If you’re listening to true-crime podcasts, you’re hearing a lot about Georgia. From “Up and Vanished” to the AJC’s own “Breakdown,” the explosion of true crime podcasts has introduced millions of listeners to crime cases across the state. Some programs such as “Breakdown” or “The Fall Line” investigate a single case over the course of a season. Others follow single-episode formats and cherry-pick notorious Georgia events for quick recaps or discussions.
And it's not just podcasts. Georgia true-crime has shown up to television too, where it's not uncommon to find programs on Wayne Williams or JonBenet Ramsey. Documentary-style police procedurals such as "The First 48" and "ATL Homicide" have given viewers an inside look at police department investigations and unsolved cases.
The list of podcast episodes below is grouped by the crime case each reports on, in reverse-chronological order based on the date of the crime or disappearance. We’ll update this list as we find more examples.
THE 2010s-present
2024
Laken Riley murder (Athens, Clarke County)
- The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno (Feb. 29, 2024)
- Murdered While Jogging: The Death of Laken Riley (March 5, 2024)
2023
Georgia election interference case (Trump and allies) (Fulton County)
2022
Fulton County special purpose grand jury (Trump call to Raffensperger) (Fulton County)
2021
Robert Aaron Long (spa shooting) murders (Atlanta and Cherokee County)
- The Daily (March 18, 2021)
- The (Red & Black) Front Page (April 16, 2021)
- Today, Explained (March 18, 2021)
- The Takeaway (March 18, 2021)
- Full Service (Ep. 80)
Bobby Kicklighter murder (Glennville, Tattnall County)
- Prison Town (Season 1, all episodes)
Elijah James Wood murder (Watkinsville, Oconee County)
- Classic City Crime Podcast (April 1, Sept. 9, 2021)
2020
Kevil Wingo death (Cobb County)
- True Crime Chronicles (Season 1, Ep. 76)
Ahmaud Arbery shooting (Brunswick, Glynn County)
- Breakdown (Season 8, all episodes)
- Buried Truths (Season 3, all episodes)
- Jury Duty (Season 3, all episodes)
- Ahmaud Arbery: A Modern Day Lynching (Season 1, all episodes)
- The Daily (May 11, 2020)
- Post Reports (May 11, 2020)
- The New Yorker Radio Hour (Aug. 25, 2020)
- Lawyer 2 Lawyer (May 15, 2020)
- Crime Stories with Nancy Grace (May 7, 2020; Nov. 20, 2020)
- Court TV Podcast (Eps. 43, 46, 49, 66, 67, 70, 92, 101, 111, 112, 114-116)
- Pod Save the People (Season 1, Ep. 162)
- True Crime Daily (Season 1, Ep. 69)
- It Is What It Is (Season 1, Ep. 69)
- Best Case Worst Case (Season 1, Eps. 176-178)
- True Crime Garage (Season 1, Eps. 400-401)
- The Hate Crime Files (Season 1, Eps. 21-22)
- Crime Talk Brooklyn (May 23, 2020)
- Runners of NYC (Season 1, Ep. 41)
Breakdown podcast from the AJC
The AJC’s Breakdown podcast tells true crime stories about Georgia criminal cases in compelling audio. The largest newsroom in the southeast delivers investigations and true crime cases that you cannot find anywhere else.
