Autumn’s most creepy true crime on Netflix
Last updated: October 6, 2025
Netflix have a lot of true crime documentaries that will grip you from the first frame. From people who just vanished into thin air to brutal killings, these stories drag you into the worst shit people are capable of.
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer
For over a decade, a predator stalked Long Island's most vulnerable women, dumping their bodies along empty stretches of beach. The victims, mostly from the fringes of society, turned up one by one, their disappearances hardly noticed outside their own small worlds. The film meticulously pieces together the killer's trail, the disturbing evidence he left scattered behind, and the mounting anger of cops chasing a guy who always seemed to know exactly what they were going to do next.
Paws Off the Cats
A series of sick and vicious attacks on house cats left cops and neighborhoods reeling. From kittens dumped and tortured to organized raids stealing expensive breeds, the film exposes a twisted world of obsession and brutality. Detectives follow the clues and track down suspects whose reasons are as fucked up as they are scary. The whole thing builds with brutal momentum, pulling back the curtain on a hidden criminal network where defenseless animals get targeted, and the gap between being a creep and being dangerous barely exists.
This Is the Zodiac Speaking
The Zodiac Killer scarred Northern California forever in the late sixties and early seventies. The murders were vicious, appeared random, and came with weird coded letters mailed straight to newspapers. Every killing – the stabbings, the shootings, the sick mind games – was pulled off with ice-cold precision. The documentary rebuilds the horror of these crimes, the fear that gripped close communities, and the gut-wrenching frustration that ate at cops for years.
Lover Stalker Killer
Obsession kills, and this series follows relationships that went straight to hell. Every crime starts with trust, closeness, and love, then spirals into stalking, mind games, and eventually murder. The people who lived through it tell you how things went from bad to worse, while cops break down the sick planning that went into each attack. The documentary gets inside the warped minds behind love turned deadly, showing how easily passion can flip into something that'll destroy you.
Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders
Seven dead. A whole city scared. Someone loaded Tylenol capsules with cyanide and stuck them back on store shelves. Headache pills turned into death traps. The killings were totally random but also methodically planned out, catching people completely off guard while the cops were running around with no leads. The documentary breaks down every piece of the crime.
Gripping crimes this autumn
Every case, no matter how old, still hits hard and shows you just how brutal people can be - but also how tough they are when they need to survive. Netflix's fall shows turn these notorious crimes into intense, can't-look-away stories that'll have you glued to your screen.
