Documania has taken over the online streaming service, giving filmmakers insight into criminal cases that engulfed the nation, prompting them to reveal new details of infamous cases from what seems to be the golden age of the serious crime genre.
All four documentaries will be released in 2024, and while they may not be for the faint of heart, they will keep your heart racing.
1. “The Fall of the Murdaugh Family: From Egg to Z”
Two jurors at the center of jury tampering allegations Alex Murdaugh murder trialincluding those famously fired, spoke publicly about the incident for the first time in a Fox Nation documentary.
Juror Murdaugh in the center of the jury accused of misconduct speaks out for the first time: “I was targeted.''
Both jurors, known publicly as “Juror Egg” and “Juror Z,” spoke exclusively with FOX News' Martha McCollum.
The “egg juror,” also known as juror number 785, claims court clerk Becky Hill targeted Murdaugh to remove her from the jury because she was not adamant that she was guilty. .
Alex Murdaugh, who was convicted of murdering his wife Maggie and second son Paul in June 2021, will appear at his retrial hearing. January 16, 2024 at the Richland County Justice Center in Columbia, South Carolina. (Tracy Glantz/Associated Press, Pool)
“Juror Z,” also known as Juror Number 630, said he voted guilty but was not and remains unsure of Murdaugh's guilt, saying he was swayed by Hill and other jurors. told McCallum.
Both women revealed their real names for the first time. “Egg Juror” is Myra Crosby and “Juror Z” is Mandy Pearce.
Myra Crosby, aka “The Egg Juror,” leaves the Colleton County Courthouse on March 2, 2023 in Walterboro, South Carolina. Crosby was dismissed for misconduct by Judge Clifton Newman during the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh. (Larry Paci, Fox News Digital)
Mr. Murdaugh, 56, Life sentence for fatal shooting Wife Maggie and youngest son Paul on their family's hunting property in Colleton County, South Carolina in June 2021. Prosecutors argued that their murders were an attempt to distract from Murdaugh's growing financial crimes, which were then beginning to come to light.
Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh, who was convicted by his lawyer, filed an appeal against the verdict in December, arguing that improper testimony and the jury's suspicions of Mr. Hill's misconduct “created an unfair trial.” .
2. “The Menendez Brothers: Victim or Villain?”
The docuseries revisits the infamous 1989 murder of Lyle and Eric Menendez's parents in their Beverly Hills mansion, giving voice to the brothers' pleas for clemency and the horrific brutality of their murders.
The Fox Nation documentary, Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez, dramatizes the case, which was rejected by the brothers' families, and the series is generous with the brothers, giving them an opportunity to be courageous. It was released after The Menendez Brothers. Justifying brutal murder.
Lyle (left) and Eric Menendez sit with defense attorney Leslie Abramson (right) during a hearing in Beverly Hills District Court on November 26, 1990. (AP Photo/Nick Utt)
But it's up to viewers to decide whether they sympathize with the inmate who claims to have been sexually abused by his father.
The brothers' long-awaited retrial, requested because new evidence would prove their claims, has been postponed from early December to January 30.
Outgoing Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon asked the court to commute his sentence within two weeks before Election Day. He then lost to independent candidate Nathan Hockman, who will take office on December 2nd.
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Lyle Menendez (left) and his brother Eric are pictured in the latest CDCR mugshot taken on October 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”
Family and friends of Nicole Brown Simpson, accused of murdering her infamous husband O.J. Simpson, speak out for the first time in this four-part Lifetime series.
Nicole's sisters Denise, Tanya Brown and Dominic Brown are joined by stars including: kris jenner And Faye Resnick and many of the murdered woman's friends and law enforcement officers interacted with Nicole in an effort to portray a woman beyond her death and her relationship with the troubled football player.
Nicole's friend Ron Hardy told the filmmakers, “I want to get rid of this little girl lying on the sidewalk in a little black dress in a pool of blood. That's not her.” spoke. “I want to cathartically talk about her, who she was, what she meant to me, what she meant to others, and how I will never regret meeting her. And I want to talk about never having regrets.”
O.J. Simpson's wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, was murdered on June 12, 1994. (Getty Images)
'The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson': Family and friends shed light on infamous case in new documentary
4. “American Murder Case: Lacey Peterson”
Scott Peterson, who has always maintained his innocence despite unsuccessful appeals for 20 years after being found guilty, is accused of killing his wife, Lacey Peterson, 27. I am still hoping that I can convince the court that this is not the case. She was eight months pregnant with her son Connor when she disappeared on Christmas Day 2002.
In April 2003, her body and Connor's were washed up separately in a body of water in Berkeley, where Peterson had been storing his boat. Laci Peterson's hair was found in needle-nose pliers on the boat, and Peterson had bleached blonde hair, thousands of dollars in cash and her brother's passport when she was arrested at the Mexican border.
A still photo of Scott Peterson and Laci Peterson from the upcoming documentary series “American Murder: Laci Peterson.” (Courtesy of Netflix)
Peterson maintains his innocence and maintains that the men responsible for the robbery across the street from the Modesto home he shared with Laci were responsible for her death.
Netflix releases 'American Murder: Laci Peterson' real crime A documentary series was released in August that shed new light on the case, with interviews from Lacey's mother Sharon Rocha and Peterson's former mistress Amber Frey.
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5. “Making Manson”
Serial killer and cult leader Charles Manson has confessed to more murders from beyond the grave in a newly released Peacock documentary series.
'Making Manson' delves into over 20 years of never-before-seen conversations with the notorious cult leader, delving deeper into his childhood and criminal life before the formation of the 'Manson Family' and during his time as a cult leader. are.
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Charles Manson in 1970 (Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital's Bradford Betz and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
