The Red Thread: Cults & Crime

The Red Thread is your home for cults and crime: documentaries, podcasts, books and the reporting that follows them, pulled together by the case they cover. Most true-crime apps hand you a list. This one draws the thread between them, so a documentary, the podcast episodes about the same case, the books written about it and the latest reporting all sit on one page. CASE FILES • 500+ cases, each holding every documentary, podcast episode, book and recent story about it • The latest news leads every case page • Add a case to your Case Files and we will tell you when there is news or something new to watch, hear or read. Quiet any case with one tap without dropping it • Jump from any title straight to the case it belongs to FIND WHAT TO WATCH • 3,100+ true-crime and cult documentaries, series and films • See where each one streams in your country, across 55 countries • Filter by subgenre: serial killers, cults, cold cases, fraud, missing persons and more • "Based on a true story" dramatizations are in the catalog too, clearly tagged apart from documentaries • Search by title, year and subject PODCASTS • 1,400+ true-crime podcasts and every episode they have published • Search inside a show to find the episode about the case you are following, or read a long-running show from its first episode • Say whether you are obsessed, think it is good, or it is not for you, and tag what works and what does not • See what your friends made of a show • Case files link to the exact episode that covers them, not just the show BOOKS • 4,000+ true-crime and cult books, from the Library of Congress catalogue • Filter by category, decade, length and language • Keep a reading list and mark what you have read • Find a copy at a library near you TRUE CRIME NEWS • Reporting on the cases you follow, tuned to your region • Every story credited to its publisher and linked back to them TRACK & RATE • Build a watchlist and mark what you have watched • Track a series season by season • Rate how dark each title is, and see the community's take • Write reviews, with spoiler tags so nothing gets ruined COMING SOON • A calendar of upcoming titles so you know what is about to drop • Tap "remind me" and we will tell you the moment it is out WATCH WITH FRIENDS • Follow friends on the Board to see what they are watching, hearing and rating • Suggest a documentary, a podcast, a season or a single episode, with a note • A feed of your circle's recent activity KNOW BEFORE YOU WATCH • Content warnings on every title, AI-assisted and community-sourced, so nothing blindsides you • Community tags and reports keep the catalog accurate MADE YOURS • Pick your favorite genres and get personalized rows on your Home screen • Get notified when a title on your list lands on a service you have Free to use. The Red Thread is a catalog and discovery app. It does not stream or host video or audio; it links you to the services that do.