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  1. 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

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  2. The Staircase 2004

    Documentary

    Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. The series is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.

    The sides of The Staircase

    • A writer charged with his wife's death
    • His defense team at work, filmed from inside
    • A murder trial in North Carolina

    Good for you if

    • you want to weigh the evidence in a real death yourself.
    • you like a camera inside a real defense team during a murder trial.
    • you can live with never knowing what happened on that staircase.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a family grieve a real death.
    • you need momentum, and courtroom procedure loses you.

    About: justice · doubt · family

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  3. 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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  4. 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

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  5. 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

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  6. The Devil on Trial 2023

    Documentary

    Explore the first – and only – time “demonic possession” has officially been used as a defense in a U.S. murder trial. Including firsthand accounts of alleged devil possession and a shocking murder, this extraordinary story forces reflection on our fear of the unknown.

    The sides of The Devil on Trial

    • A 1981 Connecticut murder trial
    • A defense of demonic possession
    • A family's account of a boy they say was possessed

    Good for you if

    • you like weighing a true case with no easy answer.
    • you like the chill of exorcism stories told by those who were there.
    • you want the real case behind The Conjuring 3.

    Bad for you if

    • you need claims that hold up to science.
    • you can't take a real killing and a family torn apart.

    About: faith · justice · fear of the unknown

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  7. 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

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  8. 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

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  9. McMillion$ 2020

    Documentary

    A detailed account of the McDonald's Monopoly game scam during the 1990s as told by the participants in the case, including the prizewinners and the FBI agents who caught the security officer who orchestrated the entire scheme.

    The sides of McMillion$

    • The McDonald's Monopoly game in the 1990s
    • FBI agents chasing rigged winning pieces
    • Winners who paid for a prize they didn't win

    Good for you if

    • you like a true story too strange to make up.
    • you like following a scam from the inside.
    • you like FBI agents and witnesses who are funny on camera.

    Bad for you if

    • you need chases and shootouts, not interviews.
    • you lose track among many winners, agents and middlemen.

    About: greed · luck · deception

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  10. Rome, 1983. After leaving a music lesson, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanishes — embroiling the Vatican in a decades-long mystery.

    The sides of Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi

    • A 15-year-old girl who vanished in Rome in 1983
    • A brother who never stopped searching
    • Questions that reach the Vatican

    Good for you if

    • you want a careful account of a real family's long search.
    • you like following theories and leads across four decades.
    • you want to see how powerful institutions answer hard questions.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for an Italian documentary.
    • you need a case with a clear answer at the end.

    About: grief · secrecy · the Church · justice

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  11. 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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  12. 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

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  13. 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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  14. 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

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  15. Unsolved Mysteries 2020

    Documentary

    Real cases of perplexing disappearances, shocking murders and paranormal encounters fuel this gripping revival of the iconic documentary series.

    The sides of Unsolved Mysteries

    • Real disappearances and unsolved murders
    • UFO sightings and ghost stories
    • Families still waiting for answers

    Good for you if

    • you like a case you can try to solve in an hour.
    • you can live with an episode that ends without an answer.
    • you like UFO lights in the sky between two murder cases.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real families still grieving a loved one.
    • you can't take paranormal episodes next to real crimes.

    About: disappearance · the unexplained · grief

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  16. Wild Wild Country 2018

    Documentary

    When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.

    The sides of Wild Wild Country

    • A guru's followers building a city in the Oregon desert
    • Ma Anand Sheela, his right hand
    • A small town fighting back

    Good for you if

    • you like a fight between a commune and a town that becomes a national case.
    • you can't look away from Sheela telling her own story decades later.
    • you like a true story that gets stranger with each episode, and you can't guess where it goes.

    Bad for you if

    • six episodes of over an hour each is too much for you.
    • you need momentum, and the archives and interviews take their time.

    About: faith · power · utopia

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  17. West of Memphis 2012

    Documentary

    The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense allows the film to show the investigation, research, and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the American South.

    The sides of West of Memphis

    • Three teenagers convicted of murdering three boys in 1993
    • Damien Echols on death row
    • A defence team chasing new evidence

    Good for you if

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

    Bad for you if

    • you can't hear the details of the murder of three eight-year-old boys.
    • two and a half hours is too much for you.

    About: wrongful conviction · grief · justice

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  18. The Dissident 2020

    Documentary

    When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover up perpetrated by the very country he loved.

    The sides of The Dissident

    • A journalist who walks into a consulate in Istanbul
    • His fiancée waiting outside
    • Dissidents fighting a state online

    Good for you if

    • you want the facts of the Jamal Khashoggi case laid out piece by piece.
    • you like an investigation that plays like a thriller.
    • you want to understand how a state hunts its critics abroad.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit with a real murder and the grief of the people left behind.
    • you can't hear the details of a killing described.

    About: free speech · surveillance · impunity

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  19. 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

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  20. Soaked in Bleach 2015

    Documentary

    Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates the possibilities that exist that Kurt Cobain's death might not have been a suicide, that the Seattle Police Department rushed their verdict, and the global media perpetuated lies and misinformation fed to them by Courtney Love that created the belief in many that Cobain killed himself—but when revealed to be lies—lead many to now question what happened.

    The sides of Soaked in Bleach

    • The death of Kurt Cobain
    • A private investigator's recorded calls
    • Reenactments of the last days in Seattle

    Good for you if

    • you like a cold case reopened through tapes and reenactments.
    • you want to hear the questions raised about Kurt Cobain's death.
    • you like a private detective, Tom Grant, building his own case against a quick police verdict.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a film about a real death and a possible suicide.
    • you need answers, and this film leaves Cobain's death an open question.

    About: fame · doubt · grief

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