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From shocking murders to unsolved mysteries, Netflix has some of the most gripping true crime documentaries that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
In this video, we count down the Top 30 True Crime Netflix Documentaries, highlighting the most chilling, fascinating, and binge-worthy cases you won’t want to miss.
Watch till the end and discover which documentaries deserve a spot on your watchlist!
From shocking murders to unsolved mysteries, Netflix has some of the most gripping true crime documentaries that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
In this video, we count down the Top 30 True Crime Netflix Documentaries, highlighting the most chilling, fascinating, and binge-worthy cases you won’t want to miss.
Watch till the end and discover which documentaries deserve a spot on your watchlist!
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00:00At that time, I started hearing a beat.
00:04His whole demeanor changed.
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the best true crime docu-series or documentary films on Netflix,
00:13spotlighting those that dive into a single case or story.
00:16If you're out there, just come back. I need to see everybody again.
00:20This house is not complete without anybody here.
00:24Number 30, The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez.
00:27This is one of those docu-series that stays with viewers long after the credits roll.
00:32In 2012, after years of being raised by others, Gabriel Fernandez was taken by his mother Pearl Fernandez and her boyfriend Isaro Aguirre.
00:40What followed was unimaginable mistreatment.
00:43You're sad, you're angry, you're sitting there thinking, oh my god.
00:48Not only do you not think he's going to make it, but how did these people do this to him?
00:52His teacher noticed his bruises and reported to authorities several times, but no real action was taken.
00:58In May 2013, Fernandez was found unresponsive due to severe beating.
01:03This series lays bare the full horror of what he endured and forces viewers to confront uncomfortable truths.
01:10This kid has never known what it feels like to be hugged.
01:13You know what I mean? And that just breaks your heart.
01:15It doesn't just blame the abusers.
01:18It questions how the very institution meant to protect Fernandez looked away.
01:22This story is definitely not for the faint-hearted.
01:25And so, you know, you want to say that the conduct was animalistic, but that would be wrong.
01:32Because even animals know how to take care of their young.
01:34Number 29, Night Stalker.
01:36The Hunt for a Serial Killer.
01:38Between 1984 and 1985, Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, terrorized Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.
01:46His crimes were so violent and unpredictable that fear gripped many for months.
01:51Detectives say Doy saved his wife's life by calling 911 before he died.
01:56Ramirez broke into homes, attacked men and women alike, and sometimes left behind satanic symbols.
02:03This Netflix docuseries doesn't glorify Ramirez's evil.
02:06Instead, it shines light on the detectives who worked tirelessly to piece the case together.
02:11Now I've got a little bit of circumstantial evidence here.
02:15But that still wasn't enough.
02:19It also gives victims and survivors a voice, which makes it all the more compelling.
02:23With its thriller-like pace and dark visuals, it keeps viewers on the edge.
02:28Though its disturbing details and crime scene photos are not for everyone.
02:32Still, for true crime fans, it is a gripping deep dive into the Night Stalker case.
02:37And he just slowly looked around the room to take it in.
02:43And he looked right in your eyes.
02:46You know, he did look at you.
02:47And that's when I saw, wow, those eyes are terrible.
02:52Number 28, I Just Killed My Dad.
02:55Twisty and unusual,
02:56I Just Killed My Dad dives into the case of Anthony Tompley and what drove him to his breaking point.
03:02It opens with Tompley killing his father, Bert, and calmly calling the police to report the crime.
03:07Tim, what's a emergency?
03:12Tim, I killed my dad.
03:13But as the story unfolds, it becomes clear this is no simple murder case.
03:19Through interviews with Anthony, his family, neighbors, and investigators,
03:23the series reveals a boy isolated from the world by his controlling father.
03:27Explain y'all's relationship.
03:31Well, it's very often one we've, we have trouble getting along.
03:35And, uh, yeah, I don't really like him.
03:41You don't?
03:41It highlights how years of abuse and manipulation destroyed the young man's life.
03:46By the time he pulled the trigger, it was like breaking free from psychological captivity.
03:51Overall, it'll leave you feeling sorry for Tompley while asking yourself if what he did was justified.
03:57They're gonna, um, they're gonna offer you a negligent homicide, man.
04:00For real?
04:01Yeah.
04:02They're gonna let you breathe a probation.
04:03No way.
04:04Yeah.
04:05For real?
04:05On March 1st, man.
04:06On March 1st?
04:07Yeah.
04:08So it's confirmed we're getting probation?
04:09Done.
04:10Number 27,
04:11My Father, the BTK Killer.
04:14What is it like being the daughter of a notorious serial killer?
04:17For Carrie Rawson, the answer is chillingly real.
04:20This Netflix docu-series offers a deeply personal look into her experience after learning that her father, Dennis Rader, was the infamous BTK killer.
04:28He said later on that having kids slowed down his murders.
04:34Dad said he got busy raising kids.
04:36Well, I think he got busy, like, chasing me.
