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welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
true crime documentaries to watch in
2021.
i'm aaron hernandez from bristol
connecticut i play at bristol central
high school i mean i hope that
you know if you did have something to do
with their disappearance
um it would be really stupid for you to
come in and take a polygraph today
for this list we're looking at
documentaries that have been or are yet
to be released in 2021
we will also be including a few 2020
documentaries you may have missed
what's your favorite true crime
documentary let us know in the comments
below
number 10 crime scene the vanishing at
the cecil hotel
the death of elisa lamb is one of the
most puzzling stories of the 2010s
back in february of 2013 lamb was found
dead
in the water tank of los angeles
infamous cecil hotel
a hotel with a notorious past is the
site of another bizarre case
the body was found after guests made
horrifying complaints of tainted water
prior to her death lamb who suffered
from bipolar disorder was seen acting in
a bizarre manner on the hotel's elevator
security footage
her hand movements are very strange and
erratic like she's conjuring the spirit
crime scene the vanishing at the cecil
hotel concerns lam's tragic death
and it contains interviews with lapd
detectives authors and
neuropsychologists all of whom provide
their opinions on lamb
her behavior and the events that
eventually led to her death
at one point i think i just asked him is
there a room here that maybe
somebody hasn't died in number 9 world's
most wanted
this netflix documentary covers the
absolute worst that humanity has to
offer
as the title suggests it tells the
stories of the world's most wanted
criminals
these include the leader of the sinaloa
cartel el mayo
a financier of the rwandan massacre
felician kabuga
a suspected member of the al-shabab
militant group known as the white widow
she understood the nuances of avoiding
observation and surveillance
i think she got a kick out of it the
so-called most dangerous mobster in the
world
semi-moglierevich
and finally a sicilian mafia boss named
matteo messina
the stories are both incredibly
interesting and terrifying
and the documentary is well made we
brought every agency in the police
fbi dea atf secret service
it is essential viewing for those who
wish to study and witness the worst in
humanity
number 8 love fraud netflix is
absolutely knocking it out of the park
in the documentary game
but they're not the only ones producing
great content throughout august and
september of 2020
showtime aired love fraud a fascinating
and unique documentary about the perils
and unknowns of online dating
he stole her 401k 100 700
000 the documentary has some originality
appeal
as it's told in real time and comes
equipped with cartoon animations
it concerns a man named richard scott
smith who seduced women over the
internet before marrying them and
conning them out of their money he has a
whole list of different aliases
social security numbers he's good at
what he does some of his victims banded
together
over the internet and hired a bounty
hunter to track smith down
i was certainly upset about what he was
being accused of doing because i thought
this
cannot be the person i know
the adventure and the results make for
thrilling television
number seven american murder the family
next door
shannon are you home this is another
unique true crime documentary as it
lacks traditional interviews and
analysis
bella is just now getting old enough to
know what she's wanting in life
she wants to be um
elsa when she grows up rather it tells
its brutally tragic story through
first-hand accounts and archival footage
including police body cam footage social
media posts
and home video if someone took her it
would have to have been someone she knew
the intimate point of view makes the
documentary all the more tragic
hard to watch and ultimately captivating
i mean i hope that
you know if you did have something to do
with their disappearance
um it would be really stupid for you to
come in and take a polygraph today
the story concerns the watts family
specifically christopher lee watts who
searches for his missing wife and
daughters this is
absolutely the worst possible outcome
that any of us
could imagine the heartbreaking story is
much deeper than it initially appears
and watching it unfold made for some of
the most enthralling
and upsetting tv of 2020. number six
onision
in real life discovery plus is
attempting to get in on the documentary
game
and released onision in real life in
january of 2021.
