By now, you've already sat through ten hours of Making a Murderer and, since turning amateur sleuth and staying up way past your bedtime, have ploughed through endless transcripts and YouTube videos to convince yourself that you will be the one to solve the case of Steven Avery. Here's the bad news; you won't be. Most of us have now realised that, however enthralling the season was, it was still a rather cunning move from Netflix. Huge accusations of bias toward Avery's case have been thrown at the filmmakers and, with doubts of Avery's innocence now being cast by ex-girlfriend, Jodi Stachowski and even his own son (who admitted that it's possible that his father killed Teresa Halbach this week) the case is still as unsolved as ever. Netflix has hinted at a season 2, but in the meantime the arm-chair detective in you looks like they'll have to hand in their badge Or will they? In fact, there are plenty more true stories out there that demand the same attention as Avery's, and many of those stories have already graced our screens in the form of the following documentaries. Here's the 12 best to get you started...
12. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Our first entry is a documentary that's a fair bit older than the others on this list, but The Thin Blue Line is no less poignant now than it was almost thirty years ago. After running out of gas, drifter Randall Adams is picked up by sixteen year old, David Harris, and together they spend the evening drinking beer and smoking pot. As harmless as that may sound, the night would end with the murder of a police officer. On interrogation, their stories don't match and suddenly Adams finds himself the scapegoat of a desperate police force, in lieu of Harris who was classed as a minor at the time of the crime. Through interviews and re-enactments, this film tells the story of a brutal murder in a way that nobody had before and is a true pioneer and inspiration to the rest of the films on this list. Where can you see it? You can see the full film on YouTube below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXsjVPKpOTM
KJ Lewis is 35 years old, was able to rear three small children into three slightly bigger children and has a relatively untested and unfounded passion for writing.
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