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Shows like Only Murders in the Building, ranked
1. The Murders (2019)
The escalating personal stakes and unreliable investigative conclusions mirror how amateur detectives spiral when ego and self-preservation cloud their judgment.
2. The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
Three aging amateur detectives stumble into a genuine murder investigation at their retirement community, delivering the same blend of cozy mystery procedural and character-driven humor anchored by a charismatic ensemble gradually unraveling clues together.
3. Murder 101 (2026)
A high school sociology class investigates a decades-old murder with the same playful theorizing and genuine emotional stakes that emerge when ordinary people become obsessed with solving real crimes.
4. Suspects (2014)
Each episode's investigation unfolds through multiple suspect perspectives and shifting theories, mirroring the podcast-driven detective work that drives the central mystery forward.
5. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018)
Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass dissect cases with the same obsessive detail and dark humor that makes armchair investigation addictive, except here the wrongful convictions are devastatingly real.
6. The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (2026)
This true-crime documentary grounds its investigation in the same obsessive attention to detail and evolving suspect theories that fuel amateur sleuths, revealing how real-world cases unfold through painstaking reconstruction rather than narrative shortcuts.
7. You're Killing Me (2026)
This New England mystery pairs an established author with a podcaster to unravel a friend's death, mirroring the amateur-detective energy and genre-savvy banter that makes solving crimes together feel like collaborative storytelling.
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