CrimeCon’s Clue Awards, to be Hosted by Ashleigh Banfield, Reveals This Year’s Nominees

Michael Schneider

NewsNation anchor Ashleigh Banfield is set to host this year’s Clue Awards, which will take place on June 1 in Nashville, Tenn., during the annual CrimeCon event. The ceremony, which announced this year’s nominees on Thursday, will also air live on the Law&Crime Network and stream on that channel’s social platforms.

As part of the event, John Walsh will be honored with the “crimefighter of the year” award for his work on “America’s Most Wanted” as well as his help in creating the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Last year’s recipients, the Gabby Petito Foundation, will present Walsh with his honor.

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Presenters at the event will include “CSI” franchise creator Anthony Zuiker and Chris Hansen. among the roster of presenters.

As for this year’s “America’s Greatest Detective” award finalists include sonar technology investigative specialists Sandy and Gene Ralston; US Marshals Services Liaison with NCMEC, Laura Tierney; and the first Missing or Murdered Indigenous Peoples Investigator with the Yurok Tribe in Northern California, Julia Oliveira. Fans will vote for “America’s Greatest Detective” on Law&Crime’s website and social platforms.

The nominees in Clue’s 2024 categories – spanning television, podcasting, film and publishing – are:

TV: Outstanding Docuseries

  • “Burden of Proof” (HBO)

    • Produced by Markay Media

  • “The Killings on King Road” (NBC)

    • Produced by Dateline NBC

  • “Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals” (ID)

    • Produced by ITV America’s Good Caper Content and Herizon Media

  • “The Murdaugh Murders: Inside the Investigation” (NBC)

    • Produced by Dateline NBC

  • “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace” (ID)

    • Produced by Hot Snakes Media

TV: Outstanding Episodic Series

  • “Me Hereafter” (Hulu)

    • Produced by Committee Films and ABC News Studios

  • “Killer Cases” (A&E)

    • Produced by The Law&Crime Network

  • “20/20” (ABC)

    • Produced by ABC News

  • “Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler” (Oxygen True Crime)

    • Produced by Wolf Entertainment, Universal Television Alternative Studio and Magical Elves

  • “Buried in the Backyard” (Oxygen True Crime)

    • Produced by Renegade 83, an Entertainment One company

  • “Feds” (ID)

    • Produced by Orit Entertainment and October Films

Book of the Year

  • “Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom” (Citadel)

    • Written by McCracken Poston, Jr.

  • “In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares” (One Idea Press)

    • Written by Lindsey Wade

  • “A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown’s Most Shocking Crime” (Sourcebooks)

    • Written by Casey Sherman

  • “Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail “(Hachette Books)

    • Written by Andrea Lankford

  • “Lay Them to Rest” (Hachette Books)

    • Written by Laurah Norton

Outstanding Documentary Film

  • “Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld” (Netflix)

    • Produced by btf

  • “Selena and Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them” (Oxygen True Crime)

    • Produced by Jupiter Entertainment

  • “The Matthew Shepard Story” (ID)

    • Produced by Lion Television

  • “Snatched” (ABC)

    • Produced by ABC Studios

  • “Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot” (Peacock)

    • Produced by NBC News Studios

Podcast: Outstanding Episodic Series

  • “Hell and Gone: Murder Line”

    • Produced by School of Humans & iHeartPodcasts

  • “Untold Stories: Black and Missing”

    • Produced by Black and Missing Enterprises

  • “Predators I Have Caught”

    • Produced by Hurrdat Media

  • “My Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty”

    • Produced by Paramount

  • “Detective Perspective”

    • Produced by Square Mile Studios

Podcast: Outstanding Podcast Docuseries

  • “White Smoke: America’s Chem Sex Killer”

    • Produced by Whistledown, for Audible

  • “Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen”

    • Produced by LAist Studios

  • “Trace of Doubt”

    • Produced by Tortoise, for Audible

  • “Someone Knows Something”

    • Produced by CBC Podcasts

  • “Ice Cold Case”

    • Produced by Madison McGhee

Nominees, and the winners, are determined by CrimeCon’s panel of producers, network and streaming executives, along with other creatives and industry leaders, from companies including NBCU, Wondery, Simon & Schuster, Campfire Studios, Tenderfoot TV and the National Center for Victims of Crime.

This year’s CrimeCon takes place May 31 to June 2 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville. Speakers and panelists include Zuiker, Hansen, Nancy Grace, Mark Geragos, Sean “Sticks” Larkin, John Douglas, Erin Moriarty, Jason Bowles and others.

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