15 New True Crime Docs to Watch (July 2024)
Over the past year alone there have been a ton of true crime content being released on various streaming platforms, with more to come. It can be difficult to keep track of what comes out when where to watch. We have narrowed down the list to 15 new true crime docs to watch that have been released so far in 2024. Happy streaming.
American Nightmare (Netflix)
Released on January 17, 2024 (3 episodes)
“After a harrowing home invasion and kidnapping in 2015, a couple is accused of staging the ordeal when the woman reappears in this true-crime docuseries.”
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal (Netflix)
Released on May 15, 2024 (3 episodes)
“When Ashley Madison, a dating site for people seeking adulterous affairs, is hacked, millions of users’ intimate data is exposed, wrecking marriages and destroying lives. This three-episode documentary series from Minnow Films and director Toby Paton explores the creation of the website during the dot com boom, the people who used the site to explore a part of their love lives they felt was missing, and the hack that made it all come crashing down.”
The Beauty Queen Killer: 9 Days of Terror (Hulu)
Released on May 16, 2024 (3 episodes)
“The shocking true crime docuseries follows the harrowing stories of the women who survived a cross-country kidnapping and murder spree. 40 years later, one of the survivors breaks her silence and how she defied all odds to stay alive at any cost.”
Bitconned (Netflix)
Released on January 1, 2024 (documentary)
“Three individuals exploit the freewheeling cryptocurrency market to scam millions from investors and bankroll lavish lifestyles.”
The Black Widower: The Six Wives of Thomas Randolph (Discovery+, ID, Max, Spectrum)
Released on July 15, 2024 (3 episodes)
“Thomas Randolph has been married six times, and four of his wives are dead. Several died under mysterious circumstances, leading some to call the Nevada man a “Black Widower.” Now, ID presents this wild and weird story that explores whether Randolph is a calculated killer driven by greed, or, as he claims, just unlucky in love. Helping viewers decipher fact from fiction in this bizarre case is legal analyst, Beth Karas.”
Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer (Netflix)
Released on April 3, 2024 (3 episodes)
“In 2012, a string of grisly murders sent shock waves through the Berlin party scene. The killer remained at large — until one of his targets survived.”
Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult (Netflix)
Released on May 29, 2024 (3 episodes)
“After TikTok dancers join a management company and its associated church, unsettling details about the founder and their dark realities come to light.“
Daughters of the Cult (Hulu)
Released on January 4, 2024 (5 episodes)
“The history of the polygamous Ervil LeBaron cult told through the eyes of the people who were there.”
Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer (Hulu)
Released on July 11, 2024 (3 episodes)
“From award-winning executive producers Dakota and Elle Fanning and critically acclaimed collaborators comes “Mastermind: To Think Like A Killer,” a fascinating new perspective on the woman whose crime hunting innovations changed history. To stop serial killers, psychiatric nurse and professor Dr. Ann Burgess must first learn to think like one. With unprecedented access to the mastermind behind the development of modern serial-killer profiling, the series tells Burgess’ tenacious story and her compassion for victims which puts her at the center of America’s most infamous true-crime cases. From the widely known Ed Kemper and Ted Bundy to lesser-known cases like the Ski Mask Rapist, Burgess investigates and studies the damaged psyches of victims and their attackers, putting two halves of the same story together to catch a killer. Largely an unsung heroine until now, Dr.Burgess impacted not only the FBI, she also radically championed the plight of women in America.“
Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot (Peacock)
Released on February 27, 2024 (documentary)
“Through rare interviews with victims’ family members, eyewitnesses and experts on the criminal mind, this documentary reveals new insights into how Joran van der Sloot’s lifelong pattern of violence and pathological lying leads to the deaths of two young women. Few killers have ever murdered again after they became famous for another killing, but on the fifth anniversary of Natalee Holloway’s disappearance, Joran murders 21-year-old Stephany Flores in Peru. Hauntingly, his trip there is financed by money he extorted from Natalee Holloway’s mother, Beth, after falsely promising to reveal where Natalee’s body was for a price. In 2023 — 18 years after Natalee’s disappearance — Beth Holloway finally gets her day in court with Joran, who admits for the first time that he murdered her daughter. His admission brings some long-sought comfort to Natalee’s family, but Joran’s history of deceit and manipulation leads some to question the details in his latest story.”
Perfect Wife: The Disappearance of Sherri Papini (Hulu)
Released on June 20, 2024 (3 episodes)
“Keith and Sherri Papini’s seemingly idyllic family life is shattered when Sherri vanishes from their rural California neighborhood, triggering a frenzied search that becomes news around the world. But once Sherri is found, a new nightmare begins.”
Pillowcase Murders (Paramount+)
Released on May 14, 2024 (3 episodes)
“When dozens of women enjoying their golden years unexpectedly died at Senior Living Communities across the Dallas area, authorities classified the deaths as natural causes. No one suspected that a cold-blooded, serial killer, posing as a maintenance man, was targeting one of the most vulnerable populations: elderly women. Pillowcase Murders unravels how Chemirmir operated undetected for nearly two years, exploiting a demographic that’s often forgotten.”
The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping (Netflix)
Released on March 5, 2024 (3 episodes)
“Years after being sent to a disciplinary school, a woman still haunted by her experiences exposes the corruption and abuse of the troubled teen industry.”
The Synanon Fix (Max, Spectrum)
Released on April 1, 2024 (4 episodes)
“The expansion and collapse of the Synanon organisation, from its inception as a drug rehabilitation programme to its descent into a cult, as told by those who lived through it.”
Wild Crime: Blood Mountain (Hulu)
Released on November 30, 2023 (4 episodes)
“Wild Crime Season 3 focuses on a serial killer who stalks hikers in National Forests. When Meredith Emerson vanishes on Blood Mountain in Georgia, investigators fear she may be the next victim.”
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