2025 CLUE Awards Nominees Announced, Ice-T to Host at CrimeCon Denver
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The 2025 Clue Awards nominees have been announced, with “SUV” actor Ice-T confirmed as this year’s host.

The awards program, as highlighted previously by CrimeOnline, honors commendable and ethical storytelling within the true crime genre. This encompasses a variety of formats, including publications, television series, documentary films, and podcasts.

The pioneering CLUE Awards serve as a platform to recognize those individuals or organizations that have significantly advanced the cause of justice for crime victims.

In 2025, the CLUE Awards will be held during a prestigious ceremony on September 6, as part of CrimeCon Denver, hosted at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center.

The awards are judged by “creators, experts, and leaders within the true crime media,” who have extensive knowledge and experience in true crime.

The 2025 nominees the nominees include:

TV: Outstanding Episodic Series

“Hostage Rescue” (The CW)

“PD True” (Paramount+)

“Crime Beat TV” (Hulu)

“Killer Cases” (A&E)

“Prosecuting Evil With Kelly Siegler” (Oxygen True Crime)

TV: Outstanding Docuseries

“Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam” (Hulu)

“Betrayal: A Father’s Secret” (Hulu)

“Beauty Queen Killer” (Hulu) |

“Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer” (Hulu)

“American Murder: Gabby Petito” (Netflix)

TV: Outstanding Scripted Series

“Long Bright River” (Peacock)

“Godfather of Harlem” (MGM+)

“Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story” (Lifetime)

Podcast: Outstanding Docuseries

“True Crime News Presents: American Hustlers”

“In Esto Podcast with N Leigh Hunt”

“Up and Vanished”

“Who Killed Jennifer Judd?”

“San Miguel Kidnappings”

Podcast: Outstanding Episodic Series

“Courtroom Confidential”

“True Crime News: The Podcast”

“Crime Fix with Angenette Levy”

“Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime”

“Betrayal: Weekly”

Outstanding Documentary Film

“The Menendez Brothers” (Netflix)

“Serial Killer Capital: Los Angeles” (Oxygen)

“Left for Dead” (Tubi)

“The Girl Who Looked Like Me” (ABC)

“Sins of the Parents: The Crumbley Trials” (Hulu)

True Crime Book of the Year

My Time to Stand”| Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Michele Matrisciani and Melissa Moore

“The Scientist and the Serial Killer” | Lise Olsen

“The Atlas of Art Crime: Thefts, Vandalism, and Forgeries” (Prestel Publishing) | Laura Evans, PhD

“The Impostor Heiress: Cassie Chadwick, the Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age”| Annie Reed

“Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen”

Per Variety’s report, the “America’s Greatest Detective” award will be among those presented this year, acknowledging the outstanding service and commitment of individuals in law enforcement.

The “Crimefighter of the Year” award is also making a return, aiming to honor a person or group that has notably impacted the field and shown relentless pursuit of justice for victims.

Past recipients of the “Crimefighter of the Year” award include John Walsh, the Gabby Petito Foundation and the Black & Missing Foundation.

[Feature Photo: Rapper Ice-T performs during The Cookout: Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary Celebration at the New York City Food & Wine Festival, Pier 86 Hudson River Park, New York, on Sunday, October 15, 2023. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)]

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