Detective Diaries

8.5
202144m

This series takes us inside the investigative minds of five American detectives as they reexamine the harrowing cases that defined their careers. From hunting killers who hid in the shadows for decades, to taking on a political machine with more than blood on its hands, to reliving the same murder through three different victims in a row, every crime turns the story back on each detective, triggering memories of painstaking investigations, forcing them to come to terms with old wounds, and revealing what drives them to stand strong in the fight for justice.

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Seasons

5 Episodes • Premiered 2021

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1. Twist In The Wind

Former police chief Clay Bryant is given the chance to solve a cold case that his late father was powerless to fight and haunted him since childhood, when he catches a new case that could bring justice to a town and closure to an entire family.

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2. Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Civil lawyer John Raley delves into the criminal world when he goes to battle against a corrupt district attorney's office to free an innocent man of murder and catch the real killer of two long-forgotten cold cases that have haunted the town for decades.

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3. The Phantom of La Palma

In La Palma, California, veteran cop Jim Engen and rookie detective Paul Bracciodieta set out to solve the 1974 cold case murder of Annie Ross. This crime has plagued police for decades, but Jim and Paul's bond leads to a promising break in the case.

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4. The Witching Hour

With retirement looming ever closer, Arlington P.D. Detective Byron Stewart races to save his legacy on the force by solving his final case, the unexplained double homicide of an elderly Vietnamese couple left for dead in their apartment.

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5. The Woman Hater's Club

Austin P.D. Detective Lisa Morrill's life is changed forever when she's pushed to the brink of collapse, mentally and professionally, when the luck of the draw lands her three brutal homicide cases of young women back-to-back.

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