Hulu led this year’s CrimeCon Clue Awards, winning two major categories: “Only Murders in the Building” won the award for outstanding scripted series, while the streamer’s “Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America’s Most Wanted” landed the prize for outstanding docuseries.
Those were among the winners of the 2026 edition of the Clue Awards, which were announced Saturday night at the CrimeCon event in Las Vegas. Former “Dateline” correspondent Chris Hansen, now host of “Takedown With Chris Hansen,” hosted the ceremony. The three-day CrimeCon, held this year at Caesars Palace, recognizes true crime content in TV, film, podcasts and publishing.
Jeffrey Epstein survivors Jena-Lisa Jones, Haley Robson and Courtney Wild received this year’s Crimefighter of the Year honor. Jones, Robson and Wild were recognized for their work in The Survivors, Inc., which focuses on supporting sexual assault survivors. 2025 honorees Becky Patty, Mike Patty and Tara German, the families of Abigail Williams and Liberty German, presented the award.
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Also, Law&Crime announced the 2026 “America’s Greatest Detective” winners: Tara Augustin and Alyson Dupouy, detectives at Maryland’s Montgomery County PD, who worked to help solving the Leslie Preer cold case.
Here are the 2026 Clue Award winners:
TV: Outstanding Docuseries
- “Death Cap: The Mushroom Murders” (Stan, CNN, Netflix UK) Dreamchaser, Den of Martians and Fifth Season
- WINNER: “Girl on the Run: Hunt for America’s Most Wanted” (Hulu) Plum Pictures and ABC News Studios
- “Death of a 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: Outstanding Episodic Series
- “Feds” (Investigation Discovery) Orit Entertainment and October Films
- “Desert Law” (A&E Network) Twenty Twenty Productions
- “24 Hours in 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
- WINNER: “The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher” (Oxygen True Crime) Wolf Entertainment, Alfred Street Industries and Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group
TV: Outstanding Scripted Series
- “Dark Winds” (AMC) AMC Studios
- “Paradise” (Hulu) 20th Television
- “Reasonable Doubt” (Hulu) 20th Television and Onyx Collective
- “RJ Decker” (ABC) 20th Television
- WINNER: “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) 20th Television
Podcast: Outstanding Docuseries
- “Burden of Guilt” Glass Podcasts in partnership 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 in partnership with iHeart Podcasts
Podcast: Outstanding Episodic Series
- WINNER: “48 Hours: Post Mortem” 48 Hours (CBS News)
- “True Crime Recaps” Jellysmack and Trendly
- “Lawless Planet” Audible
- “One Minute Remaining” Mashed Pumpkin Productions PTY LTD
- “Mind Over Murder” Another Dog Productions and Absolute Zero Productions
Outstanding Documentary Film
- “My Father, the BTK Killer” (Netflix) Campfire Studios
- “Night in West Texas” (Theatrical) Myths of Monsters, Naked Edge Films and Texas Monthly
- “Prince Andrew: On Trial” (Channel 5 / True Royalty) Good TV
- WINNER: “Unknown Number: The High School Catfish” (Netflix) Campfire Studios in association with Terminal B TV
- “Ruby Red Handed: Stealing America’s Most Famous Pair of Shoes” (Hulu) Committee Films in association with ABC News Studios
True Crime Book of the Year
- “Something Big: The True Story of the Brown’s Chicken Massacre” (Post Hill Press) Written by Patrick Wohl
- “Expert Witness” (Grand Central Publishing) Written by Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess
- “Out of the Woods” (Thomas & Mercer, an imprint of Amazon Publishing) Written by Gregg Olsen
- WINNER: “Injustice Town” (Pegasus Books) Written by Rick Tulsky
- “Chasing Down the Zombie Hunter” (Pegasus Books) Written by Troy Hillman
People’s Choice: Creator of the Year
- Annie Elise (“SERIALously,” “10 to LIFE”)
- “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace” – Nancy Grace
- WINNER: “Crime Weekly” – Stephanie Harlowe, Derrick Levasseur
- “Courtroom Confidential” – Joshua Ritter
- “The Prosecutors” – Alice LaCour, Brett Talley
