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Documentaries like The First 48

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The 3 reasons people love The First 48

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  1. You want to see how murder cases are really worked.

  2. You like the clock running on the first 48 hours of a murder case.

  3. You like following a case from the first call to the interrogation room.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer2021

    • the clock running on the first 48 hours of a murder case

    Good for you if you like a manhunt where the city waits for the next attack.

  • Worst Roommate Ever2022

    • you want to see how murder cases are really worked
    • the clock running on the first 48 hours of a murder case

    Good for you if you follow true crime and the investigations behind it.

  • Evil Genius2018

    • following a case from the first call to the interrogation room

    Good for you if you like a true crime case that keeps getting stranger.

  • Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills1996

    • you want to see how murder cases are really worked
    • following a case from the first call to the interrogation room

    Good for you if you want to see a murder trial from inside the courtroom.

  • The Ripper2020

    • following a case from the first call to the interrogation room

    Good for you if you want to understand why the police took so long to catch him.

  • Capturing the Killer Nurse2022

    • you want to see how murder cases are really worked
    • following a case from the first call to the interrogation room

    Good for you if you want to understand how Charles Cullen went unnoticed for so long.

  • Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer2019

    • you want to see how murder cases are really worked
    • the clock running on the first 48 hours of a murder case
    • following a case from the first call to the interrogation room

    Good for you if you like an investigation solved from tiny details in the background of a video.

  • West of Memphis2012

    • you want to see how murder cases are really worked
    • following a case from the first call to the interrogation room

    Good for you if you like new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed.

  • What Jennifer Did2024

    • you want to see how murder cases are really worked
    • following a case from the first call to the interrogation room

    Good for you if you like true crime told through the real police footage.

  • The Crash2026

    • you want to see how murder cases are really worked
    • following a case from the first call to the interrogation room

    Good for you if you like true crime that follows a case into the courtroom.

  • Zodiac2007

    • following a case from the first call to the interrogation room

    Good for you if you like a cartoonist, a reporter and a detective trying to crack a killer's coded letters.

  • Making a Murderer2015

    • following a case from the first call to the interrogation room

    Good for you if you want to weigh the evidence in the Steven Avery case yourself.

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