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D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?! In 1971, a man known as

D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane, collected a $200,000 ransom, and parachuted out somewhere between Portland and Reno. He’s never been found. This brilliantly entertaining four-part series lays out the case anew, introduces some promising suspects, and, no surprise, comes up empty. Netflix

Girl in the Picture

If you haven’t yet watched this viral new true-crime thriller, strap in: The story of Tonya Hughes, aka Sharon Marshall, aka Suzanne Sevakis, who was abducted as a child by a monster named Franklin Floyd, is full of unbelievable twists. Netflix

Have You Seen Andy? Melanie Perkins was 9 when she left her friend Andy Puglisi behind at a public pool in 1976 on the last day Andy was seen alive. Perkins’ Emmy-winning documentary, made decades later, doesn’t solve the case, but it turns Perkins’ search into a moving memorial. HBO Max

The Imposter

The 1994 disappearance of 13-year-old Nicholas Barclay was so traumatic to his Texas family that they believed the stories of a Frenchman who showed up three years later claiming to be Nicholas.Truecrime stories don’t get any stranger. Freevee

Abducted in Plain Sight

On second thought, maybe they do. The folks behind Girl in the Picture had earlier stunned true-crime fans with this story of a friendly neighbor who played on the weaknesses of an Idaho family to abduct their daughter— twice. Netflix

Cropsey

In this 2010 documentary, two filmmakers from Staten Island investigate an urban myth involving a murderous child abductor and the emergence of a perfect suspect. YouTube