13 Celebrities Who Make Surprising Cameos in True-Crime Stories

You know the feeling. You got the kids to bed, you cracked a box of wine, and you sat down to your favorite true-crime show when all of a sudden Ashton Kutcher rears his slightly weathered Kelso-lookin’ mug. How did this incredibly low budget Investigation Discovery show land an A-lister like him? Well, they didn’t. Your kid-fueled sleep deprivation and that third sip of that burgundy bliss has you imagining things. Go to sleep. Then dream of a world where this is possible. Here, we’ll help.

We all hear that celebrities are just like you and we, and in some cases that’s a crock of horse shit, but in other cases (literal case files in a detective’s desk), they’re like us in that they too find themselves involved in criminal activity. Right, guys? Right? We’re not talkin’ about your run of the mill Lindsay Lohan mug shot for whatever club-related silliness she got up to. We mustered up a cluster of celebrities who were somehow mixed up with kidnapping, assault, and even murder. Here are 13 celebrities who (if the ID channel got off their lazy asses and produced one) would make surprising cameos in a true-crime series.

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