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The Jinx — Part 2 Gets Trapped in Its Own Fame-Themed Ouroboros
The push-pull of the true-crime genre is that, no matter how much it intends to give a voice to the...
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A First-Time Documentary Maker Comes to Terms With His Own Betrayal in Ctrl+Alt+Desire
There’s a growing category of true-crime documentaries that could be called “They Did It” — docuseries and features that make...
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Netflix's What Jennifer Did Proves True Crime Is in Its Flop Era
A title like What Jennifer Did poses a clear question: What did Jennifer Pan do? On November 8, 2010,...
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Netflix's Nightlife Killer Fails to Dig Beneath the Surface
True-crime programming is sometimes thought of as a “guilty pleasure,” a kind of junk food that’s addictive and easy to...
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Homicide: New York Plays Like an Eric Adams Wet Dream
Homicide: New York exists outside the Law & Order universe, but every effort has been made to link Dick Wolf's...
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The True-Crime Lens Has Now Turned to the True-Crime Obsessives
The true crime genre has always invited — encouraged, really — audience participation.
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Sierra Barter and Skye Borgman Explain Why They Still Don't Know The Truth About Jim — and Don't Care
Don't let the title fool you: There are no concrete answers to be found in The Truth About Jim.
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No Amateur Sleuth Documentary Has Ever Topped The Keepers
If we mark the modern resurgence of the true-crime genre as the release of the Serial podcast in 2014, we...
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The Idaho Murders Exposes the Devil's Bargain of Working With So-Called 'Cybersleuths'
Cybersleuths: The Idaho Murders, the new true-crime docuseries on Paramount+, centers on a series of horrible, sociopathic actions that degrade...
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Exclusive Clip: Crime Nation Sheds New Light on Some of the Biggest True-Crime Stories
The obsession with true crime isn’t going away, even as new entries into the genre highlight just how that preoccupation...
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True-Crime Docuseries American Nightmare Fulfills the Promise of Its Title
Netflix's 2024 documentary campaign gets off to a fast start this week with the premiere of American Nightmare, a three-part...
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Murder in Boston Isn't Another Look at the Carol Stuart Case — It's a Reckoning
The tragic story of Carol DiMaiti Stuart has been told many times before.
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ID's Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks Does More Harm Than Good
In Investigating Discovery+, Primetimer staffers and contributors comb through the Discovery+ catalog to identify hidden gems and take a closer...
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Murdaugh Murders Season 2's Problems Go Beyond 'Cousin Eddie' Smith's Interview
Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal Season 2 primarily serves as a rehash of Alex Murdaugh's early 2023 trial, but the...
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The Gold Shines Brighter Than Most True Crime Offerings
In November 1983, six small-time criminals broke into a secure facility at Heathrow Airport with plans to take one million...