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Jan 5, 2024 · A list of the best true-crime podcasts to stream in 2024, covering various types of crimes, investigations, and perspectives. Find out which podcasts are funny, comprehensive, exposé, or gripping.
- Anna Kaplan
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- 'Bear Brook' It starts with a gruesome scene: four bodies — three children and one woman — found stuffed into two blue barrels near Bear Brook State Park in New Hampshire.
- 'Missing and Murdered' This podcast focuses on the unsolved and often grossly underlooked murder cases of Indigenous women and girls. "Missing and Murdered," hosted by Cree journalist Connie Walker, digs into these cases across thousands of miles, taking listeners on a journey through living rooms and onto reservations to investigate the cases.
- 'Someone Knows Something' When a podcast has eight seasons, you know they’re onto something. And in this case, someone does know something. Host David Ridgen extensively investigates anything, from a man who received a package around the holidays with the note, "Have a very Merry Christmas and may you never have to buy another flashlight," and when he turned the flashlight on it exploded, to an OBGYN who was shot and killed in his home in 1998, seemingly for performing abortions.
- 'Court Junkie' In "Court Junkie," each episode focuses on one case, taking elements from criminal trials, court documents and interviews of those close to the case, leaving listeners to decide if the justice system worked.
Apr 13, 2024 · The podcasts included on this list are based on popularity, listener data from top podcast charts, online buzz and uniqueness of the subject matter. 25. Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast (2020 ...
- Toni Fitzgerald
- Serial. When it premiered in 2014, Serial didn’t just introduce a new format of audio storytelling — one chapter of a story each week — it ushered podcasts themselves into the mainstream.
- Dirty John. In the wake of the success of Serial, media outlets and podcast producers spent years scrambling to find the next big true-crime thriller — preferably, one that could be adapted into various creative formats, translating into big bucks for everyone involved.
- My Favorite Murder. If Serial sparked a demand for crime podcasts, My Favorite Murder poured gasoline on the trend when it premiered in 2016. For good or ill, it ushered crime fanaticism directly into the mainstream, making it cool to be obsessed with serial killers and their macabre crimes.
- Criminal. Launched in 2014, the same year as Serial, this University of North Carolina-produced podcast (now on the Vox network) takes a different approach than its more famous counterpart: Instead of following one story, to get to the bottom of it, each 40-minute episode covers a different case, focusing more on the emotional resonance of it for the people involved than the forensic facts.
- Serial. We can’t talk about the best true crime podcasts without mentioning Serial. Its first season launched in October 2014, and many consider it the first true crime podcast that brought the genre to the mainstream.
- Crime Junkie. If you want a true crime podcast that leaves you on the edge of your seat but still feels like you’re chatting with your friends, then Crime Junkie is the podcast for you.
- Morbid: A True Crime Podcast. If you like your true crime with a dash of sidebar humor, add Morbid: A True Crime Podcast to your podcast list. Morbid is hosted by Boston-based aunt-and-niece duo Alaina and Ash (who actually consider themselves sisters).
- My Favorite Murder. My Favorite Murder is another true crime podcast that incorporates humor into its storytelling. It’s hosted by comedians Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, who keep it respectful while simultaneously making you laugh.
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