Best TV true crime shows
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- StarsBill KurtisDave ReichertKathy MillsCold Case Files shows how timing, persistence and high-tech police work combine to catch people who have slipped through the cracks for decades.unbeatable.
- CreatorPaul DowlingStarsPeter ThomasTom BevelSkip PalenikA series featuring detailed accounts on how notable crimes and diseases were solved through forensic science.
- StarsMichelle ReneeBill SpadeJosh LongI Survived incorporates interviews with stylized recreations to tell the stories of people who overcame unbelievable circumstances that changed their lives forever.
- StarsDavid O'BrienDonna PendergastCarl SchmidtSometimes the same set of evidence can tell two very different stories. This series delves deep into the forensics of criminal cases where two sets of experts must battle it out to find the truth. In the end, the jury gives its verdict: guilty or innocent. Which interpretation of the evidence do you believe? You decide.
- StarsBill KurtisDennis HaysbertJohnnie L. Cochran Jr.Bill Kurtis hosts this documentary series that profiles criminal cases involving high profile murders, serial killers, and organized crime. Each episode culminating with the justice dispensed by the American legal system in each case.
- StarsBill RatnerSteve C. PorterThomas DalbyMurders, drug dealers, bank robbers or jail escapees. The stories are different, but the motive is always the same: to stay out of prison. See what pushed these fugitives to their crimes, how they changed their identities, evaded the law and - almost - got away with it.
- StarsDion GrahamNathan SchillingJason WhiteThe series follows detectives during the hours immediately following a homicide.
- StarsJohn BeachLesia MooreJeff BreedloveFirst class, experienced homicide detectives work together to solve murders of every kind and motive in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- StarsAnn DewigJohn CabreraClaudio GrandjeanThrough in-depth interviews, documentary footage and dramatic recreations, Prison Wives tells the tales of crime and punishment, that will keep you on the edge of your seat and make your head spin with twists and turns. From sex, to family fights, the stress of working multiple jobs, to the bizarre/touching/astounding/hilarious/horrifying relationships with their prison men, this is a no-holds-barred series that lets you in on all of their juicy secrets.
- StarsShaun DooleyA BBC documentary that follows the lives of three American citizens on death row.