesMika TimorStarsShila InbarIlana RadaRubi HammerschlagA four part documentary mini-series that examines the mysterious murder case of Tair Rada, an Israeli high-school girl who was found brutally murdered in her school's toilets during an ordinary day.
- DirectorDylan HowittStarsErla BolladóttirSævar CiesiekskiTryggvi LeifssonIceland, 1976. Six suspects confess to two violent crimes. This is the strangest criminal investigation you've never heard of.
- StarsTy MitchellRonda HabererRonny DodsonThe small town of Terlingua, Texas is a little known oasis on the Rio Grande River where eccentric residents trade modern comforts for a unique brand of freedom. But the price of their freedom proves high when a brutal crime threatens to tear their town apart. This true-crime docu-series delves into the eccentric world of Terlingua as its citizens struggle to reconcile the killing of a dear friend and fight to hold the town together as it grapples with change.
- DirectorYotam GuendelmanAri PinesA documentary that examines the mysterious murder case of Tair Rada, an Israeli high school girl that was found dead in the school toilets during an ordinary day.
- DirectorHeidi EwingRachel GradyStarsEttyChani GetterAri HershkowitzPenetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.
- DirectorRoger YoungStarsLaura DernRandy QuaidKirsten DunstA mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white separatist. The ten-day siege, begun over a minor gun charge, resulted in the deaths of Weaver's son, wife and dog, and a U.S. Marshall. The incident caused major public outcry against the FBI and U.S. Marshals.
- DirectorJason Van VleetStarsGene CullenMisty FergusonMisty RiddleResearchers analyze new evidence in the fatal 1993 conflict at Mount Carmel in Waco, TX between the Branch Davidians and the FBI, the ATF, and the Texas National Guard.
- DirectorJon PurdyStarsRobert HaysDean StockwellTobin BellThe stories of three men: one who terrorized the U.S. from 1978 to 1995 by sending bombs through the mail; his brother who suspected him of being the Unabomber; and the postal inspector who investigated the bombings from the beginning.
- CreatorAndrew SodroskiJim ClementeTony GittelsonStarsGethin AnthonyArliss HowardKelly JenretteAn in-depth look at how an FBI profiler helped track down the terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.
- DirectorReginald HudlinStarsChadwick BosemanJosh GadKate HudsonThe story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.
- StarsPeter SarsgaardMolly ParkerChristian CamargoIn 1953, Army scientist Frank Olson takes a fatal plunge from a hotel window. In 1975, a bombshell report ties his death to a top-secret experiment.
- DirectorMichele Santoro"Certain things must be done now. This way, if you are sentenced to 20 years, when you go out of jail, you still have a whole life ahead" This is the understanding of the world of an army of "child soldiers" - boys who learn to shoot at 10, who become experienced killers by 20, and often don't get to turn 30. In Naples, in the past couple of years, trigger-happy teenagers has fought a forgotten war that currently counts at least 60 dead. Locals call them "the paranza of children" (in the criminal jargon, paranza stands for a group of Camorrists), i.e. young rebels who are imposing new rules in the control of the drug trade. For the very first time on screen, the real baby bosses talk about themselves in a frank, unmediated manner. They are young people who skipped compulsory schooling and are often barely able to speak Italian - still, they voice such fierce sentiments and dangerous passions whose disruptive power is totally unknown to the "normal" Country.
- DirectorMartin HimelAn undercover operation sets out to understand the path to joining ISIS.
- DirectorJedd WiderTodd WiderStarsKevin CarboneMatthew NelsonWayne DiGeronimoThrough diary entries, this documentary follows the life and death of homeless woman Linda Bishop and her struggles with starvation, sanity and God.
- DirectorDeborah S. EsquenaziA documentary that follows the struggle for exoneration of four Latina lesbians who were wrongfully convicted of gang rape against two young girls.
- DirectorNick BroomfieldJoan ChurchillStarsAileen WuornosNick BroomfieldTerry Humphreys-SlayNick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.
- DirectorNick BroomfieldBarney BroomfieldMarc HoeferlinStarsNick BroomfieldLonnie David Franklin Jr.DonnaNick Broomfield digs into the case of the notorious serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper, who terrorized South Central Los Angeles over a span of twenty-five years.
