19 Best Crime Documentaries on Hulu

6. The Mind of Mark DeFriest

IMDb rating: 7.3

Another documentary on our list of best crime documentaries on Hulu that will make you wonder about the judicial system in the United States. When he was a teenager, Mark DeFriest took working tools from his late father. He did so because his father left them to him in his will, but his stepmother called the police and he was sentenced to four years in prison, since the will wasn’t confirmed by the court and his act was considered stealing. The court didn’t want to change the decision even after psychiatrists labeled him as mentally ill. What followed was a series of successful and unsuccessful escape attempts by DeFriest that led him to a prison stay of 34 years. The documentary explores his case and follows his parole hearing.