The Red Thread: Cults & Crime

The Red Thread is your home for cults and crime: documentaries, podcasts 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, and the latest reporting on it all sit on one page. CASE FILES • 260+ cases, each holding every documentary, podcast episode and recent story about it • Follow a case and get told when something new lands • Jump from any title straight to the case it belongs to FIND WHAT TO WATCH • 3,000+ 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 • 1,300+ true-crime podcasts and every episode they have published • Search inside a show to find the episode about the case you are following • Rate a season when you finish it • Case files link to the exact episode that covers them, not just the show 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 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.