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Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer 2021
Documentary
Beneath the sunlit glamour of 1985 L.A. lurks a relentlessly evil serial killer. In this true-crime story, two detectives won't rest until they catch him.
The sides of Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
- Los Angeles in the summer of 1985
- Two detectives on a serial killer's trail
- Witnesses and survivors telling what they saw
Good for you if
- you like a manhunt where the city waits for the next attack.
- you like the feel of 1980s Los Angeles in archive footage.
- you want the detectives who worked the case to tell it.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear survivors recall attacks in their own homes.
- you can't look at crime scene photos.
About: fear · the hunt · justice
Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes 2022
Documentary
He dined with the powerful. He preyed on the vulnerable. Beneath a smiling exterior was the horrifying darkness of a sadistic serial killer.
The sides of Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
- Recorded interviews with John Wayne Gacy
- Chicago suburbs in the 1970s
- The investigation that led to his crawlspace
Good for you if
- you want to hear a real killer in his own recorded words.
- you follow how investigators finally caught a man the town trusted.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through the murders of young men told in detail.
- you need some hope, and the families' grief stays to the end.
About: evil behind a smile · justice · the victims
The Ripper 2020
Documentary
For five years, from 1975 to 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over the lives of women in the North of England. 13 women were dead and the police seemed incapable of catching the killer. No one felt safe – and every man was a suspect.
The sides of The Ripper
- Thirteen women killed in the North of England
- A police hunt that lasted five years
- Women of Yorkshire recalling the fear
Good for you if
- you want the victims and their families heard, not just the killer.
- you like a portrait of Yorkshire in the late 1970s.
- you want to understand why the police took so long to catch him.
Bad for you if
- you can't listen to families talk about murdered mothers and daughters.
- you need a story that leaves you with some hope.
About: violence against women · police failure · fear
Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer 2019
Documentary
A twisted criminal's gruesome videos drive a group of amateur online sleuths to launch a risky manhunt that pulls them into a dark underworld.
The sides of Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer
- Online amateur sleuths tracking a man who posts animal cruelty videos
- Clues found in the background of video frames
- A hunt that ends with a real murder
Good for you if
- you like an investigation solved from tiny details in the background of a video.
- you want to know how a killer used the internet to be seen.
- you like a three-episode manhunt where the stakes keep rising for the amateur sleuths.
Bad for you if
- you can't take detailed accounts of animals and a man being killed.
- you can't take a true crime where the victim's family is still grieving.
About: the internet · attention · guilt
Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes 2022
Documentary
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to his gruesome crimes in unguarded interviews, offering an unsettling view into a disturbed mind.
The sides of Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
- Jeffrey Dahmer's recorded interviews with his lawyers
- Investigators looking back on the case
- Warning signs missed in Milwaukee
Good for you if
- you want to hear a real case through the original tapes.
- you want to understand how the warning signs were missed for years.
Bad for you if
- you can't listen to a killer describe what he did to his victims.
- you need some light, and this story of a killer and his victims offers none.
About: true crime · missed warnings · the victims
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer 2021
Documentary
In 1970s NYC, the “Torso Killer” preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police. A docuseries dive into crime’s darkest places.
The sides of Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer
- Murders of women in 1970s New York
- Times Square in its roughest years
- Detectives and families looking back
Good for you if
- you want true crime that remembers the women who were killed.
- you like to understand how a killer went unnoticed for years.
- you're drawn to the New York of the 1970s and its Times Square.
Bad for you if
- you can't face the murders of real women, even told soberly.
- you can't stand descriptions of brutal crimes.
About: the victims · the city · justice
Worst Roommate Ever 2022
Documentary
Roommates with malevolent and sometimes violent intentions turn the lives of their unsuspecting victims into real-life nightmares. These terrifying true stories unveil some of the worst cohabitation experiences one could ever imagine.
The sides of Worst Roommate Ever
- Real people who shared a home with someone dangerous
- Victims and families telling their own story
- Detectives and 911 calls
Good for you if
- you want true stories told by the people who lived them.
- you follow true crime and the investigations behind it.
- you like the slow realization that something is wrong at home.
Bad for you if
- you find real murders and grieving families too hard to watch.
- you scare easily and live with a roommate.
About: trust · fear · home
The Confession Killer 2019
Documentary
Henry Lee Lucas rose to infamy when he confessed to hundreds of unsolved murders. This docuseries examines the truth -- and horrifying consequences.
The sides of The Confession Killer
- A drifter who confessed to hundreds of murders
- Lawmen who closed cases on his word
- Families still waiting for the truth
Good for you if
- you want to understand how one man's confessions misled the police.
- you like true crime that questions the investigators.
- you like finding out which confessions could be true.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch stories of real murder victims.
- you need justice at the end, and many families never got it.
About: justice · false confessions · grief
I'll Be Gone in the Dark 2020
Documentary
An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders, and true crime author Michelle McNamara's obsessive quest to find justice on behalf of his victims.
The sides of I'll Be Gone in the Dark
- The Golden State Killer case
- Michelle McNamara, a true crime writer
- Survivors telling what happened to them
Good for you if
- you like an amateur detective piecing together clues decades old.
- you want the survivors' voices at the centre of a true crime story.
- you care as much about Michelle McNamara's obsession as about the case.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear real survivors of rape describe their attacks.
