Truth be told, we humans or maybe partly some of us are fascinated by crime shows. Crime thriller are my thing. I love how it keeps you hooked, and how things get deeper and deeper with each episode. Everytime I binge-watch crime shows, it makes me wonder how a human being could do all of that to another human being. But then again, it's all fictional which puts my mind at ease. On the otherhand, true crime shows are on another level. It just brings the chill down your spine. Prepare yourself to check my list of the best crime documentary shows which is also available on Netfix.
An American true crime-thriller miniseries based on the real-life story of Marie Alder, an 18 year old Washington state woman who reported raped by an unknown mask intruder in her home, only to be re-victimized by detectives who accused her of fabricating her narrowing story and later closed her case as false information. Things gets nastier when more people starts reporting similar cases.
No of episodes:8
The Act is based on the disturbing true story of Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard and their complicated mother-daughter relationship that culminated in murder. The terrifying true story on how a mother used her own daughter to gain sympathy and donations from people by fabricating illness and disabilities upon her daughter.
No of episodes: 8
A psychological crime thriller television series based on 1995 true crime book Mindhunter. Two FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench attempt to understand and catch serial killers by studying their damaged psyches. Be mentally prepare yourself for this particular show, the way the killers describes their state of mind, the pleasure they experience when they take the last breath out of their victims made me sick and disgusted. Having no empathy towards another human being and re-enacting the crime by going back to the crime scene just to feel the pleasure. You'll get to see so many insights about the minds of the criminal in mindhunter.
Season 1: 10 episodes
Season 2: 9 episodes
The devastating true story of 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster which occurred in Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic.
No of episodes:5
The true story of Drug Lord and Drug Trafficker named Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria who lived in Colombia in the early 1980's and 1990's. Often called “the king of Cocaine", he was the wealthiest criminal in history.
Season 1: 10 episodes
Season 2:10 episodes
Season 3:10 episodes
The Devil Next Door is a miniseries documentary about a Cleveland man named John Demjanjuk who was accused of being an infamous Nazi death camp guard known as “Ivan the Terrible.” He was arrested and extradited to Israel to stand trial as a war criminal. This particular show will keep you guessing till the end.
No of episodes:5
The family next door is a true crime documentary film which happen in United States, when the Watts family went missing from their Colorado home in 2018 without a trace. With the heart breaking details emerging,this particular case made headlines around the world. You will be surprise to know who was behind all those heinous crime!
I hope you love watching them too!! Comment below if you have watch any true crime documentary which I have not mentioned in my list and that I should watch as well..
Stay safe reader..
