CrimeCon, in partnership with the Law&Crime Network, teamed up for the 3rd annual CLUE Awards to celebrate  excellence in true crime content, on May 31 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville.

Renowned journalist Ashleigh Banfield, of “Banfield” on NewsNation and the upcoming podcast “Drop Dead Serious,” hosts the ceremony, while presenters include CSI creator Anthony Zuiker and Chris Hansen.

CLUE Awards 2024 esteemed recipient of the “Crimefighter of the Year” award was presented to John Walsh.

Walsh, known for his groundbreaking work on “America’s Most Wanted,” and as co-founder of The National Center for Missing& Exploited Children (NCMEC), was honored by last year’s recipients, The Gabby Petito Foundation.

CLUE’s finalists for the “America’s Greatest Detective” award, presented by Law&Crime, recognizing exceptional investigative work in law enforcement, include technology investigative specialists Sandy and Gene Ralston, US Marshals Services Liaison Laura Tierney, and Julia Oliveira, the first Missing or Murdered Indigenous Peoples Investigator with the Yurok Tribe.

The nominees in CLUE’s 2024 categories (winners are reflected in bold):

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 Cast 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 Versus 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