PlotClip · AI true crime video generator
AI true crime video generator
Name a case — "the Somerton Man" — or a shape of story — "a bank vault that was empty before the robbery" — and get back a narrated vertical short: a script researched from the published record, a measured voiceover, documentary-style frames and word-level captions. The sources are listed with the video. Your first short is free, no card required.
From one topic to a finished short
A named case, a place and a year, or just the shape of a mystery. You pick the look and the length.
Before a word of script exists, PlotClip searches published reporting and records. What the record supports becomes the story; rumours and debunked details are left out. If the research cannot confirm the case happened as described, the video is not presented as a true story.
Nothing goes live until you approve it. Download the MP4 and post it yourself, or connect an account and schedule it.
Four ways to shoot a case
A cold case, a heist and a disappearance do not carry the same weight, so they should not look the same. Documentary realism, surveillance stills, vintage black-and-white and a noir graphic style each frame the record differently.
Documentary
Surveillance
Vintage record
Noir graphicEvery number on screen came from a source
True crime has a trust problem: stories drift from the record one retelling at a time. PlotClip writes from researched sources and lists them with the video. Dates, amounts and timelines can only come from what the research found — and the pipeline is tested with cases that sound plausible but never happened, which it must refuse to present as true. Details the record has debunked are excluded, and an unsolved case is allowed to stay unsolved instead of getting a manufactured ending.
Cases that work as a short
Sixty seconds rewards one strong thread, not a full documentary. These shapes carry:
- A cold case with one physical object at its centre — a code page, a key, a locked door
- A heist where the mechanism is the star — how it was done, step by step
- A disappearance with a clean timeline and one detail that never fit
- A verdict that turned on something small
- A case everyone thinks they know, where the record says otherwise
What you get
| Output | Vertical 1080×1920 MP4, captions burned in, narration and sound mixed |
|---|---|
| Where it fits | YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels |
| Sourcing | Every video lists the sources the script was written from |
| Free tier | First short on us, no card — free shorts carry a PlotClip watermark |
| AI disclosure | Labelled as AI-generated on every platform we publish to; it is not optional |
| Your approval | Required for every video before it is scheduled or published |
One short is a video. A rhythm is a channel.
Facts channels live on cadence: the audience follows because the next one arrives. Set a posting rhythm and the next shorts queue up for your review, so you are not starting from a blank page every week. That is the part a one-off generator cannot do for you.
More on the thinking behind this: how often should you post? · why consistency beats virality
Questions people ask
Is every video based on a real case?
Videos are researched before they are written, and the sources are listed. If the research cannot verify that the case happened as described, PlotClip does not present it as a true story — that guard is tested deliberately with convincing-sounding cases that never happened.
How do you handle unsolved or contested cases?
The script stays with the documented record: what is known, what was ruled out, and what remains open. Debunked details are excluded even when they are the famous part of the story, and open questions are told as open questions.
Is it graphic?
No. The style is restraint — the dread is in the timeline, the object, the last known movement. Violence stays off screen, which is also what the platforms expect of the format.
Is it free?
To start, yes. Sign in with Google, no card, first short on us. Free shorts carry a PlotClip watermark. Paid plans render clean videos and open soon — see the plans.
Can I post them to YouTube Shorts and TikTok?
Yes. You get the MP4 and can post it anywhere yourself. Scheduling straight to your own connected accounts is in beta — see how publishing works.
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