All Evidence Points to These 10 True Crime Picks on Tubi
Follow the clues from forensic investigations to creator-led series with true crime shows and documentaries streaming free.
True crime used to mean waiting for a documentary to tell you the whole story. Now? A case can unfold across news alerts, podcasts, TikTok explainers, Reddit threads, courtroom livestreams, and a group chat that somehow has 87 unread messages before lunch. Suddenly, everyone has questions and everyone has a different way they like to investigate them.
That’s where true crime on Tubi comes in. Maybe you're fascinated by the tiny piece of forensic evidence that changes an entire investigation. Maybe you're a podcast listener who needs every detail before forming a theory. Or maybe you just opened this article because everyone keeps talking about true crime and you're finally ready to see what all the investigating is about.
Tubi’s True Crime collection brings all those rabbit holes together, with everything from landmark investigative series and forensic deep dives to documentaries and creator-led storytelling streaming free. We pulled 10 true crime shows and documentaries on Tubi to help you find your way in.
Fair warning: one case has a habit of turning into five.
Forensic Files
A fiber. A fingerprint. A strand of hair. Sometimes the smallest detail is the one that changes everything.
Few shows have made forensic science as compelling as Forensic Files. Across its investigations, witnesses, detectives, medical experts, and forensic specialists break down how evidence helped uncover what happened in real cases. It's methodical without feeling like homework and detailed enough that you'll probably never look at a suspiciously placed carpet fiber the same way again. This is essential viewing for longtime true crime fans, but for newcomers, consider this Forensics 101.
The First 48
In a homicide investigation, the earliest hours can be some of the most important. The First 48 puts viewers alongside detectives during that crucial window as they interview witnesses, follow leads, gather evidence, and work to understand what happened.
The result is true crime with a ticking clock built right in. Rather than revisiting a case years later with all the answers neatly assembled, you're watching investigators navigate uncertainty as information comes together. Thirteen seasons are currently available on Tubi, so if “just one episode” becomes a multi-hour investigation of your own, well…we have evidence suggesting you won't be the first.
Crime Junkie
If the words “Hi, Crime Junkies…” already mean something to you, no further questioning necessary.
Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat bring the massively popular Crime Junkie into your watchlist, examining murders, missing-person cases, mysteries, and cases that have gone years without answers. The series follows the facts while giving viewers the context needed to understand the people and questions at the center of each investigation. Podcast devotees can finally give their headphones a break, while true crime newcomers get an accessible entry point into one of the genre's biggest names. Six seasons are waiting on Tubi. Your commute listening has officially followed you home.
True Crime With Kimbyr
Some true crime focuses heavily on solving the mystery. True Crime With Kimbyr makes a deliberate effort to keep sight of the people at the center of it.
Creator Kimbyrleigha Morse takes a victim-focused, empathetic approach to her investigations, digging deeply into cases while keeping the human impact in focus. That perspective gives the series a different rhythm from the traditional case-of-the-week formula and makes it a strong pick for viewers looking for true crime storytelling that approaches difficult subjects with care. Come for the investigation; stay for storytelling that remembers a case is more than its headline.
That Chapter
You know how it goes. You click one true crime video, then another, and suddenly the sun has gone down and your recommended page knows things about you that you'd rather not discuss.
Welcome to That Chapter. Creator Mike Oh brings his research-heavy approach to cases both solved and unsolved, unpacking the circumstances, timelines, and details behind each story. With shorter episodes and 12 seasons currently available on Tubi, it's dangerously easy to say, “Okay, one more.” We cannot confirm how many times you will say this. The evidence suggests several.
Beyond Evil
Knowing what happened is one question. Understanding the people, behavior, and systems surrounding a crime can raise a dozen more.
Beyond Evil takes that wider view, exploring criminal cases through human behavior and the justice system alongside the investigations themselves. The cases vary, but the series' interest in what drives people, and what ultimately brings the truth to light, makes it especially suited to viewers who find themselves asking “why?” long after the basic facts are established. If your true crime rabbit holes tend to turn into psychology rabbit holes, your next tab has officially opened.
Suburban Nightmare: Chris Watts
The Watts family murders became one of the most widely discussed true crime cases of the past decade, but at the center of that attention were Shanann Watts, her daughters Bella and Celeste, and her unborn son, Nico.
Tubi Original true crime documentary Suburban Nightmare: Chris Watts revisits the investigation into their deaths and the unraveling of the seemingly ordinary suburban life Chris Watts presented to the outside world before confessing to killing his family. For viewers familiar with the headlines but looking to understand how the investigation unfolded, the documentary gathers the case into a focused feature-length examination.
The Seven Five
True crime isn't always about figuring out who committed the crime. Sometimes the people expected to stop it are part of the story.
The Seven Five turns its attention to corruption inside New York City's 75th Precinct, with former NYPD officer Michael Dowd recounting his involvement in theft, drug dealing, and corruption while policing Brooklyn. That alone separates it from the murder investigations elsewhere on this list: this is a story about power, institutions, and what happens when authority crosses the line it's supposed to enforce. If your true crime interests lean toward corruption, cover-ups, and “wait, they did WHAT?”, this documentary has your case file.
72 Hours: True Crime
Those who have watched Forensic Files are well versed in how evidence has a way of talking. 72 Hours: True Crime is listening very closely.
The series reconstructs real investigations in which detective work and forensic techniques, including DNA profiling, helped authorities identify those responsible during a critical 72-hour period. The time constraint keeps the investigations moving, while the forensic angle gives viewers plenty to examine along the way. Three seasons are currently on Tubi, making this an easy next assignment for anyone who likes their true crime heavy on evidence, timelines, and connecting the dots.
Suspicion
Sometimes an investigation begins with evidence. Sometimes it begins with a feeling that something is very, very off.
Suspicion follows family members, friends, coworkers, and neighbors whose concerns push them to look more closely at what's happening around them. So instead of beginning solely with investigators arriving after a crime, we're often following people close to the situation as questions begin piling up and suspicions become harder to ignore. It's part investigation, part human instinct, and exactly the kind of true crime show that will have you quietly saying, “I KNEW something was up,” to your TV.