Best True Crime Documentaries
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- CreatorPaul DowlingStarsPeter ThomasTom BevelSkip PalenikA series featuring detailed accounts on how notable crimes and diseases were solved through forensic science.
- StarsBill KurtisDanny GloverLaurent AndruetTense new series exploring cold cases from victims death to criminal conviction. Expertly narrated by a foreboding Danny Glover.
- 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.
- StarsBob PrinceNan CubaHugh AynesworthHenry Lee Lucas was known as America's most prolific serial killer, admitting to hundreds of murders, but, as DNA results contradict his confessions, will they expose the biggest criminal justice hoax in U.S. history?
- StarsKevin ConwaySimone PolicanoChaz RiddleBehind the discovery of every "Jane Doe" lie two stories: the story of the detectives puzzling together her identity, and the story of her family that has now lost her forever. This series weaves the two stories together, taking viewers on a unique journey of discovery, loss, and resolution, challenging the perception of how we tell crime stories and parcel out information.
- 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.
- CreatorKelly LoudenbergStarsDavid BurnsLoretta FisherSarah IsaacsA 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.
- CreatorJohn CosgroveTerry Dunn MeurerStarsRobert StackDennis FarinaKeely Shaye BrosnanCombines dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates, to tell stories of real mysteries, from human to the supernatural.
- StarsJohn WalshDaniel David SimDon LaFontaineTrue crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals.
- StarsJohn WalshManuel PerezMarcos A. GonzalezThey are among the thousands of fugitives who avoid criminal prosecution in the United States every year. Find out more about these fugitives and join John Walsh in his quest to track them down and bring them to justice on "The Hunt."
- StarsGene GalushaFrank McCaffreyNick PizzilloTrue stories of crime investigations using forensic science.
- StarsJames KallstromAnthony D. CallBob FeathererReal FBI cases are recounted through reenactments and interviews with law enforcement and forensic scientists.
- 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.
- CreatorJoe BerlingerStarsStephen MichaudBob KeppelKathleen McChesneyA look inside the mind of serial killer Ted Bundy, featuring interviews with him on death row.
- DirectorJoshua ZemanStarsRachel MillsJoshua ZemanStephen WinickDelving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.
- StarsRobert DurstCharles BagliAndrew JareckiFilmmaker Andrew Jarecki examines the complicated life of reclusive real estate icon Robert Durst, the key suspect in a series of unsolved crimes.
- StarsJ. Woodward PalmerKia FisherJason VaughnDocumentary style show that details "unique and compelling" cases of the Los Angeles County Coroner Department. The name of the show is based on the road on which the office of the Los Angeles County Coroner is located.
- StarsGene GalushaLes MarshakJerry PalaceTrue recounts of murder investigation cases.
- StarsThom ReedMaria RamirezAllison RiveraImmersive, character-driven stories are rooted in the experiences of ordinary people who have lived the unthinkable. Families, detectives and journalists hope viewers hold the clues to solving these mysteries.Seasons 1-2
- StarsTerry SullivanPhilip HershJay LevineThe chilling story of one of the world's most notorious serial killers told through the words of Gacy himself, those who were forever changed by his unspeakable deeds and those who believe that the full truth remains concealed to this day.
- StarsMichael PetersonDavid RudolfRon GueretteThe high-profile murder trial of American novelist Michael Peterson following the death of his wife Kathleen Peterson in 2001.
- StarsElizabeth YardleyFred DinenageGeoffrey WansellAn in-depth look at the lives and crimes of some of the World's most evil killers including Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez, Cary Stayner, Leonard Lake, Dorothea Puente and more.
- StarsElizabeth YardleyGeoffrey WansellFred DinenageBrand new and exclusive to Pick, Britain's Most Evil Killers explores the crimes of Britain's 12 most brutal killers.
- StarsPiers GibbonNancy GraceDerek WallExplores the power of genealogy and the latest forensic technology used by law enforcement bring justice to unsolved homicides and sex crimes.
- StarsMelissa G. MooreAbraham LunaLisa McVey NolandFamily's who have serial killers in their family reach out to the victims families to express their deepest sympathies.