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It might seem contradictory that the rise of short video clip popularity coincided with the popularity of long form journalism, but Netflix may be the common factor. The streaming network didn’t invent true crime documentation, but it helped shape the style, and keeps a vast repository of the hottest cold cases.
Real-life crime stories are riveting, whether the watcher is concerned about avoiding such events or solving them. There is something for every taste, from feature-length documentaries to full series. Not all crimes are equal under the laws of public opinion, but these are some of the most dangerously addictive true crime offerings currently available on Netflix.
Making a Murderer (2015)
Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi’s 10-part documentary on Steven Avery catapulted Netflix to the top of the True Crime streaming game. Making a Murderer spurred the fascination with the genre more than any other series. Avery served 18 years...
Real-life crime stories are riveting, whether the watcher is concerned about avoiding such events or solving them. There is something for every taste, from feature-length documentaries to full series. Not all crimes are equal under the laws of public opinion, but these are some of the most dangerously addictive true crime offerings currently available on Netflix.
Making a Murderer (2015)
Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi’s 10-part documentary on Steven Avery catapulted Netflix to the top of the True Crime streaming game. Making a Murderer spurred the fascination with the genre more than any other series. Avery served 18 years...
- 9/8/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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Netflix’s latest crime thriller “Mindhunter” is gaining steam–even Stephen King is a fan. If the deep dive into serial killers’ psyche has you hooked, here are some more crime shows you’ll probably love. “Confession Tapes” This series of documentaries takes a fascinating look at those who claim their confessions to murder were coerced, involuntary or false. “Making A Murderer” If you missed the “Making a Murderer” bandwagon, it’s not too late to hop on. This documentary was filmed over a decade about a man exonerated for one crime and then the prime suspect of another. “The Keepers...
- 10/18/2017
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
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Ryan White bit off more than he could chew with the story of Sister Cathy Cesnik's death, documented in the gripping Emmy®-nominated series The Keepers. In 1969, Sister Cathy Cesnik was murdered.
- 8/14/2017
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
When The Keepers debuted on Netflix in May, it was instantly linked to another of the streaming services’ true-crime documentary series: Making a Murderer. Another haunting story of institutional injustice, director Ryan White’s seven-part series came to him through family connections, investigating the 1969 murder of a Baltimore nun, Sister Cathy Cesnik—a teacher at Archbishop Keough High School who stood up against alleged sexual abuse by priests in her local community…...
- 8/11/2017
- Deadline TV
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During our recent webcam chat (watch the exclusive video above), director Ryan White describes the Emmy nomination for his multi-part documentary “The Keepers” as “a validation of the people who shared their stories in the series, and how brave that was of them.” This Netflix original examines the unsolved murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik, an English teacher […]...
- 8/9/2017
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Catherine Pearson Jul 11, 2017
The Keepers is a moving and devastating documentary series that does valuable work for victims of abuse...
Recent years have seen the overwhelming success of true crime documentary series, from HBO’s The Jinx to Netflix’s own Shadow Of Truth. The viewing public want to get their teeth into a real story and rally behind a cause that they have witnessed on screen. Arguably, no other genre makes as much impact as the documentary on real world events: just look at the daily news stories that continue to report on the cases of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey and the developments that have followed Netflix’s hugely popular documentary series Making A Murderer. Horrendous miscarriages of justice are being played out before our Netflix-bingeing eyes and viewers are trying to help through online forums, Q&As with the documentary makers, and even bringing new information to the authorities.
The Keepers is a moving and devastating documentary series that does valuable work for victims of abuse...
Recent years have seen the overwhelming success of true crime documentary series, from HBO’s The Jinx to Netflix’s own Shadow Of Truth. The viewing public want to get their teeth into a real story and rally behind a cause that they have witnessed on screen. Arguably, no other genre makes as much impact as the documentary on real world events: just look at the daily news stories that continue to report on the cases of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey and the developments that have followed Netflix’s hugely popular documentary series Making A Murderer. Horrendous miscarriages of justice are being played out before our Netflix-bingeing eyes and viewers are trying to help through online forums, Q&As with the documentary makers, and even bringing new information to the authorities.
- 7/6/2017
- Den of Geek
We all know the Catholic church has kept its share of hideous secrets. As “Spotlight” and other cases showed, priests have used their authority to sexually abuse underage girls and boys under the protection of the Church, which used its power to squash the press.
And yet, Netflix’s “The Keepers” is shocking. Ryan White’s docuseries blows the lid off a Catholic scandal from the ’60s, one that is still playing out. This true cold-case crime story has not been solved — and is still unfolding with new developments.
