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BallardBallard
Prime Video, 2025 Running | Crime | ► Trailer
4.4


Detective Renée Ballard is tasked with running the LAPD's new cold case division-a poorly funded, all-volunteer unit with the largest case load in the city. When she uncovers a larger conspiracy during her investigations, she'll lean on the assistance of her retired ally, Harry Bosch, to navigate the dangers that threaten both her unit and her life.


EllisEllis
Channel 5, 2024 Running | Drama, Crime | ► Trailer
4.4


Ellis will follow DCI Ellis, a tenacious cop who is parachuted into failing investigations. Each two-hour episode sees Ellis - accompanied by her right-hand man DS Harper, arrive at a different police station, where she will have to win over the local detectives and immerse herself in the cases she has come to solve. As a black female cop, Ellis is used to being dismissed and overlooked, but she is a first-class murder detective, with a determination for justice and a deep well of compassion for those who need it.


Cold CaseCold Case
CBS, 2003 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime | ► Trailer
4.4


Cold Case stars Kathryn Morris as Lilly Rush, the lone female detective in the Philadelphia homicide squad who finds her calling when she's assigned to "cold cases" - crimes that have never been solved.


HomicideHomicide
Netflix, 2024 Running | Crime, Documentary | ► Trailer
4.4


Detectives and prosecutors revisit their most challenging homicide cases in this chilling true-crime docuseries from the creator of "Law & Order."


New TricksNew Tricks
BBC One, 2004 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery | ► Trailer
4.4


New Tricks is a BBC television drama series which follows the work of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS). Led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to re-investigate unsolved crimes.


Crime Nation (2024)Crime Nation (2024)
The CW, 2024 Running | Drama, Crime, Documentary
4.2


Crime Nation will thrust viewers into the gripping world of real-life mysteries, cold cases and heart-stopping investigations. Each two-hour episode features ripped-from-the-headlines stories, shocking new details and exclusive on-camera interviews with those at the center of each of these cases.


Naming The DeadNaming The Dead
Nat Geo, 2025 Running | Crime, Documentary | ► Trailer
4.8


Across the United States, more than 50,000 bodies remain unidentified-unmourned, unnamed, but not forgotten. "Naming The Dead", a riveting new six-part investigative series from National Geographic, brings these untold stories to light. The series follows the groundbreaking work of the DNA Doe Project, a trailblazing nonprofit that uses genetic genealogy to help law enforcement crack the country's most confounding cold cases.


Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the SaviorBorn Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior


Explore the life and crimes of Hadden Clark, a lesser-known serial killer. Dive into the inner workings of the volatile and dysfunctional Clark family, Hadden's path of depravity, and the shocking confessions he made to his cellmate that sent investigators on a search to solve the cold cases allegedly linked to him.


Unknown Serial Killers of AmericaUnknown Serial Killers of America
Oxygen, 2025 Running | Crime, Documentary, Suspense
4.0


With first-hand accounts from law enforcement who worked the cases and stories from loved ones of the victims, the series sheds light on serial killers who evaded the spotlight and examines how they were able to get away with their gruesome crimes for so long.


Cold Case Files: Murder in the BayouCold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
A&E, 2024 On Hiatus | Crime, Documentary
4.5


Narrated by Keith David, "Cold Case Files: Murder In the Bayou" features stories that the swamp threatened to swallow forever, but detectives managed to drag out into the light. These investigators, family, and friends know that no matter how deep in the muck it's buried, no sin stays secret forever.


Bodies in the WaterBodies in the Water


BODIES IN THE WATER uncovers the haunting real-life mystery of a victim murdered and submerged in a watery grave.


America's Most Wanted: Missing PersonsAmerica's Most Wanted: Missing Persons
FOX, 2025 Cancelled/Ended | Mystery, Reality, Documentary, Game Show
3.0


Each week, a panel of crime experts will dive deep into analyzing various missing person cases, and multiple panelists will travel on-location for a field investigation, in hopes of gaining additional insight of the case under discussion. Faulkner and the expert panelists will further urge fellow viewers to participate as armchair detectives by providing tips to help law enforcement find missing individuals and bring closure to families.


Cold Case Files: Dead WestCold Case Files: Dead West
A&E, 2025 On Hiatus | Crime, Documentary



In the ruggedness of the American West, death is always a shadow over the shoulder: a grizzly bear encounter, an avalanche, or a bite from a rattlesnake can change everything in an instant; and those are just the natural threats; if one wants to get away with murder, the mountain ranges of the West may be the perfect place to do it; peering into the dusty files found in the back country sheriff's offices and highlighting the cases that were deemed unsolvable because the crime scene was too rugged, too remote, or the victim assumed too hard to find; despite the odds in this landscape, justice prevails.


