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True Crime Story: Citizen Detective

True Crime Story: Citizen Detective

When the law ends, they begin.

TV-142023•42m•8.5/10
DocumentaryCrime

Ratings

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8.5/10(2)

The gripping stories of everyday citizens who have solved or are attempting to solve a murder. Each episode focuses on an individual citizen detective – or a group working together – and the case that they’re consumed by, unpacking the details of the case and exploring the psyches of those who simply need to know what happened and why?

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Production

World of Wonder, AMC Studios

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

October 12, 2023

Last Aired

November 16, 2023

Networks

SundanceTV

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
The Mays Family
E1
The Mays Family
Air date: 2023-10-12
A young mother is found unresponsive in bed, and her cause of death is determined to be an accidental heroin overdose. But her family questions everything about the circumstances around her death, so they launch their own investigation.
Rebekah
E2
Rebekah
Air date: 2023-10-19
It was a mystery that plagued law enforcement for over 20 years: four unidentified bodies found inside barrels in the woods. One woman searching for answers from her own troubled past sets herself on a journey to give the victims back their names.
E3
Deb & Judy
Air date: 2023-10-26
A young man leaves home for the corner store but dies on a rainy sidewalk just down the street. Bystanders claim that he fell off his bike, but his mom and sister don’t buy it. They hit the streets to find answers.
E4
John Allore
Air date: 2023-11-02
When a college student was found dead in rural Quebec, police refused to call it a murder. But years later, her brother continues his own investigation into her death. On the eve of a trip to return to the scene of the crime, tragedy strikes again.
E5
Lisa Coppel
Air date: 2023-11-09
A young girl's life was thrown into chaos when her single mother died by a gunshot wound in their remote mountain home. The journey for the truth would be long and arduous, and it would be 30 years until justice was finally served.
E6
Josh Hallmark
Air date: 2023-11-16
A young man whose childhood was marked by tragedy learns of a relatively unknown serial killer and finds himself thinking about unidentified victims. It isn't long before that pursuit becomes a full-time job... and identifying victims an obsession.

Cast

Madison Taylor McConville

Josephs Girlfriend

Josh Hallmark

Self

Rebekah Heath

Self

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