The True Crime Awards 2024 Presents:

THE SHORTLIST

Below you will find the shortlisted content across Broadcast, Podcast and Publishing in the True Crime Awards 2024, as voted by our esteemed panel of industry judges. 


  • American Murderer - Universal Pictures/Matthew Gentile 
  • The Hunt for Raoul Moat - World Productions/ITV - WINNER
  • The Long Shadow - New Pictures / ITV Studios - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • The Reckoning - ITV Studios

  • #Dead2Me - If only I knew he was a killer in the making - firstlooktv - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • #Dead2Me - Tai O'Donnell - You don't know what I'm dealing with Mum- firstlooktv
  • The Great Rhino Robbery - BBC Studios - WINNER
  • Vanished: The Search for Britain's Missing - ITN Productions for Channel 5
  • When Missing Turns To Murder - Phoenix Television - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Wrongly Accused - AMC Networks International UK: TRUE CRIME

  • Confessions of a Psycho Killer - Woodcut Media
  • Jackie Malton: A Life in Crime - AMC Networks International UK: TRUE CRIME
  • Kennedy, Sinatra & the Mafia - Peninsula Television
  • Kidnapped: The Angel Lynn Story - Fremantle/Channel 4/Wonderhood Studios - WINNER
  • Steeltown Murders: Hunting a Serial Killer - ITV Cymru Wales
  • The Footballer Fraudster - Collective Media Group
  • The Real Vanishing Act - Missing Millionairess - Naked/Fremantle
  • Wayne Couzens – Killer in Plain Sight - Flicker Productions for Channel 5 - HIGHLY COMMENDED

PARTNERED BY: 


  • Body in the Suitcase: The Murder of Deborah Chong - Transistor Films Ltd
  • David Fuller: Monster in the Morgue - Avalon Television
  • Rolf Harris - Hiding in Plain Sight - Optomen Television
  • Six Silent Killings: Ireland's Vanishing Triangle - Five Mile Films Ltd
  • The Child Snatcher: Manhunt - ITN Productions - WINNER
  • The Playboy Bunny Murder - Soho Studios / Future Studios / Longstone
  • The Search for Instagram's Worst Con Artist - Wag Entertainment
  • Waco Untold: The British Stories - Multistory Media - HIGHLY COMMENDED

PARTNERED BY: 


  • Dublin Narcos - Blast Films - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Fred West: The Glasgow Girls - IWC Media/Sky Crime
  • Lockerbie - Mindhouse Productions
  • Murder in the Red Light - Woodcut Media
  • The Essex Murders - Expectation
  • The Flight Attendant Murders - Flicker Productions / BossaNova Media - WINNER
  • The Great Rhino Robbery - BBC Studios
  • The Russell Murders: Who killed Lin and Megan? - Rare TV

PARTNERED BY: 


  • ITN Productions - HIGHLY COMMENDED    
  • Woodcut Media - WINNER

PARTNERED BY:  


  • Cut to the Crime - A+E Networks EMEA
  • Donal MacIntyre's Killer Evidence - AMC Networks International UK: TRUE CRIME
  • Killers: Caught on Camera - back2back
  • Murder: Fight for the Truth - AMC Networks International UK: TRUE CRIME
  • Second Chance with Raphael Rowe - A+E Networks EMEA - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • The Incident Room - True North Productions / Channel 5 - WINNER
  • Who killed Lin and Megan Russell? - Content Kings for Channel 5

PARTNERED BY: 


  • 24 Hours in Police Custody - The Honeytrap Murder - The Garden / Channel 4 - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Faking It - Warner Bros. Discovery / Shearwater Media
  • Forensics: Catching the Killer - True North Productions - WINNER
  • In The Footsteps of Killers - Alaska TV Productions Ltd
  • Murdered at First Sight - Woodcut Media
  • The Real Manhunter - Revelation Films
  • When Missing Turns To Murder - Phoenix Television

  • James Bulger: The Trial - Good TV for Channel 5
  • Murder in the Red Light - Woodcut Media
  • Murdered: The Baby On The Beach - Peninsula Television - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Wrongly Accused - AMC Networks International UK: TRUE CRIME - WINNER

PARTNERED BY: 


  • Dr. Sohom Das -  A Psych for Sore Minds
  • Charley Bourne True Crime
  • Coffeehouse Crime
  • Sherrilyn Dale - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • That Chapter
  • True Crime with Kendall Rae - WINNER

PARTNERED BY


  • Blood on the Dance Floor - BBC - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Gangster: The Story of the Burger Bar Boys - BBC
  • Believe in Magic - BBC Studios
  • The Pirate of Prague - Blanchard House
  • Suspect: Five Shots in the Dark - Campside Media / Wondery - WINNER
  • The Trial - DMGT
  • Scamanda - Lionsgate Sound
  • The Crossbow Killer - Overcoat Media