04:38It's not just about Rader's crimes, but the emotional wreckage they left behind.
04:42The film goes from the shock of the FBI's arrival, to Rawson's disbelief as she learns the truth, to her chilling journey toward acceptance.
04:51It delves into her prison visits, difficult conversations with her father, and ultimate decision to distance herself.
04:56My trauma therapist said recently, like, what would happen if you just walked away from all of this?
05:02And I said, it would be peaceful, but, like, my reality is my career is now tied into all of this.
05:11When she discovers her father's twisted journal, the horror deepens.
05:15It is a refreshingly new perspective to true crimes, one that feels heartbreakingly intimate.
05:20Seeing my name in his own handwriting, in his project notes, it's just a lot.
05:26The only person talking to me, really, or the only people talking to me is Osage County.
05:32So, of course, I'm going to get pulled into their narrative.
05:34Number 26.
05:35The Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker
05:36In 2013, Caleb Lawrence McGilvery went viral for heroically stopping an attack.
05:43In the now-famous interview, McGilvery described the incident with wild charisma,
05:47earning the nickname Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker.
05:50But his fame quickly took a dark turn.
05:53I look over the guy's pin there, buddy gets out, and these two women are trying to help him.
05:56He runs up and he grabs one of them, man.
05:58Like, a guy that big can snap a woman's neck like a pencil stick.
06:02So I f***ing ran up behind him with a hatchet, smash, smash, smash, yeah.
06:08Just months later, Kai was arrested for the murder of Joseph Galfie in New Jersey.
06:12Though he claimed self-defense, he was eventually convicted of first-degree murder
06:17and sentenced to 57 years in prison.
06:19In February, Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker risked his life
06:23to save the lives of innocent people in West Fresno.
06:26Today, he's been arrested for allegedly taking the life of a man in New Jersey.
06:31This Netflix documentary unravels the story of an unhoused young man who became a hero,
06:35then a cautionary tale.
06:37Through interviews with family and police,
06:39it peels back the viral fame to reveal the real Kai,
06:42while exposing how easily the media exploits the vulnerable.
06:46It'll break your heart for sure.
06:48Judge Robert Kirsch called Kai a powder keg of explosive rage.
06:54You created this public image of a free spirit,
06:57but underneath that free spirit,
06:58the jury saw another side of you,
07:00a cold-blooded, calculated, callous killer.
07:04Number 25.
07:05Bikram.
07:05Yogi.
07:06Guru.
07:07Predator.
07:07This 2019 documentary film powerfully explores the dark side of Bikram Chowdhury.
07:13It weaves together Bikram's rise and fall,
07:15without excluding the voices of those he hurt.
07:17And I was able to create some distance from him.
07:22And I said, Bikram, I don't want this with you.
07:25And he said, okay, okay, okay.
07:28Yeah, I'm sorry, it's okay.
07:29Once hailed as the man who brought hot yoga to Hollywood,
07:32Chowdhury built his empire through charisma and control.
07:35Yet behind the fame were allegations of assault,
07:38manipulations, and abuse of power.
07:40This film lets his former students tell the story,
07:42revealing the cruelty beneath his charm.
07:45I'm the most spiritual man, David, you ever met in your life.
07:50But today, you are not old, educated, smart, intelligent, wise,
07:56experienced enough to understand who I am.
07:59Though some of his students filed civil cases,
08:02many have been scared to speak out.
08:03By the film's end, you are left furious,
08:06not just at what Chowdhury did,
08:08but how he managed to get away with it.
08:10My option was to go to court and get re-traumatized,
08:13and he wasn't even going to be there.
08:17Or, you know, I settle,
08:20and I'm able to actually move on in my life.
08:23Number 24.
08:24The Most Hated Man on the Internet.
08:26If there's one docuseries guaranteed to make your blood boil,
08:30it's this one.
08:30It's centered on Hunter Moore, the creator of Is Anyone Up?,
08:34an adult website featuring stolen photos,
08:36and captures one of the Internet's darkest chapters.
08:39People can easily access you.
08:41They can, you know, go look at your naked picture,
08:43and then also go find your Facebook.
08:45While it shows the damage Moore caused,
08:47it doesn't fail to reflect the relentless fight of Charlotte Laws,
08:51a mother determined to bring him down
08:52after her daughter's private photos were shared online.
08:55Through persistence,
08:56she rallied other victims and helped build the case that brought Moore to justice.
09:00And Hunter Moore stood there
09:02looking unremorseful,
09:06like he was hot shit,
09:10and that he didn't have a care in the world
09:12about what was happening right in front of him.
09:14Fast-paced and gripping across three episodes,
09:17it's both infuriating and satisfying to watch.
09:20While it'll leave you hating Hunter even more,
09:23you will be glad this hateful man finally faced his reckoning.
09:26Hunter Moore, also known as the most hated man on the Internet,
09:30has just been sentenced to 30 months in prison
09:32for his role in acquiring pornographic images for his website.
09:36Number 23.
