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Bombs, heists and big cats: TV’s 25 best true-crime shows ever

Bombs, heists and big cats: TV’s 25 best true-crime shows ever

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From mind-boggling murder investigations to decade-long scams, there’s no shortage of documentaries about real-life awfulness. We list the most incredible Since the true-crime explosion a decade ago – kickstarted by Netflix’s Making a Murderer – audiences have been fed a steady small-screen diet of cold-case killings,

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From mind-boggling murder investigations to decade-long scams, there’s no shortage of documentaries about real-life awfulness.

We list the most incredible Since the true-crime explosion a decade ago – kickstarted by Netflix’s Making a Murderer – audiences have been fed a steady small-screen diet of cold-case killings, catfishing scams and creepy cults.

And, after years of varying results, Netflix’s latest show, A Toxic Love Story – which recounts how a California couple framed an innocent woman for stalking, intimidation and recruiting men from Craigslist to rape her ex’s new wife – is being billed as a return to true-crime form.

But when it comes to similar shows worth your viewing time, what else is up there? Here’s a selection of the genre’s 25 standout shows and where to watch them – which, let’s face it, is mainly Netflix.

Let the boggle-eyed bingeing begin. Continue reading...

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