List of American crime podcasts
This is a list of American crime podcasts. True crime podcasts were popularized in the United States by Serial, which debuted in 2014.[1]
List
| Podcast | Year | Topic/person covered | Host | Produced by | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Monster | 2018–2020 | Atlanta murders of 1979–1981 | Payne Lindsey | HowStuffWorks, Tenderfoot TV | [2] |
| Bear Brook | 2018–present | The Allenstown Four and Sharon Johnson | Jason Moon | New Hampshire Public Radio | [3] |
| The Coldest Case in Laramie | 2023 | 1985 murder of Shelli Wiley in Laramie, Wyoming | Kim Barker | Serial Productions and The New York Times | [4] |
| Crime Junkie | 2017–present | Various | Ashley Flowers | Audiochuck | [5] |
| Crime Writers On | 2014–present | Various | Rebecca Lavoie, Kevin Flynn, Toby Ball, Lara Bricker. | Partners in Crime Media | [6] |
| Crimetown | 2016–2019 | Organized crime | Marc Smerling, Zac Stuart-Pontier | Gimlet Media | [7] |
| Criminal | 2014–present | Various | Phoebe Judge | Radiotopia | [8] |
| Culpable | 2019 | Christian Andreacchio | Dennis Cooper | Black Mountain Media, Tenderfoot TV, Resonate Recordings, Cadence13 | [9] |
| Darknet Diaries | 2017–present | Internet crime, hackers, cryptocurrency | Jack Rhysider | Jack Rhysider | [10] |
| Deathbed Confessions | 2021- 2023 | Deathbed confessions | Addison Nugent | Parcast | [11] |
| Dateline NBC | 2019–present | Various | NBC News | [12] | |
| Disappearances | 2021- 2023 | Disappearances | Sarah Turney | Parcast | [13] |
| Disgraceland | 2018- | Crimes involving musicians | Jake Brennan | Double Elvis Productions | [14] |
| Dr. Death | 2018–present | Christopher Duntsch, Farid Fata, Paolo Macchiarini | Laura Beil | Wondery | [15] |
| Ear Hustle | 2017–present | San Quentin State Prison | Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor | Radiotopia | [16] |
| Gangster Capitalism | 2019–present | 2019 college admissions bribery scandal | Andrew Jenks | Cadence13 | [17] |
| Generation Why | 2012–present | Various | Aaron, Justin | Wondery | [18] |
| Heaven's Gate | 2017 | Heaven's Gate cult | Glynn Washington | Stitcher | [19] |
| In the Dark | 2016–2020 | Jacob Wetterling, Curtis Flowers | Madeleine Baran | American Public Media | [20] |
| Jensen & Holes: The Murder Squad | 2019–2022 | Cold cases | Paul Holes, Billy Jensen | Exactly Right | [21] |
| Killer Role | 2021 | Wyn Reed | Keith Morrison | NBC News | [22] |
| The Last Podcast on the Left | 2011–present | Various | Ed Larson, Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski | The Last Podcast Network | [23] |
| Mommy Doomsday | 2021 | Lori Vallow | Keith Morrison | NBC News | [24] |
| Monster: The Zodiac Killer | 2019–2020 | Zodiac Killer | Payne Lindsey | iHeartRadio, Tenderfoot TV | [25] |
| Monster: DC Sniper | 2019–2020 | DC Sniper | Tony Harris | iHeartRadio, Tenderfoot TV | [26] |
| Morbid: A True Crime Podcast | 2018–present | Various | Ash Kelley, Alaina Urquhart | True Crime | [27] |
| Motive | 2019– 2023 | Frank Main | Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ | [28] | |
| My Favorite Murder | 2016–present | Various | Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark | Exactly Right | [29] |
| No Place Like Home | 2021 | Judy Garland Museum ruby slipper heist of 2005 | Seyward Darby, Ariel Ramchandani | Cadence13 | [30] |
| Over My Dead Body | 2019–2020 | Dan Markel, Joe Exotic | Matthew Shaer, Robert Moor | Wondery | [31] |
| Room 20 | 2019 | Omar Salgado | Joanne Faryon | Wondery, Los Angeles Times, Neon Hum Media | [32][33] |
| Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia | 2019 | Black Dahlia | Yvette Gentile, Rasha Pecoraro | Cadence13, TNT | [34][35] |
| S-Town | 2017 | John B. McLemore | Brian Reed | Serial Productions | [36] |
| Serial | 2014–2021 | Various | Sarah Koenig | Serial Productions | [37] |
| Somebody | 2020 | Courtney Copeland | Shapearl Wells | iHeartRadio, Tenderfoot TV, The Intercept | [38] |
| The Shrink Next Door | 2019–2021 | Isaac Herschkopf | Joe Nocera | Wondery | [39] |
| The Thing About Pam | 2019–2021 | Pam Hupp, Betsy Faria, Shirley Mae Neumann, Louis Gumpenberger | Keith Morrison | Dateline NBC | [40] |
| The Trials of Frank Carson | 2021 | Frank Carson | Christopher Goffard | Los Angeles Times | [41] |
| The Vanished | 2016–present | Missing-persons cases | Marissa Jones | Wondery | [42] |
| This Land | 2019– 2023 | Sharp v. Murphy | Rebecca Nagle | Crooked Media | [43] |
| To Live and Die in L.A. | 2019– 2023 | Adea Shabani, Elaine Park | Neil Strauss | Cadence13 | [44] |
| Trust Me | 2020–present | Cults, extreme belief, and the abuse of power | Lola Blanc, Meagan Elizabeth | PodcastOne | [45] |
| Up and Vanished | 2016–present | Various | Payne Lindsey | Cadence13 | [46][47][48] |
| Wine & Crime | 2017–present | General | Lucy Fitzgerald, Kenyon Laing, Amanda Jacobson | Wine & Crime | [49] |
See also
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