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24 alternatives to Detective - Murder In The First

Lt. Joe Kenda remembers the first of many murder calls

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Detective - Murder In The First launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Reply All - 66: On The Inside, Part III▲70
The one person who witnessed the murder
2016 · its alternatives →
2
My Favorite Murder: Squad Gourds▲52
The "My Way" killings in the Phillipines
2016 · its alternatives →
3
Reply All - 65: On the Inside, Part II▲60
"A murder he claims that he didn't commit"
2016 · its alternatives →
4
Murder! - 1: An Invitation▲56
Serial meets Thrilling Adventure Hour
2015 · its alternatives →
5
Criminal - 29: Officer Talon▲78
An officer and the K-9 unit.
2015 · its alternatives →
6
Accused - Chapter 1: The Crime▲57
The unsolved murder of Elizabeth Andes
2016 · its alternatives →
7
Criminal - 41: Open Case▲65
A couple of accountants try to solve a 1965 murder
2016 · its alternatives →
8
Archives + Absences▲77
Sends a notification every time police kill a person
2016 · its alternatives →
9
Archive 81 - 5▲67
A security guard and revelations.
2016 · its alternatives →
10
Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice▲215
Hey HN! I'm excited to show off this really fun project I put together. I originally built this project 2-3 years ago, AI was already booming at the time, however voice AI agents were still very early. I loved my proof of concept at the time, but wasn't quite happy with it. I recently had the desire to check out the tech again, and know many of you will be interested. Interviews are speech to speech with OpenAI's gpt-realtime-2.1 over WebRTC. This model is... expensive, and because of that, I have to add some amount of restrictions, conversations are tied to a authenticated Clerk user id. I…
Aug 2026 · whodunnitai.com · its alternatives →
11
Between the Liner Notes 13: The Execution of Joe Hill▲53
The Story of the labor organizer and songwriter, Joe Hill
2016 · its alternatives →
12
Memory Man▲55
A man w perfect memory must solve his family's murder
2015 · its alternatives →
13
Criminal - It Looked Like Fire▲67
An episode about a famous photograph
2016 · its alternatives →
14
The Trial▲64
Ordinary man wakes up one day accused of a crime
2015 · its alternatives →
15
Hidden Brain - Broken Windows▲76
How a theory of crime policing was born & what went wrong
2016 · its alternatives →
16
Chew▲59
Detective gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats.
2015 · its alternatives →
17
Keith And The Girl: The Life Of Clark▲52
Clark’s near-death experiences
2016 · its alternatives →
18
The 404 - 1,276: Where we follow Justin into the darkness▲55
A story that happened to Justin on Memorial Day
2015 · its alternatives →
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Detective (a “chat” game)▲5
2015 · fourtonfish.com · its alternatives →
20
Serial - Hindsight, Part 1▲71
It makes sense if you’re Bowe Bergdahl.
2016 · its alternatives →
21
Her Story▲114
A real life crime story where you play detective
2015 · its alternatives →
22
The Command Line Murders▲73
There's been a murder in Terminal City, and TCPD needs your
2016 · its alternatives →
23
Serial - S01 Update: Day 01, Adnan Syed’s Hearing▲88
Koenig covers the latest hearing in Baltimore, day by day
2016 · its alternatives →
24
Sketchfab Investigation: "A cold death"▲77
Find the weapon and motive in a crime scene
2015 · its alternatives →

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