- you can't sleep after hearing about a man breaking into homes at night.
About: obsession · grief · justice
Evil Genius 2018
Documentary
This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.
The sides of Evil Genius
- A pizza delivery man with a bomb locked around his neck
- A bank robbery in Erie, Pennsylvania
- A plot stranger than anyone guessed
Good for you if
- you like a true crime case that keeps getting stranger.
- you like a story with scavenger hunt notes and a homemade bomb.
- you want the real people and the real investigation.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a real man's death on screen.
- you need every answer. How much the pizza man knew is still argued over.
About: manipulation · greed · mental illness
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills 1996
Documentary
A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
The sides of Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
- Three boys murdered in West Memphis
- Three teenagers put on trial
- A town gripped by fear of satanism
Good for you if
- you want the true story of the West Memphis Three, told as it unfolded.
- you want to see a murder trial from inside the courtroom.
- you like weighing the evidence yourself.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the murder of children and their families' grief on screen.
- two and a half hours is too much for you.
About: justice · fear · prejudice
Cropsey 2010
Documentary
Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.
The sides of Cropsey
- A Staten Island urban legend
- Children who went missing
- The ruins of an abandoned institution
Good for you if
- you like two filmmakers digging into the disappearances of their childhood.
- you like the chill of a boogeyman story that turns out to be real.
- you like true crime set in the woods and ruins of Staten Island.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a film about missing children.
- you need every question answered by the end.
About: urban legends · fear · missing children
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness 2021
Documentary
The Son of Sam case grew into a lifelong obsession for journalist Maury Terry, who became convinced that the murders were linked to a Satanic cult.
The sides of The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
- A journalist obsessed with the Son of Sam case
- A theory of a Satanic cult
- 1970s New York in fear
Good for you if
- you like 1970s New York, its tabloids and its summer of fear.
- you like following a theory that the killer did not act alone.
- you like a portrait of a man consumed by his own investigation.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not revisit the murders of real young people.
- you need a theory backed by proof, not obsession.
About: obsession · truth · fear
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 2021
Documentary
The notorious Cecil Hotel grows in infamy when guest Elisa Lam vanishes. A dive into crime's darkest places.
The sides of Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
- A downtown Los Angeles hotel with a dark past
- A young guest who disappears in 2013
- Elevator footage that went around the internet
Good for you if
- you like a disappearance that seems to have no explanation.
- you like a hotel where every floor seems to hide something.
Bad for you if
- a real young woman's disappearance and her family's pain are too much for you.
- you need momentum, and four episodes circle one case through the hotel's past and online theories.
About: disappearance · rumor · mental health
Black Bird 2022
Series
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
The sides of Black Bird
- A drug dealer sent into a maximum security prison
- A man suspected of killing young girls
- A confession to get out of him
Good for you if
- you like long conversations in a cell where one wrong word ruins everything.
- you can't look away from Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall.
- you want a true story told soberly.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear a man describe the murders of young women.
- you want a prison story with fights and escapes.
About: guilt · redemption · fathers and sons
The Keepers 2017
Documentary
This docuseries examines the decades-old murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik and its suspected link to a priest accused of abuse.
The sides of The Keepers
- The unsolved 1969 murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik
- Former students of a Baltimore Catholic school
- Two women searching for answers decades later
Good for you if
- you like an old case reopened by people who refuse to drop it.
- you want survivors telling their own story.
- you like the former students who become investigators in their sixties.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear accounts of child sexual abuse.
- you need a case that ends with someone convicted.
About: abuse · cover up · justice
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory 2012
Documentary
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
American Nightmare 2024
Documentary
After a harrowing home invasion and kidnapping in 2015, a couple is accused of staging the ordeal when the woman reappears, haunting the couple with a new series of tortures.
The sides of American Nightmare
- A woman taken from her home in California in 2015
- A couple the police refused to believe
- Victims treated as suspects
Good for you if
- you want the real people telling their own story in their own words.
- you like a case that keeps changing what you thought you knew.
- you like a true story told with the suspense of a thriller.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear a real kidnapping and assault described by the woman who lived it.
- you need more than interviews and recordings to stay hooked.
About: disbelief · trauma · justice
The Jinx 2015
Documentary
Robert Durst, scion of NY's billionaire real-estate family, has been accused of three murders but has evaded justice for over 30 years. Durst speaks in this true crime series, revealing secrets of a case that has baffled authorities.
The sides of The Jinx
- Robert Durst answering questions on camera
- Three deaths across New York and Texas
- Old letters and a handwriting match
Good for you if
- you like a New York real-estate heir who seems out of reach of the law.
- you like a cold case reopened piece by piece.
- you like watching a man answer questions he could have refused.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through real murders and grieving families.
- you need momentum, and long interviews lose you.
About: wealth · guilt · justice
Girl in the Picture 2022
Documentary
A young mother’s mysterious death and her son’s subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman’s true identity, and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of it all.
The sides of Girl in the Picture
- A young mother's mysterious death in Oklahoma
- A boy taken from his school
- A woman whose real name nobody knew
Good for you if
- you like a true case where every answer opens a darker question.
- you like revelations that change everything you thought about the story.
- you want to follow the people who spent decades finding out who she was.
Bad for you if
- you can't take child abuse described in detail.
- you need some justice or comfort at the end of a true story.
About: identity · abuse · stolen childhood