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Shows Like American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing

If you loved American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing's Documentary and Crime storytelling, these series deliver a similar experience — chosen for tone, narrative quality, and viewer satisfaction. Each includes where to stream it now.

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Lorena
6.6

Lorena

2019

This four-part docuseries investigates the events of 1993, where Lorena Bobbitt sliced off her husband's penis after years of abuse. John and Lorena Bobbitt's stories exploded into a 24-hour news cycle. She became a national joke, her suffering ignored by the male-dominated press. But as John spiraled downward, Lorena found strength in the scars of her ordeal.

Killer Sally
6.8

Killer Sally

2022

Interviews with friends, family and Sally McNeil herself chart a bodybuilding couple’s rocky marriage — and its shocking end in a Valentine's Day murder.

The First 48
7.9

The First 48

2004

The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.

Evil Genius
7.3

Evil Genius

2018

This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields
6.4

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

2022

An overgrown field and a stretch of highway connect a series of grisly murders spanning several decades as grieving families search for answers.

Full Circle
6.4

Full Circle

2023

An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.

Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
7.8

Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes

2022

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to his gruesome crimes in unguarded interviews, offering an unsettling view into a disturbed mind.

Manhunt
7.6

Manhunt

2017

Inspired by actual events, this true crime anthology series takes a deep dive into the dark, twisted minds of terrorists and follows the brave souls who hunt them down.

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Smoke
6.0

Smoke

2025

When an arson investigator begrudgingly teams up with a police detective, their race to stop two arsonists ignites a twisted game of secrets and suspicions.

Dateline
6.5

Dateline

1992

Dateline NBC, or simply Dateline, is a weekly American television newsmagazine series. It was previously the network's flagship newsmagazine, but now focuses mainly on true crime stories with only occasional editions that focus on other topics.

Dexter
8.2

Dexter

2006

Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

I AM A KILLER
6.8

I AM A KILLER

2018

Death row inmates convicted of capital murder give a firsthand account of their crimes in this documentary series.

Thorne
6.5

Thorne

2010

Thorne is a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010. Based on Mark Billingham's novels, the six-episode serial stars David Morrissey in the title role of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. Part one, Sleepyhead, follows Thorne, who, while investigating a series of attacks on young women, is dragged back into the nightmares of his past as he races to find a killer. Part two, Scaredycat, sees two women murdered within hours of one another near St Pancras station, but in different ways. When a connection is made with two other murders which occurred months before, but also on the same day, Thorne realises two serial killers may be in a macabre partnership.

The Sinner
7.5

The Sinner

2017

In a small New York town, a haunted detective hunts for answers about perplexing crimes while wrestling with his own demons.

Murder Among the Mormons
7.0

Murder Among the Mormons

2021

High-stakes exploits turn deadly — and shake a global church to its core — in this extraordinary true crime story.

CSI: Vegas
7.8

CSI: Vegas

2021

Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.

Homicide Hunter: Lt Joe Kenda
8.9

Homicide Hunter: Lt Joe Kenda

2011

A non-fiction investigative series of murder cases told through the personal experience of retired detective, Lieutenant Joe Kenda. Through re-enactments, discussions with investigation teams, and interviews with victims' families and other involved persons, the show highlights Kenda's successes with his 400 homicide case history and 92 percent solution rate.

Snapped
7.8

Snapped

2004

The fascinating cases of every day, seemingly average moms, wives and girlfriends accused of murder. Did they really do it? And if so, why?

A Friend of the Family
6.7

A Friend of the Family

2022

The Brobergs are completely unprepared for the sophisticated tactics a neighbor of theirs uses to exploit their vulnerabilities, separate them and turn their daughter against them.

Fool Me Once
7.1

Fool Me Once

2024

When ex-soldier Maya sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam, she uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches deep into the past.

Why These Shows Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2023): Documentary and Crime themes, similar pacing, and comparable production quality. NoBadPicks uses TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface series most likely to resonate with fans of American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing.

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