Docu-mania has taken over online streaming services, prompting filmmakers to take an insightful look into the criminal cases sweeping the country and uncover new details in notorious cases in what may be the golden age of movies. Real crime Type.
These four documentaries, all of which will be released in 2024, may not be for the faint of heart, but they will keep you on the edge of your seat.
1. “The Fall of the House of Mardu: From Egg to Z”
Two jurors at the center of jury tampering allegations in… Alex Murdaugh's murder trialincluding one who was famously fired, spoke publicly for the first time about the case in a Fox Nation documentary.
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Both jurors, publicly known as “Egg Juror” and “Juror Z,” sat down with Fox News' Martha MacCallum for an exclusive interview.
The “white juror,” also known as Juror No. 785, claims the court clerk, Becky Hill, targeted her for removal from the jury because she was not firm in convicting Murdaugh.
Alex Murdaugh, convicted of killing his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul, in June 2021, sits during a hearing on a motion for a retrial on January 16, 2024, at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, South Carolina. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)
“Juror Z,” also known as Juror No. 630, says she voted guilty but was not — and still isn't sure — about Murdaugh's guilt, and told MacCallum she was influenced by Hill and the other jurors.
Both women revealed their names for the first time. “Egg Juror” is Myra Crosby, while “Juror Z” is Mandy Pearce.
Myra Crosby, also known as the “Egg Juror”, walks out of the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, on March 2, 2023. Crosby was dismissed for misconduct during the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh by Judge Clifton Newman. (Larry Passey for Fox News Digital)
Murdo (56 years old) is serving a Life imprisonment for fatal shooting His wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul, in June 2021 at their family's hunting ranch in Colleton County, South Carolina. Prosecutors said the murders were an attempt to distract attention from Murdoch's increasing financial crimes, which began to come to light around that time.
Lawyers for lawyer-turned-convict Alex Murdaugh filed an appeal of his sentence in December, saying incorrect testimony and alleged jury tampering in Hill “injured the trial.”
2. “The Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains?”
This docu-series recreates Lyle and Eric Menendez's infamous 1989 murder of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion, giving voice to the brothers' pleas for leniency and the horrific brutality of the killings.
Released after the film Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the Fox Nation documentary is a dramatization of the case that was Rejected by the brothers' family and “The Menendez Brothers,” a more forgiving series that gave the brothers the opportunity to justify their brutal killings.
Lyle, left, and Eric Menendez sit with defense attorney Leslie Abramson, right, in Beverly Hills Municipal Court during a hearing on November 26, 1990. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
But it is up to viewers to decide whether to sympathize with the convicts, who claim to have been sexually abused by their father.
The brothers' anticipated re-sentencing hearing, which was requested on the grounds that there was new evidence substantiating the couple's claims, has been postponed from early December to January 30.
Outgoing Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón asked the court to commute their sentences less than two weeks before Election Day. He then lost to independent candidate Nathan Hochman, who takes office on December 2.
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Lyle Menendez, left, and his brother Eric are pictured in the latest photos taken by CDCR on Oct. 10, 2024. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
Watch “The Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains” on FOX NATION
3. “The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson”
The family and friends of Nicole Brown Simpson, whose husband OJ Simpson was charged with her murder, speak out for the first time in this four-part Lifetime series.
Nicole's sisters Denise, Tanya Brown and Dominique Brown are joined by stars such as Kris Jenner Faye Resnick and a number of the murdered woman's friends and law enforcement officers who interacted with Nicole attempted to photograph the woman after her death and her relationship with the embattled football player.
“I want to put out of my mind a girl lying on the sidewalk in a little black dress in a pool of blood, that's not her,” Nicole's friend Ron Hardy told the filmmakers. “I just want to talk about her, talk about who she was, what she was to me, what she was to others, and how I will never regret meeting her.”
OJ Simpson's wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, was murdered on June 12, 1994. (Getty Images)
4. “American Murder: Lacey Peterson”
Scott Peterson, who has always maintained his innocence despite his conviction at trial and two decades of failed appeals, still hopes he can convince the court that he did not kill his wife, 27-year-old Lacey Peterson. She was eight months pregnant with her son, Connor, when she disappeared on Christmas Day 2002.
In April 2003, her and Conner's remains washed up separately in a body of water in Berkeley, where Peterson kept his boat. Lacy Peterson's hair was found in pliers on the boat, and Peterson had bleached his hair blonde, thousands in cash, and his brother's passport when he was arrested at the Mexican border.
Scott Peterson and Laci Peterson in a still photo appearing in the upcoming documentary series “American Murder: Laci Peterson.” (Courtesy of Netflix)
Peterson maintains his innocence and puts forward a theory that the men responsible for a robbery across the street from the Modesto home he shared with Lacey were responsible for her death.
Netflix unveils the movie “An American Murder: Lacey Peterson” Real crime docuseries in August, giving a new perspective on the case through interviews with Lacey's mother, Sharon Rocha, and Peterson's former lover, Amber Fry.
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5. “The Manson Industry”
Serial killer and cult leader Charles Manson admitted to committing more murders beyond the grave in a newly released Peacock docu-series.
“Making Manson” delves into more than two decades of previously unreleased conversations with the notorious cult leader, offering a more in-depth look at his childhood and life of crime before the formation of the Manson Family and during his time as cult leader.
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Charles Manson in 1970 (Michael Oakes Archives/Getty Images)
Bradford Betz and Michael Ruiz of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
