No one’s true crime obsession shows signs of stopping. From decades-old cold cases getting fresh eyes to recent scandals that dominated headlines, streaming platforms are serving up documentary gold for anyone who can’t resist a good mystery. Here’s where to find the most compelling true crime content released in 2025. And just in case you find yourself in a messy situation, click here to claim Clorox cleaning samples.
HULU: Where Dramatization Meets Documentation
Hulu’s leading the pack with a powerful mix of scripted drama and raw documentary storytelling, tackling everything from family vlogging scandals to wrongful convictions.
Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge
Docuseries
The tragic Delphi murders of best friends Abby Williams and Libby German took a turn when investigators revealed the teens had captured video and audio of their killer. This series examines how that chilling evidence eventually led to an arrest years later, and the impact on a small-town Indiana community.
Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke
Docuseries
What happens when “wholesome” family vlogging becomes a cover for child abuse? This three-part series pulls back the curtain on Ruby Franke, the Mormon momfluencer who went from parenting advice guru to convicted child abuser. Exclusive interviews with Franke’s husband and eldest children and over 1,000 hours of never-before-seen footage reveal how counselor Jodi Hildebrandt’s involvement transformed discipline into torture.
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
Dramatized Limited Series
Grace Van Patten steps into the shoes of Amanda Knox in this eight-episode dramatization executive produced by Monica Lewinsky and Knox herself. The series revisits the nightmare that began when Knox’s British roommate Meredith Kercher was murdered in their Perugia apartment, leading to Knox’s wrongful conviction and years-long battle to clear her name.
Queue These Too:
Murdaugh: Stalking Samantha: 13 Years of Terror (docuseries) | Murdaugh: Death in the Family (dramatized series) | Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? (docuseries) | Mr. & Mrs Murder (docuseries) | Fatal Destination (docuseries) | How I Escaped My Cult (docuseries)
NETFLIX: The Streaming Giant’s True Crime Vault
Netflix continues dominating the true crime space with documentaries that spark national conversations, from cyberbullying horror stories to decades-old mysteries.
The Perfect Neighbor
Documentary
Filmed almost entirely through police bodycam footage, this Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner chronicles the escalating conflict between Susan Lorincz, a white Florida woman, and her Black neighbors—particularly Ajike “AJ” Owens, a mother of four whose children liked to play near Lorincz’s property. Over two years, police responded to Lorincz’s complaints dozens of times, documenting her increasing paranoia and racism. Director Geeta Gandbhir uses real-time police footage to examine how Florida’s Stand Your Ground laws can weaponize white fear with deadly consequences.
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
Documentary
Documentary director Skye Borgman delivers another jaw-dropper about a 13-year-old and her boyfriend, who endured 15 months of vicious cyberbullying from an unknown number. The messages were cruel, sexually explicit, and alarmingly specific. When Michigan police finally traced the harassment, the revelation was so shocking it tore apart not just one family, but an entire small-town community.
What Happened to Amy Bradley?
Docuseries
In 1998, 23-year-old Amy Bradley vanished from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship somewhere between Puerto Rico and Curaçao. Her father saw her on their cabin’s balcony at 5:30 a.m.—30 minutes later, she was gone. No body was ever found. What followed were decades of alleged sightings, theories ranging from accidental death to sex trafficking, and a family that has never stopped searching.
Queue These Too:
American Murder: Gabby Petito (docuseries) | Sean Combs: The Reckoning (docuseries) | The Carman Family Deaths (docuseries) | My Father the BTK Killer (documentary) | Missing: Dead or Alive (docuseries/reality series) | A Deadly American Marriage (docuseries)
MAX: Deep Dives into Controversial Cases
HBO Max continues building its reputation for lengthy, thorough examinations of cases that divide public opinion and raise more questions than they answer.
The Trial of Karen Read
Docuseries
This five-part behind-the-scenes series chronicles one of Massachusetts’ most controversial murder trials. Karen Read stands accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, by hitting him with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowbank. But Read claims she’s being framed; that O’Keefe was actually killed inside the home of a fellow cop, and that the entire Boston police department is covering it up.
The Yogurt Shop Murders
Docuseries
Four teenage girls working at an Austin yogurt shop were found murdered in what remains one of Texas’s most haunting unsolved cases. This docuseries revisits the brutal 1991 killings, the false confessions that led nowhere, and the families still seeking justice more than three decades later.
Inside the Kim Kardashian Heist
Docuseries
Most of us know Kim Kardashian was bound, gagged, and robbed of $10 million in jewelry at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room during Fashion Week 2016. This series goes behind the headlines to examine how the “Pink Panther” gang of thieves pulled off the heist, what happened during Kardashian’s ordeal, and how French police eventually tracked down the perpetrators.
Queue These Too:
Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie (docuseries) | The Secrets We Bury (documentary) | The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder (docuseries) | Cult of Fear (docuseries) | The Fall of Diddy (docuseries)
AMAZON PRIME: The Under-the-Radar True Crime Player
While Amazon Prime might not have Netflix’s true crime buzz or Hulu’s splashy releases, the platform’s quietly building an impressive catalog of documentaries covering cases of all types.
One Night in Idaho
Docuseries
The University of Idaho murders that shook the nation spawned countless theories before suspect Bryan Kohberger’s arrest. This series examines that terrible night four students were killed in their off-campus home, the investigation that followed, and the close-knit college community forever changed by senseless violence.
Cocaine Quarterback
Docuseries
From USC college football champion to drug smuggler for one of the world’s most dangerous cartels: this is the unbelievable true story of Owen Hanson. The series chronicles Hanson’s stunning fall from signal-caller on the gridiron to convicted drug trafficker, revealing how an athlete with everything to lose became entangled with a deadly cartel operation.
RomCon
Docuseries
Toronto real estate broker Heather Rovet thought she’d found her perfect match in “Jace”—charming, attentive, everything she’d been looking for. Three years later, she discovered her live-in boyfriend was actually Jason Porter, a convicted criminal with a history of romantic fraud. This series follows Rovet’s transformation from victim to investigator as she connects with other women Porter scammed across Canada.
Queue These Too:
Abandoned: The Woman in the Decaying House (docuseries) RomCon (docuseries) | Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam (docuseries) | Pushed to Death (docuseries)
Whether you’re looking for shocking twists, unsolved mysteries, or stories about delayed justice, there’s something here to keep you glued to the screen. Just maybe save these for daylight viewing—some of these cases will have you double-checking your locks before bed.