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Former “Dateline NBC” personality Chris HansenIt will be hosted by , who is currently hosting ‘Takedown with Chris Hansen’. Crime Cone2026 clue. Held Saturday, May 30 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas as part of the three-day CrimeCon convention, the annual event recognizes true crime content in television, film, podcasts and publishing.
CrimeCon announced the Clue of the Year Award nominees on Thursday, revealing that Jeffrey Epstein survivors Jena-Lisa Jones, Haley Robson and Courtney Wild will receive the Crime Fighter of the Year award. Jones, Robson and Wild were also recognized for their work with The Survivors, Inc., which focuses on supporting sexual assault survivors.
Additionally, the Clue Awards announced the 2026 finalists for the тАЬAmericaтАЩs Best DetectiveтАЭ award for Law & Crime: Tara Augustin and Alyson Dupouy, Maryland Montgomery County PD detectives who helped solve the cold case of Leslie Preer. Retired Las Vegas Metro PD Sgt. Jenn Benjamins, who founded Covert Blue LLC, a law enforcement training company; and South Carolina’s Richland County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Vicki Rains Pearson recently appeared in the Netflix doc “Missing: Dead or Alive.”
Clue Award presenters include:On Patrol: LiveтАЬAnalyst Tom Rizzo,тАЭCSIтАЭ Producer Anthony Zuiker and crime scene investigator Sheryl McCollum, among others.
Past Crime of the Year honorees include The Black & Missing Foundation, The Gabby Petito Foundation, “America’s Most Wanted” creator and NCMEC co-founder John Walsh, the families of Abigail Williams and Liberty German, Lt. Jerry Holeman, and Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland.
Here it is. 2026 Clue Award Nominees:
TV: Excellent docuseries
- тАЬDeath Cap: The Mushroom MurdersтАЭ (Stan, CNN, Netflix UK) Dream Chaser, The MartianтАЩs Den, fifth season
- тАЬThe Girl on the Run: In Search of AmericaтАЩs Most WantedтАЭ (Hulu) Plum Pictures and ABC News Studios
- тАЬDeath of a ShowjumperтАЭ (Sky) Walk on Air Films and Sky Studios
- тАЬAmy Bradley is MissingтАЭ (Netflix) Ample Entertainment
- тАЬBetrayal: Under His EyeтАЭ (Hulu) ABC News Studios and Glass Entertainment Group
TV: Excellent episodic series
- тАЬFedsтАЭ (Investigation Discovery) Orit Entertainment and October Films
- тАЬLaw of the DesertтАЭ (A&E Network) Twenty Twenty Productions
- тАЬ24-hour police custody: murder is not a gameтАЭ (Channel 4) The Garden Productions
- тАЬOn the Paula Zahn CaseтАЭ (Investigation Discovery) Scott Sternberg Productions, Inc. and Weinberger Media
- тАЬBarbara BucherтАЩs Death InvestigatorтАЭ (Oxygen True Crime) Wolf Entertainment, Alfred Street Industries and Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group
TV: Outstanding Scripted Series
- тАЬDark WindsтАЭ (AMC) AMC Studios
- тАЬParadiseтАЭ (Hulu) 20th Television
- тАЬReasonable DoubtтАЭ (Hulu) 20th Television and Onyx Collective
- тАЬRJ DeckerтАЭ (ABC) 20th Television
- тАЬThere is only murder in the buildingтАЭ (Hulu) 20th Television
Podcast: Outstanding Docuseries
- тАЬThe Burden of GuiltтАЭ Glass Podcast in partnership with iHeart Podcast
- тАШGoblin HuntingтАЩ perfect cadence
- тАЬBlood is Thick: The Farris WheelтАЭ 48 Hours (CBS News)
- тАЬShipwreckтАЭ Audible and Sugar23
- тАЬBetrayalтАЭ Glass Podcast in partnership with iHeart Podcasts
Podcast: Excellent Episode Series
- тАЬ48 Hours: PostmortemтАЭ 48 Hours (CBS News)
- тАЬTrue Crime SummaryтАЭ Jellysmack and Trendly
- ‘Lawless Planet’ Audible
- тАЬ1 minute leftтАЭ Mashed Pumpkin Productions PTY LTD
- тАШMind for MurderтАЩ Another Dog Production and Absolute Zero Production
Excellent documentary film
- тАЬBTK Killer My FatherтАЭ (Netflix) Campfire Studio
- тАЬNights in West TexasтАЭ (play) Monster Myths, Naked Edge Films and Texas Monthly
- тАЬPrince Andrew: On TrialтАЭ (Channel 5 / True Royalty) Good TV
- тАЬUnknown Number: High School CatfishтАЭ (Netflix) Campfire Studio in association with Terminal B TV
- тАЬRuby Red Handed: Stealing AmericaтАЩs Most Famous ShoeтАЭ (Hulu) A Commission Film in association with ABC News Studios
True Crime Book of the Year
- тАЬSomething Big: The True Story of the Brown Chicken MassacreтАЭ (Post Hill Press) By Patrick Wohl
- тАЬExpert WitnessтАЭ (Grand Central Publishing), by Dr. Anne Walbert Burgess
- тАЬOut of the WoodsтАЭ by Gregg Olsen (Thomas & Mercer, published by Amazon Publishing)
- тАЬInjustice TownтАЭ (Pegasus Books) by Rick Tulsky
- тАЬChasing Down the Zombie HunterтАЭ by Troy Hillman (Pegasus Books)
People’s Choice: Creator of the Year
- Annie Ellis (тАЬSERIALouslyтАЭ, тАЬ10 to LIFEтАЭ)
- тАЬCrime Stories with Nancy GraceтАЭ тАУ Nancy Grace
- тАЬCrime WeeklyтАЭ тАУ Stephanie Harlowe, Derrick Levasseur
- тАЬCourt ConfidentialтАЭ тАУ Joshua Ritter
- тАЬThe ProsecutorтАЭ тАУ Alice Lacour, Brett Talley
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