Sasha Reid and the Midnight OrderSasha Reid and the Midnight Order
Freeform, 2024 On Hiatus | Documentary | ► Trailer
3.0


Sasha Reid and the Midnight Order is a documentary series following Dr. Sasha Reid and her secret society of young women with vastly different backgrounds but one common obsession - the dark psychology of those who commit harm and the desire to protect those that law enforcement has ignored. They band together to work outside the system to protect the vulnerable, solve cold cases, and dive into the dark minds of killers using forensic expertise and world-class data skills.


Murder Has Two FacesMurder Has Two Faces
ABC, 2025 Running | Crime, Documentary | ► Trailer
5.0


Each episode unravels a crime that shares uncanny similarities with high profile cases and will include exclusive interviews with friends and families of the victims as they fought for attention and justice for their loved ones


Tell Me What You SawTell Me What You Saw
OCN, 2020 Cancelled/Ended | Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
4.0


Oh Hyun Jae used to be a top criminal profiler. He solved many cases with his skills, but an explosion, caused by a serial killer, ended the life of his fiancé. After the horrific incident, Oh Hyun Jae vanished and he now lives in seclusion. Meanwhile, Cha Soo Young is a police officer in a rural area. She has a special ability, which allows her to remember everything that she saw. Due to her special ability, she is selected as a rookie detective who will partner with Oh Hyun Jae informally.


The Body DetectivesThe Body Detectives
Channel 4, 2024 On Hiatus | Crime, Documentary
2.0


Ex-detective Dave Grimstead, from Locate International, revisits cases of unidentified bodies around the UK using cutting-edge forensics.


Death Row Confidential: Secrets of a Serial KillerDeath Row Confidential: Secrets of a Serial Killer
Oxygen, 2025 Running | Crime, Documentary
2.0


The real-life tale of a San Quentin Rehabilitation Center inmate turned amateur detective who helped authorities crack a series of unsolved murders by doing his own investigative work from inside the prison walls.


Relative SecretsRelative Secrets
Acorn TV, 2025 Running | Crime, Reality | ► Trailer



The investigative series, part true-crime and part genealogy, will delve into participants' family histories-and discover the dark truths buried in their bloodlines.


Portrait-RobotPortrait-Robot
Club illico, 2021 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime, Suspense



Eve Garance is a remarkable sketch artist capable of "reading" people. In the Investigation Unit of the Police Department, she uses her talents to create composite sketches to catch criminals. Her colleagues include Maryse Ferron, the methodical director whose disability has never stopped her; Bernard Dupin, the seasoned investigator who keeps the dark regions of his life under wraps, and Anthony Kamal, the new technician who doesn't know what he is getting into. This is the team assigned to solve a laundry list of sordid crimes. They will tackle also cold cases - even if old wounds are opened in the process. The return of Eve's ex will force her to reopen a very personal cold case: that of the disappearance of their son William, then six months old. For five years, Eve has been secretly imagining and sketching the faces that her son could have today in the hope of finding him one day .


Britain's Countryside KillersBritain's Countryside Killers


This British series examines notorious murders that have had a lasting impact on rural communities in the UK. Each episode revisits a case that shocked once-peaceful towns and villages, highlighting how these seemingly idyllic settings were forever changed by violent crime. The series includes contributions from retired police detectives, forensic psychologists, and local journalists who provide detailed analysis of the investigative process behind each case.


Hardcastle & McCormickHardcastle & McCormick
ABC, 1983 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
4.0


Retired judge Milton "Hardcase" Hardcastle is aided in resolving 200+ cold cases by Mark "Skid" McCormick, who was given the choice of prison or helping Hardcastle.


Body in the WaterBody in the Water


Body in the Water uncovers the complexities of murder cases in which the victim's body is found in water - often far from the original crime scene. Whether used to stage an accident, destroy evidence, or serve as a deposition site, water makes processing a crime scene infinitely more difficult. From tidal movement to trace evidence loss, each case presents a forensic puzzle.


Les InvisiblesLes Invisibles
France 2, 2021 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime, Mystery



A French police unit that manages investigations into bodies without identity, without history, without a past.


FlashbackFlashback
TF1, 2025 Running | Comedy, Action, Crime, Mystery
4.0


A father-daughter duo who are complete opposites - Elsa, modern, principled, and methodical, and Josselin, old-fashioned, a party animal, and instinctive - each episode will center on a vintage investigation that allows them to revisit the customs and practices of the 90s. At the intersection of crime comedy and time-travel drama, Flashback is a family series that explores intergenerational relationships and the possibility of reinventing them.


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