09:37The Perfect Neighbor
09:38In June 2023,
09:4135-year-old Ajica Owens was fatally shot by her neighbor,
09:44Susan Louise Lawrence.
09:46The two had been having an altercation,
09:48and when Owens confronted Lawrence,
09:49she never made it back home.
09:51Though Lawrence claimed self-defense,
09:53she was later convicted of manslaughter.
09:55And she was just banging and banging,
09:56screaming at me,
09:57telling me,
09:58I'm going to kill you,
09:58I'm going to kill you.
09:59I'm like,
09:59she's really going to kill me this time.
10:01That's all I kept saying.
10:01She's literally going to come in this house and kill me.
10:04The Perfect Neighbor unpacks
10:06how this neighborhood conflict started,
10:08escalated and spiraled out of control.
10:10Praised for letting the footage speak,
10:12it presents the story almost entirely through raw footage,
10:15police body cams,
10:16911 calls,
10:18security camera video,
10:19and interrogation clips.
10:20Family members say,
10:21Owen's neighbor who fired the gun
10:23should be arrested for murder.
10:25Unlike most true crime documentaries,
10:26it doesn't rely heavily on a narrator or dramatization,
10:30just reality at its most harrowing.
10:32It also examines larger issues
10:34like Florida's Stand Your Ground law.
10:36The result is an intense, haunting watch.
10:39And this is why we're in this position here, Susan,
10:41is because the decisions you make are not reasonable.
10:45You make just like what we're experiencing right now.
10:47Number 22, Our Father.
10:50This documentary film will infuriate you in more ways than one.
10:53Donald Klein, a respected fertility doctor
10:56and devout Christian elder in Indianapolis,
10:58secretly used his sperm to inseminate patients
11:01without their consent.
11:02The shocking truth came out
11:04when his children began using at-home DNA testing kits
11:06and discovered they were siblings to many others.
11:09We knew it in our gut,
11:11but we didn't have anybody at the state
11:14that would get back with us,
11:15and they weren't in any hurry
11:17to get a DNA sample from him.
11:20Our Father holds nothing back
11:22as it details the children's painful discovery
11:24and the emotional fallout of Klein's deception.
11:27The documentary lends voice to mothers and children
11:29shattered by his actions,
11:31making it both unsettling and powerful.
11:33This woman consented to insemination.
11:35This woman wanted a child.
11:36And the question is always out there,
11:38does this woman's desire for a child
11:40legitimate Donald Klein's deception?
11:42What adds to its effect
11:43is how unbelievable it all feels.
11:46Be prepared to be mad at not just Klein,
11:48but at the laws that failed to hold him accountable.
11:51Sir, the court will fine you $500.
11:55And so he got the two level six felonies
11:58with complete suspended sentences
12:00and a $500 fine,
12:04which is a slap in the f***ing face.
12:06Number 21, Gone Girls,
12:08The Long Island Serial Killer.
12:10The Gilgal Beach serial killings
12:11captivated the public
12:12and stayed unsolved for decades.
12:15While it has inspired TV programs,
12:16podcasts, and films,
12:18not everyone grasps the full toll
12:20it took on victims and their families.
12:22This is where Netflix's Gone Girls,
12:24The Long Island Serial Killer comes in.
12:26They were out again,
12:27researching the side of the highway
12:29of Ocean Parkway.
12:31And very quickly,
12:32they learned that this was a bigger case
12:33than they imagined.
12:35They found three more intact skeletons.
12:38Not one, not two,
12:39but three more sets of remains.
12:42It dives into the human side of the story,
12:44highlighting the grief, frustration,
12:46and relentless fight for justice
12:48led by loved ones.
12:49As tragic as it is,
12:51it grips viewers with detailed timelines
12:53of the murders that continued for years.
12:55Out of the new victims that were found,
12:57they were able to identify Jessica Taylor.
13:01And she had a lot of similarities
13:03to the Gilgal Four.
13:05They were young women in their 20s.
13:08They worked as sex workers.
13:09And they were very petite.
13:10It also captures the police contempt
13:12for sex workers,
13:14which allowed the killer
13:15to evade capture for so long.
13:17Overall, it is an unflinching look
13:19at a tragedy that shouldn't be forgotten.
13:21But to me,
13:23it's about the victims and their families.
13:26And what we need to do
13:27is find some small measure
13:29of justice for all of them.
13:31Number 20,
13:32Girl in the Picture.
13:34Based on a pair of books,
13:35this doc focuses on Sharon Marshall,
13:38a young girl who was abducted
13:39by Franklin Delano Floyd.
13:41There's a big question here.
13:43What happened to Sharon Marshall
13:45in this time period between high school
13:47until she was found dead
13:48on the side of the road?
13:49After kidnapping Marshall
13:51and raising her as his own,
13:52the felon assaulted the minor
13:54and eventually forced her into marriage.
13:57As Tanya,
13:58she was held captive for two decades
14:00until 1990,
14:02when she died in a suspicious hit-and-run.