2019
Marianne Shockley (UGA professor) death (Milledgeville, Baldwin County)
- Blood Town (all episodes)
- The Brothers Grim (Season 2, Ep. 9)
- Generation Why (Dec. 11, 2022)
2018
Tamla Horsford death (Cumming, Forsyth County)
- Jensen & Holes The Murder Squad (Ep. 58)
- Killer Instinct (April 4, 2019)
- The Killer Kind (March 8 and 15, 2021)
- Crime Junkie (June 22, 2020)
- Criminal Discourse (Season 2, Ep. 85)
- Cases of Color (July 2, 2019)
- Unsolved Mysteries of the World (Season 5, Ep. 6)
- Morbid (Ep. 151)
Spencer Herron case (Marietta, Cobb County)
- Betrayal (Season 1, all episodes)
2017
Jenna Van Gelderen disappearance (Atlanta, DeKalb County)
- The Vanished (Ep. 105)
Lamora Williams case (Atlanta)
- Sword and Scale (Oct. 20, 2017)
- Invisible Choir (Ep. 17)
2016
Daniel Triplett murder (Waynesboro, Burke)
- The Fall Line (Oct. 20, 2021)
Donald “DJ” Fickey death (Flintstone, Walker County)
- Impact Statement (April 10, 2018)
- Generation Why (Oct. 25, 2020)
- A Dark Tale True Crime Podcast (Nov. 15, 2019)
- Crime Stories with Nancy Grace (July 15, 2019)
- Crawlspace True Crime Mysteries (June 17, 2020 & July 7, 2021)
- Catch My Killer (June 7, 2020)
- The Great Unsolved (April 22, 2020)
- True Consequences (July 6, 2020)
- Criminal Perspective (Feb. 12, 2020)
- Crime and Compulsion Podcast (Nov. 15, 2021)
- Mugs of Mystery (Oct. 14, 2020)
Randisha Love murder (College Park, Fulton)
- True Crime Chronicles (Season 1, Ep. 46)
DeCorrius Jones disappearance (Gwinnett County)
- True Crime Chronicles (Season 1, Ep. 38)
- Mysteriously Missing (May 19, 2019)
Jessica Boynton shooting (Griffin, Spalding County)
- The Officer’s Wife (All episodes)
- Housewives of True Crime (Season 1 — Aug. 24, 2019)
- Killer Instinct (Season 1 — May 15, 2019)
- Crimes & Closets (July 19, 2021)
Bridget Shiel murder (Atlanta)
- Cases of Color (Ep. 11)
Reggie Coicou/Quincy Wytche murders (Atlanta)
Tex McIver murder case (Atlanta)
- Breakdown (Season 5 – all episodes)
- Intent (Season 2 — all episodes)
- Crime Stories with Nancy Grace (Eps. 4/28/17, 6/9/17, 8/31/17, 4/25/18)
- Generation Why (Ep. 270)
- Southern Fried True Crime (Ep. 66)
2015
Anthony Hill shooting (Chamblee, DeKalb County)
- Breakdown (Season 7 — all episodes)
Alleged “SD cards” rapes (Cherokee County)
- True Crime Chronicles (Ep. 142)
2014
Jonathan Gurley murder (Thomson, McDuffie County)
- The Fall Line (Oct. 20, 2021)
Russell & Shirley Dermond (Lake Oconee) murders (Putnam County)
- Sworn (Season 1, Eps. 1, 2, 3)
- Crime Stories with Nancy Grace (Ep. 8/10/17)
- In Sight (Ep. 82)
- Murder at Great Waters (all episodes)
- True Crime Chronicles (Ep. 30)
Ross Harris (hot car death) murder case (Cobb County)
- Breakdown (Season 2 – all episodes)
- Sworn (Season 1 – Eps. 4, 5, 6)
- True Crime Brewery (Ep. 7/14/17)
- Forensic Transmissions (Ep. 40)
James Dempsey (“granny cam”) death (Atlanta)
- True Crime Chronicles (Season 1 – Ep. 75)
2013
Kendrick Johnson (gym mat death) case (Valdosta, Lowndes County)
- True Crime Garage (Eps. 195-196)
- Generation Why (Ep. 83)
- True Murder (6/14/13, 11/6/13)
