As the nights get longer and the cold weather ushers in the season of binge-watching, it seems like the ideal time to unearth your next true crime obsession.
But why settle on just one series when Sky is launching a brand-new channel dedicated to all of the most gripping real-life investigations from the UK and US.
Available now, Sky Crime gives you the chance to question everything about these complex cases as we already know them.
Delve deeper into the police investigation, the trial, the timelines, the suspects and new evidence and question everything. Was the convict innocent or guilty? Was justice served or did the real culprit go free?
With Sky Crime establishing itself as the new home of true crime, we take a look at the five best series dropping on the channel this autumn.
The Case Against Adnan Syed
One year after the body of 18-year-old Baltimore high school student Hae Min Lee is found in a shallow grave in February 1999, her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed, 19, is convicted of her murder.
However, four-part documentary The Case Against Adnan Syed – a case brought to global attention by the hugely popular Serial podcast – reexamines the facts against him, questioning everything from the testimony of the key witness, Jay Wilds, and her then-boyfriend Don Clinedinst’s alibi to presenting new forensic evidence in a bid to overturn Syed’s conviction after almost 20 years.
Did Adnan really murder his high school girlfriend, or is there evidence to suggest a worrying miscarriage of justice?
Available now on Sky Crime
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
New York real estate tycoon Robert Durst is suspected of murder in connection with three unexplained deaths that took place between 1982 and 2001.
Using 20 hours of interviews with American filmmaker Andrew Jarecki, the eye-opening series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst looks back at the unsolved 1982 disappearance of Durst’s wife Kathie, as well as the 2000 killing of writer Susan Berman.
There was also the 2001 death and dismemberment of his neighbour Morris Black, for which Durst was acquitted, despite confessing to the crime.
Four decades later, we get an explanation from the millionaire’s mouth.
Available now on Sky Crime
I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth Vs. Michelle Carter
Following the suicide of 18-year-old Conrad Roy III in his truck in Massachusetts in July 2014, an unexpected twist turns the investigation on its head.
A series of alarming text exchanges shared with his girlfriend Michelle Carter, 17, in the days leading up to his death seem to coach him through how, when and where exactly to do it.
Tackling tricky subjects such as coercion, mental health and technology, the era-defining trial that followed raised some important questions, including: Can one person be held responsible for the suicide of another? And, can you kill someone through text?
Now, told through their own messages over two years, you get to decide whether words really can kill.
Available from 6th October at 9pm on Sky Crime
Who Killed Garrett Phillips?
When 12-year-old Garrett Phillips is found mysteriously strangled in his home in Potsdam, New York in October 2011, the police desperately search for suspects.
Quickly, their attentions turn to his mother Tandy’s ex-boyfriend Oral “Nick” Hillary, whose interracial romance with Garrett’s mum had recently become strained by their life in a small town.
After Garrett’s death, Tandy turns to another ex, Sheriff’s Deputy John Jones and despite a lack of evidence, Potsdam investigators bring Nick in for questioning.
Following a traumatic interrogation, an unexpected outcome instantly turns the whole town against Nick, but were there holes in the investigation and was the sheriff’s prime suspect framed?
Who killed Garrett Phillips is an eye-opening look at how justice is delivered and raises important issues of race and bias in policing.
Available from 20th October at 9pm on Sky Crime
The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell
A decade after a 28-year-old mother of two vanishes from her suburban home in Utah, new evidence and never-before-seen footage sheds light on this tragic unsolved case.
In-depth documentary The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell revisits the mystery, taking a closer look at the characters closest to Susan when she went missing.
Across a gripping four-hour series, investigative journalist Stephanie Bauer examines Susan’s troubled relationship with husband Josh, along with his bizarre alibi around the time of her disappearance.
Then there are the unsettling videotapes made by her father-in-law that reveal a disturbing obsession and the chilling untold theory behind this high-profile case.
Available from 3rd November at 9pm on Sky Crime
