# Snapped (2004)

> Each episode revisits a real murder case involving an ordinary woman accused of killing, asking whether she did it and why.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 36
- Episodes: 727
- Episode runtime: 43 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: documentary, crime
- Created by: Zak Weisfeld, Stephen Land, Geoffrey Proud, Deborah Allen, Todd Moss
- Network: Oxygen
- Cast: Laura San Giacomo, Ronnie Farer, Sharon Martin, Jody Flader, Steve Eifert, Jennelle Alyse Jones, Lyle Menendez, Erik Menendez
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429434/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: grim, investigative, suspenseful, unsettling, somber

## Synopsis

Snapped (2004-present) is an American true crime docuseries that has run for thirty seasons on Oxygen, with 727 episodes of roughly forty-three minutes each. Created by Zak Weisfeld, Stephen Land, Geoffrey Proud, Deborah Allen and Todd Moss, it is a standalone case-by-case format rather than a continuing story. Each episode follows one real case of an everyday woman, a mom, wife or girlfriend, accused of murder. Interviews with family members, investigators and the accused are woven together with dramatic reenactments, and a narrator, voiced by Sharon Martin and Jody Flader, guides the viewer through the timeline. The engine of every episode is the same question: how did a seemingly ordinary person reach the point of killing, and did she really do it. Detectives, defense accounts and courtroom details are laid out so the audience weighs the evidence alongside the investigators. The mood is grim and investigative, with a steady, suspenseful pace and an unsettling sense that anyone can reach a breaking point. Fans of Dateline NBC, Investigation Discovery and The Staircase will find the same appetite for real murder cases, human motive and open questions of guilt.

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