14:04When I first learned that Tanya
14:06was actually killed
14:08by a hit-and-run driver,
14:10it was more than likely Franklin Floyd
14:11that had committed that.
14:13I mean, this guy was going to be violent.
14:16Catching him might be tricky.
14:17The documentary brings truth
14:18to the story that initially broke long ago,
14:21which stated that Tanya
14:22was staying with her husband,
14:24Clarence, before the accident.
14:26But an FBI investigation followed,
14:28bringing insight
14:29to something much more convoluted.
14:31I called the FBI.
14:33I called the hotline.
14:34And I said, you know,
14:35there was a news report in Atlanta
14:38about a girl named Tanya.
14:41I know who she is.
14:42Her name's Sharon Marshall.
14:44Tanya was discovered to be Sharon
14:46and Clarence Floyd.
14:48It's a story of horrific twists and turns
14:51that are truly unbelievable.
14:53Number 19.
14:55Keep Sweet.
14:56Pray and Obey.
14:57Leading an extreme offshoot of Mormonism,
15:00Warren Jeffs perpetuated systematic abuse
15:03for years before his arrest in the mid-2000s.
15:05We were so scared, you know.
15:09We were going to be condemned to hell
15:11if we did anything different.
15:12You have to submit yourself.
15:15Because it was for our salvation.
15:17You did whatever it took,
15:19even if it was wrong.
15:21As head of the Polygamist Fundamentalist Church
15:23of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
15:25or FLDS,
15:27Jeffs forced members of his congregation,
15:29including minors,
15:30into living out the FLDS's mantra,
15:33Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey.
15:35This meant entering marriages
15:37where wives are expected
15:38to blindly serve their husbands,
15:41have children,
15:42and control their emotions.
15:43It meant to be in control of your emotions,
15:46and you didn't display things like anger
15:49or resentment or frustration,
15:51especially towards the fathers and husbands.
15:54The doc tells the stories
15:56of former FLDS members,
15:58which bring to light the disturbing details
16:00of being held captive in a cult lifestyle.
16:02More importantly,
16:04the interviewee's testimonies
16:05represent the strength
16:06of the women who survived the abuse.
16:09Number 18.
16:10Sins of Our Mother
16:11This three-parter following Lori Vallow,
16:14aka the Doomsday Mom,
16:16exposes the dangers
16:17of extreme religious views.
16:19Did a religious group's beliefs
16:21lead to the disappearances
16:23of J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan?
16:25She and her fifth husband,
16:26Chad Daybell,
16:28landed behind bars
16:29after a string of deaths.
16:31Accused of first-degree murder,
16:33the extremist duo is awaiting trial
16:35after the deaths of Lori's previous husband,
16:38Chad's former wife,
16:39and two of Lori's kids.
16:41So I met my bishop,
16:42and I was like,
16:43I'm either going to turn my life
16:45to the temple,
16:46or I'm going to commit murder.
16:48And I was perfectly honest
16:49because at that point,
16:50I had nothing to lose.
16:51The events preceding the horrors
16:53are explored via a slew
16:55of shocking material,
16:56including police accounts,
16:58phone calls,
16:59emails,
17:00podcasts,
17:00and interviews
17:01with people close to Lori
17:02who experienced her spiral
17:04into darkness.
17:05Both were found guilty at trial,
17:07with Lori receiving
17:08three life sentences.
17:10Chad was sentenced to death,
17:11and is appealing the sentence.
17:13She was genuinely frightened.
17:16I mean,
17:16she actually went so far
17:18as to say,
17:20it's going to be so scary,
17:22sometimes I think
17:23it would be better
17:24to just go off
17:25the side of a cliff
17:25in a car with my kids
17:27than to live through
17:28the end times.
17:29Number 17,
17:30Athlete A.
17:32Thanks to a source's suggestion
17:33to investigate USA Gymnastics,
17:35America's gymnastics-governing body,
17:38the Indianapolis star
17:39began conducting research
17:40on alleged abuse.
17:42And so as I was looking
17:43at a broader piece on
17:44why does this seem
17:45to keep happening,
17:46why do people not report
17:48as they're required to do,
17:51a source suggested
17:52that I look at USA Gymnastics.
17:53A team of journalists
17:54found that coaches
17:55had taken advantage
17:56of their power
17:57and mistreated
17:58hundreds of gymnasts,
18:00prompting a published story.
18:02The piece was followed
18:03by justice-seeking athletes
18:04coming forward
18:05and revealing
18:06their traumatic experiences,
18:07specifically at the hands
18:09of USA Gymnastics physician
18:11Larry Nassar.
18:12If they're covering things up
18:13for the coaches,
18:14I think they would be
18:15covering it up for him.
18:17And that was the first time
18:20I had heard
18:20there could be something
18:21wrong with Larry Nassar.
18:24After years of abuse
18:25without consequence,
18:27criminal prosecution
18:28was finally initiated.
