Documentaries
Documentaries and docuseries: what to watch, and the real story each one tells.
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Mackenzie Shirilla Drove into a Brick Wall at 100 MPH Without Braking, and Netflix’s the Crash Has Her First Interview from Prison
A teenager floored a Toyota Camry into a brick wall at 100 mph and survived. Her boyfriend and his friend, in the seats next…
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‘Clown Panic’ Documents the String of Viral, Creepy Clown Sightings That Took Place in 2016, and It’s Now Streaming on Hulu
It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since the clown sightings happened. But that’s how long it’s been. Long enough for a documentary…
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Maya Annik Bedward Addresses Hollywood’s Distortion of Haitian Zombie Traditions in ‘Black Zombie’, Now on VOD
Directed by Maya Annik Bedward, Black Zombie examines how the popular perception of zombies through the Hollywood lens has distorted, sensationalized, and erased parts…
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Netflix’s ‘The Widower: ’Til Death Do Us Part’ Traces the Case of Thomas Randolph, Who Married 6 Times, Lost 4 Wives and Was Convicted of Murdering His Sixth
Thomas Randolph said he shot the intruder who’d killed his wife, Sharon Causse. Investigators concluded he’d hired that man to kill her, then killed…
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What Makes ‘Archive X’ More Than an Alien-Abduction Documentary? Its Episodes Also Explore Alleged Telepathy, Near-Death Experiences and Speaking With the Dead
Archive X: Unexplained Phenomena opens with 2 nonspeaking autistic girls who are presented as communicating telepathically with their mothers and describing a realm called…
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‘The Pet Cemetery Murders’ Is True Crime With a Supernatural Twist
THE PET CEMETERY MURDERS is true crime with a supernatural twist, making it perfect for the Halloween season. First of all, no, this does…
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Dear Zachary (2008) Begins as a Love Letter and Turns Into a Crushing Tragedy
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) began as a home-movie love letter to Zachary Turner, the infant son of…
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Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man Captured Timothy Treadwell’s Death by Bear on Tape, Then Refused to Play It
Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man (2005) is built from more than 100 hours of footage Timothy Treadwell shot over thirteen summers living among brown bears…
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The Man Netflix’s ‘Death of a Pastor’s Wife’ Painted as John-Paul Miller’s Right-Hand Man Says He Barely Knew Him
“I never witnessed John Paul abuse Mica,” Mark Kaufman wrote in a statement addressing nearly every role Netflix’s “Death of a Pastor’s Wife” put…
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A New Docuseries on OJ Simpon’s 2005 Prank Show Claims He Got Too Comfortable With Prank Victims and Started Discussing the Murders
In 2005 — a decade after the murders that made him one of the most notorious figures in America — O.J. Simpson filmed a…
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Death of the Pastor’s Wife: John-Paul MIller’s First Wife Says Mica’s Account Matched Her Own
Death of the Pastor’s Wife on Netflix follows Mica Miller, a Myrtle Beach worship leader who met pastor John-Paul Miller at Solid Rock Church…
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The Creepiest Part of Death of the Pastor’s Wife on Netflix Was Left Out of the Docuseries
Netflix’s Death of the Pastor’s Wife spent three episodes on John-Paul Miller’s marriage to Mica and they don’t even mention some of the worst…
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The Man From ‘Death of the Pastor’s Wife’ on Netflix is Still Preaching in Myrtle Beach
Death of the Pastor’s Wife is the three-part Netflix documentary that shot up the charts after its August 26, 2026 release. It shows the…