- Mysterious Circumstances (3/6/18)
- Crime Junkie (Ep. 73)
- Creep It Real (Ep. 3)
- Cases of Color (Ep. 6)
Elizabeth Butler arrest, as seen on "COPS" (Lawrenceville, Gwinnett)
- Headlong: Running from COPS (Season 3, Ep. 1, 6)
Tiffany Whitton disappearance (Marietta, Cobb County)
- Sworn (Season 1 Eps. — 12, 13, 14)
2012
Samuel Little serial killing murders (various counties)
- The Fall Line (Season 11, all episodes)
- FBI Retired Case File Review (Ep. 177)
- Housewives of True Crime (Ep. 36)
- Serial Killing (Ep. 37)
- Serial Killers (Eps. 149, 150)
- The Murder Squad (Ep. 23)
- Cases of Color (Ep. 16)
- Jensen & Holes The Murder Squad (Ep. 23)
2010
Hemy Neuman (Dunwoody Day Care) murder case (Dunwoody)
- Forensic Transmissions (Ep. 21)
THE 2000s
2009
Brian Wehrle disappearance (Carrollton, Carroll County)
- The Fall Line (Aug. 18 and 25, 2021)
Narendra Gupta abuse case (Johns Creek, Fulton County)
2008
Meredith Emerson killing/Gary Michael Hilton (”National Forest Serial Killer”) (Dawson Forest/Dawson County)
- Dateline (Jan. 27, 2020)
- The Serial Killer Podcast (Ep. 82)
- Going West (Ep. 73)
2006
Doris Worrell murder (Douglas, Coffee County)
- True Crimes and Mysteries (Ep. 29)
Justin Chapman case (Bremen, Haralson County)
2005
Tara Grinstead murder (Ocilla, Irwin & Ben Hill counties)
- Up and Vanished (Season 1 – all episodes)
- Crime Stories with Nancy Grace (Eps. 1/18/17, 2/24/17, 3/6/17, 7/26/17,12/29/17)
- True Crimecast (Ep. 11/14/17)
Brian Nichols escape/murders (Atlanta)
- Beyond the Blood (Ep. 11 – two episodes)
- Fruit Loops (Ep. 50)
2004
Eugene Denton murder (bitemark case) (Waycross, Ware County)
- True Crime Chronicles (Ep. 100)
2003
Cedartown Jane Doe (Cedartown, Polk County)
- The Fall Line (Season 6 – Eps. 3, 4)
Twiggs County John Doe (Twiggs County)
- The Fall Line (Eps 3/10/21 and 3/17/21)
2002
Tri-State Crematory scandal (Noble, Walker Countly)
- Noble (Season 1 – all episodes)
Dwight York (Nuwaubians) sex crimes (Eatonton, Putnam County)
- True Crime Chronicles (Ep. 4)
- As the Key Turns (March 17, 2019)
- Sick and Wrong (Ep. 675)
Wideman family murders (Rebecca, Turner County)
- Sworn (Season 1 – Eps. 7, 8, 9)
Bill “Bo Peep” disappearance (Jefferson County)
- The Fall Line (Oct. 20, 2021)
2001
Tara Louise Baker murder (Athens, Clarke County)
- Classic City Crime Podcast (Season 1 – all episodes; Jan. 19 & June 16, 2022)
2000
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin case (Atlanta)
- Radical (Season 1, all episodes)
Sidney Dorsey / Derwin Brown murder (DeKalb County)
- Atlanta Monster (Season 1 bonus episode)
Joey Watkins murder case (Rome, Floyd County)
- Undisclosed (Season 2 – all episodes)
Jacinth Baker/Richard Lollar murders (Ray Lewis trial) (Atlanta)
- True Crime Stories with Triv: The Ray Lewis Saga (Aug. 21, 2019)
THE 1990s
1999
Mark Barton killings (Atlanta)
- Terminus (Season 2, all episodes)
- Morning Cup of Murder (July 29, 2021)
William DaShawn Hamilton “Dennis Doe” murder (DeKalb County)
- The Fall Line (Season 4, Ep. 4 & July 20, 2022)
- Inside Crime (Season 2, all episodes)
