New York

Serial's Sarah Koenig examines two fights for control in New York: one on a college campus, one inside the city's biggest political party.

The Serial episode 'METRO - Karat and Schtick' looks at TraxNYC, a diamond district store, and asks how much of its drama is real.

The Manhattan Alien Abduction is a Netflix docuseries examining the disputed 1989 claim by Linda Napolitano that she was abducted by aliens from her Lower Manhattan apartment.

Netflix docuseries about Richard Cottingham, the 'Torso Killer' who murdered women across New York and New Jersey from 1967 to 1980, directed by Joe Berlinger.

Surviving R. Kelly is a Lifetime documentary series covering the sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and racketeering case against singer Robert Sylvester Kelly, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2022.

Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed is a Discovery+ docuseries about the sprawling scandal inside Hillsong Church, centering on child sex abuse cover-ups, pastor misconduct, and the criminal prosecution of founder Brian Houston.

The Huguette Clark Estate Case is a landmark U.S. elder-abuse and contested-will dispute in which a reclusive copper heiress's $300M fortune was fought over after her death at 104 in 2011.

Leonard v. PepsiCo is a landmark US civil contract case in which John D.R. Leonard sued PepsiCo claiming a TV commercial obligated the company to hand over a military Harrier jet for 7,000,000 Pepsi Points.

The Madoff investment scandal is the largest Ponzi scheme in history, in which financier Bernie Madoff defrauded tens of thousands of investors worldwide out of an estimated $64.8 billion.

Richard Cottingham is an American serial killer who murdered at least several women across New York and New Jersey, dismembering some victims — earning him the nickname 'The Torso Killer.'

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal is a 2018 documentary about the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases that helped ignite the global #MeToo movement. Available on Apple TV.

Five-part AMC/Viaplay documentary revisiting the 1986 murder of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in Central Park by Robert Chambers, the so-called 'Preppy Killer.'

Fear City: New York vs The Mafia is a Netflix docuseries about the U.S. government's historic 1980s RICO prosecution of all five New York Mafia families, culminating in the landmark Mafia Commission Trial.

Chambre 2806 is a Netflix documentary series about the 2011 sexual assault allegations against IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, told through witnesses, investigators, and the woman who accused him.

A 3-part docuseries about Lawrence 'Larry' Ray, convicted in 2022 of sex trafficking, extortion, and racketeering after manipulating Sarah Lawrence College students for nearly a decade.

The Fall of Diddy is an HBO Max docuseries about the sexual abuse, violence, and racketeering allegations against music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who was arrested in September 2024.

Diabolical: The Epstein Files is a 2026 documentary on DRTV investigating Jeffrey Epstein's federal sex-trafficking empire, Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction, and the public release of the Epstein files.

A new Netflix documentary series shines a light on the Long Island Serial Killer case and the investigation that led to the arrest of New York City architect Rex Heuermann.

Kareem Serageldin, a Credit Suisse executive, was the only major Wall Street banker jailed in the U.S. for conduct linked to the 2008 financial crisis, convicted of securities fraud.

Robert Durst was a real estate heir convicted of murdering Susan Berman in 2000, acquitted of killing Morris Black in 2001, and suspected in his wife's 1982 disappearance.