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  1. A chilling 911 call. A gruesome scene. What really happened inside a family's quiet suburban home? Murder or self-defense? Told from both sides, this documentary explores Jason Corbett's brutal death.

    The sides of A Deadly American Marriage

    • The death of Jason Corbett in North Carolina
    • A wife and father-in-law claiming self-defense
    • Two families, in Ireland and in America

    Good for you if

    • you follow true crime cases closely.
    • you like hearing both sides and judging for yourself.
    • you want a case told by two families, one in Ireland and one in America.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch children caught in a family's tragedy.
    • you can't stand the details of a brutal death.

    About: marriage · justice · family

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  2. A unique look inside the mind of an infamous serial killer with this cinematic self-portrait crafted from statements made by Ted Bundy, including present-day interviews, archival footage and audio recordings from death row.

    The sides of Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

    • Ted Bundy's own taped interviews from death row
    • Archive footage of 1970s trials
    • Detectives and journalists who followed the case

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear a real case from the recordings themselves.
    • you like 1970s archive footage of a case that marked America.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't listen to a man describe crimes against real young women.
    • you need some hope, and this offers none.

    About: evil · justice · the media

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  3. What Jennifer Did 2024

    Documentary

    When Jennifer Pan calls 911 to report that her parents have been shot, she becomes the primary focus of a captivating criminal case.

    The sides of What Jennifer Did

    • A daughter's 911 call after a home invasion
    • Police interrogation footage
    • Strict parents in a Toronto suburb

    Good for you if

    • you like true crime told through the real police footage.
    • you like following detectives as a story starts to crack.
    • you like a story about the pressure strict parents put on a daughter.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a real murder inside a family.
    • you need some comfort at the end of a crime story.

    About: family pressure · lies · guilt

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  4. Beware the Slenderman 2016

    Documentary

    In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?

    The sides of Beware the Slenderman

    • Two 12-year-old girls and an internet legend
    • A classmate who survived an attack in the woods in Wisconsin
    • Parents trying to understand their daughters

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how an online story led to a real crime.
    • you like the chill of a creepypasta that crossed into real life.
    • you want to hear parents face what their children did.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a story about children, violence and mental illness.
    • you need answers that bring some peace.

    About: the internet · mental illness · childhood

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  5. Mommy Dead and Dearest 2017

    Documentary

    Child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love converge in this mystery involving a mother and daughter who were thought to be living a fairy tale life that turned out to be a living nightmare.

    The sides of Mommy Dead and Dearest

    • A mother and a daughter everyone pitied in Missouri
    • A daughter who was never really sick
    • A crime planned with an online boyfriend

    Good for you if

    • you want the Gypsy Rose Blanchard case from the people who lived it.
    • you like a story where the victim and the culprit keep trading places.
    • you want to understand a mother and daughter bond turned into a prison.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take years of child abuse told in detail.
    • you need a true story with someone to fully root for.

    About: control · abuse · freedom

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  6. British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.

    The sides of Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

    • Nick Broomfield's interviews with Aileen Wuornos
    • Her last days on death row
    • Her childhood in Michigan

    Good for you if

    • you want a real person behind the headlines.
    • you like a portrait of someone you can't easily judge.
    • you can take a story that ends in an execution.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take childhood abuse and mental illness on screen.
    • you want a gentle evening, and this is a woman on death row.

    About: the death penalty · trauma · madness

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  7. Aileen Wuornos remains a rarity: a female serial killer. From childhood abuse to death-row revelations, this documentary revisits her life and crimes.

    The sides of Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers

    • Aileen Wuornos in her own words
    • A childhood of abuse in Michigan
    • Killings along Florida highways and a death-row sentence

    Good for you if

    • you want the real Aileen Wuornos, beyond the films made about her.
    • you like true crime that follows a life, not just the murders.
    • you can sit with a story that ends on death row.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a film about child sexual abuse.
    • you'd rather not spend an evening with real killings and real victims.

    About: abuse · violence · justice · the death penalty

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  8. After the death of her daughter at the hand of her boyfriend, Marisela Escobedo began to fight for justice not only against the murderer but also against the corrupt Mexican judicial system.

    The sides of The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo

    • A mother pursuing her daughter's killer
    • A Mexican justice system that lets him go
    • Years of protest in Chihuahua

    Good for you if

    • you want the true story of Marisela Escobedo's fight for justice.
    • you want to follow a femicide case through Mexico's police and courts.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a mother's grief and a murdered daughter on screen.
    • you won't read subtitles.
    • you need a story where justice wins in the end.

    About: justice · grief · corruption

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  9. The documentary takes a detailed look at the disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann, who vanished while on holiday with her family.

    The sides of The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

    • A three year old girl missing from a holiday resort in Portugal
    • The police inquiries in Portugal and Britain
    • The media storm around her parents

    Good for you if

    • you want a detailed look at a case you remember from the news.
    • you like following every lead in a long investigation.

    Bad for you if

    • you find a missing child and her family's pain too hard to watch.
    • you need an answer, and the case has none yet.

    About: loss · the media · hope

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  10. Making a Murderer 2015

    Documentary

    Filmed over 10 years, this real-life thriller follows a DNA exoneree who, while exposing police corruption, becomes a suspect in a grisly new crime.

    The sides of Making a Murderer

    • A man freed by DNA after 18 years in prison
    • A new murder charge two years later
    • A nephew's confession and the trials that follow

    Good for you if

    • you want to weigh the evidence in the Steven Avery case yourself.
    • you like seeing how a county police force and a court work up close.
    • you like a case followed over ten years, hearing by hearing.

    Bad for you if

    • a real young woman's murder and a teenager's interrogation are too much for you.
    • you need some hope, and a family's ten-year fight through prison visits and appeals wears you down.