1998
Shy'Kemmia Pate disappearance (Unadilla, Dooly County)
- The Fall Line (Season 5, all episodes)
- Dateline: Missing in America (Season 3, Ep. 4)
Devonia Inman murder case (Adel, Cook County)
- Breakdown (Season 4 – all episodes)
- Murderville (Season 1 - all episodes)
Terrell Peterson murder (Atlanta)
- Shockingly Wicked (June 29, 2021)
1997
Jerry Scott Heider / Daniels family murders (Santa Claus, Toombs County)
- Small Town Murder (Ep. 29)
Alvin Ridley case (Virginia Ridley death) (Ringgold, Catoosa County)
- StoryCorps (March 22, 2019)
- Snap Judgement (Nov. 27, 2015)
- Till Death Do Us Part Podcast (Dec. 6, 2022)
1996
JonBenet Ramsey murder (Colorado, with Marietta connection)
- The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey Response Podcast (all episodes)
- Generation Why (Ep. 129)
- My Favorite Murder (Ep. 35)
- True Crimecast (Ep. 11/28/17)
- Murder Cases 101 (Season 1 — Ep. 2)
- Criminal Genius (Season 1 — Ep. 10)
Brian Bowling death (Rome, Floyd County)
- Proof (Season 1 — all episodes)
Eric Rudolph/Olympic Park bombing (Atlanta)
- Terminus (Season 1, all episodes)
- Flashpoint (Season 1, all episodes)
- FBI Retired Case File Review (Ep. 105)
- Sofa King Podcast (Ep. 395)
Elia Banderas (Westin Peachtree) murder (Atlanta)
- The Fall Line (Season 4, Ep. 1)
Jonathan Foundling’s death (Athens, Clarke County)
- Classic City Crime Podcast (Feb. 17, 25, 2022)
1993-98
"Mr. X" murders (Atlanta)
- True Crime Chronicles (Ep. 2)
1992
Fred Tokars case (Marietta, Cobb County)
- The Blotter Presents (Season 1, Ep. 62)
- Martinis & Murder (Season 1, Ep. 83)
Christina Boyer case (Carrollton, Carroll County)
- Crime Writers On... (Aug. 28, 2023)
- Killer Psyche Daily (Aug. 1, 2023)
1991
Cynthia Prioleau ("Murder Kroger") killing (Atlanta)
- The Fall Line (Season 7, Eps. 5-6)
Geraldine DeLoach murder (Register, Bulloch County)
- The Fall Line (Eps. 3/31/21, 4/7/21 and 4/14/21)
1990
Millbrook twins (Dannette and Jeanette) disappearance (Augusta)
- The Fall Line (Season 1 – all episodes)
- Cases of Color (Ep. 8)
Glynn County Jane Doe (Glynn County)
- The Fall Line (Season 3, Ep. 3)
Rhonda Sue Coleman murder (Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis County)
- Fox Hunter (all episodes)
- In Sight (Ep. 37)
THE 1970s-1980s
1989
Monica & Michael Bennett disappearance (Brunswick, Glynn County)
- The Fall Line (Season 2 – all episodes)
1988
Louis Poetter/Anneewakee sexual abuse (Douglasville, Douglas County)
- Camp Hell: Anneewakee (all episodes)
Jane Doe murder (Jenkins County)
- The Fall Line (Season 4, Eps. 5, 6)
- Jensen & Holes The Murder Squad (Ep. 16)
Christmas Doe murder (Ware County)
- The Fall Line (Season 4, Ep. 4 & July 20, 2022)
1987
Gregory Montgomery murder (Atlanta)
- The Fall Line (Holiday Miniseries — Dec. 11-18, 2019)
Lita McClinton Sullivan murder (Atlanta)
- True Crime Campfire (Feb. 19, 2021)
Drs. Glenn and Rachel Sutton murders (Athens murders) (Athens, Clarke County)
- Classic City Crime Podcast (April 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 10, 11, 2021)
1985
