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True Crime
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Includes shows and movies/documentaries based on true cases of murder.

I am always adding more true crime murder shows.


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TV Show: The Injustice Files ( 2011 )
In February 2007, the FBI officially launched a new investigative effort called the Civil Rights-Era Cold Case Initiative, which was tasked with taking a fresh look at racially-motivated homicide investigations that occurred prior to 1970. Since then, over 100 cold cases have been identified for this initiative as the FBI partnered with local and state authorities, the NAACP, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Urban League to help investigate these aging unsolved cases and bring justice to the victims' families.
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TV Show: Stalked: Someone's Watching ( 2011 )
Watch as everyday people become victims of relentless stalkers in Stalked: Someone's Watching. From an emotionally abusive ex-boyfriend, to a "friendly" new neighbor, to a harmless crush gone awry, hear from the victims themselves, if they were lucky enough to survive.
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TV Show: Nightmare Next Door ( 2011 )
Nightmare Next Door tells the tales of mysterious murders that rocked small-town America. Each hour brings you a new murder mystery and a new look into the evil that can lurk in the heart and soul of a tight-knit community. Interviews with investigators, prosecutors, family members and neighbors piece together the twisting tale of a classic whodunit.
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Movie: The Atlanta Child Murders ( 2010 )
A look back on the string of shocking murders of preteen, teenage, and young adult African-Americans in the city of Atlanta from 1979 to 1981.
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TV Show: Unusual Suspects ( 2010 )
Unusual Suspects showcases some of the most daunting investigations in contemporary law enforcement. Each one-hour episode unfolds through the first-person accounts of the detectives who worked the case, as well as emotional interviews with friends and family of the victim.
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TV Show: Disappeared ( 2009 )
A person suddenly and unexpectedly disappears; no trace, no clues, nothing but the lingering mystery they leave behind. According to the FBI's National Crime Information Center, there are now 110,484 active missing persons cases in the U.S., 53% are juveniles under the age of 18. Most of us have heard of the high-profile cases, such as Natalee Holloway, Stacey Peterson, and Chandra Levy. But have you ever heard of Mae Catherine Rocker, Alexis Peterson or Thomas Jay Kerr? Probably not. They are just a few of the hundreds of thousands of people in this country who one day, simply Disappeared. Most missing person's stories have never been told...until now. Disappeared is an exciting series that investigates the disappearance of these victims, who are here one minute, gone the next!
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TV Show: On the Case with Paula Zahn ( 2009 )
Led by Emmy Award-winning journalist Paula Zahn, On the Case features in-depth interviews and original reporting that go beyond the headlines in search of fascinating mysteries from within our nation's justice system. Each episode is highlighted by Zahn's riveting exclusive interviews, which draw out different viewpoints from the people personally connected to tragedies that rocked their local community and the investigations that attempted to piece together the truth On the Case with Paula Zahn.
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TV Show: Crimewatch Live ( 2009 )
Presented by former Metropolitan Police detective Rav Wilding, the show appeals directly to the public for help with unsolved cases from all over the UK. He's joined by Michelle Ackerley, who will be hitting the road, finding out how police forces up and down the country are tackling the everyday sorts of crime that affects us all.Live every weekday morning, the series features reconstructions, CCTV and Wanted Faces alongside fascinating insights into the latest crime fighting technology and advice on how viewers can avoid becoming a victim themselves.
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TV Show: Solved ( 2008 )
Solved presents the career-defining -- and sometimes life-changing -- cases of police officers, FBI agents and prosecutors. In each episode, a mysterious homicide case unfolds through first person accounts from America's elite law enforcement officers. Forensic analysts, trace evidence experts, crime scene technicians, forensic document examiners, forensic linguists, handwriting experts and computer forensic specialists add their incredible investigation techniques to help solve these compelling murder cases.
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TV Show: After the First 48 ( 2008 )
After the First 48 revisits some of the most powerful cases originally featured on the First 48 and features exclusive interviews with detectives, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and families of victims. After the First 48 takes viewers through the dramatic and emotional inside story; from the investigation, to the murder trial itself, the verdict and beyond.
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TV Show: Wicked Attraction ( 2008 )
Little is known about the chemistry between two people that sparks a killing rampage. Forensic Psychologists and Criminal Profilers uncover horrifying clues and reveal the true stories of people driven by love to commit murder. Wicked Attraction investigates some of the most terrifying crimes in recent history and delves inside the criminal mind to explore the roots of these deadly murders and the psychological motivations behind deadly duos.
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TV Show: Dateline on ID ( 2008 )
What makes average people cross the line to commit murder? Sometimes the answer is simple, while other times the answers are never found. Dateline on ID goes behind the headlines to investigate baffling crimes and compelling real-life dramas with NBC host Lester Holt.
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Movie: Murder in the Outback ( 2007 )
True story about Joanne Lee's partner missing presumed murdered in the Australian outback some years ago.
