10 True Crime Documentaries That Expose Unsolved Cases
From missing children to murdered nuns, these films investigate crimes that remain officially closed—or never solved at all
By
Susanne SperlingPublished
Quick Facts
Antal titler10
PlatformeNetflix, HBO Max, Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock
Årsspan2004–2023
Three eight-year-old boys vanished in the Robin Hood Hills woods near West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Two decades later, three convicted men—Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley—were freed on an Alford plea, yet the case officially remains unsolved. The 2020 ID documentary *The West Memphis Three: An ID Murder Mystery* revisits forensic leads that were overlooked during the original investigation, offering viewers the evidence that might have changed the course of the trial.