Willie “Pete” Williams wrongful conviction case (Fulton County)
- Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom (Season 11, Ep. 16)
Rising Daughter Baptist Church murders (Waverly, Camden County)
- Undisclosed (Season 3 — all episodes)
- Breakdown (bonus episode)
- Crime Writers On... (June 8, 2020)
1983
Timothy Coggins murder (Griffin, Spalding County)
- The Hate Crime Files (Season 1, Ep. 13)
1979-1981
Wayne Williams / Atlanta Missing and Murdered Children (Atlanta)
- Atlanta Monster (Season 1 — all episodes)
- True Crime Garage (Ep. 56)
- Worst Crimes Ever (Ep. 2)
- Murder She Spoke (Ep. 5)
- Bottom of the Map (Season 1 — July 8 & July 15, 2019)
- It’s About Damn Crime (Season 1 — Ep. 63)
- Serial Killing (Sept. 22, 2019)
- Murder Cases 101 (Season 1 — Ep. 1)
- The Creepin’ It Real Show (Season 2 — Ep. 80)
- FBI Retired Case File Review (Season 1 — Ep. 187)
- The Necronom Podcast (Season 1 — Ep. 49)
- Real Monsters (June 22, 2019)
- Criminal Genius (Season 1 — Ep. 4)
- Haunted Family (Season 1 — Ep. 92)
- Let’s Be Honest (Season 1 — Ep. 23)
- State of Crime (Season 1 — Eps. 73-76)
- United States of Horror (Season 1 — Ep. 14)
- The Hat Trick Podcast (Season 1 — Ep. 55)
- 13 O’Clock (Season 1 — Ep. 195)
- Unsolved as Told by the Unqualified (Season 1 — Eps. 10A, 10B)
- Reverie True Crime (Season 1 — Ep. 40)
- Netflixed (Aug. 16, 2019)
- The Firelands (Season 1 — Ep. 2)
- Invisible Choir (Season 1 — Ep. 22)
- Bizarre & Fascinating Details (Season 1 — Eps. 77, 78)
- While Black (Season 1 — Ep. 74)
1978-1996
Grady Babies abductions (Atlanta, Fulton County)
- The Fall Line (Season 2 — all episodes)
1978
James Edwin Wilkes Jr./Murphy Staffins crime spree (Atlanta, Fulton County)
- Criminal (Season 1 — Ep. 103)
1977-78
Carlton Gary (”The Stocking Strangler”) (Columbus, Muscogee County)
- Bless This Mess (Season 1 — Eps. 32-34)
1977
T.K. Harty murder (Athens, Clarke County)
- Classic City Crime Podcast (Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, March 4, 18, 25, 2021)
The “Lover’s Lane” murders (Atlanta)
- The Fall Line (Sept. 8, 15 & 22, 2021)
1974
Paul John Knowles (”The Casanova Killer”) (Warner Robins, Houston County)
- True Crime Garage (Eps. 398, 399)
- Serial Killers (Eps. 3, 4)
- Feeling Murdery (Ep. 13)
- All Killa No Filla (Ep. 49)
- True Crime Guys (Ep. 33)
- Killer: True Crime Podcast (Ep. 14)
- Redrum Blonde (Ep. 33)
- Parcast Presents (Season 5 — Eps. 161, 162)
- Crime Binge (Ep. 9)
1972
Billy Sunday Birt (Dixie Mafia killer) (Barrow County)
- In the Red Clay (all episodes)
- Classic City Crime Podcast (April 8, 2021)
Debbie Lynn Randall murder (Marietta)
- True Crime Chronicles (Ep. 22)
1970
‘Chicken Man’ (Muhammad Ali ‘Fight Night’) heist (Atlanta)
- Fight Night (Season 1 — all episodes)
Charles Oatman murder/Augusta riot (Augusta, Richmond County)
- Shots in the Back: Exhuming the 1970 Augusta Riot (Season 1 — all episodes)
THE 1930s-1960s
1968
Barbara Mackle kidnapping (Decatur, DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties)
- Sun Crime State Podcast (Ep. 17)
1967
Diane Shields murder (Atlanta)
