Exceptional project covering a single true crime case or topic over the course of a multiple episodes or season.

☆ CLUE AWARD 2024 WINNER: The Murdaugh Murders: Inside the Investigation

☆ CLUE AWARD 2023 WINNER: Secrets of the Chippendales Murders

☆ CLUE AWARD 2022 WINNER: Fall River

Best-in-class series that follows a different true crime case or topic each episode over the course of a season.

☆ CLUE AWARD 2024 WINNER: Me Hereafter

☆ CLUE AWARD 2023 WINNER: 911 Crisis Center

☆ CLUE AWARD 2022 WINNER: Cold Justice

Most outstanding fictional show or series that encompasses themes of crime and/or mystery and embodies the spirit of our criteria for unscripted content.

Most outstanding true crime podcast that focuses on one true crime case over the course of multiple episodes or full season.

☆ CLUE AWARD 2024 WINNER: Someone Knows Something

☆ CLUE AWARD 2023 WINNER: Freeway Phantom

☆ CLUE AWARD 2022 WINNER: CBS Podcasts: Carrie Low VS.

Most outstanding true crime podcast that focuses on a different true crime case or topic each episode.

☆ CLUE AWARD 2024 WINNER: Untold Stories: Black and Missing

☆ CLUE AWARD 2023 WINNER: Missing in America: Keeshae Jacobs

☆ CLUE AWARD 2022 WINNER: Stolen

True crime writing that excels in factual storytelling while exhibiting sensitivity for victims and their families.

☆ CLUE AWARD 2024 WINNER: Trail of the Lost

☆ CLUE AWARD 2023 WINNER: Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

☆ CLUE AWARD 2022 WINNER: The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer

Recognition of excellence in true crime storytelling in a documentary film released on any media platform.

☆ CLUE AWARD 2024 WINNER: Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld

☆ CLUE AWARD 2023 WINNER: The Fire That Took Her

☆ CLUE AWARD 2022 WINNER: Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story

PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD: CREATOR OF THE YEAR

☆ CLUE AWARD 2024 WINNER: Date with Dateline, Kimberly Arnold and Katie Mitchell

☆ CLUE AWARD 2023 WINNER: The Prosectors, Brett Talley and Alice LaCour

The Crimefighter of the Year Award is to honor the person(s) or organization that has made a profound impact on a case or on the criminal justice system as a whole. The winner of this award truly exemplifies what a ‘crime fighter’ is.

☆ CLUE AWARD 2024 WINNER: John Walsh

☆ CLUE AWARD 2023 WINNER: The Gabby Petito Foundation

☆ CLUE AWARD 2022 WINNER: The Black & Missing Foundation