Hulu led this year’s CrimeCon Clue Awards, winning in two major categories. “Only Murders in the Building” won the award for outstanding scripted series, and the streamer’s “Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America’s Most Wanted” won the award for outstanding documentary series.
They were among the winners of the 2026 edition of the Clue Awards, announced Saturday night at the Crimecon event in Las Vegas. Chris Hansen, a former “Dateline” correspondent and current host of “Takedown with Chris Hansen,” served as master of ceremonies. This year’s three-day Crimecon at Caesars Palace will honor true crime content in television, film, podcasts and publishing.
Jeffrey Epstein survivors Jenna-Lisa Jones, Haley Robson and Courtney Wilde received this year’s Crime Fighter of the Year honor. Mr. Jones, Mr. Robson and Mr. Wilde were recognized for their work with The Survivors, Inc., which focuses on supporting victims of sexual assault. Becky Patti, Mike Patti and Tara German, family members of 2025 recipients Abigail Williams and Liberty German, presented the award.
Law&Crime also announced the 2026 winner of “America’s Greatest Detective.” They are Tara Augustine and Alison Dupuis, detectives from the Montgomery County, Maryland, PD who were instrumental in solving the Leslie Prior cold case.
The 2026 Clue Award winners are:
TV: great documentary series
“Death Cap: The Mushroom Murders” (Stan, CNN, Netflix UK) Dream Chaser, Mars Lair, Fifth Season Winner: “The Girl on the Run: America’s Most Wanted” (Hulu) Plum Pictures and ABC News Studios “Death of the Showjumper” (Sky) Walk on Air Films and Sky Studios “Amy Bradley Is Missing” (Netflix) Ample Entertainment “Betrayal: Under His Eye” (Hulu) ABC News Studios and Glass Entertainment Group
TV: Great episodic series
“Feds” (Investigation Discovery) Orit Entertainment and October Films “Desert Law” (A&E Network) Twenty Twenty Productions “24-Hour Police Custody: Murder is No Game” (Channel 4) The Garden Productions “On the Case with Paula Zahn” (Investigation Discovery) Scott Sternberg Productions, Inc. and Weinberger Media Winners: “The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher” (Oxygen) True Crime) Wolf Entertainment, Alfred Street Industries, Universal Television Alternative Studios, a division of Universal Studios Group.
Television: Great Scripted Series
“Dark Winds” (AMC) AMC Studios “Paradise” (Hulu) 20th Place TV “Reasonable Doubt” (Hulu) 20th Place TV and Onyx Collective “RJ Decker” (ABC) 20th Place TV Winner: “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) 20th Place TV
Podcasts: great documentary series
‘Burden of Guilt’ Glass Podcasts partners with iHeart Podcasts ‘Hunting the Bogeyman’ Perfect Cadence ‘Blood is Thicker: The Farris Wheel’ 48 Hours (CBS News) ‘Shipwreck’ Audible and Sugar23 Winner: ‘Betrayal’ Glass Podcasts partners with iHeart Podcasts
Podcasts: Great Episode Series
Winners: “48 Hours: Afterlife” 48 Hours (CBS News) “True Crime Recap” Jerismac and Trend’s “Lawless Planet” Audible “One Minute Left” Mashed Pumpkin Productions PTY LTD “Mind Over Murder” Another Dog Productions and Absolute Zero Productions
excellent documentary film
“My Father, BTK Killer” (Netflix) Campfire Studios “Night in West Texas” (Theatrical) Monster Mythology, Naked Edge Films, Texas Monthly “Prince Andrew: On Trial” (Channel 5/True Royalty) Good TV Winner: “Uncharted: High School Catfish” (Netflix) Campfire Studios in partnership with Terminal B TV “Ruby Red Handed: Stealing America’s Money” “Famous Shoes” (Hulu) Film Commission in partnership with ABC News Studios
true crime book of the year
Something Big: The True Story of the Brown’s Chicken Massacre (Post Hill Press) Expert Witness by Patrick Wall (Grand Central Publishing) Out of the Woods by Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess (Thomas & Mercer, an imprint of Amazon Publishing) WINNER: Injustice Town by Greg Olsen (Pegasus Books) Chasing the Zombie Hunter by Rick Tarsky (Pegasus Books) Written by Troy Hillman
People’s Choice: Creator of the Year
Annie Ellis (“SERIALously,” “10 to LIFE”) “Nancy Grace’s Crime Story” – Nancy Grace Winners: “Weekly Crime” – Stephanie Harlow, Derrick Levasseur “Courtroom Confidential” – Joshua Ritter “The Prosecutor” – Alice LaCour, Brett Talley