- 5 Roses (All episodes)
- Crime and Scandal (Ep. 66)
1965
Mary Shotwell Little disappearance (Atlanta-Buckhead)
- 5 Roses (All episodes)
- The Trail Went Cold (Ep. 38)
- Southern Gone (Ep. 2)
- Crime and Scandal (Ep. 66)
1962
A.C. Hall murder (Macon-Bibb County)
1958
James Brazier & Willie Countryman deaths (Terrell County)
1952
Roberta Elder (”Mrs. Bluebeard”) murders (Atlanta)
- Fruit Loops (Ep. 48)
1948
Isaiah Nixon murder (Alston, Montgomery County)
1941
Antoinette Farnsworth Drew murder (Atlanta)
- Archive Atlanta (Sept. 30, 2022)
1936
Thomas Finch lynching (Atlanta)
- Reveal (Ep. 71)
1934
W.A. Scott murder(Atlanta)
- Archive Atlanta (Season 1, Ep. 71)
PRE-1930
1919
Carlisle Christy murder (Atlanta)
- Archive Atlanta (Season 1, Ep. 128)
John Abbott murder (Atlanta)
- Archive Atlanta (Season 1, Ep. 140)
1915
Mary Phagan murder/Leo Frank lynching (Atlanta/Marietta)
- Catlick (Season 1, Eps. 14-)
- Archive Atlanta (Season 1, Ep. 13)
- Unsolved Murders (Season 1, Eps. 152-153)
- Stuff You Missed in History Class (April 21, 2018)
- Yours in Murder (May 12, 2018)
1912
Ellen Grice/Mae Crow assaults/Forsyth racial violence (Forsyth County)
- Catlick (Season 1, Eps. 11-14)
1911
“Atlanta Ripper” killings (Atlanta)
- Catlick (Season 1, Eps. 1-10)
- ATLVault (Season 1, Ep. 2)
- The Serial Killer Podcast (Sept. 20, 2016)
- Thinking Sideways (Ep. 142, March 16, 2016)
- Shoes, Boos and Tatoos (Ep. 22, July 22, 2019)
- The Fall Line (July 8, 15 and 22, 2020)
1906
Atlanta Race Massacre (Atlanta)
- Archive Atlanta (Sept. 22, 2022)
- Catlick (Season 1, Ep. 3.5)
- ATLVault (Season 1, Ep. 2)
1896
Thomas Delbridge death (Atlanta)
- Archive Atlanta (April 22, 2022)
1879
Robert Alston murder (Atlanta)
- Archive Atlanta (Season 1, Ep. 63)
DeFoors murders (Atlanta)
- Archive Atlanta (Season 1, Ep. 79)
TELEVISION SHOWS
These cases are covered on the following television shows:
THE 2010s-present
Variety (Atlanta)
- The First 48 (A&E, Seasons 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- The First 48 Presents: Homicide Squad Atlanta (A&E, Season 1)
- ATL Homicide (TV One, Seasons 1-3)
- Atlanta Justice (ID, Season 1)
- Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen, Season 1)
Variety (Fulton County)
- 60 Days In (A&E, Seasons 3 and 4)
Variety (DeKalb County)
- The First 48 (A&E, Season 12)
Variety (Gwinnett County)
- The First 48 (A&E, Seasons 18, 19, 20)
- Live PD (A&E, Season 2 — Eps 53, 56-82)
2021
Robert Aaron Long (spa shooting) murders (Atlanta and Cherokee County)
- Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March (PBS, Oct. 17, 2022)
Rodney William Metzer case (ex-wife kidnapping) (Cherokee County)
- Evil Lives Here (ID, July 31, 2022)
2020
Ahmaud Arbery shooting (Brunswick, Glynn County)
- 48 Hours (CBS, Oct. 10, 2020)
- The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: A Court TV Special (Feb. 28, 2021)
- 20/20: Nowhere to Run (ABC, Nov. 26, 2021)
2018
Mitchell Jones murder (Marietta, Cobb County)
- Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen, Season 1, Ep. 9)
Spencer Herron case (Marietta, Cobb County)
