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12 Documentaries You Should Definitely WatchIf You Liked “Making A Murderer”Disclaimer: Dean Strang and Jerry Buting aren’t in any of them.

nless you!"e #een li"ing under a rock for the last $eek% you!"e&ro#a#ly $atched 'etfli(!s ne$ true)crime documentary series Making a Murderer *

Netflix

And if you haven’t, what are you doing !A"#$ %".

If you!"e finished the series% you!re &ro#a#ly thirsty for more* Sohere are some similar documentaries and series you shoulddefinitely $atch+



1* The Central Park Five

Sundance Selects

"his &'(& documentary tells the story of the ()*) #entral +ar -ogger case, in which five men were

wrongfully convicted of the violent assault and rae of a woman who was -ogging in #entral +ar.

After the true eretrator of the crime confessed, the five original susects sued the city of New /or

for malicious rosecution and racial discrimination.

Watch on+ Netflix

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2380247/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_jogger_case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_jogger_case




2* The Thin Blue Line

0iramax 1ilms

"his film, made in ()**, documents the wrongful murder conviction of 2andall Dale Adams. "he film

includes re3enactments of the crime and interviews with those involved, including Adams’ defence

attorneys, who argued that Adams was wrongfully convicted 4ecause, under "exas law, he could 4e

sentenced to death.

Watch on+ Netflix


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Dale_Adams


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Dale_Adams



,* The Seven Five

Sony +ictures

"his documentary, made in &'(5, loos at the corrution within the 67th recinct of the N/+D during

the ()*'s. %t follows the story of former olice officer 0ie Dowd and his artner 8en 9urell, who

were arrested on drug trafficing charges in ())&, and includes footage from the investigation and

interviews with Dowd and 9urell.

Watch on+ i"unes, Amaon %nstant ;ideo





-* Brother’s Keeper

!ellsring 0edia %nc.

Brother’s Keeper tells the story of Del4ert !ard, who in ())' was accused of the murder of his 4rother

!illiam in Syracuse, New /or. !ard was never convicted of the crime due to lac of DNA evidence

and the suggestion that he was coerced into a confession 4y New /or state olice, who had him sign a

written statement that he couldn’t read.

Watch on+ Netflix





.* Capturing the Friedmans

0agnolia +ictures

"his Academy Award3nominated documentary follows the trial of Arnold 1riedman, and later his son,

Jesse, who were arrested for child molestation in the ()*'s. "he film consists of the family’s home

movies, which were filmed while Arnold and Jesse awaited trial.

Watch on+ Amaon %nstant ;ideo





/* The Jinx: The Lie and !eaths o "o#ert !urst

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"his $B< miniseries documents the life of accused murderer 2o4ert Durst, whose story insired the

&'(' film All Good Things. Directed 4y the same erson who made All Good Things, The Jinx includes

interviews with Durst, who was accused of the murder of three eole, including his wife, 8athie.

Durst was arrested for first3degree murder the day 4efore the series finale aired on (7 0arch &'(7.

Watch on+ i"unes, Amaon %nstant ;ideo, $B<







0* he Paradise Lost trilogy

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"his documentary series, 4eginning with the ())= film Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin

Hood Hills, follows the trials of three teens who were accused of the murder and mutilation of three

younger 4oys as art of a satanic ritual. "he second film in the trilogy revisits the susects four years

later, and the third film, made in &'((, documents their release from rison after they were given an

Alford +lea and their sentences were susended.

Watch on+ i"unes, Amaon +rime




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three



* $est o Memphis

Sony +ictures #lassics

1ollowing the events of the Paradise Lost trilogy, est o! Me"phis focuses on the father of one of the

victims of the 2o4in $ood $ills murders, viewing him as a otential susect. "he film also documents

the history of the three original susects’ trials and their life in rison rior to their release in &'((.






3* Kids or Cash

SenArt 1ilms

"his &'(> film documents the story of the &''* ?ids for cash@ scandal in +ennsylvania. "he scandal

occurred when two -udges were found guilty of acceting 4ri4es in order to send thousands of young

eole to -uvenile detention centres for minor crimes. "he film sees one -udge, 0ichael #onahan,

admit to the crime, while the second, 0ar #iavarella, leads not guilty.

Watch on+ Netflix


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal






14* The Trials o !arr%l &unt

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"his &''= documentary focuses on the trial and conviction of Darryl $unt, who was wrongfully

accused of the rae and murder of a woman in North #arolina in ()*5. $unt was convicted desite a

lac of DNA evidence, and was eventually exonerated in &''> when another man confessed after new

DNA evidence lined him to the crime.

Watch on+ i"unes


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Hunt






11* 'nto the (#%ss

Sundance Selects

"his critically acclaimed &'(( film tells the story of two men who were convicted of a trile homicide,

one of whom, 0ichael +erry, was su4seuently sentenced to death. As well as including interviews

with the victims’ families and law enforcement involved in the case, the filmmaers tal to 0ichael

+erry, who gave his last interview for the film only eight days 4efore he was executed.

Watch on+ Netflix

12* Murder on a Sunda% Morning

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"his Academy Award3winning documentary film, made in &''(, documents the trial and wrongful

conviction of (73year3old Brenton Butler in Jacsonville, 1lorida. "hough he originally confessed to

the crime, during the trial Butler testified that he had 4een coerced into a confession 4y law

enforcement. "he documentary follows Butler’s defence attorneys as they 4uild a case for his

innocence.


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenton_Butler_case


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