Citizens go above and beyond to investigate murders in SundanceTV’s True Crime Story: Citizen Detective. The new addition to the True Crime Story franchise will premiere on October 12, 2023, with new episodes of the six episode season premiering on Thursdays at 10pm ET/PT on SundanceTV, AMC+, and Sundance Now.
True Crime Story: Citizen Detective, executive produced by Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Jim Fraenkel, and Josh Bingham, features the stories of a young man who died just blocks from his home and the identification of bodies found in barrels.
SundanceTV offers this description of the new true crime series:
“The six-part series tells the gripping stories of everyday citizens who have solved or are attempting to solve a murder. Each episode focuses on an individual citizen detective – or a group working together – and the case that they’re consumed by, unpacking the details of the case and exploring the psyches of those who simply need to know what happened and why?
With these cases, the stories of the crime and the investigator are intertwined – by learning about one, we learn about the other. As our citizen sleuths walk us through their personal involvement, the details of the case naturally unfold. And in their telling, we learn about the detectives themselves: the emotions that drove them, the evidence that compelled them, the investigatory tactics they’ve applied in the hopes of achieving what law enforcement couldn’t… or hasn’t, at least not yet.”
True Crime Story: Citizen Detective Episode Guide
Episode 1 – “The Mays Family” – Premieres Thursday, October 12 at 10pm ET/PT
A young mother is found unresponsive in bed, and her cause of death is determined to be an accidental heroin overdose. But her family questions everything about the circumstances around her death, so they launch their own investigation.
Episode 2 – “Rebekah” – Premieres Thursday, October 19 at 10pm ET/PT
It was a mystery that plagued law enforcement for over 20 years: four unidentified bodies found inside barrels in the woods. One woman searching for answers from her own troubled past sets herself on a journey to give the victims back their names.
Episode 3 – “Deb & Judy” – Premieres Thursday, October 26 at 10pm ET/PT
A young man leaves home for the corner store but dies on a rainy sidewalk just down the street. Bystanders claim that he fell off of his bike, but his mom and sister don’t buy it. They hit the streets to find answers.
Episode 4 – “John” – Premieres Thursday, November 2 at 10pm ET/PT
When a college student was found dead in rural Quebec, police refused to call it a murder. But years later, her brother continues his own investigation into her death. On the eve of a trip to return to the scene of the crime, tragedy strikes again.
Episode 5 – “Lisa” – Premieres Thursday, November 9 at 10pm ET/PT
A young girl’s life was thrown into chaos when her single mother died by a gunshot wound in their remote mountain home. The journey for the truth would be long and arduous, and it would be 30 years until justice was finally served.
Episode 6 – “Josh” – Premieres Thursday, November 16 at 10pm ET/PT
A young man whose childhood was marked by tragedy learns of a relatively unknown serial killer, and finds himself thinking about unidentified victims. It isn’t long before that pursuit becomes a full-time job… and identifying victims an obsession.