- Betrayal (Hulu, all episodes)
2017
George Young murder (Gwinnett County)
- The First 48 (A&E, Season 18, Ep. 16)
Jenna Van Gelderen disappearance (Atlanta, DeKalb County)
- Searching for Jenna Van Gelderen (Oxygen, Oct. 23, 2019)
2016
Tex McIver case (Atlanta)
- 48 Hours (CBS, April 28, 2018)
- Dateline (NBC, June 22, 2018)
Jessica Boynton shooting (Griffin, Spalding County)
- Real Life Nightmare (HLN, Nov. 9, 2019)
Camila Aguilar murder (Brookhaven)
- In Pursuit with John Walsh (ID, Feb. 12, 2020)
Bridget Shiel murder (Atlanta)
- The First 48 Presents: Homicide Squad Atlanta (A&E, Season 1, all episodes)
Reggie Coicou/Quincy Wytche murders (Atlanta)
- The First 48 (A&E, Season 17, Ep. 7)
Randy Smith murder (Atlanta)
- The First 48 (A&E, Season 17, Ep. 1)
Jerome Blake / “Rap Studio” murder (Atlanta)
- The First 48 (A&E, Season 16, Ep. 16)
2014
Tiffany Jackson Pugh “DJ’s wife” murder (Atlanta)
- Dateline (NBC, May 10, 2024)
Jeronta Brown/Briana Brooks murders (DeKalb and Fulton Counties)
- ATL Homicide (TV One, Season 2, Ep. 1)
Aeman Presley murders (Atlanta/Decatur, Fulton & DeKalb Counties)
- ATL Homicide (TV One, Season 1, Ep. 12)
2013
Danielle Marshall murder (Powder Springs, Cobb County)
- Fatal Attraction (TV One, Season 8, Ep. 8)
- Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin (ID, Season 1, Ep. 1)
Jerrick Jackson murder (Atlanta)
- ATL Homicide (TV One, Season 2, Ep. 11)
- Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen, Season 1, Ep. 8)
2012
Melvin Vernell III “Lil Phat” murder (Sandy Springs, Fulton County)
- Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen, Season 1, Ep. 2)
THE 2000s
2008
Elizabeth Bowie murder (Smyrna, Cobb County)
- In Pursuit with John Walsh (ID, Season 1, Ep. 7)
Meredith Emerson killing/Gary Michael Hilton (National Forest Serial Killer) (Dawson Forest, Dawson County)
- Dateline (NBC, Aug. 26, 2011)
2006
Carnell Walker (Morehouse student) murder (Atlanta)
- Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen, Season 1, Ep. 7)
2005
Black Mafia Family case (Atlanta)
- Blowing Money Fast (Starz, Season 1 — all episodes)
Tara Grinstead murder (Ocilla, Irwin & Ben Hill counties)
- Up and Vanished (Oxygen, Season 1 — all episodes)
- Dateline (NBC, Oct. 5, 2018)
Eric Clark murder (College Park)
- ATL Homicide (TV One, Season 2, Ep. 7)
- Snapped (Oxygen, Season 12, Ep. 4)
- Fatal Attraction (TV One, Season 3, Ep. 12)
2003
Josef Smith murder (Remnant Fellowship Church abuse case) (Mableton, Cobb County)
- The Way Down (HBO Max, all episodes)
2002
Tamekia Taylor & Jennifer Clemmings murders (Lithonia & Stone Mountain, Dekalb County)
- The DNA of Murder with Paul Holes (Oxygen, Season 1, Eps. 7, 8)
Falicia Blakely crime spree (Atlanta)
- When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (TV One, Aug. 28, 2017)
2000
Sidney Dorsey / Derwin Brown murder (DeKalb County)
- Deadly Power (Oxygen, Season 1, Ep. 3)
Sparkle Rai murder (Union City, Fulton County)
- Dateline (NBC, Feb. 6, 2009)
- ATL Homicide (TV One, Season 1, Ep. 5)
THE 1990s
1997
