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- DirectorAndrew JareckiStarsArnold FriedmanJesse FriedmanDavid FriedmanDocumentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.
- DirectorBart LaytonStarsAdam O'BrianNicholas BarclayCarey GibsonA documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years.
- DirectorKurt KuenneStarsKurt KuenneAndrew BagbyDavid BagbyA filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.
- DirectorJames Ronald WhitneyStarsJames Ronald WhitneyMelvin JustDenise BensonAn in-depth look at the director James Ronald Whitney's family history of incest spanning at least three generations and the devastating consequences that include drug abuse and alcoholism.
- DirectorLiz GarbusStarsJesse TempleBrad KatinasDiane SchulerThis documentary explores the depth behind the case of a woman whose vehicle collision killed numerous people, including herself. Was she really the reckless drunk, or the perfect suburban mother?
- DirectorEric SteelStarsEric GeleynseChris BrownSusan GinwallaFilmmakers use hidden cameras to capture the various suicide attempts at the Golden Gate Bridge - the world's most popular suicide destination. Interviews with the victims' loved ones describe their lives and mental health.
- DirectorAngelo J. Guglielmo Jr.StarsTania HeadElia ZedenoGerry BogaczA psychological thriller that goes inside the mind of history's most infamous 9/11 "survivor."
- DirectorArthur GinsbergStarsJoel CraigerKen MagidBeth ThomasSix-year-old Beth talks to a therapist about the horrific abuse she has suffered as well as the abuse she inflicts upon small animals and her own brother. This film documents her subsequent healing and recovery.
- DirectorJoe BerlingerBruce SinofskyStarsTony BrooksDiana DavisTerry WoodA horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
- DirectorTalya TibbonStarsLucy BriersCayla BergmanJunan ChenOn Friday 23 May 2014, British-born Elliot Rodger killed six students and injured 13, causing carnage across nine locations in Santa Barbara before turning the gun on himself.
- DirectorCharlie RussellStarsBeverly MerrindempseSheila Vogel-CoupeA portrait of three of the UK's mature prostitutes who sell sex in hotel rooms and their homes.
- DirectorBoris IvanovStarsJaycee DugardKaren Gillis-TinlinSue BushJaycee Dugard was 11 years old when she was abducted. After being held captive for 18 years by a convicted child molester, Jaycee Dugard appeared to be alive and kicking, when police investigation closes in on her kidnapper.
- DirectorJessica VersluysStarsDaisy BeaumontKatie PiperKatie Piper, upcoming Model had acid thrown in her face by an ex boyfriend. Her story.
- DirectorRachele Dryden-SmithTom GoudsmitSarah HuntStarsRick EdwardsAmanda BerrySylvia BrowneThis documentary tells the story of three women who disappeared between 2002 and 2004, all of whom were held in the basement of a Cleveland house for approximately ten years.Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were discovered after a neighbour heard screams from Ariel Castro's house. The three women who had been missing were found with a six year-old girl at the home of the 52-year-old school bus driver on Monday 6 May.
- DirectorJames KentStarsJuliet StevensonDan BarnesWanda BarzeeIn June 2002, Salt Lake City was the setting for a chilling kidnapping. An angelic young girl was stolen from her bedroom in the middle of the night. The daughter of a wealthy Mormon family, Elizabeth Smart was the most unlikely of victims in a seemingly motiveless crime. Two years in the making, this film reveals what lay behind her strange abduction - a story so bizarre and unique that it almost defies belief.
- DirectorMike Le HanStarsTom RobertsMark MurphyStephanie SlaterStephanie Slater was held captive in a coffin for 8 days. Her story.
- DirectorAndrea VogtStarsTina DaheleyDavid BaldingValter BiscottiWhen the 21-year-old Amanda Knox from Seattle takes the stand next week, she will have the biggest audience of her life. The whole world will be watching.
- DirectorDavid MonaghanStarsAnthony MeoliClay RogersGlen RogersMy Brother the Serial Killer examined Rogers' crimes and included claims that Rogers killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in 1994.My Brother The Serial Killer: My Brother The Serial Killer is a 2012 documentary about serial killer Glen Rogers, otherwise known as the Casanova Killer, who was convicted for a series of murders and arsons.
- StarsSteven AveryDolores AveryLaura NiriderFilmed over a 10-year period, Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime.
- StarsRobert DurstCharles BagliAndrew JareckiFilmmaker Andrew Jarecki examines the complicated life of reclusive real estate icon Robert Durst, the key suspect in a series of unsolved crimes.
- StarsMichael PetersonDavid RudolfRon GueretteThe high-profile murder trial of American novelist Michael Peterson following the death of his wife Kathleen Peterson in 2001.
- DirectorKate DavisDavid HeilbronerStarsJennifer PetitHayley PetitWilliam Petit Jr.A documentary about a brutal home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut in 2007.