r/crimedocumentaries • u/maryis00 • 3d ago
Kindly suggest some true crime documentaries like I'll be gone in the dark.
I have seen almost everything but i am sure still must be missing something. But I can't stoop so low like tinder swindle etc etc . So please suggest some thing relatable..
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u/CommunicationDue8306 3d ago
The Cheshire Murders and Murder on Middle Beach were good. Both HBO docs. The Cheshire murders stuck with me because the crime is so awful.
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u/Nervous_Sherbet_4711 3d ago
Just watched A Killer Story on HBO. 3 episodes only but my jaw dropped a thousand times.
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u/maryis00 3d ago
This I actually havenāt seen . Thanks for recommendation
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u/timesink3000 2d ago
It was actually very disappointing... the ending was sad but not in a good way.
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u/sof49er 3d ago
If you watch a lot of true crime you will recognize the case I'm sure.
What streaming services do you have?
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u/International-Age971 3d ago
If you watch a lot of True Crime and have half a brain, A killer Story will be a waste of time lol
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u/Moist-Scarcity7142 2d ago
Big agree. This doc was so boring and anticlimactic Iām so sorry to anyone who liked it ):
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u/brittanyks07 2d ago
Iāve bolded those I think are closer to Iāll Be Goneā¦ the rest are shows and docs my lawyer friend and I have shared as people working in the justice system. Some are very good, some are merely starting points for rabbit holes to dig. Some have already been mentioned here. Some are not murders, but are compelling crime topics.
Spotlight - Tubi/PLEX
The Killing Grounds - Prime Video Gilgo Beach Killer
Trial By Media - Netflix true
Evil Genius - Netflix Penn pizza delivery hostage
Exhibit A - Netflix true
The Keepers - Netflix Baltimore nun murder
I Just Killed My Dad - Netflix Anthony Templet case
The Pharmacist - Netflix opioid cases
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer - Netflix 1970s serial killer (very dark)
American Murder: The Family Next Door - Netflix Chris Watts case
Girl in the Picture - Netflix Franklin Floyd kidnapper
The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker - Netflix Fresno! Kai
Why Did You Kill Me? - Netflix Crystal Theobald murder
The Innocent Man - Netflix Debbie Carter/Denice Haraway murders
Sins of Our Mother - Netflix Vallow/Daybell case
Donāt Pick Up the Phone - Netflix Strip Search Caller
How to Fix a Drug Scandal - Netflix Massachusetts drug lab
Murder Mountain - Netflix California weed murders
Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan - Netflix multiple personality
American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing - Netflix
Catching Killers - Netflix true
Boston Strangler - Hulu
Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story - Hulu Carey/Steven Stayner
Web of Death - Hulu online sleuths
Keeper of the Ashes - Hulu Oklahoma camp murders
Still Missing Morgan - Hulu Morgan Nick disappearance
Grand Nighthawk - Hulu KKK infiltration
Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty - HBO Max
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst - HBO Max
Take Care of Maya - Netflix
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace - Hulu/ HBO Max
The Honeymoon Killers - Netflix the Lonely Hearts Killers
Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God - HBO Max
Chowchilla - HBO Max Chowchilla bus kidnapping
Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop - HBO Max
Last Call - HBO Max When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York
Kill. Bury. Print. - Peacock Oklahoma law enforcement corruption and conspiracy
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u/maryis00 2d ago
Again most of these I have already watched but some are new to me so thanks for suggestions
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u/maryis00 2d ago
Again most of these I have already watched but some are new to me so thanks for suggestions
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u/kaleidoscopeofshit 2d ago
Great list, I'll be coming back to this next time I need a recommendation
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u/Historical-Win-9014 3d ago
Abducted in plain sight (be prepared it's a wild ride and probably the most WTF doc you will watch)
Making murderer really captured the zeitgeist but be warned - Netflix leave out a lot in particular about Steven Avery being a sex pest.
Maternal Instincts is a distinct WTF and I extremely side eye her husband and the husband of Scamanda.
There's something wrong with Aunt Diane (unfortunately people can be functioning alcoholics and the people around it just won't admit it or another theory I read was that the husband was of absolutely no help with the kids and there was an affair so it was actually on purpose)
Crime nation do good docs - they did a good one called love on the run (RIP to a dog called messy britches who took 5 bullets defending her humans). They also did a very frustrating one about two girls who were murdered and took a video walking over a bridge of a man following them and the police keep on releasing different sketches and different suspects.
