Crimecon Clue Award Winners List 2025: ‘Gabby Petito,’ ‘PD True’
MGM+’s’ Godfather of Harlem ‘, Paramount+’ S ‘PD True’ and Netflix’s ‘American Murder: Gabby Petito’ were among the winners on Saturday during the 4th annual Clue Awards. The event, organized by ICE-T, was held during the annual Crimecon event in Denver.
Under Honorees, the families of Liberty German and Abigail Williams (victims of the Delphi murders) and lead researcher Lt. Jerry Holeman of the Indiana State Police, who received the 2025 CrimeFighter of the Year Award – as presented by last year’s recipient, John Walsh.
Also sgt. Julissa Trapp from the Anaheim, California, the police were proclaimed “America’s greatest detective” for her work on the case of serial killer Steven Dean Gordon and complicit Franc Cano. Moreover, the real crime podcast ‘Crime Weekly’ was organized by Derrick Levasseur and Stephanie Harlowe, voted by fans for the ‘Creator of the Year’ -Teer of the Clue Awards.
This recovered the first year of scripted series was included in the competition, where “Godfather of Harlem” landed the prize for outstanding scripted series.
Here are the 2025 Clue Award winners:
TV: Outstanding Docuseries
- Winner: “American Murder: Gabby Petito” (Netflix) | Produced by the Cinemart
- “Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam” (Hulu) | Produced by ABC News Studios and Anchor Entertainment
- “Betrayal: A Father’s Secret” (Hulu) | Produced by Glass Entertainment Group and ABC News Studios
- “Beauty Queen Killer” (Hulu) | Produced by 101 Studios, sufficient entertainment and ABC News Studios
- “Mastermind: thinking like a murderer” (Hulu) | Produced by Campfire Studios, in collaboration with Lewellen Pictures
TV: Outstanding Episodic Series
- Winner: “PD True” (Paramount+) | Produced by Bright North Productions
- “Gostage Rescue” (the CW) | Produced by Commission films and Vice -tv
- “Crime Beat TV” (Hulu) | Produced by Corus Entertainment Inc.
- “Killer Cases” (A&E) | Produced by the Law & Crime Network
- “Reduction of evil with Kelly Siegler” (Oxygen True Crime) | Produced by Wolf Entertainment, Universal Television Alternative Studio and Magical Elves
TV: Outstanding Scripted Series
- Winner: “Godfather of Harlem” (MGM+) | Produced by ABC Signature Studios
- “Long Bright River” (Peacock) | Produced by Sony Pictures Television, UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, Black Mass Productions, Pascal Pictures and Original Film
- “Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story” (Lifetime) | Produced by fearless content, in collaboration with GroupM Motion Entertainment
Podcast: Outstanding Docus Series
- Winner: “Who killed Jennifer Judd?” | Produced by ID- and Ark -Media
- “True Crime News Presents: American Hustlers” | Produced by Frequency Media, in combination with True Crime News
- “In Esto Podcast with N Leigh Hunt” | Produced by N Leigh Hunt
- “Up and disappeared” | Produced by TV -tv
- “San Miguel abductions” | Produced by AudIble
Podcast: Outstanding Episodic Series
- Winner: “True Crime News: The Podcast” | Produced by TelePictures Productions Inc., in collaboration with Warner Bros Entertainment
- “Courtom Confidential” | Produced by Via Fortuna Media
- “Crime fix with Angenette Levy” | Produced by law & crime
- “Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime” | Produced by Nancy Miller
- “Betrayal: Weekly” | Produced by Glass Podcasts, a Division of Glass Entertainment Group, in collaboration with IHeartPodcasts
Excellent documentary film
- Winner: “The girl who look like me” (ABC) | Produced by ABC News 20/20
- “The Mendez Brothers” (Netflix) | Produced by Campfire Studios
- “Serie killer Capital: Los Angeles” (oxygen) | Produced by Jupiter Entertainment
- “Left for Dead” (Tubi) | Produced by streetcar entertainment
- “Sins of the Parents: The Crumbley Trials” (Hulu) | Produced by ABC News Studios
True Crime Book of the Year
- Winner: “Story of a Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr. Crippen” (Penguin Random House/Dutton) | Written by Hallie Rubenhold
- “My Time to stand” (Benbella Books) | Written by Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Michele Matrisciani and Melissa Moore
- “The Scientist and the Serial Killer” (Random House) | Written by Lise Olsen
- “The Atlas of Art Crime: thefts, Vandalism and Forgeries” (Prestel Publishing) | Written by Laura Evans, PhD
- “The Imppostor Heiress: Cassie Chadwick, the biggest grifter of the Gilded Age” (Diversion Books) | Written by Annie Reed
- “The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder and Redemption in Immigrant LA” (Astra House) | Written by Jesse Katz
The Clue Awards acknowledge ‘Excellency and responsible stories’ in real crime rate, including TV, film, podcasts and publishing. Crimecon, which has been held since 2017, is a three -day event that takes place in the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center.