Sister Cathy Cesnik was 26 and a beloved teacher at Baltimore’s Archbishop Keough High School when she was murdered in 1969. Fifty years later, documentarian White, journalists, and former students delve into the mystery and the role the school’s chaplain, the late Father Maskell, may have played in it. Decades after they left the school, women in their 60s tell White...
And yet, Netflix’s “The Keepers” is shocking. Ryan White’s docuseries blows the lid off a Catholic scandal from the ’60s, one that is still playing out. This true cold-case crime story has not been solved — and is still unfolding with new developments.
Sister Cathy Cesnik was 26 and a beloved teacher at Baltimore’s Archbishop Keough High School when she was murdered in 1969. Fifty years later, documentarian White, journalists, and former students delve into the mystery and the role the school’s chaplain, the late Father Maskell, may have played in it. Decades after they left the school, women in their 60s tell White...
- 6/26/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
We all know the Catholic church has kept its share of hideous secrets. As “Spotlight” and other cases showed, priests have used their authority to sexually abuse underage girls and boys under the protection of the Church, which used its power to squash the press.
And yet, Netflix’s “The Keepers” is shocking. Ryan White’s docuseries blows the lid off a Catholic scandal from the ’60s, one that is still playing out. This true cold-case crime story has not been solved — and is still unfolding with new developments.
Sister Cathy Cesnik was 26 and a beloved teacher at Baltimore’s Archbishop Keough High School when she was murdered in 1969. Fifty years later, documentarian White, journalists, and former students delve into the mystery and the role the school’s chaplain, the late Father Maskell, may have played in it. Decades after they left the school, women in their 60s tell White...
And yet, Netflix’s “The Keepers” is shocking. Ryan White’s docuseries blows the lid off a Catholic scandal from the ’60s, one that is still playing out. This true cold-case crime story has not been solved — and is still unfolding with new developments.
Sister Cathy Cesnik was 26 and a beloved teacher at Baltimore’s Archbishop Keough High School when she was murdered in 1969. Fifty years later, documentarian White, journalists, and former students delve into the mystery and the role the school’s chaplain, the late Father Maskell, may have played in it. Decades after they left the school, women in their 60s tell White...
- 6/26/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
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If you watched The Keepers, the Netflix documentary series from Ryan White that examines the death of Sister Cathy Cesnik and the alleged abuse former students of hers said they suffered at the hands of Father Joseph Maskell, then you probably still have many questions. So does White. A lot of those questions are for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, which declined to have anybody appear in the series on their behalf. Instead, they answered questions via email and White read them to participants who said they suffered abuse at the hands of Father Maskell. During a Reddit Ama, White was asked, "Who would you most like to talk to, still living, that you think has information?" White answered: "The Archdiocese!...
- 5/25/2017
- E! Online
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(Warning: This post contains some spoilers from the Netflix documentary “The Keepers.”) If a newly passed Maryland law had been in effect in 1994, the victims of Father A. Joseph Maskell in “The Keepers” might have successfully sued the Baltimore Archdiocese for $40 million. “The Keepers,” Netflix’s new documentary series, isn’t just about figuring out who killed Sister Cathy Cesnik in 1969. It’s also about a sexual abuse scandal in a Baltimore Catholic high school, in which the man accused, Father Maskell, was never charged. Also Read: 'The Keepers' Filmmaker Has Theory on Sister Cathy Murder, Personal Connection to Case According to director.
- 5/22/2017
- by Phil Hornshaw
- The Wrap
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50 years later, there might finally be justice for Sister Cathy Cesnik. The Keepers' director Ryan White worked on the seven-episode docu-series for three years before its May 19 premiere on Netflix, spending countless hours with Jean Wehner (Jane Doe), Gemma Hoskins, Abbie Schaub and many other Baltimore residents to uncover the truth about what happened to Sister Cathy and at Keough High School in the late 1960s. Ahead of The Keepers' debut, the body of Father Joseph Maskell, who died in 2001 and was at the center of the abuse allegations made in the series, was exhumed, with police finally testing his DNA to see if it matched a sample from the crime scene where Sister Cathy's body was found,...
- 5/22/2017
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More than 40 years after her death, the case of Sister Cathy Cesnik’s murder is still unsolved. Netflix’s documentary series “The Keepers” dives into the case and uncovers a web of abuse that may be the source of a cover up and the murder. Here’s our quick guide to all the people in “The Keepers” you need to know. Sister Catherine Cesnik A nun and teacher at Archbishop Keough High School in 1968, Sister Cathy was murdered in Nov. 1969, although her body wasn’t discovered until Jan. 3, 1970. She suffered blunt force trauma to her head, and the case remains open.
