The debut of Netflix’s “Unsolved Mysteries” reboot earlier this month has brought about a clamoring for cold cases to be brought to justice. In that spirit, we’ve compiled a list of TV shows that have actually solved crimes, exonerated people, and found answers to the unknown, from “The Jinx” miniseries that lead to the arrest of Robert Durst, to “Extinct or Alive,” which found a living animal thought to have died out over a hundred years ago.
“Unsolved Mysteries”
Back before the Netflix reboot, this classic series was on network television. Creator Terry Meurer told TheWrap that during its original 23-year run, the series helped to solve over 260 cold cases. She has high hopes that the Netflix reboot will have the same luck.
“Cold Justice”
This crime series from Dick Wolf and Magical Elves, which works with local law enforcement to solve cold cases, has resulted in 45 arrests and 18 convictions,...
“Unsolved Mysteries”
Back before the Netflix reboot, this classic series was on network television. Creator Terry Meurer told TheWrap that during its original 23-year run, the series helped to solve over 260 cold cases. She has high hopes that the Netflix reboot will have the same luck.
“Cold Justice”
This crime series from Dick Wolf and Magical Elves, which works with local law enforcement to solve cold cases, has resulted in 45 arrests and 18 convictions,...
- 7/10/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Nyu film grad Jacob Lamendola visited the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” trivia page on IMDb on a lazy day in 2012, expecting to find frivolities like how many f-bombs Susie Essman dropped in her angriest episode. Instead, the top entry explained that outtakes from “The Carpool Lane” — the season-four installment in which creator and star Larry David evaded traffic by inviting a prostitute to a Dodger game — exonerated a murder suspect.
Telling that story became “Long Shot,” which is now streaming on Netflix. It took Lamendola five years to make the 40-minute documentary: “I knew that it was worth taking the time to tell it correctly,” he said.
This was the backstory: The victim, 16-year-old Martha Puebla, was shot and killed on her Los Angeles doorstep in May 2003. Three months later, police arrested Juan Catalan, a machinist who resembed a sketch artist’s composite. They believed he had a motive: Days before her death,...
Telling that story became “Long Shot,” which is now streaming on Netflix. It took Lamendola five years to make the 40-minute documentary: “I knew that it was worth taking the time to tell it correctly,” he said.
This was the backstory: The victim, 16-year-old Martha Puebla, was shot and killed on her Los Angeles doorstep in May 2003. Three months later, police arrested Juan Catalan, a machinist who resembed a sketch artist’s composite. They believed he had a motive: Days before her death,...
- 10/2/2017
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
The fall TV and film season is officially here, and so is a fresh collection of documentaries to satisfy your non-fiction cravings.
2017 Fall Preview: Et's Complete Coverage of New Films, Music, TV and More!
From intimate looks into Lady Gaga and Demi Lovato's personal struggles and lives off stage to an Oprah Winfrey-produced look into the prison system and powerful explorations of racial injustice, there's no shortage of captivating deep dives this season.
These are the new and upcoming documentaries you need to watch.
House of Z
Available now
Vogue.com
Design prodigy Zac Posen's unprecedented rise to the top of the fashion world at age 21 (and falling out of favor just a few years later) becomes the focus of the documentary, which reveals an honest portrait of a designer and his “darker times” fighting to rebuild his company and his reputation. “I think it takes a level of real maturity to reflect on oneself...
2017 Fall Preview: Et's Complete Coverage of New Films, Music, TV and More!
From intimate looks into Lady Gaga and Demi Lovato's personal struggles and lives off stage to an Oprah Winfrey-produced look into the prison system and powerful explorations of racial injustice, there's no shortage of captivating deep dives this season.
These are the new and upcoming documentaries you need to watch.
House of Z
Available now
Vogue.com
Design prodigy Zac Posen's unprecedented rise to the top of the fashion world at age 21 (and falling out of favor just a few years later) becomes the focus of the documentary, which reveals an honest portrait of a designer and his “darker times” fighting to rebuild his company and his reputation. “I think it takes a level of real maturity to reflect on oneself...
- 9/28/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
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