18:30It was learned
18:30that USA Gymnastics
18:32was made aware
18:33of the doctor's horrific behavior
18:34but failed to act,
18:36exposing just how harmful
18:38the culture that has silently
18:39plagued the world
18:40of gymnastics had become.
18:42Number 16,
18:43American Murder,
18:44The Family Next Door.
18:46Using a combination
18:47of archival footage,
18:49social media posts,
18:50texts,
18:50recordings,
18:51and home videos,
18:52this doc dives
18:53into the Watts family
18:54murders of 2018.
18:56But this guy right here,
18:57he's going to do
18:59all the dishes.
19:01That's me.
19:02It is not until
19:07midway through the film
19:09that we learn
19:09that Chris,
19:10the Watts patriarch,
19:11ruthlessly took the lives
19:13of his pregnant wife
19:14and two daughters,
19:15shattering the
19:16all-American facade.
19:17There's a reason
19:18you feel sick
19:18to your stomach.
19:20When people hold
19:21stuff inside,
19:22it makes you physically ill.
19:24And I can just tell
19:25on your face,
19:26I can tell you,
19:26tell from the second
19:27you walked in,
19:28that you were wanting
19:29to just come clean
19:31and just be done with this.
19:32Beyond thoroughly
19:33explaining how
19:34Chris committed
19:35the unthinkable,
19:36the documentary
19:37tries to piece together
19:38the why.
19:39But even with
19:40the theories put forward,
19:41it's difficult
19:42to fathom
19:43the horrific nature
19:44of what he did,
19:45making this
19:45a truly haunting experience.
19:48Number 15.
19:49Killer Inside.
19:51The Mind of Aaron Hernandez.
19:53Aaron Hernandez
19:54was the pro footballer
19:55who seemed to have it all.
19:56When this day began,
19:57Aaron Hernandez
19:58was a New England
19:59Patriots tight end.
20:00Tonight,
20:01he is the defendant
20:01in a murder case.
20:03But success aside,
20:04the athlete
20:05was deeply troubled,
20:07evidenced by his murder
20:08of a fellow athlete,
20:09suspected role
20:10in other killings
20:11and eventual death.
20:13By detailing
20:13the football star's
20:14upbringing
20:15and degenerative
20:16brain disease,
20:17the series aims
20:18to capture
20:18a shocking spiral.
20:20As the title suggests,
20:21we're given access
20:22to the mind
20:23of the killer
20:23while he's in jail
20:24thanks to the inclusion
20:25of phone calls
20:26made by Hernandez
20:27in prison.
20:27While deeply chilling,
20:44the doc serves
20:45as a reminder
20:46that mental
20:47and physical trauma
20:48profoundly impact
20:49human decision making,
20:51even that of those
20:51who appear well-positioned
20:53to do better.
20:53As the owner
21:00of the popular
21:01vegan spot
21:01Pure Food and Wine
21:02in New York City,
21:04Sarma Melangalas
21:05was an elite restaurateur
21:06making quite a name
21:07for herself
21:07in the industry.
21:08Sarma was
21:09the raw vegan queen.
21:11People were coming
21:12from all over the world
21:14because of her.
21:15It was a movement.
21:16However,
21:16in 2015,
21:18she stopped paying
21:19her staff for months
21:20and they walked out
21:21en masse.
21:22Behind the scenes,
21:23she had entered
21:24into a relationship
21:25with Anthony Strongis
21:26who promised
21:27he could make her
21:28and her pit bull
21:29Leon immortal.
21:30I just remember
21:31feeling like
21:32he understood me,
21:33which meant a lot.
21:34I feel like he understood
21:35I was trying to
21:36grow this business
21:37and this brand
21:38that I believed in
21:39with all my heart
21:40and this meant
21:41everything to me
21:41and I had to kind of
21:42overcome all of these things.
21:44Melangalas later claimed
21:45that Strongis used
21:46coercive control
21:47to convince her
21:48to steal $1.6 million
21:50from her restaurant
21:51and go on the run
21:52with him.
21:53The Netflix series
21:54details the bizarre story
21:56and Melangalas' allegations,
21:58including the couple's
21:59capture and criminal charges.
22:01Number 13,
22:03Strong Island.
22:04One of the more
22:05deeply personal
22:05Netflix documentaries,
22:07Strong Island
22:08is sure to leave you
22:09equally sad and angry.
22:11At the center of it all
22:12is William Ford,
22:13a young black
22:14New York teacher
22:15fatally shot
22:16by a white 19-year-old
22:17mechanic on Long Island.
22:19Kevin came to me
22:21and he said
22:25Mark Reilly
22:28shot William.
22:29Although Ford
22:30was unarmed,
22:32an all-white grand jury
22:33opted to not
22:34indict his killer.
22:35The story itself
22:36is a wrenching
22:37viewing experience,
22:39made even more so
22:40by the fact
22:41that the documentary
22:41was directed
22:42by Yance Ford,
22:44William's own brother.
22:46Number 12,
22:47The Innocent Man.
