10 true-crime documentary series to watch after Tiger King

For higher or worse, Tiger King has captured the web’s consideration with larger-than-life characters and salacious homicide allegations. Netflix’s documentary collection hit at simply the precise time, and it looks as if everyone seems to be speaking about Joe Unique and Carole Baskin. The streaming service is dropping one other episode on Sunday — a wrap-up present hosted by Joel McHale — but when Tiger King has you jonesing for more strange true-crime tales, there’s a sensible avalanche of choices, each on Netflix and past.

Whereas Netflix appears to be churning out a brand new true crime collection daily, different streaming companies have their share of fantastic documentaries. That will help you slender down your choices, we’ve rounded up 10 of the very best documentary collection about stunning, unhappy, or simply plain unusual crimes accessible to stream proper now.

The Case In Opposition To Adnan Syed

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The podcast Serial was a phenomenon that kicked off a true-crime wave. Public discourse across the questions that host Sarah Koenig raised about convicted assassin Adnan Syed’s guilt or innocence was so compelling {that a} Baltimore state courtroom reopened the 1999 case. HBO’s 2019 documentary reexamines the crime over 4 episodes, with new interviews, a bigger deal with the murdered high-schooler, Hae Min Lee, and an replace on developments in Syed’s appeals.

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The Case In opposition to Adnan Syed is streaming on HBO. (Additionally accessible as an Amazon or Hulu add-on.)

Don’t F**ok With Cats

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If the animal exploitation uncovered in Tiger King was an excessive amount of so that you can deal with, it’s possible you’ll wish to skip Don’t F**ok with Cats: Searching an Web Killer. The Netflix documentary focuses on beginner web sleuths who examine a disturbing video through which a person is seen torturing and killing two kittens. However if you happen to can abdomen it (the documentary doesn’t present the precise torture,) the story is a wild experience.

Don’t F**ok with Cats is streaming on Netflix.

Evil Genius

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The story of a weird 2003 financial institution theft generally known as “the pizza bomber heist” is explored within the four-part Netflix documentary, Evil Genius. The titular evil genius is Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, whose plan to ship a pizza supply driver right into a financial institution with a bomb strapped to his chest is only one a part of an elaborate conspiracy. Produced by Mark and Jay Duplass (who additionally produced Netflix’s Wild Wild Nation,) Evil Genius explores the unusual case 15 years later.

Evil Genius is streaming on Netflix.

Learn How To Repair A Drug Scandal

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Netflix’s newest true-crime documentary (all 4 episodes dropped on April 1) tells the story of Sonja Farak, a Massachusetts crime lab worker who was arrested in 2013 for sampling the medicine she was presupposed to be processing. The non-public drama is attention-grabbing sufficient — why would an profitable girl jeopardize her necessary profession by experimenting with meth? — however the systemic points it raises are much more troubling. After Farak’s arrest, incarcerated felons whose convictions have been based mostly on proof that her lab processed tried to have their instances reexamined. The documentary explores either side of the story, full with courtroom reenactments.

Learn how to Repair a Drug Scandal is streaming on Netflix.

The Jinx

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For those who haven’t but watched The Jinx (and by some means missed the dialog surrounding its 2015 launch), cease studying and go watch it. Spoilers observe.

For everybody else, right here’s a refresher: The Jinx is thought for its stunning ending through which the topic, Robert Durst, seemingly confesses to a number of murders, together with that of his buddy Susan Berman. The FBI arrested Durst instantly after the documentary aired, and his trial was lastly set to start in March 2020. Now that proceedings have been paused attributable to social distancing across the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s the right time to revisit the wild story.

The Jinx is streaming on HBO. (Additionally accessible as an Amazon or Hulu add-on.)

Lorena

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Jordan Peele produced this Amazon Prime documentary about Lorena Bobbitt, who turned tabloid and late-night joke fodder within the 1990s when she reduce off her abusive husband’s penis. Sixteen years later, the four-part collection options interviews with each Lorena (who know goes by Lorena Gallo) and her ex-husband, John Wayne Bobbitt, in addition to family and friends who recall the 1993 incident and salacious fallout. Documentarian Joshua Rofé tried to reexamine the human beings behind the scandal, particularly shining a light-weight on what life was like for Gallo following her arrest.

Lorena is streaming on Amazon Prime.

McMillions

The McDonalds Monopoly dishonest scandal will get the true-crime documentary therapy with HBO’s McMillions. Whereas the themes aren’t as wacky as these in Tiger King, McMillions has its share of colourful characters, from a wise-cracking FBI agent to a chain-smoking mob spouse. As a caper, the story is fairly wild in its personal proper, and the documentary’s tone is far lighter than many true crime docs.

McMillions is streaming on HBO. (Additionally accessible as an Amazon or Hulu add-on.)

OJ: Made In America

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ESPN’s five-part documentary in its 30 for 30 collection was additionally launched theatrically, and gained the 2017 Finest Documentary Oscar. The collection examines OJ Simpson’s soccer profession, his 1994 arrest for the homicide of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, and his post-acquittal life. The documentary frames Simpson within the context of race and superstar, particularly in Los Angeles within the 1990s. (After which look out for ESPN’s Michael Jordan documentary, which premieres on April 19.)

OJ: Made in America is streaming on ESPN Plus.

The Pharmacist

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A grieving father who misplaced his son to a drug-related taking pictures takes on the pharmaceutical trade in Netflix’s documentary, The Pharmacist. Whereas the opioid disaster can really feel too huge to suit the true-crime formulation, specializing in Dan Schneider’s one-man campaign helps to floor the story. The four-part collection examines how Schneider, himself a pharmacist, channeled his grief into investigating a “tablet mill” physician. The collection is all of the extra tragic while you understand that the investigation occurred over 15 years in the past and the opioid disaster continues to be one in all the most devastating issues facing Americans today.

The Pharmacist is streaming on Netflix.

20/20

ABC’s long-running information journal present doesn’t at all times cowl true crime, however with three seasons at present streaming on Hulu, there are many true crime episodes to select from. Particularly value testing is “The Dropout,” the two-hour episode on Elizabeth Holmes’ Theranos rip-off, which is getting a scripted TV adaptation (coincidentally additionally starring Kate McKinnon, who reportedly will portray Carole Baskin in a Tiger King series).

20/20 is streaming on Hulu**.**