true crime 2025

Depp v. Heard is a landmark U.S. civil defamation case in which actor Johnny Depp sued ex-wife Amber Heard over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed, resulting in a $10.35M jury verdict for Depp.

Netflix documentary series about the controversial 2013 death of Italian cameraman Mario Biondo in Madrid, ruled suicide but fiercely contested by his family for a decade.

Hunt for the Missing: Chicago is a 2026 Investigation Discovery docuseries in which retired Chicago detective Pamela Childs re-investigates six unsolved missing-person and homicide cases across Chicago and nearby areas.

Danish true-crime documentary series on HBO Max about Britta Nielsen, who stole over DKK 117 million from public welfare funds over 25 years before being arrested in South Africa.

HBO Max documentary special examining the 2021 murder of Gabby Petito, killed by fiancé Brian Laundrie during a cross-country road trip that gripped the nation.

Netflix docuseries covering the 2008–2009 Bling Ring burglaries, in which a group of teens and young adults robbed over $3 million from celebrity homes across Los Angeles.

Mørklagt is a 2022 Danish true-crime documentary series on DRTV investigating some of the most severe and spectacular criminal cases in Danish history to understand the criminal mind.

Forsvundet ved den sorte kyst is a 2023 DRTV documentary series covering six unexplained disappearances near Piha, New Zealand since 1992 — a case that remains unsolved.

A 53-minute documentary about the unsolved 2002 murders of Mandi Alexander and Mary Drake at the Dolly Madison bakery in Great Bend, Kansas. Streaming on Apple TV and Tubi.

Stolen Dough is a 2023 documentary feature on Apple TV about Anthony Mongiello's claim that Pizza Hut stole his stuffed-crust pizza patent in a $1 billion legal battle.

JonBenét: An American Murder Mystery is a 2016 HBO Max documentary miniseries covering the still-unsolved murder of child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey, killed on December 25, 1996.

Alabama Snake is an HBO Max documentary film about Pentecostal preacher Glenn Summerford, convicted of forcing his wife to be bitten by a rattlesnake in Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1991.

Netflix docuseries built around audio recordings of Jeffrey Dahmer, the Milwaukee serial killer who murdered and dismembered 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1991.

A 2024 Hayu documentary about the 2001 Phoenix disappearance of 17-year-old Alissa Turney and the murder charges later brought — and dismissed — against her father Michael Turney.

True Crime Presents is a 2025 UK documentary anthology series, available on DRTV, examining some of Britain's most significant criminal cases through archive footage and expert testimony.

Netflix documentary covering the July 4, 2009 murder-suicide of NFL quarterback Steve McNair, shot four times by his girlfriend Sahel Kazemi in Nashville.

What Jennifer Did is a Netflix documentary about Jennifer Pan, a Canadian woman who orchestrated a murder-for-hire attack on her parents at their Markham, Ontario home in November 2010.

HBO Max docuseries about Sherri Papini, a California mother who faked her own kidnapping in 2016, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, and now claims it was all real.

The Diamond Heist is a Netflix docuseries about the brazen November 2000 attempt to steal the 203-carat Millennium Star diamond from London's Millennium Dome, foiled by the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad.

A three-part Hulu docuseries examining the 2011 death of 27-year-old Philadelphia teacher Ellen Greenberg, found with 20 stab wounds in her Manayunk apartment in a case officially ruled suicide.