2016's Best True Crime & Legal Procedurals

1.
Fire Lover: A True Story
Fire Lover: A True Story 3.74 avg rating — 2,533 ratings
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Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders
Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders
by: Greg King
4.05 avg rating — 828 ratings
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I Survived Ted Bundy: The Attack, Escape & PTSD That Changed My Life
I Survived Ted Bundy: The Attack, Escape & PTSD That Changed My Life 4.09 avg rating — 438 ratings
4.
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital 3.93 avg rating — 39,334 ratings
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Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base
Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base 4.35 avg rating — 513 ratings
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Failure of Justice: A Brutal Murder, An Obsessed Cop, Six Wrongful Convictions
Failure of Justice: A Brutal Murder, An Obsessed Cop, Six Wrongful Convictions 3.95 avg rating — 419 ratings
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Bitter Remains: A Custody Battle, A Gruesome Crime, and the Mother Who Paid the Ultimate Price
Bitter Remains: A Custody Battle, A Gruesome Crime, and the Mother Who Paid the Ultimate Price 3.69 avg rating — 828 ratings
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Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs
Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs 4.08 avg rating — 6,959 ratings
9.
Murderers' Row: A Collection Of Shocking True Crime Stories
Murderers' Row: A Collection Of Shocking True Crime Stories 3.86 avg rating — 236 ratings
10.
Possessed: The Infamous Texas Stiletto Murder
Possessed: The Infamous Texas Stiletto Murder 4.08 avg rating — 995 ratings
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Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South
Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South
by: Beth Macy
3.49 avg rating — 3,714 ratings
11.
Finishing Machine
Finishing Machine 4.07 avg rating — 45 ratings
11.
The Poisoned Glass
The Poisoned Glass 4.03 avg rating — 726 ratings
14.
Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial
Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial 4.12 avg rating — 10,806 ratings
14.
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer 3.48 avg rating — 6,555 ratings
16.
The American Heiress
The American Heiress 3.46 avg rating — 44,635 ratings
16.
The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer 3.63 avg rating — 6,733 ratings
16.
The Trail of Ted Bundy: Digging Up the Untold Stories
The Trail of Ted Bundy: Digging Up the Untold Stories 3.48 avg rating — 569 ratings
19.
Who Killed These Girls?: Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders
Who Killed These Girls?: Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders 3.41 avg rating — 2,640 ratings
19.
Standing Strong: An Unlikely Sisterhood and the Court Case That Made History
Standing Strong: An Unlikely Sisterhood and the Court Case That Made History 4.33 avg rating — 94 ratings
21.
Jane Doe January: My Twenty-Year Search for Truth and Justice
Jane Doe January: My Twenty-Year Search for Truth and Justice 3.36 avg rating — 338 ratings
21.
Boxes: The Secret Life of Howard Hughes
Boxes: The Secret Life of Howard Hughes 3.87 avg rating — 194 ratings
23.
Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?
Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? 3.43 avg rating — 3,390 ratings
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We Are Not Such Things: The Murder of a Young American, a South African Township, and the Search for Truth and Reconciliation
We Are Not Such Things: The Murder of a Young American, a South African Township, and the Search for Truth and Reconciliation 3.72 avg rating — 734 ratings
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While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness
While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness 3.98 avg rating — 3,611 ratings
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A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story
A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story 3.44 avg rating — 1,530 ratings
27.
Serial Killers and Prostitutes (True Crime #1)
Serial Killers and Prostitutes (True Crime #1) 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Bulletins from Dallas: Reporting the JFK Assassination
Bulletins from Dallas: Reporting the JFK Assassination 3.93 avg rating — 58 ratings
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To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer
To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer 3.95 avg rating — 2,115 ratings
30.
McStays, Taken Too Soon: A True Story
McStays, Taken Too Soon: A True Story 3.64 avg rating — 47 ratings
31.
Actual Malice
Actual Malice 3.68 avg rating — 59 ratings