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Chronicle Mysteries

A true-crime podcaster joins a local newspaper team to reopen stories people thought were settled.

5 films · 2019–2021 · Mystery

Movies in viewing order

Start with Recovered, then The Wrong Man and Vines That Bind. The Deep End comes fourth, followed by Helped to Death. Recovered establishes Alex's connection to the town and her working relationship with Drew.

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Film 1 · 2019
Chronicle Mysteries: Recovered
Alex returns to investigate the disappearance of a childhood friend for her podcast. Working with local editor Drew introduces the reporting partnership and gives the opening case a personal reason to revisit the town's past.
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Film 2 · 2019
Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man
A dead lawyer's story sends Alex looking beyond an earlier judgement of the case, while Drew follows trouble around a shipping company. Their separate reporting interests give the newsroom more than one thread to pursue.
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Film 3 · 2019
Chronicle Mysteries: Vines That Bind
A suspicious death at a vineyard takes Alex and her colleagues into questions of ownership and family interests. Drew also examines business activity around the town, keeping the mystery connected to a broader reporting beat.
Where to watch Chronicle Mysteries: Vines That Bind
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Film 4 · 2019
Chronicle Mysteries: The Deep End
A man's death becomes the subject of Alex's podcast as his wife faces trial. The courtroom timetable adds urgency: finding another explanation matters most while there is still time to challenge the case against her.
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Film 5 · 2021
Chronicle Mysteries: Helped to Death
Alex and Drew investigate a self-help retreat and its controversial life coach. The setting puts promises of personal improvement under scrutiny, taking the reporting pair out of their usual surroundings without replacing their established partnership.
Where to watch Chronicle Mysteries: Helped to Death

About the series

Alex McPherson returns to a place she knew as a child with a disappearance to investigate and a podcast to make. Her collaboration with newspaper editor Drew Godfrey turns the series into a small newsroom mystery. Alison Sweeney and Benjamin Ayres lead, but the Chronicle colleagues matter too. The cases offer a reason to compare an accepted account with the people and evidence that account left out.

What to expect

Expect interviews, overlooked details and colleagues pursuing different angles of a story. Alex's podcast and Drew's newspaper reporting let the films approach cases through journalism rather than police authority. Personal connections begin the series, while later subjects include a vineyard, a murder trial and a self-help retreat.