The WORST episodes of The Confession Tapes
Every episode of The Confession Tapes ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Confession Tapes!
This true crime documentary series investigates cases where people convicted of murder claim their confessions were coerced, involuntary or false.
#1 - True East (1)
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/2017
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 (2)
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/2017
As the trial for Burns and Rafay unfolds, the suspects begin to understand the massive implications of their confessions.
#3 - A Public Apology
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/2017
After his girlfriend is found murdered, a man insists he was coerced into confessing. Years later, DNA evidence tells the truth.
#4 - 8th and H
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/2017
Police interrogate supposed gang members about a brutal attack following an anonymous tip. Oddly, no one in the neighborhood ever heard of the gang.
#5 - The Labor Day Murders
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/8/2017
Following a double murder, circumstantial evidence points to the victim's nephew, who endures a marathon interrogation without a lawyer.
#6 - Gaslight
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/21/2019
Without a lawyer to advise him, a weary truck driver confesses to murdering a 17-year-old girl following an exhausting interrogation.
#7 - Joyride
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/21/2019
A double murder in Nebraska sparks a hunt for those responsible and a bizarre series of interviews that raise more questions than they answer.
#8 - Deep Down
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/21/2019
In a long interview with police, Angelika Graswald admits to being "OK with" her fiancé drowning during a kayaking expedition. Cops and media pounce.
#9 - Marching Orders
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/21/2019
After Hamid Hayat admits to attending a terrorist camp, lawyers and his family question whether the taped confession reveals a very different truth.
#10 - Trial by Fire
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/8/2017
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.
#11 - Down River
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/8/2017
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.