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Chris Messina and Tom Batemen help us get in the mind of a serial killer in 'Based on a True Story'
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The 15 best true crime podcasts of 2020
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Hulu's new docuseries 'Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence' is based on a horrifying true story
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'Gunther's Millions' review: The worst kind of Netflix doc
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The best true crime TikTok accounts of 2022
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Who was Dorothy Stratten beyond 'Welcome to Chippendales'?
Dorothy Stratten in May 1980

'She Said' review: A technically proficient, too-slick prestige pic
Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan), Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan), Davram Stiefler (Rory Tolan), and Rebecca Corbett (Patricia Clarkson) in SHE SAID, directed by Maria Schrader.

'My Old School' review: a shocking true story that feels like a Hollywood comedy
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10 best true crime podcasts about scammers
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The true story behind 'The Watcher's John Graff is absolute horror
Joe Mantello as John Graff in "The Watcher."

11 best true crime docs about scammers, con artists, and deadly deceptions
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Why Netflix's 'Dahmer' series has sparked a backlash online
Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer in episode 108 of 'DAHMER — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.'

'Mind Over Murder' is the must-see true crime series of 2022
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'The Staircase' is exploitative true crime at its best (and worst)
Colin Firth and Toni Collette play Michael and Kathleen Peterson in the HBO Max "The Staircase" true crime drama

Love me like a Polka King
Jack Black as 'The Polka King' leads a polka band.

Meet the true crime podcaster making your guilty pleasure more ethical
"Truer Crime" is the podcast uplifting your problematic fave to new heights.

Untangling true crime: Inside the ethics of Hollywood's greatest guilty pleasure
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HBO's 'Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn' is a devastating account of a racist tragedy
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'Atlanta's Missing and Murdered' shows how little America cares about Black kids' lives
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The best true crime podcasts of all time
These legendary podcasts will hunt you down, and haunt you.
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