This Guardian article rounds up what its writers consider the 25 best true-crime television shows ever made, spanning cold-case murders, elaborate scams, cults and heists. It comes as Netflix releases A Toxic Love Story, a new documentary about a California couple who framed an innocent woman, which critics are calling a return to form for the genre a decade after Making a Murderer kickstarted the true-crime boom.

The list includes acclaimed titles such as OJ: Made in America, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning ESPN account of OJ Simpson's rise and trial; The Jinx, HBO's investigation into real estate heir Robert Durst; Girl in the Picture, about an abduction and identity fraud case; The Alabama Solution, assembled from contraband prison footage exposing guard brutality; Evil Genius, covering a bizarre 2003 bank heist involving a bomb collar; and Capturing the Friedmans, a study of a father and son convicted of child abuse offences. Most of the featured shows are available on Netflix, with others found on Disney+, Sky/Now and HBO Max.