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.
On Screen: Best True Crime Drama Adaptation
- 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
On Screen: Impact for Change
- #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
On Screen: Outstanding Documentary Film - Partnered by the Media Production & Technology Show
- 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:
On Screen: Outstanding Two-Part Docuseries - Partnered by Element Post \ VFX
- 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:
On Screen: Outstanding Three or More Part Docuseries - Partnered by Element Post \ VFX
- 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:
On Screen: Production Team of the Year - Partnered by 911 True Crime Music
- ITN Productions - HIGHLY COMMENDED
- Woodcut Media - WINNER
PARTNERED BY:
On Screen: Episodic Excellence - New Series - Partnered by Getty Images
- 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:
On Screen: Episodic Excellence - Returning Series
- 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
On Screen: Outstanding Investigative Reporting - Partnered by Reviewed & Cleared
- 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:
On Screen: Best Digital Influencer - Partnered by Phoenix
- 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:
Podcast: Best Serialised Podcast
- 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
Podcast: Best True Crime Podcast Community - Partnered by Free Turn
- 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:
Podcast: Episodic Excellence
- 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
Podcast: Impact for Change - Partnered by Nomono
- 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:
Podcast: Most Captivating Host(s)
- 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
Podcast: Outstanding Indie Podcast
- 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
Podcast: Outstanding Investigative Reporting
- 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
Podcast: True Crime Rookie of the Year - Partnered by the Association of True Crime Producers
- 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:
Publishing: Publisher of the Year
- Ad Lib Publishers / Mardle Books - HIGHLY COMMENDED
- John Blake Books / Bonnier Books UK - WINNER
Publishing: Best Audio Book
- 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
Publishing: Best New Author
- 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
Publishing: Book of the Year
- 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
Publishing: Impact for Change
- 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
Publishing: Outstanding Investigative Reporting
- 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.