There are a lot of true-crime documentaries on Hulu, Netflix and HBO right now. Click through the gallery to find your next binge-worthy doc.
“The Keepers” (Netflix)
Ryan White’s documentary series debuted in 2017, and explores murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik, who disappeared in November 1969 and whose body was discovered in January of 1970. The documentary investigates whether Father Joseph Maskell had Sister Cathy killed because she was about to expose him and others for sexual abusing teenage students at Archbishop Keough High School.
“Abducted in Plain Sight” (Netflix)
In maybe one of the craziest stories ever, Jane Broberg is kidnapped by her neighbor, a family friend, on two separate occasions, and how he was able to infiltrate a family.
“The Staircase” (Netflix)
“The Staircase” follows the trial of Michael Peterson in the case after he reported in December 2001 that his wife had fallen down the stairs and died. However, there...
“The Keepers” (Netflix)
Ryan White’s documentary series debuted in 2017, and explores murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik, who disappeared in November 1969 and whose body was discovered in January of 1970. The documentary investigates whether Father Joseph Maskell had Sister Cathy killed because she was about to expose him and others for sexual abusing teenage students at Archbishop Keough High School.
“Abducted in Plain Sight” (Netflix)
In maybe one of the craziest stories ever, Jane Broberg is kidnapped by her neighbor, a family friend, on two separate occasions, and how he was able to infiltrate a family.
“The Staircase” (Netflix)
“The Staircase” follows the trial of Michael Peterson in the case after he reported in December 2001 that his wife had fallen down the stairs and died. However, there...
- 3/18/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
HBO Documentary Films bought U.S. and overseas TV rights to the docu The Newburgh Sting, by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, who helmed Southern Comfort and The Cheshire Murders for the payweb. It debuts April 20 at Tribeca and will premiere on HBO in July. Pic reveals FBI involvement in the homegrown terror case of the “Newburgh Four.” Never before told publicly, the story offers startling insights into the state of surveillance in a post-9/11 world. Four street criminals with no history of violence or political ties, from an impoverished and largely African-American community, were drawn by a Pakistani FBI informant into a carefully orchestrated plot to bomb Jewish synagogues in a wealthy suburb of New York City and fire Stinger missiles at U.S. military supply planes. Their dramatic arrest, complete with armored cars, a Swat team and FBI aircraft, played out under the gaze of major television outlets,...
- 4/3/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline TV
HBO Documentary Films bought U.S. and overseas TV rights to the docu The Newburgh Sting, by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, who helmed Southern Comfort and The Cheshire Murders for the payweb. It debuts April 20 at Tribeca and will premiere on HBO in July. Pic reveals FBI involvement in the homegrown terror case of the “Newburgh Four.” Never before told publicly, the story offers startling insights into the state of surveillance in a post-9/11 world. Four street criminals with no history of violence or political ties, from an impoverished and largely African-American community, were drawn by a Pakistani FBI informant into a carefully orchestrated plot to bomb Jewish synagogues in a wealthy suburb of New York City and fire Stinger missiles at U.S. military supply planes. Their dramatic arrest, complete with armored cars, a Swat team and FBI aircraft, played out under the gaze of major television outlets,...
- 4/3/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Who says you have to go to a festival to get your film picked up? Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, who already have a relationship with HBO after working on "Southern Comfort" and "The Cheshire Murders," had their latest work acquired by the premium cable network Thursday. HBO nabbed U.S. and international television rights to "The Newburgh Sting" today before its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month. "We are very excited to partner with HBO and shine a light on the Newburgh case," Davis and Heilbroner said. "Our goal is to have people understand what really happened to these so-called terrorists and discover how vital it is to look beyond news bites and the government's claims." "The Newburgh Sting" focuses on the state of surveillance in a post-9/11 world and features new footage from the FBI revolving around the homegrown terror case of the "Newburgh Four.
- 4/3/2014
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Title: The Cheshire Murders Directors: Kate Davis and David Heilbroner Power seeks to protect its interests, inherently — to validate its judgments and its actions, or even inaction. That’s perhaps the most salient, unnerving lesson of “The Cheshire Murders,” a confounding documentary that can’t quite figure out what stories it wants to tell. And the fact that said point lurks just outside of frame says everything one ultimately needs to know about this dark true crime offering, which drops the ball in illuminating with any discernment the tale of a horrible, recent triple-homicide. Directed by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, the movie centers around a July, 2007 home invasion in [ Read More ]
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- 7/24/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "True Blood," "The Newsroom," "Copper," "Dexter," "Ray Donovan" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "The Cheshire Murders": Broadcast Premiere Monday, July 22 at 9pm on HBO Kate Davis and David Heilbroner's ("Jockey") true-crime documentary premieres on HBO on the six-year anniversary of the murders of the title -- a brutal home invasion, arson, rape and triple homicide in small-town Connecticut. Looking at the details of the event and interviewing the people involved in the case as well as the friends and family of the victims and the perpetrators, the film explores how a community deals with tragedy and the complications arising from the prosecution's seeking of the death penalty. "Pov": "High Tech, Low Life" Monday, July 22 at...
- 7/22/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
“The Cheshire Murders,” airing on HBO July 22, is, in part, a blow-by-blow account of the unspeakable 2007 Connecticut home invasion that left a mother and her two daughters dead, and made Dr. William Petit his state’s leading advocate for the death penalty (which was abolished there nonetheless).But as the film also indicates, no one needed to have died at all.Directed by Kate Davis (“Southern Comfort”) and David Heilbroner, the documentary offers a thorough review of the crimes, and the attendant controversy regarding the death penalty -- both defendants offered to plead guilty in exchange for life without parole; state prosecutors insisted on a $7-million death-penalty trial.The filmmakers also assembled a dream cast of interviewees: The husband and parents of the slain Jennifer Hawke Petit; the brothers and daughter of killer Steven Hayes; the family and even the ex-girlfriend of Josh Komisarevsky, who details, among other things, aspects...
- 7/1/2013
- by John Anderson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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