Crime documentary discussion thread

[shivorny]

I am currently sat watching the pastor's wife - what a complete psychopath that 'pastor' is.

 

[TapToBoreMeRigid]

There's a third in the latest series of The Real CSI on BBC tonight. It's already on iPlayer.

 

[rivermonster]

I watch a lot of true crime but not really documentaries - mainly week on week series to be honest, via a guy who uploads all the latest stuff to a Russian website #iykykaiydkgtk My favs are Cold Justice, The First 48, Dateline, 48 Hours, On The Case with Paula Zahn, See No Evil/Murder on CCTV plus loads more.

But I have just finished the new Sky three part documentary Death of a Showjumper. I don't follow cases in Northern Ireland but I was aware of this one. Worth a watch.

Whilst I'm here, I'd also highly recommend the Murder Trial series available on BBC iPlayer. There's five of them in total (so far) and they all feature real court footage in Scotland, where they are allowed to film, along with interviews with the families, barristers, judges etc. I highly approve of this approach - edited highlights after verdict.

No doubt I'll be back!

I have also watched the Murder Trial series on IPlayer.
I can't watch the C4 In Footsteps of Killers with Emilia Fox - I don't like how her and David Wilson interact with each other, don't know if it is their voices but I find them quite false.

 

[BobbyBoos]

Personally I don’t think the prosecution did go over the top showing her tiktoks. Was showing how she behaved after what she did. Was showing her true character.

As for her parents. They must have blinkers on.

Her mum was awful!! Especially when she said that Davion was just a new friend. That’s a terrible thing to say in front of his parents! Her dad was awful too, that boom t-shirt he was wearing was out of order. They were questionable, who lets their teenage daughter move in with her twenty year old boyfriend? And her friend was awful too!

I’ve watched something on this before and the Netflix doc left a lot out, she’d driven that route 3 days before. She knew what she was doing; and still now she’s shown no remorse. She only cares about herself.

 

[DWASN]

Just finished watching The Crash - not seen/read anything about this before. How delusional are her parents. Wasn’t expecting Mackenzie to be on it -no remorse at all. Absolutely awful what she did

 

[Maiyo2020]

The Vanishing of Debbie Griggs on Sky. Gobsmacking.

I was very angry watching this because the second wife is willfully ignorant and in deep denial and just incredibly thick.

 

[RainbowFuzz]

I watched the other night too and OMG, that girl deserves all she gets. She deffo crashed on purpose. I also thought I heard them say that she was 16 at the time of the crash and she'd been with Dom for 3 years, so when they got together she was 13 and he was 17? What the hell were her parents thinking allowing that to happen?

 

[Lars Guinard]

Do many of you fall asleep to True Crime documentaries?
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Is there a particular Crime documentary/case you can watch over again or have watched more than once?

 

[ScouseGossip]

Also, does anyone else think Netflix will be all over this Lindsay Clancy case once it's concluded?

 

[Upintheair83]

Both of the Rachel Nickell documentaries/ docu- series are so utterly heartbreaking, iv never stopped crying watching them. What Alex and Andre endured was simply harrowing.

 

[savedlatin21]

Watching catching my stalker too - what an absolute nutter! The police when they came round after he broken in, questioning if he’d actually got inside when her house was turned upside down?!

 

[lira]

I am currently sat watching the pastor's wife - what a complete psychopath that 'pastor' is.

I was married to someone who would twist religion for his own sexually deviant and porn addicted ways, and I’d been broken and gaslit for so long, I felt like I was the one who was in the wrong. Watching it was harder than I thought it would be.

 

[HannahC]

The 'american murder' strand on netflix is very good. I watched the documentaries on Gabby Petito, Shannon Watts and Laci Peterson and they were really well done!

 

[Not Now Bernard]

What was so interesting about “Unknown Caller” was the impact this has on the small town and friendship groups. The big reveal at the end was so shocking. The perpetrator seemed so normal but deep down was a cold hearted psychopath.

(Very hard to write that without giving the end away)

 

[2ofeach]

Some, infact A LOT, of what part time working mummy posts on her insta & private Patreon isn't too dissimilar to this story.

Her children have been incredibly exposed & are constantly rewarded with money & goods. It's wild the things we know but shouldn't about them all.

 

[Happy Alpaca]

Has anyone watched-

"Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal"

Netflix

 

[SwiftieNewRomantics]

I see we’re getting a new 24 hours in police custody next week.

 

[skysky101]

The life and death row documentaries on iplayer are really good.

 

[Scottish Care Bear]

In the Netflix show the story behind being uncooperative was explained as her having a breakdown and using drugs/alcohol due to the stress. Along with lack of police support .

I think she wants the attention & that is a reason for the netflix show. Stress? What about the poor deceased man’s family? How must they feel with her being filmed? She has changed how she looks & has had an upgrade. All for show.

Not one l’ll be watching.

 

[Ittybittytittyclub]

I watch a lot of true crime but not really documentaries - mainly week on week series to be honest, via a guy who uploads all the latest stuff to a Russian website #iykykaiydkgtk My favs are Cold Justice, The First 48, Dateline, 48 Hours, On The Case with Paula Zahn, See No Evil/Murder on CCTV plus loads more.

But I have just finished the new Sky three part documentary Death of a Showjumper. I don't follow cases in Northern Ireland but I was aware of this one. Worth a watch.

Whilst I'm here, I'd also highly recommend the Murder Trial series available on BBC iPlayer. There's five of them in total (so far) and they all feature real court footage in Scotland, where they are allowed to film, along with interviews with the families, barristers, judges etc. I highly approve of this approach - edited highlights after verdict.

No doubt I'll be back!

Another vote for murder on cctv and The Murder Trials . I like that they do show you the back story of how it all came to court and been pieced together, as well as the trial!
Another one I like is Accused: Innocent or Guilty? It’s American, and they show the person accused of the crime, the police investigation and the court proceedings, but some of the episodes really do have some surprises in there. It’s on channel 5 and prime.