Director Charlie Shackleton thought he could have his cake and eat it too. For years Shackleton had been considering the idea of making a documentary centered on the Zodiac Killer. The mysterious and ...

In 2012, an autobiographical novel by Lyndon Lafferty titled “The Zodiac Killer Cover-Up: The Silenced Badge” was published. Lafferty was a regular highway patrol agent until one day, a strange ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Courtesy of Sundance Institute Watch enough true-crime documentaries and patterns begin to emerge—a situation that speaks to the ...

“Zodiac Killer Project,” the fascinating feature documentary from director Charlie Shackleton, is nothing like what it sounds. For one thing, it’s not really about the infamous Zodiac Killer — though ...

"Zodiac Killer Project" is a documentary about a documentary that never got to be made. Charlie Shackleton tried to buy the rights to a memoir that explored a theory about who might have murdered five ...

None of us talk about the inherent predatory nature of true crime documentaries. They pick over the bones of cold cases and unspeakable crimes, retraumatize survivors, dramatize crimes to the point of ...

True crime has become one of the most fascinating subgenres, especially on streaming services, and these are the best true crime documentaries of 2025.