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New Year’s Murders: 16 True Crime Show Episodes to Watch on New Year’s Eve
New Year’s celebrations turn into tragedies Offices may be shuttered, banks may be closed, but murder doesn’t take time off for the holidays. Ring in the New Year with these true crime episodes featuring murders around New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Tales of mass murder, friends killing friends, intimate partner homicide, cold cases,…
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Show: Cold Case Files
Detectives solve cold cases through forensics and other techniques About Cold Case Files Cold Case Files comes in two flavors: the classic series narrated by Bill Kurtis (sometimes called Cold Case Files Classic) and the re-boot narrated by Danny Glover and later Kurtis. Kurtis’ mellifluous voice will make you sleepy, but the cases are too…
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Show: Murder in the Heartland
Small towns learn that they aren’t immune to murder About Murder In The Heartland A sleepy small town is awakened by a shocking murder. So is the premise of Murder in the Heartland. Similar to Heartland Homicide and Murder Comes to Town, this true crime show focuses on homicides occurring in quiet, languid small towns…
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Show: Killer Siblings
Siblings kill together in disturbing murder cases About Killer Siblings A certain dance occurs when two people plot a murder together, and Killer Siblings delves into these types of homicide cases. It focuses on those involving siblings (and sometimes additional perpetrators) who murder strangers, acquaintances, and even members of their own families. Some of the…
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Show: American Greed
When greed becomes a criminal enterprise About American Greed If you want to fear the prospect of getting scammed by a no-good white-collar criminal, then American Greed is the true crime show for you. Actor Stacy Keach lends his voice to tell high-profile and lesser-known stories of Ponzi schemes, embezzlement, fraud, identity theft, scams, art…
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26 True Crime TV Episodes with a Not-So-Merry Christmas
Murder doesn’t take a holiday vacation Gather ‘round the Christmas tree and snuggle up for some holiday tales of murder and mayhem. Happy holidays? Nuh-uh, says Homicide for the Holidays, which dominates the round-up of Christmas true crime show episodes. But there are plenty of gems hiding in other shows, including several shows about the…
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Show: Homicide for the Holidays
Murder doesn’t take time off for the holidays About Homicide for the Holidays A peaceful, snowy Christmas. Thanksgiving dinner. New Year’s celebrations. None are safe from murder, as Homicide for the Holidays illustrates through cases during what is supposed to be a happy holiday season. Narrated by the very journalistic-sounding Chris Hansen (To Catch a…
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Show: Murder Comes to Town
Murder fractures the facades of small towns About Murder Comes to Town Murder Comes to Town is a show that is as quiet as the small towns where the murder cases occurred, murders that fractured their tranquil facades and made residents think twice about leaving their doors unlocked. Through re-creations (with dialogue), stories told by…
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Show: The Last 24/A Time to Kill
Detectives follow the timeline of a victim’s last 24 hours About the Last 24 The Last 24 (also called A Time to Kill) is a fairly typical true crime show that uses the framework of the last 24 hours of a victim’s life to recount the investigation into their murder. The show focuses on whether…
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