The CrimeCon CLUE Awards are built to honor and recognize projects that exhibit a strong Commitment to Leadership, Understanding, and Excellence. In this inaugural year we will reward exemplary titles across TV, documentary film, podcasts, and publishing.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR 2022 WINNERS

TELEVISION: OUTSTANDING DOCUSERIES

Exceptional project covering a single true crime case or topic over the course of a multiple episodes or season.


FALL RIVER

Blumhouse Television and EPIX

James Buddy Day

TELEVISION: OUTSTANDING EPISODIC SERIES

Best-in-class series that follows a different true crime case or topic each episode over the course of a season.


COLD JUSTICE

Oxygen/Wolf Entertainment/Magical Elves 

Dick Wolf, Executive Producer; Tom Thayer, Executive Producer; Casey Kriley, Executive Producer; Kelly Siegler, Executive Producer; Eric Salat, Executive Producer; Scott Patch, Executive Producer; Ashley Graybow Stelle, Executive Producer

PODCAST: OUTSTANDING EPISODIC SERIES

Most outstanding true crime podcast that focuses on a different true crime case or topic each episode.


STOLEN

Spotify + Gimlet Media

Connie Walker, Journalist / Host; Meg Driscoll, Producer; John White, Producer; Anya Shultz,  Associate Producer; Devon Taylor, Editor; Heather Evans, Consulting Editor; Emma Courtland, Composer/Engineer

PODCAST: OUTSTANDING DOCUSERIES

Most outstanding true crime podcast that focuses on one true crime case over the course of multiple episodes or full season.


CBS Podcasts: Carrie Low VS.

CBC Podcasts

Host: Maggie Rahr; Producer: Janice Evans; Associate Producer: Nancy Hunter; Fact Checker: Emily Mathieu; Mixer: Evan Kelly; Coordinating Producer: Emilie Quesnel; Senior Producer: Chris Oke; Executive Producer: Arif Noorani

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FILM

PRESENTED BY:

Recognition of excellence in true crime storytelling in a documentary film released on any media platform.


Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story

Oxygen/Marwar Junction Productions/Entertainment One
Elizabeth Smart, Executive Producer; Kara Robinson Chamberlain, Executive Producer; Allison Berkley, Executive Producer; Joseph Freed, Executive Producer; Tara Long, Executive Producer; Geno McDermott, Executive Producer; Carolyn Blackstone Day, Executive Producer

BOOK OF THE YEAR

True crime writing that excels in factual storytelling while exhibiting sensitivity for victims and their families.


The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer

Dean Jobb

Algonquin Books

CRIME FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

PRESENTED BY:

The Crime Fighter of the Year Award is to honor the person(s) or organization that has made a profound impact on a case or on the criminal justice system as a whole. The winner of this award truly exemplifies what a ‘crime fighter’ is.


Black and Missing Foundation

Derrica Wilson, Co-Founder and CEO

Natalie Wilson, Co-Founder and COO

2022 JUDGES


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PAUL WOOLF

Head of Unscripted Development

Little Dot Studios

JACOB BOZARTH

Co-Founder & CEO

Resonate Recordings

ANGELINE HARTMANN

Journalist & Host

Inside Crime

DAVID KARABINAS

CEO & Executive Producer

Texas Crew Productions

JEN ANTONELLI

Co-Executive Producer, News

NBCU, Access Hollywood

HARRISON LAND

President & Executive Producer

OverUnder Content

CATHY RUSSON

Executive Producer

Law&Crime Network

JESSICA GRIMSHAW

Senior Vice President

Anonymous Content

EMILY SNYDER

Executive Producer & Showrunner

People Magazine Investigates

ROSS DINERSTEIN

Founder & CEO

Campfire Studios

DONALD ALBRIGHT

President & Co-Founder

Tenderfoot TV

REBEKAH SEBASTIAN

Host

DIE-ALOGUE Podcast

BILL THOMAS

Producer & Co-Host

Mind Over Murder

JESSICA NOLL

Investigative Journalist & Producer/Host

Resonate Recordings

CORI ABRAHAM

SVP Development, Unscripted

NBC Universal TV & Streaming

LIBBY HARRISON

VP, Programming

Investigation Discovery

ERIN O'FLAHERTY

Senior Producer

Wondery

NATASHA SIMONS

Executive Editor

Simon & Schuster

CARRIE NAPOLITANO

Associate Editor

Hachette Books

JOHN LORDAN

Host

Crime After Crime

ANNE GAROFALO PATERNO

Executive Producer & Showrunner

STEPHANIE TODD

VP, Programming & Production

HLN

BEN BOWLIN

Lead Executive Producer

iHeart Media

LESLIE RULE

Bestselling True Crime Author

ELLEN KILLORAN

Senior Editor

CrimeOnline

WILL JOHNSON

Executive Producer

Vault Studios

MAX CUTLER

Founder/Managing Director, Parcast

Head of New Content Initiatives, Spotify

KAREN SMITH

Forensic Expert & Host

Shattered Souls: The Car Barn Murders

GLENN STOUT

Author & Editor

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