  • After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal - History Hit
  • Blood on the Dance Floor - BBC
  • Crime Analyst - Laura Richards
  • Misogynoir Murders Podcast - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • The Criminal Connection Podcast
  • Vishal - BBC Studios - WINNER


PARTNERED BY: 


  • A Bit of a Stretch - Chris Atkins - WINNER
  • Misogynoir Murders Podcast
  • Second Chance - Raphael Rowe - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • The Cult Vault
  • The Missing Madonna - BBC Scotland Productions
  • They Walk Among Us

  • Behind the Crime - Prison Radio Association - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer - BBC Scotland Productions
  • Crime Analyst - Laura Richards
  • Love & Justice - Magic Lamp Productions
  • Vishal - BBC Studios - WINNER
  • #DEAD2ME: The Interviews 'Groomed on Social Media' - FirstLookTV

PARTNERED BY: 


  • After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal - History Hit
  • Behind the Crime - Prison Radio Association
  • Carrie Jade Does Not Exist - Audio Always
  • Ghost Story - Wondery
  • Shiny Bob: The Devil's Advocate - BBC Disclosure - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • The Missing Madonna - BBC Scotland Productions
  • The Pirate of Prague - Blanchard House - WINNER
  • The Storyteller: Naked Villainy - Isla Traquair

  • A Mother's Anguish - Michelle McPhillips
  • A Murder Without End - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Behind The Crimes - WINNER
  • Evolving Prisons
  • Macabre London
  • Murder, She Told
  • The Emily Show - The Internet's Go-To Legal Analyst 
  • They Walk Among Us

  • A Very British Cult - BBC Radio 4 / BBC News
  • Crime Analyst - Laura Richards
  • Gangster: Killing Death Row - BBC
  • Hot Money: The New Narcos - Financial Times/Pushkin Industries
  • I Am Not Nicholas - BBC Studios / Audible
  • Poison - The Times - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • The Great Post Office Trial - Whistledown Productions
  • The Storyteller: Naked Villainy - Isla Traquair - WINNER

  • After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal - History Hit - WINNER
  • A Murder Without End
  • Ice Cold Case
  • Killer in the Family Podcast
  • The Criminal Connection Podcast
  • Who is the Cheese Wire Killer? - Mind the Gap Creative - HIGHLY COMMENDED

PARTNERED BY: 


  • Ad Lib Publishers / Mardle Books - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • John Blake Books / Bonnier Books UK - WINNER

  • A Million Ways to Stay on the Run - Donal MacIntyre & Karl Howman / W. F. Howes - WINNER
  • Crisis - True Stories of my Life as a Hostage and Crisis Negotiator - Nicky Perfect / The Communication Coach
  • Fugitive! - Nick Reynolds / Bonnier Books UK
  • The Girl for the Job - Danni Brooke - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Time After Time - Chris Atkins / Atlantic Books
  • You Are Accused - Raphael Rowe / W. F. Howes

  • Chasing Shadows - Miles Johnson / The Bridge Street Press - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Married to the Black Widow - Rob Parkes - WINNER
  • No One Got Cracked Over the Head for No Reason - Martin Brunt / Biteback Publishing
  • The Girl for the Job - Danni Brooke
  • The Poison Line - Cara McGoogan / Penguin Random House
  • What Lies Beneath - Peter Faulding / Pan Macmillan

  • No Ordinary Day - Matt Johnson & John Murray / Ad Lib Publishers - WINNER
  • The Forgotten Forty-Four: Victims and Survivors of America's First Serial Sex Killer - Denise Beddows / Misbourne Press - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • The Girl for the Job - Danielle Brooke
  • The Real Happy Valley - Alice Vinten / Penguin Random House
  • Murder Investigation Team: Jack the Ripper - A 21st Century Investigation - Steven Keogh / Bonnier Books UK
  • Inside The Mind of The Yorkshire Ripper: The Final Investigation - Chris Clark & Tim Hicks

  • Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer - Jillian Lauren / TGCWorldwide LLC - HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Murder At Home: How Our Safest Space is Where We're Most in Danger - David Wilson / Little Brown Book Group
  • Our Georgia - Lynette Williams with Robin Eveleigh / Mardle Books - WINNER

  • BETRAYED: the incredible untold inside story of the two most unlikely drug-running grannies in Australian history - Sandi Logan / Hachette - WINNER
  • Cocaine Cowboys: The Deadly Rise of Ireland's Drug Lords - Nicola Tallant / Bonnier Books UK
  • Convicting the Moors Murderers: The Arrest, Trial and Imprisonment of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley - C.G.C. Cook / Pen and Sword Books
  • Inside The Mind of the Yorkshire Ripper: The Final Investigation - Chris Clark & Tim Hicks / Ad Lib Publishers
  • No Ordinary Day - Matt Johnson & John Murray / Ad Lib Publishers - HIGHLY COMMENDED

The True Crime Awards will take place on 25th April 2024 at the Hilton, London Bankside. If you'd like to join us for this prestigious event, tickets are currently available for purchase for either individuals, tables of ten or tables of twelve.