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The Best True Crime Documentary — The Elite 8

Which true crime documentary do you like the best?

True crime documentaries are kinda having a moment. Sure, they’ve always been a thing — and we had a number of older entries in our bracket to prove that point — but they’ve really come into their own in the era of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. That’s why Above the Law’s quest to determine the very best of the genre has been so fun.

We are down to our Elite Eight. And there are four great matchups across the two sides of the bracket —- and two Cinderellas are still alive. So without further ado, let’s get down to voting.

(1) The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst v. (4) Making A Murderer 

Two classics of the medium are going head to head here. Which will you vote for: Robert Durst’s arrogance or Steven Avery’s legal woes?

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(7) The Keepers v. (3) Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

Will the underdog The Keepers be able to keep their winning streak alive? The unsolved murder documentary goes up against the very much solved, but chilling, crimes of Ted Bundy.

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(1) Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father v. (12) Abducted In Plain Sight

This is the ultimate battle… perhaps on the entire bracket. The gut punch of Dear Zachary versus the pinnacle of WTF viewing in Abducted in Plain Sight.

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(2) Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills v. (3) Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist

Our last matchup puts the devastation of Paradise Lost against an overly involved bank robbery plot that went terribly wrong.

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Polls are open until noon eastern on Thursday. Happy voting!


headshotKathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, and host of The Jabot podcast. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter (@Kathryn1).