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Documentaries like West of Memphis

Not everyone loves West of Memphis for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love West of Memphis

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley.

  2. You like new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed.

  3. You like seeing how a murder trial is built, and how it can go wrong.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills1996

    • you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley
    • new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed
    • seeing how a murder trial is built, and how it can go wrong

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

  • Paradise Lost 2: Revelations2000

    • you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley
    • new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed
    • seeing how a murder trial is built, and how it can go wrong

    Good for you if you want to follow a real case that kept doubting its own verdict.

  • Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory2012

    • you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley
    • new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed
    • seeing how a murder trial is built, and how it can go wrong

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

  • Making a Murderer2015

    • new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed

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

  • The Dissident2020

    • you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley

    Good for you if you want the facts of the Jamal Khashoggi case laid out piece by piece.

  • The Ripper2020

    • you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley
    • new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed

    Good for you if you want the victims and their families heard, not just the killer.

  • The Confession Killer2019

    • you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley
    • new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed
    • seeing how a murder trial is built, and how it can go wrong

    Good for you if you want to understand how one man's confessions misled the police.

  • O.J.: Made in America2016

    • you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley
    • seeing how a murder trial is built, and how it can go wrong

    Good for you if you want to understand a trial through the city around it.

  • The Keepers2017

    • you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley
    • new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed

    Good for you if you like an old case reopened by people who refuse to drop it.

  • The Crash2026

    • you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley
    • new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed
    • seeing how a murder trial is built, and how it can go wrong

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

  • The Staircase2004

    • you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley
    • new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed

    Good for you if you want to weigh the evidence in a real death yourself.

  • The Jinx2015

    • new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed

    Good for you if you like a cold case reopened piece by piece.

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