Recommended media
Podcasts
Your Own Backyard
Available on Spotify, Apple podcasts and via website here.
Episodes: 10 on the main case – 25 years after the disappearance and (probably) with great assistance from the investigation this podcast made into the case, Kristin's case went to trial in 2022. The podcast has followed the trial week for week with follow up episodes.
About: A documentary podcast series investigating the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student, Kristin Smart.
When the podcast was first created, the case had gone "cold" – technically. However, the episodes' deepdive into the night of Kristin's dissappearance and the days, months and years following seemed to liven up the investigation again. There are heartfelt, chilling, infuriating and justice-inducing moments in this incredibly high-value production, 10/10 would reccommend.
Documentaries
American Murder: The Family Next Door
Available on Netflix
Runtime: 1t 23m
About: Using raw, firsthand footage, this documentary examines the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children, and the terrible events that followed.
Heartbreaking, as you follow the story about how Chris Watts finds out he's not a super-genius, but a weak man-child who'd rather murder his family than get a divorce. See also: JCS on youtube has made a three-video deep-dive into the Watts investigation.
Youtube
Channels
JCS – Criminal Psychology
Forensic Psychology / True Crime / Social Science / Behavioral Science
Deep-dive videos focusing mainly on interrogations – longer format, videos are usually ~1 hour+.
Explore With Us
True-crime focused mainly on interrogations – longer format, videos are usually ~1 hour+. A bit sensationalizing at times.
That Chapter
That Chapter is all about reporting on some of the craziest cases out there, with maybe a joke or two stuffed in between.
True-crime videos focusing on a separate case each episode, both old and new – shorter format, videos are usually from ~20-40 minutes.
Youtube
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