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Movie: The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain ( 2007 )
The week before Kurt Cobain was found dead from a single gunshot, he went missing. His whereabouts for that week has remained a mystery until now. But for the first time, the story of what happened to him can now be told, using the testimony of people who knew him, the witnesses who saw him in that last week and the ordinary people who found themselves written into his story that as one puts it, 'would have been a keystone cops comedy were it not to have ended in such tragedy'.
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TV Show: Most Evil ( 2006 )
In Most Evil, clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. Kris Mohandie examines the criminal mind to decode a killer's motive, method and thought process.
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TV Show: 48 Hours: Hard Evidence ( 2005 )
48 Hours: Hard Evidence is a version of the award-winning CBS true-crime series delves into investigations of murder, gambling, missing persons and other incidents, with 48 Hours correspondent Maureen Maher introducing reports.
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TV Show: Deadly Women ( 2005 )
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, especially when she's on a mission to murder. Deadly Women investigates the motives and modus operandi of female murderers. While males are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women usually have more complex, long-term reasons to kill. Through dramatized reconstructions the series investigates the driving force behind female thrill killers. What turns love affairs into fatal attractions. How twisted minds and dark secrets send other women on murdering rampages. Deadly Women also investigates the most ruthless female killers of them all-predators. Tune in as experts sift forensic fact from fanciful fiction. Former FBI agent and profiler, Candice DeLong offers insights into the psychology of female killers, while Dr Janis Amatuzio, a Mid West forensic pathologist known as "The Compassionate Coroner", provides expert commentary on the tell-tale evidence that Deadly Women leave behind. They are history's most intriguing and horrifying women. A sisterhood whose crimes are written in blood on history's pages.
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TV Show: Conviction ( 2004 )
When the body of a murdered 12 year old girl is found in a skate park on the street where she lives the local police storm into action. Mistakes are made in the heat of an emotionally charged investigation, resulting in a series of tragedies that tear apart the lives of the inspectors on the case.
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TV Show: Forensic Investigators ( 2004 )
Forensic Investigators hosted by Lisa McCune, revisits the way in which infamous murders were performed and solved by police.
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TV Show: Snapped ( 2004 )
Each year, approximately 16,000 people are murdered in the United States. 7% of the killers are female.*Who are these women and what drives them to kill? Oxygen's hit true crime series, Snapped, profiles the fascinating cases of women accused of murder. Did they really do it? And, if they did, why? Whether the motivation was revenge against a cheating husband, the promise of a hefty insurance payoff, or putting an end to years of abuse, the reasons are as varied as the women themselves. From socialites to secretaries, female killers share one thing in common: at some point, they all snapped. Snapped is produced in conjunction with Jupiter Entertainment, the creators of City Confidential and Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege & Justice, and narrated by veteran news reporter Sharon Martin. Each episode of Snapped chronicles the life of a woman who has been charged with murder. These shocking but true stories turn common assumptions about crime and criminals upside down, and prove that even the most unlikely suspects can be capable of murder.
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TV Show: The First 48 ( 2004 )
The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.
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TV Show: Cold Case Files ( 1999 )
Murders go unsolved. Killers slip through the cracks. With the passage of time, families lose hope and another unsolved homicide file settles into obscurity. The pattern is familiar, but changing, thanks to the efforts of a special breed of detectives. Cold Case Files tells the story of their work.
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Movie: Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders ( 1994 )
Based on true events, the story of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who murdered their wealthy parents in Beverly Hills in 1989, claiming they were acting self-defense after years of abuse.
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TV Show: American Justice ( 1992 )
Documentary focusing on Crime in America, and the American Criminal Justice System.
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Movie: To Catch a Killer ( 1992 )
"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.
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TV Show: Dateline NBC ( 1992 )
Dateline NBC presents in-depth coverage of news stories. Rather than just reading news reports, as most news shows do, the reporters for this show research their subjects and interview the people closely involved to create an informative work of investigative journalism.
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TV Show: America's Most Wanted ( 1988 )
America's Most Wanted profiles cases involving the search for and apprehension of fugitives wanted for serious crimes, including murder, rape, kidnapping, child molestation, white-collar crime, organized crime, armed robbery, gang violence, and terrorism, and also many of whom are currently on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
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TV Show: 48 Hours ( 1988 )
48 Hours is a CBS news magazine that investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, driven the reopening -- and resolution -- of cold cases, and changed numerous lives. CBS News correspondents offer an in-depth look into each story, with the emphasis on solving the mystery at its heart. The program and its team have earned critical acclaim, including 20 Emmys and three Peabody Awards.
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TV Show: The Atlanta Child Murders ( 1985 )
The city of Atlanta, Georgia, is terrorized by a rash of child murders occurring in its black community. When a black photographer is arrested for the crimes, controversy erupts over whether he is the actual killer or a scapegoat offered up by the city's mostly black leadership. The Atlanta Child Murders is based on actual events.
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TV Show: 20/20 ( 1978 )
20/20 continues to combine hard-hitting investigative reports, newsmaker interviews and compelling human interest and feature stories.