A thriller-esque true crime show
About Your Worst Nightmare
What’s your worst fear? Maybe it’s getting buried alive, or stalked, or kidnapped. You might discover it in an episode of Your Worst Nightmare, a thriller-esque true crime show that features nightmarish situations like being terrorized in one’s own home, tortured, or murdered by a jealous and abusive ex. In one case, the victim is shot and run over by a car and lives to tell the tale.
This show has heavy emphasis on scary dramatizations, which are sometimes graphic and include plenty of screams and jump scares, making Your Worst Nightmare more like a thriller than a docuseries. You won’t be able to fall asleep to this one. It does include some descriptions from detectives, reporters, and victims’ friends and families, and sometimes survivors, but dramatizations are front and center.
The Show Elements
Seasons: 6 (2014-2020)
Where to stream: Discovery+, Tubi
More shows like Your Worst Nightmare: Betrayed, True Nightmares, True Nightmares: Tales of Terror
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✓ Police interviews
✘ Trial clips
✓ Narration
✓ Re-creations
✘ Experts
✓ Victims’ families and friends
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