New True Crime Documentaries & Docuseries – June 2024
June has many new movies and TV series premiering all month long ranging in genres. For fans of true crime, there are new documentaries and docuseries premiering to look forward to as well. From crimes on the open seas to a kidnapping hoax, here are 5 new true crime docs to check out next month.
Deadly Waters With Captain Lee – June 1, premieres 9 p.m. ET with a new episode every Saturday (Oxygen)
Synopsis: “A sun-soaked true crime series that sees Captain Lee search for answers to some of the most remarkable, unsolved crimes ever to have taken place on the high seas. The captain sets sail for some of the world’s most exotic locations, but he’s not investigating small-scale vacation-gone-wrong crimes, he’s looking into the craziest, most remarkable and downright bizarre crimes that have happened just off the coast of paradise. With on-location shooting, eyewitness testimony, shocking revelations and new evidence, this is one voyage no one will forget.”
How to Rob a Bank – June 5 (Netflix)
Directors: Stephen Robert Morse (In the Cold Dark Night) and Seth Porges (Class Action Park)
Synopsis: “In this true-crime documentary, a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle pulls off an unprecedented string of bank robberies straight out of the movies.”
Nelma Kodama: The Queen of Dirty Money – June 6 (Netflix)
Director: João Wainer (Junho: O Mês que Abalou o Brasil)
Synopsis: “Out of prison, notorious black-market currency trader Nelma Kodama exposes her part in a major Brazilian corruption scandal.”
Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini – June 20, all 3 episodes (Hulu)
Director: Michael Beach Nichols (Wrinkles the Clown)
Synopsis: “Follows the six-year journey from Sherri Papini’s disappearance to her arrest and the effects of the case on communities across the country.”
The Real CSI: Miami – June 26, premieres 10 p.m. ET with a new episode every Wednesday (CBS)
Synopsis: “Jerry Bruckheimer, Anthony Zuiker and the minds behind the CSI scripted television franchise bring viewers a new true-crime series in The Real CSI: Miami. Each episode features gripping real-life crime cases and the cutting-edge forensic science used to solve them. The Real CSI: Miami highlights that at the heart of every story there’s a victim and a family seeking justice.”
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