22:48Author John Grisham
22:49may be primarily
22:50known for his fiction,
22:51but in 2006,
22:53he published
22:53a non-fiction
22:54true crime book
22:55called The Innocent Man,
22:56Murder and Injustice
22:58in a Small Town.
22:59Evidently,
23:00it was like
23:00Grand Central Station
23:02over there
23:02as far as police officers
23:03or crime scene.
23:04The book
23:05and this series
23:05focus on
23:06Ronald Ron Keith Williamson,
23:08who was convicted
23:09of murders
23:09in the 1980s
23:10that took place
23:11in Ada, Oklahoma.
23:13He was eventually
23:13exonerated
23:14because of DNA evidence.
23:16And Mr. Williamson,
23:17sir,
23:17you'll be discharged
23:18also from
23:19the Department of Corrections
23:20and from the
23:20Pontotoc County
23:21Sheriff's Office.
23:22Netflix explores
23:23all of the false
23:24confessions that occurred
23:25and includes
23:26many interviews
23:27with key players
23:27in the real-life drama.
23:29Susie Faye
23:29of the Financial Times
23:30said,
23:31quote,
23:31the story is
23:32ingeniously played out,
23:34each episode
23:34ending on a cliffhanger
23:35that makes binge-watching
23:37virtually unavoidable.
23:38Then for some reason
23:39I said,
23:39are you a god
23:40or are you the devil?
23:44And as soon as I said that,
23:46I woke up.
23:48Number 11.
23:49The Confession Killer
23:50In most true crime docs,
23:52someone is eventually
23:53found guilty.
23:55But this one
23:55is especially interesting
23:56because that's not the case.
23:59After killing his own mother
24:00and two other victims,
24:01Henry Lee Lucas
24:02confessed to hundreds
24:03of other murders.
24:05I've killed them
24:06in every way there is
24:07except poison.
24:09This set off
24:10an investigation
24:11into his abundance
24:12of admissions,
24:13which turned out
24:14to be lies.
24:15Murder cases
24:16across the U.S.
24:17were subsequently closed
24:18without evidence,
24:20but eyebrows
24:21concerning likelihood
24:22and logistics
24:23were still raised.
24:24The really sad thing
24:26about this,
24:27the real tragedy
24:28is someone
24:30got away with murder.
24:31Whether Lucas
24:32was a pathological liar
24:33and or rampant murderer,
24:35the documentary
24:35serves as some sort
24:37of closure
24:37for families of victims
24:38whose cases
24:39were not properly handled.
24:41Number 10.
24:42Wild Wild Country
24:43One of true crime's
24:45bizarrest stories
24:46is told in
24:47Wild Wild Country,
24:48a six-part series
24:49covering Indian guru
24:50Osho,
24:51who creates a community
24:53in Oregon.
24:54The controversial leader,
24:55with help from
24:56his assistant,
24:57Ma Ananshila,
24:58set up a commune
24:59for his followers
25:00on a ranch,
25:01much to the dismay
25:02of locals
25:03in the area.
25:04A lot of people
25:05were suspicious
25:06that they had
25:07a long-term plan.
25:09Nobody could imagine
25:10that it would be
25:11something of the scale
25:13that unfolded.
25:14Discord between
25:15Osho's community
25:16and Oregon townsfolk
25:17manifested
25:18in an equally strange
25:19and antagonistic
25:20series of events.
25:22Osho's followers
25:23engaged in bioterror
25:24and illegal wiretapping,
25:26prompting state
25:27and federal authorities
25:28to get involved.
25:30We had no idea
25:31that we were going
25:31to run into
25:32the largest poisoning case
25:34in the history
25:34of the United States,
25:35to the largest wiretapping case
25:37and the largest immigration fraud
25:39that had occurred
25:40in the United States.
25:41A national scandal erupted,
25:43making Osho
25:44an infamous name
25:45that reminds us
25:46of an often-overlooked
25:47part of American history.
25:49Number nine,
25:50Amanda Knox.
25:52The story of Amanda Knox
25:53was fodder for sensationalist
25:55news outlets worldwide
25:56in 2007.
25:57If you Google
25:58the name Amanda Knox,
26:00you get 7.1 million hits.
26:04You all know
26:04better than anybody
26:05that hundreds of thousands
26:06of those are not kind.
26:08A young woman,
26:09Meredith Kircher,
26:10was murdered
26:10in Perugia, Italy
26:11and her roommate Knox
26:13was subsequently convicted
26:14of the crime.
26:15After several years
26:16in Italian prison,
26:17Knox was acquitted
26:18and released
26:19after evidence was found
26:20implicating someone else
26:21entirely in the crime.
26:22Rudy is telling his friend
26:24that Amanda is nowhere
26:25near the crime scene.
26:26He's saying that
26:27they had nothing
26:28to do with it.
26:29She appears in the documentary
26:30to assert her innocence
26:31and to tell her side
26:33of the salacious story.
