The series will also use a full-scale replica of the Ramsey house to help reproduce the crime scene and investigate theories. Update: As of 09/12, CBS has scaled back the series from six episodes to four, having reportedly realized that a tighter four-hour series made more sense in light of the material gathered.Ī four-hour, two-part "docu-thriller" event series, The Case Of (previously titled Case Closed, just for extra confusion) reunites the original investigators from the murder case - including forensic experts, former police officers and now-retired FBI agents - to conduct new interviews and re-examine key evidence using new technology. ID president Henry Schleff has promised a "provocative" take on the mystery of what happened to JonBenét: "The fact is, we may never definitively know the answer to that question - but we will re-explore every angle, every shred of evidence, and every 'whodunit' theory to allow our viewers to draw their own conclusions on the case."ĭistinguishing feature: Some exclusive interviewees, including investigator Gordon Coombes, who worked for the Boulder City District Attorney's office during the case, investigative journalist Diane Dimond, who covered the case from the start, and former Colorado detectives Bobby Brown and Steve Pease. JonBenét: An American Murder Mystery (Investigation Discovery)Ī three-night event series executive produced by the Weinstein brothers, An American Murder Mystery will re-examine key evidence and the case timeline.
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This two-hour report will feature new interviews and "never-before-seen case documents".ĭistinguishing feature: Includes the first-ever TV interview with the 911 operator who took the call from JonBenét's mother, and from two of the Colorado police detectives who were involved with the case, Jane Harmer and Tom Haney. This case couldn't possibly be any more in Dateline's ballpark, so it's only a surprise that it took so long for their special to be announced. The doc also includes a new sit-down interview with JonBenét's father John.ĭistinguishing feature: That Burke Ramsey interview tape is a biggie, especially in light of the fact that Burke will be giving his first public interview to Dr.
Recorded by the District Attorney's office, the tape sees Burke give his account of events from the day JonBenét died and will be accompanied by analysis from a child psychologist. The Killing of JonBenét: The Truth Uncovered (A&E)Ī&E's two-hour documentary is the first of the four TV projects to air and features footage from a 1998 interview with JonBenét's brother Burke Ramsey's, which has never been aired publicly before. If you're a completist, you're probably going to have to binge the whole bunch, but here's a quick rundown of what to know about each show: 1. As yet, it's unclear whether any will tackle the internet's stranger-than-fiction conspiracy theory that Katy Perry is secretly JonBenét (but maybe that's where Dr.
The five projects are shaping up as fairly distinct – one's a scripted Lifetime movie, while the three docs are each promising different exclusive access to footage, interviews, and new evidence. So, with the 20th anniversary of Ramsey's death rapidly approaching and interest in true-crime television peaking, a bottleneck of small-screen attention was probably inevitable. Despite the extensive police investigation, multiple grand jury hearings, and the hysterical public response, her murder remains unsolved. Six-year-old pageant queen JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her family's Colorado home on the morning of Dec.