The Red Thread: Cults & Crime

Where to watch, track & rate

Only for iPhone

Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Documentaries, podcasts and the reporting that follows them, organised by the case they cover. See where everything streams, and follow friends to swap picks. The Red Thread is your home for cults and crime: documentaries, podcasts and the reporting that follows them, pulled together by the case they cover. Most true-crime apps hand you a list. This one draws the thread between them, so a documentary, the podcast episodes about the same case, and the latest reporting on it all sit on one page. CASE FILES • 260+ cases, each holding every documentary, podcast episode and recent story about it • Follow a case and get told when something new lands • Jump from any title straight to the case it belongs to FIND WHAT TO WATCH • 3,000+ true-crime and cult documentaries, series and films • See where each one streams in your country, across 55 countries • Filter by subgenre: serial killers, cults, cold cases, fraud, missing persons and more • "Based on a true story" dramatizations are in the catalog too, clearly tagged apart from documentaries • Search by title, year and subject PODCASTS • 1,300+ true-crime podcasts and every episode they have published • Search inside a show to find the episode about the case you are following • Rate a season when you finish it • Case files link to the exact episode that covers them, not just the show TRUE CRIME NEWS • Reporting on the cases you follow, tuned to your region • Every story credited to its publisher and linked back to them TRACK & RATE • Build a watchlist and mark what you have watched • Track a series season by season • Rate how dark each title is, and see the community's take • Write reviews, with spoiler tags so nothing gets ruined COMING SOON • A calendar of upcoming titles so you know what is about to drop • Tap "remind me" and we will tell you the moment it is out WATCH WITH FRIENDS • Follow friends on the Board to see what they are watching and rating • Suggest a documentary, a podcast, a season or a single episode, with a note • A feed of your circle's recent activity KNOW BEFORE YOU WATCH • Content warnings on every title, AI-assisted and community-sourced, so nothing blindsides you • Community tags and reports keep the catalog accurate MADE YOURS • Pick your favorite genres and get personalized rows on your Home screen • Get notified when a title on your list lands on a service you have Free to use. The Red Thread is a catalog and discovery app. It does not stream or host video or audio; it links you to the services that do.

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True crime news, tuned to where you are. A daily feed of reporting on the cases you follow, every story credited to its publisher and linked back to them. Podcasts, properly. Search inside a show to find the episode about a case, rate a season, and tap a case file straight through to the exact episode that covers it. Suggest more than documentaries. Send a podcast, a season or a single episode to a friend, with a note. Where to watch, in 55 countries. Streaming availability expanded from 12 markets to 55 across Europe, Latin America and beyond. Track series by season. Mark a season watched without scoring every episode one by one. Case files are easier to find, sitting right under a title's actions, and now point to the specific podcast episodes covering that case. Plus a lot of fixes: deep-linked episodes now scroll into view, related podcasts and documentaries match far more accurately, and signing in with Google no longer sends you through an unfamiliar domain.

The developer, RACHEL MIRIAM FORBES, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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    Seller
    • RACHEL MIRIAM FORBES
    Size
    • 40.2 MB
    Category
    • Entertainment
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    13+
    • 13+
    • Frequent
      Profanity or Crude Humor

      Contains
      User-Generated Content
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Rachel Forbes