All the Best Shows to Stream When You Can't Get Enough True-Crime (2024)

Jennifer Pan calls 911 in a panic saying that her parents have been shot. Her mother doesn't make it, but her father goes into a coma. When he wakes up, he has some shocking evidence that proves that maybe this case isn't what it seems.

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Based off the real life of Griselda Blanco, Sofia Vergara stars as an infamous drug lord known as "the Godmother" who once ruled Miami's drug empire during the '80s.

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Elizabeth Olsen stars as Candy Montgomery, a suburban housewife from Texas who, in 1980, was accused of brutally murdering her neighbor Betty Gore after having an affair with Betty's husband. Her alleged murder weapon: an axe.

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Starring Joey King and Patricia Arquette, The Act tells the haunting story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who—after spending years as a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy and believing herself to be terminally ill—eventually murdered her mother and abuser, Dee Dee Blanchard, in 2015.

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As a prominent South Carolina family, the Murdaughs' world turns dark after a fatal boating accident begins to unravel their legacy. When the mother and son are later found murdered, it's not long before decades of corruption, power, and cover-ups come to light.

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They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but what if your friend is the enemy? A Friend of the Family is based on the harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a family "friend." Devoted to their faith and community, the Brobergs were unprepared for the tactics their neighbor used to exploit their vulnerabilities, causing their own daughter to turn against them.

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Now with a part two, this groundbreaking six-part documentary will literally make your jaw drop to the floor. The story delves into the strange history of real estate heir Robert Durst, who was long suspected in the 1982 disappearance of his wife, as well as subsequent murders of family friend Susan Berman and neighbor Morris Black. Featuring a chilling, revealing interview with Durst himself, the filmmakers helped expose police files, never-before-seen footage, private prison recordings and thousands of pages of formerly hidden documents.

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Eight sophom*ores arrive at college to find the dad of a student at their dorm: ex-con Larry Ray. It doesn't take long for him to become their ninth roomie and manipulate them under his dark influence. With unprecedented access to the survivors who lived with Ray, the film follows from the cult's origins through its still-unfolding aftermath.

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Starring Evan Peters, creator Ryan Murphy takes a deep and extremely dark dive into the story of one of the most notorious serial killers in the U.S., Jeffrey Dahmer, which is largely told from the points of view of his victims.

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After the deadly Uphaar cinema fires, which took the lives of 59 people in 1997, two grief-stricken parents navigate the loss of their children and launch a fight for justice against a system designed for them to fail.

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This two season chilling documentary series follows the experiences of the people deeply involved in the self-improvement group known as NXIVM, an organization under siege with charges including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy brought against its founder Keith Raniere.

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Sometimes it's easy to forget that 2013's The Bling Ring starring Emma Watson isn't just a Sofia Coppola classic...that craziness was v real and actually happened! Now, two of the LA teens involved in the 2009 celebrity theft scandal are sitting down to tell their sides of the story over a decade later.

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Among the eccentric, cult personalities in the stranger-than-fiction world of big cat owners, few stand out more than Joe Exotic. With a mullet and gun in tote, Joe and an unbelievable cast of characters, including conmen, cult leaders, and drug kingpins, all share a passion for a dangerous menagerie of big cats. But things take a dark turn when animal activist Carole Baskin threatens to put them out of business and reveals a twisted tale where there are things a lot more dangerous than a big cat.

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Jimmy Keene is just beginning his 10-year prison sentence when he gets an incredible and unconventional offer: if he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, he will be freed, but completing his mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime. The show's twists may seem unbelievable, but as the memoir it's based on reveals, it's all shockingly true.

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With re-enactments and interviews to retell the real-life circ*mstances, this series takes a deep dive into mysteries that are, well, unsolved. From crimes to lost love, unexplained history and paranormal events, viewers are encouraged to provide any deets that might solve these oh-so-real and oh-so-terrifying mysteries.

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Catching a criminal often requires law enforcement to get inside the criminal's mind to figure out how he thinks. That's the job of FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench as they attempt to understand and catch serial killers by studying their damaged psyches. The true-crime centric thriller is inspired by the true story of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit and some of history's most notorious serial killers.

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Based on the book of the same name by Jon Krakauer, this drama follows two detectives as they investigate a grisly murder seemingly connected to Mormonism. And while many of the characters are fictionalized (like Andrew Garfield's role as Mormon detective Jeb Pyre), the story is inspired by totally true events.

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This political thriller is all about the 1972 Watergate scandal and centers on socialite Martha Mitchell (played by Julia Roberts), who was married to Richard Nixon's attorney general, John N. Mitchell, and was the first person to draw attention to Nixon's involvement in Watergate.

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Inspired by Jessica Pressler's article for New York Magazine, "How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People," this wild series stars Julia Garner as Anna Delvey (born Anna Sorokin), a fake heiress who managed to con her way into New York City's high society.

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Based on the podcast of the same name, this six-part drama stars Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes, the brilliant Stanford dropout who promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a blood testing machine...which involved technology that didn't actually exist.

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