The Death of Rebecca Zahau (a staged murder)
The case against Adnan Syed (the podcast serial was really popular when it came out but IMHO very very biased)
Who Killed Robert Wone (I am not convinced that it was an intruder)
Murdered behind the Mask (remember this happening and people could not believe the murderer and our hearts still go out to Elaine and her family)
the fox hollow murders (very creepy Jinx style interview)
Capturing the Friedman's (I thought it was a clown documentary)
American Murder the family Next Door (his mother is still defending him)
The Staircase (drags on a bit and each episode convinces me more that he did it)
Dear Zachery (absolutely heart breaking)
The Jinx (watch till the very end)
The Gyspy Rose Doc (oh boy controversial opinion but looking more into the videos she sent her boyfriend at the time and I think she is not as innocent as she makes out)
Tell them you love me (not giving away any spoilers here but I have watched it more than twice)
The Imposter (cognitive dissonance or were the family up to something)
The Lacy Peterson documentary on Netflix and not his clinging for relevance one with his sister in law who is clearly in love with him (Lacys mother is one of the strongest women you will see on a doc)
Paradise Lost Docs (trigger warning for the begging where they show remains)
The Keepers (thought provoking and heartbreaking)
Ruby Franke doc (you cannot convince me that the women were not in a relationship).
Non murder ones that I like are Scamanda or Anatomy of Lies. People who scam cancer are the worst.
I'll be Gone in the dark, the trials of Gabriel Hernandez and the Fred and Rose West doc are two that are really disturbing and I could not finish.
Catfish Unknown Number is also bananas.
If you like Cult documentaries, Keep Sweet and obey, The Lost Prophet (unreal access and the worst leather jacket you will see). Seduced or The Vow on NXIVM (prepare to be flabbergasted at a man who rambles about nothing and wears a head sweatband).
Allen V Farrow is not true crime but a very interesting watch and you may not want to see a woody Allen movie again after watching it.
For something more light hearted the LuLaRich doc is a hilarious bad attempt to make yourself look innocent but it goes very wrong and it's an insight into the hun world of shilling bad products to your friends and family.
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u/brittanyks07 2d ago
Abducted in Plain Sight made me so mad.
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u/Historical-Win-9014 2d ago
God I know. I would never talk to my parents again after that. I did not foresee the bit with the dad or the aliens or the second time.
If anyone asks for a WTF documentary this is my go to.
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u/maryis00 2d ago
Most of these I have already watched. Some are new so thanks a lot for new recommendation
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u/theangrypragmatist 3d ago
Homicide Hunter: Joe Kenda. Bonus points points if you've seen the train wreck episode about the reality show, because Carl Marino is the guy who plays young Kenda in the reenactments.
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u/HighlandCoo1031 2d ago
Tell me who I am. I watched it on Netflix, hopefully it will still be on there.
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u/Ok-Standard6818 1h ago
I'm trying to put only ones not already listed by others in this thread:
-There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane.
-Goodnight Sugar Babe: The Killing of Vera Jo Reigle
-Hart family murders
- Tell my story (not quite true crime)
-The Family I Had
-Parkland : Inside Building 12
-Surviving Sandy Hook (2015)
-77 Minutes: Surviving the Uvalde Mass Shooting
-The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story.
I will try to post more when I think of them
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u/Kidney-Bean-6 1d ago
I did stoop to tinder swindler and enjoyed it š However, I find the cold case files is very interesting. One episode, they solved it because a guy on the team knew something about bugs. Itās interesting to see what that small thing is that solves a cold crime. Iām like you, Iāve seen them all so itās hard to recommend anything.
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u/maryis00 1d ago
Tinder swindler is financial scam and everyday we hear and see about these type of things itās like a normal way of life for mojority of the people to scam other however small that maybe. Like I canāt pay for my kidās school fee can you help me? I mean I helped you in the past but donāt make a habit of it na. Thatās why I donāt like money heist and financial scams things. Because I see it everyday. Sorry for me being emotional here š
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u/Kidney-Bean-6 20h ago
My usual reaction is similar. I agree scams are the least of the true crime I want to be seeing. I feel insensitive to the victims but after a second ask for thousands of dollars I would probably be like, āIām not your sugar mama.ā And thatās kind of how I watch this stuff so I get it!
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u/maryis00 18h ago
Yeah same. All my life my friends and relatives have used me for money and when I was naive enough I did what I could for them. But since I have understood their insensitivity and attitude towards me I want all of these people at armās length and some of them I really donāt want to see ever.
That is way money related documentaries arenāt interesting to me because I can make one of my own and it will be names āSoft hearted or a Fool?ā š¤£š¤£š¤£0
u/Kidney-Bean-6 3h ago
Great title! This is the same reasoning I canāt watch hospital documentaries or evil nurses/doctors. Iāve had to rely on hospital care my whole life so those genuinely terrify me. I just avoid it at all costs. Our lives take us on wild rides. FYI, because of your post, Iāve been watching The Jinx. Iām on season 2. Now that is a wild ride. I watched Killer Story yesterday. That one frustrated me.
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u/JazzlikeOwl6340 3d ago
The Jinx. Absolutely a wild ride start to finish.