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Real Detective

  • 2016 – 2017
  • Canceled
  • Drama · Documentary · Crime
  • ~45m / ep
  • 2 seasons
  • 7.6/10

With narrative driven exclusively by the detectives themselves, each episode ventures deep into the mind of a homicide detective as they describe in vivid detail the one case forever ingrained in their memory.

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Latest: Season 2 · 2017

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Detectives look back on the cases – including child abductions, serial killings and brutal carjackings – that continue to haunt them.

  1. E1. Blood Brothers

    Mar 2, 2017 · 42m

    Long-time partners and best friends, police detectives John Conaty and Ray Giacomelli never thought things would happen the way they did on a Pittsburg, Cal., murder case, where the prime suspect is a killer who was put behind bars years earlier.

  2. E2. The Riverside Killer

    Mar 9, 2017 · 42m

    One year into the most demanding case of his career, Riverside, Cal., senior investigator Bob Creed arrives at the scene of the 16th murder in a string of slayings. But this one is different. It's on his grandfather's property, where he spent most of his youth.

  3. E3. No One Is Safe

    Mar 16, 2017 · 42m

    Indianapolis detective Christine Mannina arrives on the scene of an execution-style shooting that's left one man dead and another in critical condition. She knows she must convince a reluctant witness to come forward and put her life on the line.

  4. E4. No Remorse

    Mar 23, 2017 · 42m

    Sacramento FBI Special Agent Jeff Rinek sought out the worst cases because he was the best at solving them. After being kidnapped at gunpoint from his family home, Rinek knows the chances of finding 7-month-old Frankie Proctor alive are slim to none.

  5. E5. Every Rose Has a Thorn

    Mar 30, 2017 · 42m

    A missing person case turns suspicious when a well-liked Wausau, Wis., man doesn't show up for work one morning. Investigator Larry Woebbeking finds himself in an unexpected predicament when the girlfriend of the victim appears to have fallen for him.

  6. E6. Lambs to the Slaughter

    Apr 6, 2017 · 41m

    In Lake County, Fla., Chief Investigator Rocky Harris is called in to investigate a haunting case, the rape and murder of a young girl; wading through bad police work and dead ends, Harris is sickened when he uncovers the identity of the killer.

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