Alvin Ridley case (Virginia Ridley death) (Ringgold, Catoosa County)
- Extra (syndicated, March 24, 1999)
- Forensic Files (CourtTV, Nov. 7, 2000)
- American Justice (A&E, Dec. 19, 2001)
1996
JonBenet Ramsey murder (Colorado, with Marietta connection)
- Casting JonBenet (Netflix movie)
- Who Killed JonBenet? (Lifetime movie)
- Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (CBS miniseries)
- Getting Away with Murder (FOX movie)
- The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey (CBS miniseries)
- JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery (ID miniseries)
Lance Herndon murder (Roswell, Fulton County)
- Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen, Season 1, Ep. 1)
John Peek / Carol Marlin & Margaret Ginn murders (Marietta, Cobb County)
- Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen, Season 1, Ep. 3)
- Dateline (NBC, Oct. 25, 2024)
Judge Josephine Holmes Cook murder (Atlanta)
- Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen, Season 1, Ep. 4)
1994
Amanda Puckett murder (Marietta, Cobb County)
- Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen, Season 1, Ep. 5)
1992
Fred Tokars case (Marietta, Cobb County)
- American Justice (A&E, July 6, 2000)
- City Confidential (A&E, May 19, 2002)
- My Dirty Little Secret (ID, Season 2, Ep. 9)
Christina Boyer case (Carrollton, Carroll County)
- Demons & Saviors (Hulu, all episodes)
- Nightline (ABC, Aug. 4, 2023)
1990
Millbrook Twins disappearance (Augusta)
- The Disappearance of the Millbrook Twins (Oxygen, Nov. 23, 2019)
THE 1960s-1980s
1987
Lita McClinton Sullivan murder (Atlanta)
- Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen, Season 1, Ep. 6)
1986
Sharon Brady murder (Marietta, Cobb County)
- On the Case with Paula Zahn (ID, Season 18, Ep. 9)
1985
Rising Daughter Baptist Church murders (Waverly, Camden County)
- Unsolved Mysteries (NBC, Season 1, Ep. 4) (Nov. 2, 1988)
1979-1981:
Wayne Williams / Atlanta Missing and Murdered Children (Atlanta)
- Mindhunter (Netflix, Season 2 – all episodes)
- The Atlanta Child Murders (ID, Season 1 — all episodes; March 23, 2019)
- Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (HBO, Season 1 — all episodes)
1983
Timothy Coggins muder (Griffin, Spalding County)
- 20/20: In the Cold Dark Night (ABC, S42 Ep30, July 18, 2020)
1979
Mary Frances Stoner murder (Adairsville, Bartow County)
1970
‘Chicken Man’ (Muhammad Ali ‘Fight Night’) heist (Atlanta)
- Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (Peacock, Season 1, all episodes)
William “Junior” Pierce (Vidalia, Toombs County)
- Mindhunter (Netflix, Season 2, Ep. 4)
1968
Barbara Mackle kidnapping (Decatur, DeKalb & Gwinnett counties)
- A Crime to Remember (ID, Season 5, Ep. 4)
1960
Mary Burge murder (Macon, Bibb County)
- A Crime to Remember (ID, Season 3, Ep. 5)
FILMS
Theatrical-release films include:
Brian Nichols escape/murders (Atlanta)
- Captive (2015)
Eric Rudolph/Olympic Park bombing (Atlanta)
- Richard Jewell (2019)
Ross Harris (hot car death) murder case (Cobb County)
- Fatal Distraction (2020)
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