26:34The film was nominated
26:35for a primetime Emmy
26:36for Outstanding Documentary
26:37or Non-Fiction Special.
26:39Thank you
26:40for being there for me.
26:44Number eight,
26:46Abducted in Plain Sight.
26:48If you want to hear a story
26:49that's just totally bonkers,
26:50you cannot miss
26:52Abducted in Plain Sight,
26:53which was made in 2017
26:55but was picked up
26:56by Netflix
26:56and aired in early 2019.
26:59We were driving out
27:00to go horseback riding
27:01and all of a sudden
27:03I saw this white light
27:04coming down
27:06out of the sky.
27:07The tale of what happened
27:08to the Broberg family
27:09in the 1970s
27:10is so unbelievable
27:12that it will leave you
27:13screaming at your TV
27:14with every new twist and turn.
27:16It was always about sex
27:17at that point.
27:18That was what all
27:19of those encounters
27:20were about for him.
27:21While there is a lot
27:22of disturbing content
27:23in this documentary,
27:25it's not about a murder.
27:26So if you have a tough time
27:27with grisly details,
27:28this could be a good compromise.
27:30And I walked down the stairs,
27:32down the hallway
27:33to my back bedroom
27:34and I shut the door.
27:37I was completely gone.
27:39Number seven,
27:40Conversations with a Killer.
27:42The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes.
27:43Similar to the Ted Bundy tapes
27:45and the John Wayne Gacy tapes,
27:47this docu-series sheds light
27:48on the life and horrific crimes
27:50of a serial killer.
27:52Through sharing previously
27:53unreleased recordings
27:54of discussions
27:54between the infamous Jeffrey Dahmer
27:56and his legal representation,
27:58Netflix allows us some access
27:59to the man behind the murders.
28:02There was Jeff
28:03sitting in the corner of the table.
28:07I was incredibly nervous
28:08because this was something
28:10that I felt was way over my head.
28:12Aside from enduring,
28:13hard-to-digest details
28:14of the killer's manhunting,
28:16viewers are also prompted
28:17to think about contentious ideas
28:19surrounding law enforcement
28:20and justice.
28:21Considering Dahmer's complex
28:22mental issues
28:23and brutal murders,
28:25the series takes us
28:26on a gut-wrenching ride.
28:27How did you make you feel
28:28at that time?
28:30Depressed.
28:31Lonely, and bored,
28:32and refused, I'd say.
28:35Number six,
28:36Don't F with Cats.
28:38Hunting an Internet Killer.
28:40We know Facebook is powerful,
28:42but it reached a new level
28:43when users Deanna Thompson
28:45and John Green created
28:46an online alliance
28:47to find a killer.
28:49That was a message
28:49he was sending.
28:51I'm throwing down a gauntlet.
28:52I dare you,
28:53I challenge you
28:54to try and find out
28:55who I am.
28:56I was like,
28:57oh, okay,
28:57this person wants to play
28:59a game of cat and mouse,
29:00and I'm up for that.
29:01After a video of a man
29:03killing kittens went viral,
29:05the manhunt began.
29:06Further videos surfaced,
29:08each more disturbing
29:09than the next,
29:10which saw the Facebook group expand.
29:12The team of investigators
29:14were ordinary people
29:15who wanted the criminal's
29:16identity confirmed,
29:18something law enforcement
29:19had yet to do.
29:20I wasn't going to stop
29:21until I found him.
29:24I made a promise
29:25I was going to track,
29:26and now I'm still going to do it.
29:28Devastatingly,
29:29Thompson and Green's concerns
29:31and pursuit proved valid
29:32when another killing was posted,
29:34except this time,
29:35the victim was a human.
29:37In the end,
29:38Luca Magnata
29:39was confirmed as the killer,
29:40and the mystery was solved,
29:42solidifying this story
29:43as one that is as compelling
29:45as it is disturbing.
29:48Number 5.
29:49Evil Genius
29:50The story of the murder
29:51of pizza delivery man
29:52Brian Douglas Wells
29:53with a neck bomb
29:54has been called,
29:55quote,
29:56one of the most complicated
29:57and bizarre crimes
29:58in the annals of the FBI.
30:00So it was perfectly suited
30:01to get the Netflix
30:02docuseries treatment.
30:03The case is indeed
30:04a strange and complex one,
30:06and in Evil Genius,
30:07Trey Borzileri
30:08interviews one of the people
30:09who was implicated in
30:10and incarcerated for the crime,
30:12Marjorie Deal Armstrong.
30:14Regardless,
30:15Marjorie couldn't hold down a job.
30:17She struggled with daily life,
30:19started to let herself go.
30:20While there may not be
30:21a lot of legal conclusions
30:23in this case,
30:23the documentary adds
30:24an extra layer of context
30:26to what actually happened.
30:27Without a doubt,
30:28this case trumps all others
30:30as far as how bizarre it was.
30:33We had the whole device
30:35basically put back together.
30:36The problem we had was
30:37was we could not match any tools.
