The BEST Episodes of The Confession Tapes

Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!

Last Updated: Oct 15, 2021

Network: Netflix

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

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True East Part 2

#1 - True East Part 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired Sep 8, 2017

As the trial for Burns and Rafay unfolds, the suspects begin to understand the massive implications of their confessions.

star 7.53
236 votes
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Down River

#2 - Down River

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 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.

star 7.49
102 votes
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8th and H

#3 - 8th and H

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 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.

star 7.44
140 votes
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A Public Apology

#4 - A Public Apology

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired Sep 8, 2017

After his girlfriend is found murdered, a man insists he was coerced into confessing. Years later, DNA evidence tells the truth.

star 7.38
208 votes
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Joyride

#5 - Joyride

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 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.

star 7.36
66 votes
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Trial by Fire

#6 - Trial by Fire

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 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.

star 7.33
163 votes
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True East Part 1

#7 - True East Part 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 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.

star 7.23
292 votes
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Gaslight

#8 - Gaslight

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 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.

star 7.18
66 votes
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The Labor Day Murders

#9 - The Labor Day Murders

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired Sep 8, 2017

Following a double murder, circumstantial evidence points to the victim's nephew, who endures a marathon interrogation without a lawyer.

star 7.17
126 votes
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Deep Down

#10 - Deep Down

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 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.

star 6.96
55 votes
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Marching Orders

#11 - Marching Orders

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 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.

star 6.73
55 votes
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