kidnapping

Netflix docuseries about four men sentenced to 50 years for a 2015 kidnapping in Tabasco, Mexico, after a minor traffic collision — and the fight that freed them.

Netflix documentary series about the Cassez-Vallarta kidnapping case in Mexico: a French woman convicted, a staged arrest, and a justice scandal that fractured Mexico-France relations.

900 Days Without Anabel is a Netflix documentary series about the 1993 kidnapping and murder of 22-year-old Anabel Segura in Madrid, Spain — a case that lasted nearly 900 days.

Netflix documentary series about the Florence Cassez–Israel Vallarta kidnapping affair in Mexico, a judicially and diplomatically explosive case first exposed in 2005.

En ven, en morder is a Netflix documentary series about Philip Patrick Westh, a Danish man who committed assaults, kidnappings, and murder in a rural community for nearly eight years before anyone suspected him.

The Vallarta–Cassez case is a Mexican kidnapping prosecution made infamous by a staged televised arrest, a diplomatic crisis between Mexico and France, and nearly two decades of contested justice.

The Florence Cassez affair is a Mexican kidnapping case in which French national Florence Cassez and her partner Israel Vallarta were accused of running a kidnapping ring — but their arrest was staged for live television, tainting the prosecution.

The Anabel Segura case is a Spanish kidnapping and murder from 1993, in which a 22-year-old student was abducted while jogging in Madrid and killed after 900 days in captivity.

Netflix documentary about ETA's 1997 kidnapping and execution of 29-year-old Spanish councillor Miguel Ángel Blanco, the 48-hour crisis that mobilised millions across Spain.

Abducted in Plain Sight is a Netflix documentary film about the repeated kidnapping and sexual abuse of Idaho girl Jan Broberg by trusted family friend Robert Berchtold in the 1970s.

Netflix documentary series revisiting the 2007 disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal — one of the world's most publicized missing-child cases.

Viaplay documentary miniseries covering the 2007 disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann from Portugal and the German investigation into prime suspect Christian Brückner.

Viaplay documentary series about the abduction of 10-year-old Natascha Kampusch in Vienna in 1998 and her eight-and-a-half years in captivity before escaping in 2006.

Captive Audience is a Disney+/Hulu docuseries about the 1972 kidnapping of 7-year-old Steven Stayner and the 1999 Yosemite murders committed by his brother Cary Stayner.

American Nightmare is a Netflix docuseries about the 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault of Denise Huskins in Vallejo, California — a real case police initially called a hoax.

Philippines' Most Shocking Stories is an ABS-CBN true crime documentary series covering four real Filipino criminal cases, streaming free on YouTube and iWantTFC from July 2025.

Pinoy Crime Stories is a GMA Network investigative docudrama anthology covering unsolved and controversial Philippine crimes, hosted by John Consulta. Streams on GMA Public Affairs YouTube.

O Caso Evandro is a Globoplay documentary series about the 1992 disappearance and murder of 6-year-old Evandro Ramos Caetano in Guaratuba, Brazil, known as the Witches of Guaratuba case.

When Lori reached her hand out of a window in an abandoned Ohio house, she had already done the impossible: called 911 on her kidnapper Shawn Grate's own phone. The case exposed a man suspected of killing at least five women in the area.

Prime Video has released documentary series The Cult of the Real Housewife, using expert commentary and archival footage to examine a deeply disturbing real-life case involving a cult, kidnapping, and murder.