The BEST Episodes of The Confession Tapes
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Jul 29, 2019
This true crime documentary series investigates cases where people convicted of murder claim their confessions were coerced, involuntary or false.
#1 - True East Part 2
Season 1 - Episode 2
As the trial for Burns and Rafay unfolds, the suspects begin to understand the massive implications of their confessions.
7.50 
#2 - 8th and H
Season 1 - Episode 5
Police interrogate supposed gang members about a brutal attack following an anonymous tip. Oddly, no one in the neighborhood ever heard of the gang.
7.43 
#3 - A Public Apology
Season 1 - Episode 3
After his girlfriend is found murdered, a man insists he was coerced into confessing. Years later, DNA evidence tells the truth.
7.40 
#4 - Trial by Fire
Season 1 - Episode 4
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.
7.36 
#5 - Joyride
Season 2 - Episode 2
A double murder in Nebraska sparks a hunt for those responsible and a bizarre series of interviews that raise more questions than they answer.
7.35 
#6 - Down River
Season 1 - Episode 7
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.
7.34 
#7 - True East Part 1
Season 1 - Episode 1
Following a gruesome murder, two teens are targeted by undercover police, who use a controversial technique to try to extract a confession.
7.25 
#8 - The Labor Day Murders
Season 1 - Episode 6
Following a double murder, circumstantial evidence points to the victim's nephew, who endures a marathon interrogation without a lawyer.
7.16 #9 - Gaslight
Season 2 - Episode 1
Without a lawyer to advise him, a weary truck driver confesses to murdering a 17-year-old girl following an exhausting interrogation.
7.03 #10 - Deep Down
Season 2 - Episode 3
In a long interview with police, Angelika Graswald admits to being "OK with" her fiancé drowning during a kayaking expedition. Cops and media pounce.
6.91 #11 - Marching Orders
Season 2 - Episode 4
After Hamid Hayat admits to attending a terrorist camp, lawyers and his family question whether the taped confession reveals a very different truth.
6.52