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Documentaries like The Fear of 13

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The 3 reasons people love The Fear of 13

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  1. You can't look away from a gifted storyteller talking straight to you.

  2. You like a true story that changes meaning before the end.

  3. You want a real case of justice and prison told from the inside.

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  • Into the Abyss2011

    • a real case of justice and prison told from the inside

    Good for you if you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side.

  • Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory2012

    • a real case of justice and prison told from the inside

    Good for you if you followed the West Memphis Three case and want to see how it ended.

  • Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer2003

    • a real case of justice and prison told from the inside

    Good for you if you want a real person behind the headlines.

  • The Staircase2004

    • a real case of justice and prison told from the inside

    Good for you if you like a camera inside a real defense team during a murder trial.

  • The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez2020

    • a real case of justice and prison told from the inside

    Good for you if you want a case told by the people who testified.

  • American Nightmare2024

    • a true story that changes meaning before the end
    • a real case of justice and prison told from the inside

    Good for you if you want the real people telling their own story in their own words.

  • Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills1996

    • a real case of justice and prison told from the inside

    Good for you if you want the true story of the West Memphis Three, told as it unfolded.

  • West of Memphis2012

    • a real case of justice and prison told from the inside

    Good for you if you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley.

  • Black Bird2022

    • you can't look away from a gifted storyteller talking straight to you
    • a real case of justice and prison told from the inside

    Good for you if you can't look away from Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall.

  • Bus 1742002

    • a real case of justice and prison told from the inside

    Good for you if you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.

  • Alias Grace2017

    • you can't look away from a gifted storyteller talking straight to you

    Good for you if you like Sarah Gadon's calm, unreadable Grace.

  • Incendies2010

    • a true story that changes meaning before the end

    Good for you if you like a revelation at the end that changes everything you saw.

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