- DirectorTiller RussellStarsMike DowdKen EurellWalter YurkiwMeet the dirtiest cop in NYC history. Michael Dowd stole money and dealt drugs while patrolling the streets of 80s Brooklyn.
- DirectorBen LewisStarsTony CarlingPaul KnightJonathan SothcottFormer criminal-turned-film-director, Paul Knight thought years of going straight had finally paid off, when a couple of producers asked him to direct a big budget British gangster movie. But Paul ended up working for the biggest crooks he'd ever met - and not the smartest ones either....
- DirectorNeena NejadXoel PamosStarsJill AbplanalpBasheer AhmedTanya EisererThe Price of Honor is a documentary about the murders of Sarah and Amina Said, two teenage sisters from Texas who were killed in a premeditated Honor Killing planned and executed by their father Yaser Said back in 2008.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJohn BoyegaAnthony MackieAlgee SmithFact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.
- StarsTracy ThorneStephanie KatzEugene AvellaThe bond between two friends seems unbreakable until lies, backstabbing, and betrayal turn a friendship into a gruesome nightmare. Friends who are at one time devoted to each other have things go horribly, and then fatally, wrong. Revenge plots turn fatal, bitter love triangles break hearts and very public online feuds erupt, resulting in deadly outcomes no one could predict.#ShockingButTrue
- CreatorDarren KavinokySharlene MartinStarsDarren KavinokyMhari SandovalJustin Michael WoodsA docudrama that examines the true evils that push people beyond the limits of the law and reveals crimes driven by the most basic of human instincts.
- StarsSteve HerringerLou BloomfieldPeter LinA tv show that re tells the true stories of people who have died in unlikely, strange and unusual ways. Each episode typically contains 3 different stories told over an hour.
- StarsLevi BurdickKruz ValeroDominick RacanoIn this documentary series, the discovery of a gruesome crime scene in a remote area sets investigators on the trail of a killer.
- CreatorJames FarrStarsTish IcetonDavid BacqueCraig CyrTrue crime show about conflicts between neighbors that go terribly wrong.
- StarsLynnanne ZagerCandice DeLongJanis AmatuzioTrue stories of female killers.
- StarsNathan WileyCherise SilvestriRaven CinelloThe internet is no longer a place you log on and visit; it's where you live. The home of true crime is now online. The internet is the Wild West. And if you're not careful, you too could be caught in a Web of Lies.
- StarsGreg DiefenbachJames DavenjayDorian LoughTells the tales of mysterious murders that rocked small-town America.
- StarsPete DemeoJulie ArmstrongKris MohandieExamines cases where perverse desires push real people to commit murder.
- StarsSharon MartinJody FladerAndrew D. ErathInvestigations of multiple mysterious and violent cases.
- CreatorJohn LangleyMalcolm BarbourStarsRuben BarelaAndrew FincherAlex CoxCamera crews follow police officers while they work.
- StarsDion GrahamNathan SchillingJason WhiteThe series follows detectives during the hours immediately following a homicide.
- StarsBill KurtisDave ReichertKathy MillsCold Case Files shows how timing, persistence and high-tech police work combine to catch people who have slipped through the cracks for decades.
- StarsBill KurtisDennis HaysbertJohnnie L. Cochran Jr.Bill Kurtis hosts this documentary series that profiles criminal cases involving high profile murders, serial killers, and organized crime. Each episode culminating with the justice dispensed by the American legal system in each case.
- StarsJames KallstromAnthony D. CallBob FeathererReal FBI cases are recounted through reenactments and interviews with law enforcement and forensic scientists.
- DirectorErik NelsonStarsDavid CrowleyDanny August MasonAlex JonesA documentary about the mysterious death of fringe political filmmaker David Crowley, who was found dead alongside members of his family in their suburban Minnesota home in January of 2015.
- DirectorMyles KaneJosh KouryStarsGay TaleseGerald FoosNan TaleseJournalism icon Gay Talese reports on Gerald Foos, the owner of a Colorado motel, who allegedly secretly watched his guests with the aid of specially designed ceiling vents, peering down from an "observation platform" he built in the motel's attic.
