A missing-person case is the hardest kind of true crime to stop thinking about, because the question is so simple: where did they go? If you have just watched Taken: Natalee Holloway and want another, these three documentary series all start with someone who vanished.
Number 1
American Nightmare
A woman is kidnapped from her home in California in 2015. When she reappears two days later, the police say the couple made it all up. Three episodes, and each one changes what you thought you knew.
Streams on Netflix
Number 2
Unsolved Mysteries
The revival of the classic series, with one real case per episode: disappearances, unexplained deaths, and now and then something stranger. None of them has an ending, and the show asks viewers to send in tips.
Streams on Netflix
Number 3
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
In 2013 a young tourist named Elisa Lam disappeared from a Los Angeles hotel with a dark history, and a strange elevator video sent the internet looking for answers. The series is as much about those online detectives as about the case.
Streams on Netflix
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