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50 Fascinating True Crime Podcasts You Need To Hear

Nov. 9, 2018 · www.newsweek.com

"However, there are still plenty of excellent true crime podcasts being produced, covering everything from art theft to Watergate. If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, or if you’re a true crime devotee looking for their next binge listen, we’ve compiled a list of fifty top-notch true crime podcasts, which manage to keep the listener gripped throughout."

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Serial

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Case 335: Linda Brown

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Caliphate

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An Examination of 'Caliphate'

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Cool Mules | Canadaland Investigates

By Canadaland

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In The Dark

By The New Yorker

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Gone Fishing

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They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

By They Walk Among Us

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Up and Vanished

By Tenderfoot TV

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Up and Vanished Weekly | VANISHED: Denise Griffin

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Accused

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The City

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Believed

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Bad Rap: Party's Over

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00:34:02

Atlanta Monster

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Payne Interviews Kerri Rawson, BTK's daughter (Part 2) [bonus]

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Criminal

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The Custom of the Sea

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Death in Ice Valley

By BBC World Service

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12. Anna and Angelina

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Ear Hustle

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The Loop Ep. 2: Who What Where

Oct. 22, 2025

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Eight Minutes - Who Killed David Breckenridge?

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Dear Rachelle - Australia's new true crime obsession

June 7, 2025 · transcript

00:37:56

Felonious Florida

By Felonious Florida

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George and Florence

Sept. 10, 2025

00:46:05

Dead Wrong

By The Courier-Mail

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Dear Rachelle - Australia's new true crime obsession

June 7, 2025 · transcript

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Darknet Diaries

By Jack Rhysider

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164: Oak Cliff Swipers

Oct. 7, 2025

01:28:04

Last Seen

By WBUR

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Introducing: What Remains from NHPR's Outside/In

Jan. 29, 2025

00:37:13

The Doorstep Murder

By BBC Radio Scotland

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Episode 8 - The Pub

Sept. 29, 2022

00:26:47

Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo

By CBC

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It didn’t end with Cleo. This custody case affects Indigenous kids today

Oct. 8, 2025

00:26:07

Shattered

By WDIV Local 4 and Graham Media Group

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Introducing Someone Knows Something

June 8, 2020

00:07:54

Unravel

By ABC listen

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08 Blood On The Tracks | Finally, a new inquest

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Zealot

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A message from Zealot

June 19, 2021

00:02:52

Unresolved

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Race Against Terror w/Jake Tapper

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Hollywood & Crime

By Wondery

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Oct. 20, 2025

00:04:53

Chasing Ghosts

By NZ Herald

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NZH Presents - Rainbow Warrior: A Forgotten History

July 9, 2025

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All Killa No Filla

By Kiri Pritchard - McLean

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All Killa No Filla - Episode 122 - Part 2 - Robert Berdella

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Heavy Metal

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Introducing: The Trial - Philip Polkinghorne

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Wrong Skin

By The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

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Introducing: Diagnosing Murder

Oct. 2, 2025

00:04:02

Missing Alissa

By Ottavia Zappala

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Update 8: Erased

Jan. 23, 2019

00:32:28

Untold: The Daniel Morgan Murder

By Duende Productions and Flameflower Studios

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Too Close for Comfort: New Evidence Connecting Daniel Morgan to another Violent Death

Oct. 9, 2018

00:24:20

Intrigue

By BBC Radio 4

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Intrigue: This feed has moved

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Phoebe's Fall

By The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

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Introducing: Diagnosing Murder

Sept. 30, 2025

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Canadian True Crime

By Kristi Lee | Canadian True Crime

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Beverley Rowbotham's Family Speaks Out: 25 Years Later

Oct. 25, 2025

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