True Crime
28 October 2026
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True Crime
Stories Worth Your Time
The podcasts, docuseries, and documentaries that get real cases right. Hand-picked by the same team that keeps you posted on crime in your area.
🎧 Podcasts 📺 Docuseries 🎬 Documentaries
Your guide to what's worth watching
There's more true crime out there than anyone could get through in a lifetime, and not all of it is good. Some of it is sloppy. Some of it forgets that the people involved are real.
We sort through it so you don't have to. Every pick here is something we'd recommend to a friend: well reported, gripping from the first minute, and respectful of the people whose stories it tells.
What you'll find here
New releases worth adding to your queue, and the ones you can skip.
All-time classics that shaped the genre, for when you want the best of the best.
Case updates when a story you followed takes a new turn in real life.
Hidden gems from smaller creators who deserve a bigger audience.
Start with the essentials
New to true crime, or looking for the ones everyone still talks about? Open one of these case files.
🎧 Podcast
Serial
Season one, 2014
The podcast that started the modern true crime boom. Reporter Sarah Koenig spends a season re-examining the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and the conviction of Adnan Syed, one week at a time.
🎧 Podcast
Casefile
Running since 2016
An anonymous Australian host walks through cases from around the world with calm, meticulous detail. No banter, no filler, just the facts, told carefully.
📺 Docuseries
The Jinx
HBO, 2015
Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki sits down with real estate heir Robert Durst, a man linked to three deaths over three decades. The final episode is one of the most talked-about endings in TV history.
📺 Docuseries
Making a Murderer
Netflix, 2015
Filmed over a decade, this series follows Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man exonerated of one crime and then charged with another. It sparked a nationwide debate about the justice system.
🎬 Documentary
The Thin Blue Line
Errol Morris, 1988
The film that proved a documentary can change a case. Its investigation into the murder of a Dallas police officer helped free Randall Dale Adams, who had been wrongly convicted.
🎬 Documentary
Paradise Lost
HBO, 1996
The first in a trilogy about the West Memphis Three, teenagers convicted of murder in Arkansas. Years of public attention followed, and all three were released in 2011.
How much time do you have?
Every format has its moment. Match your next pick to your schedule.
45 minutes
Queue up a podcast
One episode fits a commute, a workout, or a load of laundry. Start with a single-episode case to see if a show is for you.
One evening
Watch a documentary
A full case, beginning to end, in about two hours. Perfect when you want the whole story tonight.
A weekend
Binge a docuseries
Multiple episodes, twists at every break, and room for the investigation to breathe. Clear your schedule.
How we choose what to recommend
Victims come first
We skip anything that treats real people as plot devices or turns a tragedy into a punchline.
The reporting holds up
We look for creators who cite their sources, separate facts from theories, and correct the record when they're wrong.
The story hooks you
Great reporting still has to keep you listening. If we couldn't stop watching, it makes the list.
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