7 New True Crime Documentaries to Watch in February 2025
Next month, true crime fans will have a new crop of content to watch, from docuseries to documentaries. Tackling different cases, crimes, and stories, there will be plenty to binge all month on different platforms.
Here are 7 new true crime documentaries to watch in February 2025.
Burden Of Guilt – February 4 (Paramount+)
Based on the hit podcast of the same name, Burden Of Guilt follows Tracyraquel Berns’ emotional journey to unravel the convoluted excuses that were given about her baby brother Matthew’s sudden death when she was just two years old. Though initially ruled an accident, the mystery of how Matthew died haunts Tracyraquel throughout her childhood.
After years of lies and unanswered questions, she obtains Matthew’s medical records and uncovers a shocking detail; she learned she was blamed for his death. Tracyraquel embarks on a relentless search to expose the darkest and deepest secret of her troubled family. Her investigation leads the authorities in Dekalb County Georgia to an unprecedented decision to exhume Matthew’s body 25 years after his death, which reveals that his death was a homicide.
Wicked Game: Devil in the Desert – February 4 (Hulu/Disney+)
After a sheriff’s deputy finds a woman zip-tied and frantic on the side of the road in the Mojave Desert in 2012, authorities discover this may have been a grisly crime in pursuit of a suspected buried treasure. This discovery kicked off a years-long investigation that spanned sting operations, an international search, a prison break captured on cellphone, and a courtroom showdown between lead prosecutor Matt Murphy and the man authorities believed was pulling the strings in a twisted game of greed and violence – Hossein Nayeri. Set during the early days of medical marijuana, Wicked Game: Devil in the Desert is a gripping three-part docuseries told through intimate access inside the case and to those who lived a story unlike any other.
The Takedown: American Aryans – February 6 (Max)
Told principally by charismatic federal agent Richard Boehning, the series examines an organized crime group built on Nazi ideology and extreme violence operating under the radar in the suburbs of Texas. The shocking murder of a young woman catapults Boehning and his Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) task force on an odyssey to protect American values against an enemy growing in confidence and power.
Through never-before-heard wiretaps and secret recordings from inside the case, The Takedown: American Aryans reveals how Boehning’s operation systematically targeted and destroyed one of the most dangerous gangs in America
Love After Lockup: Crime Story – February 7 (We TV/ALLBLK/AMC+)
We have seen them walk out of prison gates and into the arms of loved ones, but who were they before prison? In-depth interviews provide a no-holds-barred look at the pre-prison life of the franchise’s most loved and not so notorious characters, as they return to the scene of the crime, reflect on their origin stories and discuss how far they have come. We know their LOVE story; this is their CRIME story.
American Murder: Gabby Petito – February 17 (Netflix)
In August 2021, 22-year-old Gabby Petito was killed by her fiance, Brian Laundrie, while the young couple was on a four month road trip across the United States documenting their “van life” journey on social media. Two months later, Laundrie was found to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and his parents were suspected of helping to cover up the murder. While taking viewers on a journey through Gabby and Brian’s final days together, the series will unveil the tragic reality behind their Insta-perfect life and reveal painful moments where their story might have taken a different turn.
The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer – February 18 (Hulu/Disney+)
In the wealthy suburbs of Indianapolis, husband and father of three Herb Baumeister led a double life – businessman by day, serial killer by night. Throughout the 1990s, he targeted gay men, amassing a victim count possibly surpassing that of Jeffrey Dahmer. The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer is a four-part series that follows Hamilton County coroner Jeff Jellison as he launches a new investigation decades after thousands of bones were found in the woods behind Fox Hollow Farms, Baumeister’s stately home.
Using new DNA technology, Jellison and his team work to identify the human remains, bringing long-deferred closure to victims’ families and unearthing unsettling questions about potential accomplices, missing evidence, and a key witness whose story keeps changing. Through never-before-seen archival footage and new interviews with those central to the story, this new docuseries explores how the murders went undetected and how Baumeister became the most prolific serial killer you’ve never heard of.
Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke – February 27 (Hulu/Disney+)
When popular vlogger Ruby Franke is arrested for child abuse in August 2023, it quickly becomes one of the biggest trending stories in America. For years, the Frankes’ YouTube channel had documented a wholesome, happy family life, with 2.5 million subscribers tuning in at its peak. But happy families are rarely what they seem. As the cracks began to show, the family turned to counselor Jodi Hildebrandt for guidance – and rapidly found themselves trapped in a nightmare. Only the Frankes know what went on inside their home.
This series marks the first time Shari and Chad, the Frankes’ two eldest adult children, and Kevin, Ruby’s husband, will share their story in depth on camera.
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