Crime documentary discussion thread

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When I can't sleep I listen to Killer in my Village on YTube, loads on there.
I do this! It's the music that helps me get to sleep and the calm narration.

Britain's countryside killers (Itv X)
Britain's darkest taboos (YouTube)

Also recommended.
 
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Thanks for the recommendations so far, I'll look them up when I get chance 👍

A series I enjoyed was "In the footsteps of killers" on channel 4, with Emilia Fox. It retraces older crimes that are unsolved.

I'll think of some more suggestions soon, I watch so many, the names all blur together lol.
 
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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!
 
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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.
 
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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.
Can't believe I forgot this one! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Up there with Cold Justice and Ths First 48 for me (my two absolute favs)

Have watched every single episode and it's one of the very few true crime shows that my OH watches with me. Some of it is very badly acted (mainly the lawyers) but man, the way it twists like a twisty turny thing. I've screamed, shouted, ranted, laughed, cried and been left utterly bereft and bewildered by this one at times.

I challenge anyone who thinks the USA justice system is better than ours to watch seven seasons of this and then come back to me,
 
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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.
 
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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.
I haven't watched it as I find him really annoying.
 
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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.
I couldn’t stand that programme either. I don’t rate him at all.
 
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I found it interesting. I wasn't aware it had been covered in other places. I've never watched 48 hours .
Yes, it is interesting but I don't need to see the same stuff regurgitated over and over again, which happens a lot when you watch as much as I do I suppose. But it's not like America doesn't have enough crime to not keep covering the same cases.

48 Hours is like Dateline. Team of investigative reporters doing stories. They show it on the True Crime channel (formerly CBS Reality) on Sky 🙂
 
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Yes, it is interesting but I don't need to see the same stuff regurgitated over and over again, which happens a lot when you watch as much as I do I suppose. But it's not like America doesn't have enough crime to not keep covering the same cases.

48 Hours is like Dateline. Team of investigative reporters doing stories. They show it on the True Crime channel (formerly CBS Reality) on Sky 🙂
I don't have Sky and haven't watched Dateline or 48 Hours...so that's probably why I've not seen the same story regurgitated multiple times 🙂
 
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One night in Idaho on prime is very good. I still want to know was it targeted or not. Or was kohberger just a psychopath who picked them at random
 
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One night in Idaho on prime is very good. I still want to know was it targeted or not. Or was kohberger just a psychopath who picked them at random
I joined a fb group discussing this case for a while, it was very interesting. I don't know the answer, but I might watch the documentary again at some point.... 👍