- StarsZak HolmanHoward RaishbrookScott LaneThree rival freelance stringers scour the streets at night to film crime scenes, fires, accidents - and anything else they can sell to news outlets.
- CreatorMarc KarzenStarsErik ThompsonHoward RaishbrookAustin RaishbrookFollows three groups of "Stringers" around at night while they capture crime scenes and accidents to submit for TV coverage. It's a very competitive business.
- CreatorSilvana AguirreCarlos ContrerasStarsMarco de la OHumberto BustoDiego VásquezA look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power during the '90s as the head of the Sinaloa Cartel and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
- DirectorRyan SuffernStarsKate DoyleScott GreatheadFredy PeccerelliFINDING OSCAR is a feature length documentary about the search for justice in the devastating case of the Dos Erres massacre in Guatemala. That search leads to the trail of two little boys who were plucked from a nightmare and offer the only living evidence that ties the Guatemalan government to the massacre.
- CreatorVeena SudStarsMireille EnosJoel KinnamanBilly CampbellA police investigation, the saga of a grieving family, and a Seattle mayoral campaign all interlock after the body of 17-year-old Rosie Larsen is found in the trunk of a submerged car.
- StarsJason WatkinsShaun ParkesBen CaplanA retired teacher's tenant is murdered. He is wrongly accused of the crime, leading the police to arrest him. His life is turned upside down as he proclaims his innocence.
- DirectorTommy O'HaverStarsMelissa LeoBrandon Mychal SmithJuno TempleThe life of Madelyn Murray O'Hair, the outspoken activist and founder of American Atheists.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsRoger Guenveur SmithRoger Guenveur Smith performs his one man show focusing on the life and times of Rodney King.
- DirectorKief DavidsonRichard LadkaniStarsAndrea CrostaIan StevensonPrince William of WalesWildlife activists in take on poachers in an effort to end illegal ivory trade in Africa.
- DirectorOrlando von EinsiedelStarsAndré BaumaEmmanuel de MerodeMélanie GoubyA team of brave individuals risk their lives to protect the last mountain gorillas.
- DirectorEvgeny AfineevskyStarsHis Beatitude SviatoslavSaid IsmagilovBishop AgapitA documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.
- DirectorMiles O'BrienStarsMiles O'BrienWilliam B. EvansKevin TuckerHow did investigators transform the chaos of the Boston Marathon Bombing into a coherent trail of clues, pointing to the accused killers?
- DirectorRick BitzelbergerStarsChristopher StapletonRobert SiskoSean ThomasA film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.
- DirectorJohn BorowskiStarsSteve GiannangeloRick StatonRich Hillen Jr.Serial Killer Culture examines the reasons why artists and collectors are fascinated by serial killers.
- StarsEd GillilandSteve GiannangeloPeter VronskySerial Killer Culture TV is an episodic TV show which features intimate interviews with those involved in the serial killer culture community.
- DirectorSascha OlofsonStarsJoseph AloiJim ColemanSusannah DoyleDocumentary about serial killer Ted Bundy. This documentary asks the question whether Bundy's obsession with pornography was the cause of his crimes.
- DirectorSean BuckleyStarsRichard MorganMelanie PorterJennifer FranksThis documentary examines a selection of real life serial killers and compares them to the fictional Hannibal Lecter.
- StarsJeffrey DahmerLionel DahmerShari JordanStone Phillips presents never-before-seen footage from his "Dateline NBC" interview with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer recorded in 1994.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJake GyllenhaalRobert Downey Jr.Mark RuffaloBetween 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.
- CreatorJoe PenhallStarsJonathan GroffHolt McCallanyAnna TorvIn the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.
- DirectorKim A. SnyderStarsGene RosenSyeda Suriya AhmedAbbey ClementsA look at how the community of Newtown, Connecticut came together in the aftermath of the largest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsMark WahlbergMichelle MonaghanJ.K. SimmonsThe story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittShailene WoodleyMelissa LeoThe NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMark RylanceAlan AldaDuring the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsTom HanksBarkhad AbdiBarkhad AbdirahmanThe true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanStarsJanet BeckAlan BergJim BottingDocuments the beliefs and experiences of Timothy McVeigh in the lead-up to his bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which claimed 168 lives.