30:39Number four,
30:40the Tinder Swindler.
30:41This true crime hit details
30:43the convoluted scheme
30:44of Simon Leviev,
30:46a con man who takes
30:47his manipulative tactics
30:48to Tinder.
30:49He is this kind of person
30:51that you want to save,
30:53especially because
30:54he has so much responsibility
30:55on his back.
30:57Everyone is relying on him.
30:58Projecting the persona
30:59of someone who leads
31:00a luxurious life
31:01as a diamond mogul,
31:03Leviev lures women
31:04into a trap,
31:05convincing them
31:06that he needs their money
31:07to stay safe
31:07from his enemies.
31:09He can't use his cards anymore
31:11because the security team
31:13has said his enemies
31:14are tracing his spend
31:15and where he is
31:16based on his credit card use.
31:19I wanted to ask you a favor.
31:21If you have
31:21an American Express credit card,
31:24I can link it to my account.
31:26Leviev would threaten
31:27the women he conned,
31:29ghost them
31:29when he felt it necessary,
31:31and swindled up to $10 million
31:33from individuals
31:34around the world.
31:35The documentary
31:36is a captivating must-see
31:38if you're interested
31:39in witnessing
31:39one of the wildest
31:41Ponzi schemes
31:41ever carried out.
31:44Number 3.
31:45The Keepers
31:45When it was released
31:47in 2017,
31:48people could not stop
31:49talking about this docu-series.
31:51The Keepers
31:52tells the story
31:52of the murder
31:53of a nun in Baltimore,
31:54high school teacher
31:55sister Kathy Sezek,
31:56which has gone unsolved
31:58since it took place
31:58in 1969.
32:00But no one has proved
32:02that she ever came back
32:04to her apartment.
32:06Instead, she vanished.
32:08This is about
32:08much more than
32:09a simple murder case,
32:10delving into issues
32:11with the Catholic Church
32:12that have persisted
32:13for decades
32:14and a cover-up
32:15suspected by many.
32:16When you take a look
32:18at where she lived
32:19and where she was found,
32:22it's just
32:22too many coincidences.
32:24Writing for Vice,
32:25Pilot Verouette said,
32:27quote,
32:27It's harrowing
32:28and upsetting,
32:29and it will haunt you
32:30for a long time,
32:31which is part of what
32:32makes it necessary viewing.
32:33It's wrong.
32:34It's wrong what's happened,
32:36but they're still unsolved.
32:38Number 2.
32:39The Staircase
32:40In late 2001,
32:42writer Michael Peterson
32:43allegedly found his wife
32:44dead at the bottom
32:45of their staircase,
32:46but he was subsequently
32:47charged with her murder.
32:49My wife had an accident.
32:50She's still breathing.
32:51What kind of accident?
32:52She's still downstairs.
32:53This story is a riveting one
32:55that is full of twists and turns,
32:57including the fact
32:57that one of Peterson's friends
32:58died in a similar way
33:00decades earlier.
33:01This is a documentary series
33:02that was gradually added to
33:03since it was first released
33:05as a French miniseries
33:06from director
33:06Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
33:07in 2004,
33:08with Netflix picking up
33:10Lestrade's new content
33:11for the story
33:11over a decade later
33:12and airing the entire series run
33:14in 2018.
33:16Okay, now seriously,
33:17what do you think
33:18of the owl theory?
33:19When you look at the wounds
33:20on Kathleen's head,
33:23the theory that a raptor
33:25caused those wounds
33:27is pretty persuasive.
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33:46Number 1.
33:47Making a Murderer
33:48This Emmy award-winning series
33:50from creators
33:50Moira DeMoss
33:51and Laura Ricciardi
33:52became a streaming sensation
33:54when it was first released
33:55in 2015,
33:56telling the story
33:57of Wisconsin's
33:57Stephen Avery,
33:58a man who had been
33:59wrongfully imprisoned
34:00for a 1980 sexual assault
34:02and attempted murder,
34:03and was then convicted
34:04of a separate murder
34:05almost two decades later
34:07along with his nephew
34:08and alleged accomplice
34:09Brendan Dassey.
34:10You can't beat the evidence.
34:12Work with us a little.
34:13Think of your family.
34:14Think of your family.
34:16I do not do it.
34:17How has your family
34:18been up to you
34:18when they think
34:19you're a cold-blooded person?
34:20If you made a mistake,
34:22they'll understand that.
34:24Your blood pressure
34:25could get very high
34:26as you watch this deep dive
34:27into a legal
34:28and moral quagmire.
34:29You know,
34:29last time it took me
34:3018 years and six weeks
34:31to prove my innocence.
34:34This time,
34:35I don't know how long.
34:36The follow-up second season
34:37updated followers of the case
34:39on what had taken place
34:40since season one had wrapped.
34:42I didn't think
34:42all of these people
34:43would care about
34:44this little thing.
34:46Which of these
34:46is your favorite
34:47true crime documentary
34:48on Netflix?
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