The Confession Tapes (Netflix 2017)

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

production details
Country: USA | Netflix
Release Year: 2017

SEASON 1 EPISODE GUIDE
1 – True East Part 1 | Airdate: 2017-09-08
Following a gruesome murder, two teens are targeted by undercover police, who use a controversial technique to try to extract a confession.

2 – True East Part 2 | Airdate: 2017-09-08
As the trial for Burns and Rafay unfolds, the suspects begin to understand the massive implications of their confessions.

3 – A Public Apology | Airdate: 2017-09-08
After his girlfriend is found murdered, a man insists he was coerced into confessing. Years later, DNA evidence tells the truth.

4 – Trial by Fire | Airdate: 2017-09-08
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.

5 – 8th and H | Airdate: 2017-09-08
Police interrogate supposed gang members about a brutal attack following an anonymous tip. Oddly, no one in the neighborhood ever heard of the gang.

6 – The Labor Day Murders | Airdate: 2017-09-08
Following a double murder, circumstantial evidence points to the victim’s nephew, who endures a marathon interrogation without a lawyer.

7 – Down River | Airdate: 2017-09-08
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.