"crime documentaries" playlist

20 Feet from Stardom (2013)

Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who ...

9/11: The Heartland Tapes (2013)

Across America, the morning of September 11, 2001 began routinely, with news and radio broadcasts sharing local human interest stories and traffic reports. But ...

Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)

The twisting, turning, stranger-than-fiction true story of the Brobergs, a naive, church-going Idaho family that fell under the spell of a sociopathic neighbor ...

Amanda Knox (2016)

American exchange student Amanda Knox is convicted and eventually acquitted for the 2007 death of another student in Italy.

American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020)

In 2018, 38-year-old Shanan Watts and her two youngest daughters disappeared in Colorado. With the heartbreaking details emerging, the family's story made headl...

Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Cyber Attacks (2016)

The shocking story of the Ashley Madison hacking scandal.

Audrie & Daisy (2016)

A look at the effects that online bullying has on the lives of teenagers and their community.

A Thread of Deceit: The Hart Family Tragedy (2020)

An SUV with a female couple and their six adopted children plunge into the Pacific Ocean, leaving behind more questions than answers.

Barrymore: The Body in the Pool (2020)

Michael was acquitted of any crimes and was on verge of a comeback, when Essex police reopen the murder case and man who was found dead fathers talks about his ...

Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses (2015)

The true story of how love, fear, culture and belief lead a loving family to tragically kill one of their own during a four day exorcism ceremony.

Beware the Slenderman (2016)

A documentary about the Slenderman stabbing in 2014.

Bloodlines The Dracula Family Tree (2003)

The historical roots of the Dracula legend are traced to 15th-century Romanian nobleman Vlad Tepes, also known as “Vlad the Impaler.” Included are historians on...

Casting JonBenet (2017)

The unsolved death of six-year-old American beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey remains the world's most sensational child murder case. Over 15 months, responses, refl...

Cilla: The Lost Tapes (2020)

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Confessions of an Innocent Man (2007)

The shocking, heart-wrenching story of British-Canadian engineer William Sampson who lived a privileged life in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia until he was kidnapped, loc...

Confessions of a Serial Killer (2012)

Stone Phillips presents never-before-seen footage from his "Dateline NBC" interview with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer recorded in 1994.

Confessions of a Time Traveler - The Man from 3036 (2020)

The supposed true story of a time traveler from the year 3036 who explains the future in great detail.

Cropsey (2009)

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 boog...

Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2018)

The never-before-told story of Suzanne Mitchell, the fiercely-loyal den mother of the original Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Seen by many as regressive and explo...

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne creates a filmed tribute to a murdered friend, and chronicles efforts by the man's parents to gain custody of their gran...

A Confession (2019)

Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.

Cheer (2020)

Follows the cheerleaders of Navarro College as they prepare for the biggest moment of their lives.

Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (2017)

The Clutter Family Murders: is a four-part docu-series that focuses on the brutal murder of the Clutter family in a small Kansas town in 1959, the resulting inv...

Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (2019)

A look inside the mind of serial killer Ted Bundy featuring interviews with him on death row.

Criminal Confessions (2017)

The series delves into the psychological showdown that takes place inside actual police interrogation rooms and dissects what happens to yield a confession.

Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (2019)

A group of online justice seekers track down a guy who posted a video of him killing kittens.

Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist (2018)

The extraordinary story of the "pizza bomber heist" and the FBI's investigation into a bizarre collection of suspects.

Hotel Erotica (2002)

Killer Confessions (2015)

A look inside the interrogation room where killers reveal their emotions, behaviors and confession.

Making a Murderer (2015)

Filmed over a 10-year period, Making a Murderer is an unprecedented real-life thriller about Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing co...

McMillions (2020)

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 ...

The Confession Killer (2019)

Henry Lee Lucas was known as America's most prolific serial killer, admitting to hundreds of murders. But as DNA results contradict his confessions, will they e...

The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann (2019)

The story of Madeleine McCann, the young girl who went missing while on vacation in Portugal.

The Family (2016)

A community is rattled when a politician's son, who was presumed murdered years ago, returns home.

The Family (2019)

An enigmatic conservative Christian group known as the Family wields enormous influence in Washington, D.C., in pursuit of its global ambitions.

The Innocent Man (2018)

The story of Ron Williamson, a man who sat on Oklahoma's death row for 11 years for a crime he didn't commit. Based on John Grisham's "The Innocent Man: Murder ...

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015)

Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki examines the complicated life of reclusive real estate scion, Robert Durst, the key suspect in a series of unsolved crimes.

The Keepers (2017)

A seven-part docuseries about the unsolved murder of a nun and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death.

The Murder Tapes (2019)

Homicide investigations unfold through taped footage in Investigation Discovery's true-crime series The Murder Tapes. The series provides an up-close perspectiv...