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* ''WebVideo/JimCantSwim''
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* ''Series/BlueMurder''
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* ''Aktenzeichen XY ... ungelöst'' (''File Number XY... unsolved'') is a German show aired on ZDF that mixes both flavours, but also [[TropeMaker practically started]] the whole TrueCrime genre to begin with. [[IncrediblyLamePun Has been on the run]] since 1967, and has a current case resolution rating of around 40%. Through a mixture of photofits, mugshots, re-enactments, dramatizations, and the presentation of evidence, the anchorman tells the public to call the local police dealing with each case. Occasionally also presents cases from a few years back. Regularly awards members of the public and law enforcement with the ''XY-Award'' to honour exemplary cases of courage.

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* ''Aktenzeichen XY ... ungelöst'' (''File Number XY... unsolved'') is a German show aired on ZDF that mixes both flavours, but also [[TropeMaker practically started]] the whole TrueCrime genre to begin with. [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} Has been on the run]] since 1967, 1967 and has a current case resolution rating of around 40%. Through a mixture of photofits, mugshots, re-enactments, dramatizations, and the presentation of evidence, the anchorman tells the public to call the local police dealing with each case. Occasionally also presents cases from a few years back. Regularly awards members of the public and law enforcement with the ''XY-Award'' to honour exemplary cases of courage.
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* ''Series/LawAndOrderTrueCrime''


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* ''Series/TrialAndError'' a mockumentary based on ''The Staircase'' and ''The Jinx''.
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* ''Film/{{Starkweather}}''
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* ''Series/TheGirlFromPlainville''
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* ''Film/TheGoodNurse''
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* ''Literature/MurderInCowetaCounty''
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* ''Series/WildWildCountry''

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* ''Podcast/{{Disgraceland}}'' centers around the messy criminal acts of famous musicians.



* ''Podcast/{{Disgraceland}}'' centers around the messy criminal acts of famous musicians.
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* ''Literature/TheExecutionersSong'' -- book about Gary Gilmore, who in 1977 became the first person to be executed in America after a 10-year death penalty moratorium.
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* ''Series/MurderAmongTheMormons''
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* ''AmericanJustice''

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* ''Series/TheThingAboutPam''
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* '''Retrospective''': Solved crimes or cold cases from many years ago are profiled. This overlaps with a documentary. For example ''Series/TheFirst48'', ''ForensicFiles''.

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* '''Retrospective''': Solved crimes or cold cases from many years ago are profiled. This overlaps with a documentary. For example ''Series/TheFirst48'', ''ForensicFiles''.
''Series/ForensicFiles''.
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* '''Retrospective''': Solved crimes or cold cases from many years ago are profiled. This overlaps with a documentary. For example ''Series/TheFirst48'', ''ForensicDetectives''.

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* '''Retrospective''': Solved crimes or cold cases from many years ago are profiled. This overlaps with a documentary. For example ''Series/TheFirst48'', ''ForensicDetectives''.
''ForensicFiles''.
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A trope that covers a lot of true crime as represented in fiction is TrashyTrueCrime.
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The MurderBallad could be considered a musical take on the genre, usually rooted in FolkMusic and embellished with generous amounts of ArtisticLicense.
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* ''Series/DahmerMonsterTheJeffreyDahmerStory''
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