Is There a Christa Pike Documentary on Netflix? Here’s Where to Watch Her Story

Published 09/29/2026, 4:19 AM EDT

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Christa Pike’s case has once again drawn widespread attention as the Tennessee death-row inmate approaches a scheduled execution date nearly three decades after she was convicted of killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. With renewed interest in Pike’s story, viewers searching for more information may be wondering whether Netflix has released a documentary about the case.

While the streaming giant has plenty of true-crime offerings, Pike’s story currently is not among them. However, there are several documentaries and programs exploring her case elsewhere.

Is there a Christa Pike documentary on Netflix?

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No, there is currently no Christa Pike documentary available on Netflix. However, viewers looking to learn more about the case have several other options.

One of the most recent documentaries is Sinclair’s Dead Woman Walking: Pike vs. Tennessee, which examines Pike’s crime, conviction, decades of appeals, and the circumstances surrounding her scheduled execution.

The documentary features archival material, interviews with Pike’s legal team and Slemmer’s mother, as well as an exclusive interview with Pike from prison. It began streaming on the Criminally Obsessed YouTube channel on September 18, 2026.

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Pike’s case has also been featured in other true-crime programs. Mean Girl Murders dedicated an episode titled She-Devil to her story, while World’s Most Evil Prisoners featured a 2024 episode simply titled Pike.

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So, while Netflix subscribers cannot currently watch a dedicated Christa Pike documentary on the platform, there are several alternatives covering the case.

What happened to Christa Pike?

Christa Pike was 18 years old when she and two other Job Corps students became involved in the January 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville, Tennessee. Pike was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy in 1996 and sentenced to death.

According to court and news accounts, Pike believed Slemmer was interested in her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp. Pike, Shipp, and another student lured Slemmer to an isolated area of the University of Tennessee’s agricultural campus, where Slemmer was beaten and killed. The case received intense attention because of the brutality of the crime and the satanic imagery involved.

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Pike has remained on Tennessee’s death row for approximately 30 years. Her case has also prompted renewed discussion about her age at the time of the crime and her documented history of childhood abuse and trauma. Those issues have been central to her attorneys’ recent efforts to have her death sentence commuted to life imprisonment, which was recently rejected on September 28.

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Pike is now 50 and is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on September 30, 2026, at 10 a.m. CDT. If carried out, the execution would make her the first woman executed in Tennessee since 1819, more than 200 years ago.

For viewers specifically searching Netflix for Pike’s story, however, there is currently no dedicated documentary about Christa Pike on the platform, but there are many other crime documentaries they can watch.

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Itti Mahajan

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Itti Mahajan is an Entertainment Journalist and the Lead Editor at Netflix Junkie. With a past in marketing and scriptwriting— and a present spent decoding criminal minds (masters in psychology with a focus on criminology), she brings just the right mix of insight and intrigue to the desk. At Netflix Junkie, she is the editorial compass (and an unofficial team therapist), helping shape the voice of the brand, while also mentoring writers into success stories.

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