The Most Disturbing True Crime Shows of All Time

Cults. Money heists. Small-town mysteries. We here at Men's Health have an affinity for all things true crime—as is the case with most people, it seems, judging by the sheer amount of television shows tackling these subjects on air. Take FX's The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, a show which won several Emmy's and explored one of the most high-profile legal cases of all time. Or successful reboots like Unsolved Mysteries, which proved complicated tales of love, lust, and aliens don't often have a simple answer. And who could forget the massive popularity of Netflix's Tiger King, a story about a very passionate zoo-owner?

Well, that's only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Tiger King, but in the end, a good true crime story teases you. That's why we love them. And if there's any other lesson we've learned from the genre, it's that the truth is almost always stranger than fiction. Here are a few true crime shows you can't miss:

You know it well—it was the show that played in the living rooms of Americans everywhere during the '90s and early aughts, formerly on NBC and then Lifetime. Now, Netflix has rebooted the series once more and explored a new set of crime stories that have only just begun to unravel.

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It was the story that launched several podcasts and a television show—a woman seeking love fell for a guy who wasn't all that he claimed to be. Based on the real life story of Debra Newell and John Meehan, it's the kind of show that will both frustrate and entertain you, and probably cause you to second-guess online dating ever again.

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On one night in January 1982, real estate mogul Robert Durst's wife disappeared on her way to visit a friend in New York City. And, well, things only get darker after that. Just wait until the last few minutes during the final episode of The Jinx and you'll see why this show made the impact that it did.

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In this Hulu series, Joey King stars as Gypsy Rose, a young woman accused of murdering her mother. Except things aren't quite what they seem as we learn from this dramatized account of Rose's real life and what led to her to breakdown.

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Ryan Murphy executive produced this series following one of the most high-profile murder cases in the '90s. Cuba Gooding Jr. plays the role of O.J. Simpson on the run in a white Bronco, accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and friend Ron Goldman. (Sarah Paulson also won an Emmy for her portrayal of attorney Marcia Clark.)

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This docuseries follows cult leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, who purchased a compound in Oregon in the early '80s to build a utopian town for his followers. The story quickly spirals into the cult's sinister efforts to attack Americans.

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It was a tragic story heard around the world in 2007. Amanda Knox was accused of murdering one of her roommates, Meredith Kercher, while studying abroad in Italy. The documentary explores the massive media coverage surrounding Knox, and we learn from Knox herself the events that led up to and immediately after the murder.

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Speaking of highly-publicized stories, probably no other unsolved case on this list made the news quite like that of then 3-year-old Madeline McCann, who disappeared from her hotel room while on vacation in Portugal in 2003. This multi-part series explores both the massive attention her parents were given in the wake of her disappearance and what happened on that tragic day.

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Remember waking up on a Saturday morning to pick up an Egg McMuffin and a hashbrown with the hopes that Boardwalk would be pasted to its wrapper? Well, turns out McDonald's famous Monopoly game might've been a scam! That shouldn't come as much of a surprise, but this HBO series follows an ex-cop who swindled the system to his favor for at least a decade.

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Designer Gianni Versace was murdered outside of his Miami Beach home in 1997. The second season of FX's American Crime Story follows both his life and that of his murderer Andrew Cunanan—who was responsible for the murders of four other men—and the events that led up to the designer's untimely death.

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In 1993, a 51-day standoff took place between the FBI and the Branch Davidians, a religious cult led by David Koresh. This miniseries follows the standoff that resulted in 76 deaths, with Koresh played by Friday Night Lights' Taylor Kitsch and Michael Shannon in the role of Gary Noesner, the FBI's negotiator.

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If you are the last person on earth not to have seen Tiger King, now's your chance. If not, check out Carole Baskin on the current season of Dancing With the Stars, because everyone's a reality star these days.

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