    About: justice · doubt · family

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  11. Revisiting the 1994 Arkansas murder of three 8-year-old boys and the three teenagers convicted of the crime. A follow up to Paradise Lost, Revelations features new interviews with the convicted men, as well as with the original judge and police investigators.

    The sides of Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

    • Three young boys murdered in Arkansas
    • Three teenagers convicted and still in prison
    • New interviews with the judge and the police

    Good for you if

    • you want to follow a real case that kept doubting its own verdict.
    • you like weighing the evidence yourself.
    • you want to see how a trial can go wrong.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit with the murder of children and the grief of their parents.
    • two hours and ten minutes is too much for you.

    About: justice · grief · doubt

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  12. Suicide, murder... or something else? This docuseries examines chilling truths and theories around the deaths of 11 members of a Delhi family.

    The sides of House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths

    • Eleven members of one Delhi family found dead
    • Police, reporters and relatives looking for answers
    • Handwritten diaries left in the house

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand a real case that shook Delhi.
    • you like an investigation weighing suicide, murder and belief.
    • you want to see how one family's history and shared beliefs shaped what happened.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a documentary about the deaths of a whole family.
    • you need some hope or comfort at the end.

    About: family · belief · grief · the media

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  13. What happened in the final days of Gabby Petito's life? In this gripping true-crime series, her loved ones reveal the untold story of her tragic murder.

    The sides of American Murder: Gabby Petito

    • A young couple's van trip across America
    • Her family and friends telling her story
    • Her own messages and police bodycam footage

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand Gabby Petito's last weeks beyond the headlines.
    • you want to follow a missing-person search that turns into a nationwide manhunt.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a story of domestic abuse that ends in murder.
    • you need some hope at the end of a story.

    About: domestic abuse · grief · warning signs

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  14. The Act 2019

    Series

    Gypsy Blanchard struggles to deal with the toxic relationship with her overprotective mother, but her attempts to free herself lead to murder.

    The sides of The Act

    • The true story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard
    • A mother who kept her daughter ill
    • A murder in Missouri

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand a true crime from inside the house.
    • you like Joey King and Patricia Arquette in a mother-daughter story.
    • you like dread that builds toward something you know will happen.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand child abuse and medical cruelty on screen.
    • you need some hope, and Gypsy's life is a cage that keeps closing in.

    About: control · abuse · freedom · motherhood

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  15. Stories from survivors fuel this docuseries examining how convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein used his wealth and power to carry out his abuses.

    The sides of Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich

    • Survivors telling their own stories
    • A billionaire's homes in Palm Beach and New York
    • A 2008 plea deal and its consequences

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear the survivors in their own words.
    • you want to understand how money and connections protected one man for years.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't hear accounts of the sexual abuse of teenage girls.
    • you need some hope, and justice here comes late and incomplete.

    About: abuse of power · justice · survivors

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  16. Our Father 2022

    Documentary

    After a woman's at-home DNA test reveals multiple half-siblings, she discovers a shocking scheme involving donor sperm and a popular fertility doctor.

    The sides of Our Father

    • A DNA test revealing many half siblings
    • A fertility doctor in Indianapolis
    • Siblings fighting for a new law

    Good for you if

    • you want the true story of the doctor who used his own sperm on patients.
    • you like siblings piecing the truth together one DNA match at a time.
    • you like a documentary where each new test makes it worse.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take stories of deep betrayal of patients.
    • you need to see justice done in the end.

    About: betrayal · identity · consent

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  17. The Crash 2026

    Documentary

    A teen slams her car into a building, killing her boyfriend and his friend. What seems like a tragic accident becomes a murder case.

    The sides of The Crash

    • A car crash that killed two young men
    • A teenage driver on trial
    • Investigators asking if it was an accident

    Good for you if

    • you like true crime that follows a case into the courtroom.
    • you like a question to answer: accident or murder.
    • you want to hear the real parents and investigators tell the case.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take the grief of families who lost their sons.
    • you need some hope in a story about young lives lost.

    About: young love · grief · justice

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  18. Via interviews with friends, players and insiders, this docuseries examines how Aaron Hernandez went from an NFL star to a convicted killer.

    The sides of Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez

    • An NFL star convicted of murder
    • Friends, teammates and reporters looking back
    • A brain damaged by years of football

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how Aaron Hernandez went from the Patriots to prison.
    • you like true crime that looks at the man as much as the case.
    • you're curious about what football culture hides behind the stadium.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a young man's life fall apart into murder and prison.
    • you want one clear answer to why he killed, and this series weighs several.

    About: masculinity · secrets · violence

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  19. A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas who spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released after new DNA evidence indicated they may be innocent.

    The sides of Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

    • The West Memphis Three after years in prison
    • New DNA evidence
    • A release through a plea deal

    Good for you if

    • you followed the West Memphis Three case and want to see how it ended.
    • you like seeing how a murder case is built and taken apart.
    • you like weighing evidence that points in a new direction.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take the murder of three children, even told soberly.
    • you need a case closed with a clear answer.

    About: justice · innocence · time lost

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  20. This four-part documentary series follows the story of India Oxenberg's perilous journey through the dark and criminal world of the notorious self-help-group-turned-sex-slave-cult NXIVM.

    The sides of Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult

    • A young actress drawn into NXIVM
    • A self-help group that became a cult
    • A mother fighting to get her daughter out

    Good for you if

    • you want India Oxenberg telling her own story.
    • you want to understand how a group took control of its members.
    • you're moved by a mother who refuses to give up on her daughter.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch accounts of manipulation and sexual abuse.
    • you want the whole cult told through many former members. This one stays close to India and her mother.

    About: manipulation · control · recovery

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