The Best Cold Cases & Unsolved Documentaries

True Crime - 57 free documentaries about cold cases & unsolved.

Start with Decomposing Bodies to Solve Cold Case Murders (20 min, VICE), then Vatican Secrets Unveiled: The Kidnapping of a Young Girl (51 min, Real Crime). All 57 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on cold cases & unsolved is I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara.

• Decomposing Bodies to Solve Cold Case Murders (20 min, VICE)
• Vatican Secrets Unveiled: The Kidnapping of a Young Girl (51 min, Real Crime)
• How They Caught The Golden State Killer (27 min, Veritasium)
• Texas Jane Doe Identified after 38 Years | Naming the Dead (41 min, National Geographic)
• Kidnapped From the Vatican: The Emanuela Orlandi Story (53 min, Real Stories)
• Identifying a Female Victim 32-Years Later | Naming the Dead (37 min, National Geographic)
• Detective Speaks To The Dead (49 min, Real Stories)
• Trawling Winnipeg's Rivers for the Bodies of Unsolved Murder Cases (22 min, VICE)
• Manhunt For Hospital Predator That Killed Over 200 Patients (95 min, Real Crime)
• Did the CIA Kill A Hollywood Writer? | The Writer With No Hands (55 min, Real Stories)
• Shocking True Crime Cases Police Tried to Cover Up (110 min, Real Crime)
• The Reality of Defunding the Police | States of Unrest (19 min, VICE)
• She Killed Her Husband and Kept His Body (126 min, Real Crime)
• Cracking TWO Killer Cold Cases (88 min, Real Stories)
• Police on Trial (83 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Policing the Police 2020 (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Why Is 1/137 One of the Greatest Unsolved Problems In Physics? (16 min, PBS Space Time)
• What Really Happened to the Three Men Who Vanished Without a Trace? (105 min, Real Crime)
• Freezing Deaths: Inside Canada’s Worst Police Scandal (49 min, Real Stories)
• The Ghastly Story Of The First Policeman Killed On Britain's Railways (44 min, Absolute History)
• Urgent Manhunt: This Candy Man Almost Got Away with Murder (47 min, Real Crime)
• Investigating A Monster: Levi Bellfield Evil Attack On Amelie Delagrange (93 min, Real Crime)
• The Night Stalker: 17 Years Of Terror And Over 200 Victims (87 min, Real Crime)
• The Manhunt For Raoul Moat | True Crime Story (45 min, Real Stories)
• Manhunt For The Nail Bomber of London (47 min, Real Stories)
• The Monster Of Florence: The Most Covered-Up Cold Case In Italian History (95 min, Real Stories)
• Did Police and Media Botch The Murder Investigation of Charlene Downes? (45 min, VICE)
• Police & Thief Reunion: How Did Mark Lee Land His First English Role? (23 min, CNA Insider)
• PROTESTERS vs POLICE - Why is Police Violence on the RISE? (112 min, ENDEVR)
• The Truth Exposed: How John List Killed His Whole Family (168 min, Real Crime)
• Pregnant Woman Shot Dead By Neighbor From Hell (44 min, Real Crime)
• How They Defend Singapore's Waters: Inside The Police Coast Guard - Part 2/2 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Behind the Badge | The Truth About Police Brutality in South Africa (28 min, Free Documentary)
• The Most Chilling Torture Case Solved by CCTV (46 min, Real Crime)
• Radley Balko on the Militarization of America's Police Force: VICE Meets (42 min, VICE)
• Caught on Camera: 2-Year Manhunt for Dangerous Stalker (28 min, Real Crime)
• Who Killed Jill Halliburton? Manhunt for Mucci (52 min, Real Crime)
• Raoul Moat And The Northumbria Manhunt - Real Crime (45 min, Real Crime)
• Unsolved Mysteries: The Most Chilling Unsolved Cold Case (22 min, Real Stories)
• Suing The Police (47 min, Real Stories)
• The Kidnapping Spree That Triggered The Deadliest Manhunt In History (93 min, Real Crime)
• International Manhunt: 19-Year-Old Confesses to Brutal Murder (45 min, Real Crime)
• Inside the Hunt for the Fremont Bomber: Exclusive Police Files l Forensic Factor S3 E01 (45 min, Real Crime)
• Armed in America: Police & Guns (62 min, PBS)
• Jeremy Bamber's Brutal Family Massacre That Shocked Detectives (44 min, Real Crime)
• Citizen Detectives Investigate Shocking Cold Cases (133 min, Real Crime)
• Unsolved Mysteries: Strangest Cold Case of Kidnapped Mother Of 5 (22 min, Real Stories)
• Chatham Island's Lone Policeman (44 min, Real Stories)
• Cold Cases Cracked: Solving Canada's Most Violent Crimes (127 min, Real Crime)
• The Truth Behind America's Most Disturbing Police Statistic (50 min, Real Stories)
• Truth Detectives - How To Catch War Criminals? (52 min, ENDEVR)
• Police Arrested The Wrong Man: Was It The Neighbour? (88 min, Real Crime)
• The Most Brutal Police Unit in North America Caught on Camera (97 min, Wonder)
• The Evolution Of Giant Armoured Police Vehicles (51 min, Spark)
• Digital Civilian Detectives - VPRO documentary - 2017 (47 min, VPRO Documentary)
• Night Time Police Raid Reveals Incredible Discovery | Off Limits S1 EP4 (50 min, Wonder)
• Police Break Into Scammers Hideout | Scammed S1 EP1 (22 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Cold Cases & Unsolved

1. I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Golden State Killer by Paul Holes - View on Amazon