May 4 through 10 brings a full week of new true crime. Ongoing series, fresh premieres, and new drops on Netflix, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, and Oxygen are all on the schedule. The cases have been catalogued, the air times confirmed, and the platforms identified. Everything airing this week is waiting below.

Someone confessed. Someone disappeared. Someone married the wrong person entirely. The Weekly Drop for April 27 through May 3, 2026 has every new true crime show and documentary airing this week, with air times, platforms, episode details, and trailer links all in one place.

The most dangerous person in the room is rarely a stranger. May's true crime lineup arrives with a particular preoccupation: the people closest to you. Spouses, exes, neighbors, in-laws, this month's titles make a compelling case for mild social reclusiveness. From a 34-year cold case finally cracked to a woman with 2,500 personalities who helped convict her abuser, the May 2026 Surveillance Report has the full rundown.