- 5/21/2017
- by Phil Hornshaw
- The Wrap
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Grandma Nancy Drews. No, it's not a new sitcom coming to CBS this fall (though we'd totally watch it), it's what The Keepers' Gemma Hoskins and Abbie Schaub like to refer to themselves as. The two retired women are front and center in Netflix's latest true crime docu-series, directed by Ryan White, which shines a light on the 1969 murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik, and the massive cover-up that followed. Gemma and Abbie were two of Sister Cathy's students at the Baltimore high school she taught at, and felt a need for justice, launching their own investigation and Facebook page, which eventually connected them to Ryan White. "We met Gemma on one of our first visits to...
- 5/20/2017
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Netflix's The Keepers may be the next true crime obsession, but for its filmmaker Ryan White, it's a deeply personal project. The seven-episode docu-series premiered today on Netflix, bringing awareness to the 1969 still-unsolved murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik and exposing the cover-up of alleged abuse going on at the Baltimore Catholic high school she worked at. "My aunt actually went to the high school that's the epi-center of this story, she was Sister Cathy's student," Ryan White revealed to E! News. "She was also a classmate of the woman in our series who's known as Jane Doe, whose putting her face and name on Jane Doe in the series...my aunt found out about three...
- 5/19/2017
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Have plans this weekend? Cancel them and prepare for a major binge session. Netflix's new docu-series The Keepers is set to premiere on Friday, May 19, and trust us when we say it's going to be your next true crime obsession. The seven-part series tells the story of the 1969 murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik, a beloved nun at a Catholic high school in Baltimore. Five decades later, her murder remains unsolved, and The Keepers' director Ryan White set out to find answers and expose the cover-up of sexual abuse that came to light in the 1990s. So is it Netflix's Making a Murderer? Nope...because it might even be better. And Ryan White is hoping the story of what happened almost five decades ago...
- 5/18/2017
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The first episode of “The Keepers,” Netflix’s latest true crime docuseries, is all about focus. From the murder victim at the series’ center to a dedicated group of women and men determined to uncover decades-hidden truths, Ryan White’s seven-part investigation into the 1969 murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik begins with a meticulous layout of the relevant details, bouncing between the perspectives of those who lived through it and those charged with piecing the story together years later.
This metaphorical search for focus in its opening installment often becomes literal. With the camera hovering over tables in living rooms and sports bars and as handheld shots of dimly lit attics try to find relevant details among stacks of news clippings, that focus wavers, in constant search of clarity.
Read More: ‘Five Came Back’ Review: A Cinephile’s Dream Documentary Becomes Enthralling for Everyone on Netflix
It’s an effective stylistic...
This metaphorical search for focus in its opening installment often becomes literal. With the camera hovering over tables in living rooms and sports bars and as handheld shots of dimly lit attics try to find relevant details among stacks of news clippings, that focus wavers, in constant search of clarity.
Read More: ‘Five Came Back’ Review: A Cinephile’s Dream Documentary Becomes Enthralling for Everyone on Netflix
It’s an effective stylistic...
- 5/15/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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“Who killed Sister Cathy?” Audiences of Netflix’s upcoming cold-case documentary “The Keepers” will be asking themselves that question soon, but as the brand new trailer to the seven-part series reveals, “The story is not the nun’s killing. The story is the cover-up.”
Netflix has released the brand new trailer for its original documentary series, which focuses on the mystery surrounding the murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik in 1969. As the trailer reveals, the initial disappearance and subsequent murder of the beloved Baltimore nun was just the beginning.
“There’s an on-the-record public story of what happened to Sister Cathy, and then there’s the world beneath,” remarks one interviewee.
The seven-part documentary will explore the cold case through interviews with friends, family, government officials, journalists, and Baltimore residents as they seek to uncover the truth behind Sister Cathy’s murder.
Read More: ‘The Keepers’: Netflix’s Next ‘Making a Murderer...
Netflix has released the brand new trailer for its original documentary series, which focuses on the mystery surrounding the murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik in 1969. As the trailer reveals, the initial disappearance and subsequent murder of the beloved Baltimore nun was just the beginning.
“There’s an on-the-record public story of what happened to Sister Cathy, and then there’s the world beneath,” remarks one interviewee.
The seven-part documentary will explore the cold case through interviews with friends, family, government officials, journalists, and Baltimore residents as they seek to uncover the truth behind Sister Cathy’s murder.
Read More: ‘The Keepers’: Netflix’s Next ‘Making a Murderer...
- 4/20/2017
- by Juan Diaz
- Indiewire
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