onision first made a video that was kind
of like in support of me the documentary
follows controversial youtuber onision
real name james jackson onision has long
been the subject of online controversy
owing to a multitude of problems i know
what you're thinking i should go to hell
for making that video about eugenia
i'm not worried about that because i'm
satan he's been the subject of
numerous awful allegations including
harassment
the release of personal information of
other youtubers to the public
and he's been banned from vidcon for
making horribly insensitive comments he
would encourage the audience to
go harass anyone really
anyone he really wanted to he's even
faced allegations of grooming
the documentary is produced by chris
hanson the former presenter of dateline
nbc's
to catch a predator i think there's a
day of reckoning
coming for youtube and other social
media platforms and you'll see why
number five the vow
hbo has long been one of the leaders in
television production
and that continued in 2020 with the vow
this documentary tells the story of a
cult called nexium
executive success programs esp nexium
is a methodology for
optimizing or enhancing human experience
and behavior
while posing as a new york-based
marketing company nexium would offer
so-called esp courses for nearly three
thousand dollars
the average person has probably between
two and three hundred of these limiting
beliefs
these courses were really just a form of
mind control
and often left its victims dealing with
psychotic episodes and hallucinations
so you're doing a whole bunch of things
and pretending you have no choice
you're emotionally dishonest there was
also
a secret society within the cult known
as dominus obsequious sororium
in which women or obedient female
companions
were physically branded and forced to
have physical relations with the cult's
founder
keith renery you will be as ethical as
possible
you will be that which you want to see
in the world yes
it's something like the handmaid's tale
come to life but worse
number four murder to mercy the centoya
brown story
released on netflix in april 2020 this
documentary covers the story of
convicted murderer centoya brown
i shot him because i thought he was
going to shoot me brown became a victim
of trafficking at a young age
during which time she met a 43 year old
real estate agent named johnny allen
who offered her 150 who made the
suggestion of going to his house
he did i had actually suggested the
hotel we was right there
brown killed allen during the encounter
and stole 172 dollars from his wallet
your testimony today is that you felt he
would harm you if you tried to leave but
you felt comfortable get
not only getting in the car and going
home with him she was subsequently
convicted and sentenced to life in
prison
brown states that she felt unsafe with
alan and killed him in self-defense
my 22nd birthday was kind of hard
because i looked at it like
i was supposed to be graduating college
but i'm in here
after serving over 10 years in prison
brown's sentence was commuted
and she was released in august of 2019.
it's a twisted sad and tragic story
johnny's life mattered
johnny was loved and he's missed dearly
number three killer inside the mind of
aaron hernandez
this documentary is cleverly titled as
it literally delves into the mind of
aaron hernandez
and explores a topic that transcends the
true crime genre i'm aaron hernandez
from bristol connecticut i play at
bristol central high school
hernandez was a professional football
player who played with the new england
patriots
in june of 2013 hernandez was suspected
of murdering a man named odin lloyd
family members say lloyd played some
semi professional football they say
he was an honest hard-working young man
he was eventually found guilty
and sentenced to life following the
taking of his own life in prison
hernandez's brain was studied by boston
university and he was found to have
advanced cte
a neurodegenerative disease associated
with football
and repeated head injuries
numerous experts believe that
hernandez's advanced cte
might have contributed to the murder as
it's associated with aggression
paranoia and a lack of impulse control
it is a
fascinating topic that deserves more
exploration we pay tribute
to a fallen teammate brother and friend
number 53 odin floyd number two
the ripper that mum had been taken to
heaven
and we weren't going to see her again
released just in time for christmas and
containing
absolutely no holiday cheer netflix's
the ripper covers the murderous spree of
peter sutcliffe
today the number of policemen hunting
the killer of patricia atkinson
now seen alive leaving the carlisle
hotel shortly before closing time on
saturday night
was doubled to a hundred dubbed the
yorkshire ripper
sutcliffe stalked the county of west
yorkshire throughout the late 70s
killing 13 women and injuring another
seven to nine
wilma mccann was a girl who liked the
nightlife
she associated with people nightclubs
and
she was somewhat of a prostitute the
killings generated national attention
and many people noted similarities with
the infamous jack the ripper case
leading to sutcliffe's moniker like jack
sutcliffe targeted sex workers
police had made a distinction between
her killing and the killing of the other
women they described her as the first
innocent this doc is well produced tells
a gripping tragic story
and contains interviews with many
notable figures including investigators
and the survivors of the ripper
sutcliffe died in custody prior to its
release
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number one night stalker the hunt for a
serial killer
richard ramirez is one of the most
notorious serial killers in american
history they've got a young asian girl
that is driving down the street and all
of a sudden
she has stopped legging los angeles in
san francisco between 1984 and 1985
ramirez would break into homes kill the
occupants
and leave behind erstwhile satanic
symbols why wasn't she killed right
there in the car
whoever the suspect was wanted
confrontation wanted to see that fear
dubbed the night stalker by the media
ramirez was eventually convicted on
13 counts of murder and was serving 19
death sentences at san
quentin when he died of cancer in 2013.
this netflix documentary is highly
engaging using
dramatic reenactments interviews and
archival footage
to tell the story of ramirez and the
detectives that successfully hunted him
down
all the neighbors just hunt together and
got him there's one guy holding him at
bay with his metal bar
i could tell that he had been hit it's
both a horrifying true crime documentary
and a riveting detective tale horrible
things were done to me as a six-year-old
when i'm most
impressionable and
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