true crime
Memories of a Murder: Netflix explores the Denis Nilsen Tapes in new series
July 26, 2021 | VOD NewsNetflix is delving into the archive of tapes recorded by Denis Nilsen in a new true crime documentary series.
Britain’s most notorious serial killer, Nilsen confessed to killing 15 people in 1983. Over a five-year period, he picked up vulnerable … Read More
True Crime Tuesday: Sophie: A Murder in West Cork vs Murder at the Cottage
July 6, 2021 | Helen ArcherNetflix and Sky’s competing Sophie Toscan du Plantier documentaries struggle to give us the full picture.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Most Dangerous Animal of All
June 22, 2021 | Helen ArcherTruth, fiction and obsession collide in this subtle interrogation of the Zodiac killer case and the true crime genre itself.Read More
Unsolved Mysteries returns for Volume 2 this October
August 22, 2020 | VOD NewsUnsolved Mysteries will return to Netflix this October.
Presented by Raymond Burr, Karl Malden, and Robert Stack, the true crime docuseries aired back in the 1980s on NBC, before moving to CBS. It ran for 11 seasons and 260 episodes … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Trial by Media
June 16, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis uneven Netflix docuseries is less an examination of injustices than a reminder that they continue to exist.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich
June 14, 2020 | Mike WilliamsThis comprehensive but unpleasant documentary is a harrowing portrait of one man’s callous disregard for young women.Read More
Murder in the Carpark: Channel 4 to explore Daniel Morgan murder in new series
June 10, 2020 | VOD NewsChannel 4 is continuing its investment in the true crime genre with Murder in the Carpark, a series investigating the 1987 murder of Daniel Morgan.
On 10th March 1987 the private investigator was brutally murdered with an axe in the … Read More
Emilia Fox to host Channel 4 true crime series
June 3, 2020 | VOD NewsEmilia Fox will host a new true crime series for Chanel 4.
The three-part series, with the working title In the Footsteps of Killers, will return to the scene of unsolved murders with the Silent Witness star and criminologist Professor … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness
March 29, 2020 | Katherine McLaughlinThis irresistibly outrageous documentary about two rival big cat owners is stuffed with juicy, jaw-dropping revelations.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
March 24, 2020 | Helen ArcherEvery Tuesday, our resident true crime obsessive gets their fix with a documentary film or series. We call it True Crime Tuesdays.
In these disquieting times, viewers are doubtless seeking some sort of escapism from a grim news cycle and … Read More