

The Confession Tapes
This true crime documentary series investigates cases where people convicted of murder claim their confessions were coerced, involuntary or false.
Seasons

E1True East Part 1
Sep 8, 2017
Following a gruesome murder, two teens are targeted by undercover police, who use a controversial technique to try to extract a confession.

E2True East Part 2
Sep 8, 2017
As the trial for Burns and Rafay unfolds, the suspects begin to understand the massive implications of their confessions.

E3A Public Apology
Sep 8, 2017
After his girlfriend is found murdered, a man insists he was coerced into confessing. Years later, DNA evidence tells the truth.

E4Trial by Fire
Sep 8, 2017
A fire leads to tragedy, and the victim’s mother is accused of -- and confesses to -- murder. At trial, the defense presents an alternate theory.

E58th and H
Sep 8, 2017
Police interrogate supposed gang members about a brutal attack following an anonymous tip. Oddly, no one in the neighborhood ever heard of the gang.

E6The Labor Day Murders
Sep 8, 2017
Following a double murder, circumstantial evidence points to the victim's nephew, who endures a marathon interrogation without a lawyer.

E7Down River
Sep 8, 2017
A man drives his four children into a river, where they drown. He wearily confesses to doing it purposefully, but later contends it was an accident.

E1Gaslight
Jun 21, 2019
Without a lawyer to advise him, a weary truck driver confesses to murdering a 17-year-old girl following an exhausting interrogation.

E2Joyride
Jun 21, 2019
A double murder in Nebraska sparks a hunt for those responsible and a bizarre series of interviews that raise more questions than they answer.

E3Deep Down
Jun 21, 2019
In a long interview with police, Angelika Graswald admits to being "OK with" her fiancé drowning during a kayaking expedition. Cops and media pounce.

E4Marching Orders
Jun 21, 2019
After Hamid Hayat admits to attending a terrorist camp, lawyers and his family question whether the taped confession reveals a very different truth.
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This true crime documentary series investigates cases where people convicted of murder claim their confessions were coerced, involuntary or false.
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