True Life Crime

Genre	True crime Documentary
Presented by	Dometi Pongo Nev Schulman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	18
Production
Executive producers	Anneka Jones Banks Tarver Ben Hurvitz Jordana Hochman Lily Neumeyer Melissa Tallerine Shawn Cuddy Todd Radnitz Brian DeCubellis
Producers	Kevin Vargas Spencer Wilking
Cinematography	Nick Zane Miller Shlomo Godder B.J. Golnick John Kelleran Joshua Reis
Editors	Sam Dakil James Cude Duncan Adams Phillip Chernyak Thomas Hamilton Allie Keefer Logan Miller Sosse Misserlian
Production companies	Good Caper Content Karga 7 Pictures Left-Right Productions
Original release
Network	MTV
Release	January 8, 2020 (2020-01-08) – August 31, 2021 (2021-08-31)
Related
True Life

True Life Crime is an American true crime documentary television series that premiered on MTV on January 8, 2020.^[1]^[2]

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	8	January 8, 2020 (2020-01-08)	February 26, 2020 (2020-02-26)
2	10	July 13, 2021 (2021-07-13)	August 31, 2021 (2021-08-31)

Season 1 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Tragic Accident or Calculated Murder?"	January 8, 2020 (2020-01-08)	0.51^[3]
Case: Death of Kenneka Jenkins
2	2	"Gang Target or Mistaken Identity?"	January 15, 2020 (2020-01-15)	0.42^[4]
Case: Murder of Lesandro Guzman-Feliz
3	3	"Killed for Gender Identity? The Kedarie Johnson Case"	January 22, 2020 (2020-01-22)	0.41^[5]
Case: Murder of Kedarie Johnson
4	4	"Runaway or Targeted Runner?"	January 29, 2020 (2020-01-29)	0.44^[6]
Case: Disappearance of Jerika Binks
5	5	"Skipping School or Silenced Forever?"	February 5, 2020 (2020-02-05)	0.37^[7]
Case: Murder of Mujey Dumbuya
6	6	"Suicide or Sinister Plot?"	February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12)	0.33^[8]
Case: Death of Sarah Stern
7	7	"The $5 Million Phone Hack"	February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19)	0.26^[9]
Case: Joel Ortiz's SIM swap scam
8	8	"Mom Gone Missing: Runaway or Murder Victim?"	February 26, 2020 (2020-02-26)	0.34^[10]
Case: Disappearance of Hanna Harris

Season 2 (2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
9	1	"Religious Killing or Jealous Rage?"	July 13, 2021 (2021-07-13)	0.21^[11]
Case: Murders of Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson
10	2	"Cliffside Accident or Campsite Killing?"	July 14, 2021 (2021-07-14)	0.19^[12]
Case: Death of Lauren Agee
11	3	"Drive By or Deadly Target?"	July 15, 2021 (2021-07-15)	0.20^[13]
Case: Murder of Jaydon Chavez Silver
12	4	"Runaway Twin or Twin In Trouble?"	July 20, 2021 (2021-07-20)	0.21^[14]
Case: Disappearance of Jholie Moussa
13	5	"Cold Case or Case of Corruption?"	July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)	0.23^[15]
Case: Murder of Heather Bogle
14	6	"Did a Viral Assault Lead to a Murder?"	August 3, 2021 (2021-08-03)	0.24^[16]
Case: Murder of Muhlaysia Booker
15	7	"Ohio House of Horrors"	August 10, 2021 (2021-08-10)	0.25^[17]
Case: Ashland kidnappings
16	8	"Double Cross or Deadly Deal?"	August 17, 2021 (2021-08-17)	0.34^[18]
Case: Murder of D'Anthony Keenan
17	9	"Getting Away with Murder?"	August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24)	0.22^[19]
Case: Murder of Mercedes Williamson
18	10	"Justice for Darrien"	August 31, 2021 (2021-08-31)	0.29^[20]
Case: Killing of Darrien Hunt

References

^ "MTV Goes Behind the Controversial Headlines with New Investigative Series "True Life Crime"". The Futon Critic. January 3, 2020.
^ "True Life Crime Sneak Peek: Nev Schulman Examines the Case of Kenneka Jenkins". MTV. January 8, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (January 9, 2017). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.8.2020". Showbuzzdaily. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (January 16, 2017). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.15.2020". Showbuzzdaily. Archived from the original on January 24, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (January 23, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.22.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on January 24, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (January 30, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.29.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (February 6, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.5.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (February 13, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.12.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (February 20, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.19.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
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^ Berman, Marc (July 14, 2021). "Tuesday Ratings: MLB All-Star Game Leads Fox to Easy Victory". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^ Berman, Marc (July 15, 2021). "Wednesday Ratings: Solid Victory for Game 4 of The NBA Finals on ABC". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^ Berman, Marc (July 16, 2021). "Thursday Ratings: Big Brother Leads CBS to Modest Victory". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^ Berman, Marc (July 21, 2021). "Tuesday Ratings: The Milwaukee Bucks First NBA Title Since 1971 Ignites ABC". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
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^ Metcalf, Mitch (August 4, 2021). "ShowbuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.3.2021". Showbuzzdaily. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (August 11, 2021). "ShowbuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.10.2021". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (August 18, 2021). "Updated: ShowbuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.17.2021". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
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