Twin projects have been a part of the entertainment industry from the very start of filmmaking. Whether coincidentally or intentionally, competing studios find themselves developing similar projects at the exact same time and end up with close release dates – typically inspiring both confusion and comparison. This happens in all genres, including documentaries, and audiences got to experience the phenomenon twice this summer about two notable recent horrors: the Oceangate submersible disaster, and then the shocking 2022 murder of four students at the University of Idaho.
In the case of the latter, both titles are now available to stream on the 2025 TV schedule, though the true crime series is packaged in different ways. The Idaho Student Murders is a 90-minute feature that is available with a Peacock subscription, while One Night In Idaho: The College Murders (featured in the library for those with a Prime Video subscription) is a three-part limited series.
