20 Best Family Friendly True Crime Podcasts

1. The Vanished Podcast

The Vanished is a true crime podcast that explores the stories of those who have gone missing. The Vanished goes beyond conventional news reports to take a deep dive into the story of a different missing person each week. Host Marissa Jones brings you exclusive interviews with family members, friends, law enforcement and experts. What will The Vanished uncover next?All episodes are available for free. Listen ad-free on Wondery or on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.
Podcast thevanishedpodcast.com
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 66.4KTwitter Followers 24.2KInstagram Followers 34K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 69 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Dark Downeast

Dark Downeast: Maine and New England's True Crime Podcast digs into the decades-old and modern day cases that prickle the history of Vacationland and beyond the unsolved homicides, undetermined deaths, unexplained disappearances and other dark stories of New England. Investigative journalist and storyteller Kylie Low gets straight to the story with a mix of narrated episodes and documentary style production featuring interviews with surviving family and friends and insight on the investigations from detectives and sources who know these cases best.
Podcast darkdowneast.com
Host Kylie Low
Producer/Network audiochuck
Email ****@darkdowneast.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 3KTwitter Followers 378Instagram Followers 19K Frequency 7 episodes/year Avg Length 40 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. PARTNERS IN TRUE CRIME

WHO WE ARE: We have produced some of your favorite true crime television shows for Discovery, Oxygen, A&E and now we are going to do a deep dive investigation into the unsolved cases that have haunted us. Season 1 is WHO KILLED MOLLY MILLER and COLT HAYNES, Season 2: The Killing Hour with SCOTT BONN, Season 3: SERIAL KILLER WHISPERER WITH LAURA BRAND.
Podcast partnersintruecrime.com
Hosts Cindy Dorfmann, Rob Dorfmann
Producer/Network Rob and Cindy Dorfmann
Email ****@strongislandfilms.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 660Twitter Followers 23Instagram Followers 245 Frequency 11 episodes/year Avg Length 59 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. The Path Went Chilly

Welcome to The Path Went Chilly where Robin Warder from The Trail Went Cold will discuss his favorite cases with friends Dr. Jules from Riddle Me That! True Crime and Criminologist Dr. Ashley Wellman. This will be a deep dive and a fresh perspective, join us as we descend deeper down the rabbit hole & examine these unsolved cases with compassionate consideration towards the families left behind.
Podcast spreaker.com
Host Dr. Ashley Wellman
Producer/Network Robin Jules Ashley TPWC
Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 2.3K Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 52 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

5. Without Warning Podcast®

Without Warning Podcast® Crowdsourcing Justice is a true crime in real-time. This podcast goes behind the scenes with renowned private investigator Sheila Wysocki as she pulls back the curtain on official police investigations of real, tragic deaths that just don't add up.
Podcast sheilawysocki.com
Producer/Network Without Warning Podcast®
Email ****@sheilawysocki.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 18.3KTwitter Followers 7KInstagram Followers 4.6K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 26 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. True Crime Chronicles w/ LB

This is a podcast focusing on all types of true crime: solved cases, unsolved, missing and survivor stories. I became an R.N in 2007 and received my AAS in criminal investigations in 2009 in order to become a SANE nurse. I interned with my father, one of the top Forensic Consultants in the country. I am a DV/SA survivor who fought relentlessly to have my attacker brought to justice. I am a friend to victims who have lost their lives, some received justice and some have not. I've been there as their families fought for their loved ones. Now I want to talk about it & I hope you want to join me!
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Producer/Network Lynndsay Blassingame
Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 2KInstagram Followers 1.1K Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 59 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

7. Social Detective

Dog mom. Baker. True crime podcast maker. Retired criminologist & boozy baker investigating unsolved crimes in Kansas & beyond. Behind every podcast there is a victim. Their families, friends & loved ones. They are left looking for answers. It's our job to treat their cases with respect, integrity & compassion. Cases get solved by keeping the victim & details of the case active on social media. Bringing widespread visibility to a case can bring answers and potentially stop additional crimes.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network Social Detective
Email ****@icloud.com
Facebook Followers 310Twitter Followers 1.7KInstagram Followers 1.8K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

8. Dying to be Found

Meet Deb. A true crime enthusiast who pulls family members into her web of tales whether they want to hear them or not. She's kind of convincing that way! We go across state lines and international borders to not only bring you a variety of family members who double as co-hosts, but we also deliver true crime stories that are left open to interpretation. Dying to be Found has the perfect combination of facts and storytelling that will want you coming back for more!
Podcast rss.com
Producer/Network Deborah Norman
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 54Twitter Followers 378Instagram Followers 1.3K Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. Campfire Crime Chronicles

The Campfire Crime Chronicles is true crime podcast that takes dives into true crime in NJ, FL, and WV, as well as other cases around the country. We follow cases that are well known and not so well known.
Podcast spreaker.com
Producer/Network Campfire Crime Chronicles
Email ****@campfirecrimechronicles.com
Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 31 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

10. Who Dunnit Sisters

Kansas City True Crime Cases hosted by sisters Hether and Haley. Hether, an administrator with The Doe Network, has 12 years of experience volunteering with families of missing persons. A friend of Haley's stepson was murdered in 2016. After his death, she founded 'We Are His Voice', a call-to-action community group pursuing justice for Kansas City's crime victims. The sisters discuss missing person and unsolved murder cases in the Kansas City area and include interviews with family members of the victim's when possible.
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Host Hether
Producer/Network Hether & Haley
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 314Twitter Followers 13Instagram Followers 460 Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 19 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. She's Missing

'She's Missing' strives to show the miraculous story of Megan's kidnapping, featuring candid interviews with family, friends, and authorities. This documentary-style narrative is not just about the investigation but the impact on those connected to Megan. The podcast also raises intriguing parallels between Megan's case and the disappearance of Amber Hoopes.
Podcast shesmissingpodcast.com
Host Emily Downey
Producer/Network Search Party Media LLC.
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 104Instagram Followers 88 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 20 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

12. Cocktails, Mocktails, and Crime

Four lifelong friends and family members enjoy drinks while dissecting true crime stories from all over the New England region.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Producer/Network Jill Markley
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 3.9 / 5Facebook Followers 430Twitter Followers 4 Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

13. True Crime Arizona - Lori Vallow Podcast

She was the perfect wife and mother for decades, until something changed. Lori Vallow is now connected in some way to six violent or mysterious deaths. A former husband, an estranged husband, two of her children, her brother and her new husband's then-wife all dead.
Podcast azfamily.com
Producer/Network Briana Whitney
Email ****@azfamily.com
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 1MTwitter Followers 292.5KInstagram Followers 178.7K Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

14. True Crime Real Time

This show explores some of the more difficult to solve cases in the Southern Ontario (Canada) area, which remain unresolved to this day. Join your host as she explores the community and facts surrounding each case. Each case features a unique site visit description and various interviews with either friends, family members, law enforcement or specialists.
Podcast truecrimerealtimepod.com
Producer/Network Genevieve Germaine
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 817Twitter Followers 4.8KInstagram Followers 1.1K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

15. Strictly Crime

Alex here with Strictly Crime, this podcast is all about your favorite True Crime stories, spooky tales, and mysteries! My goal is to educate on the tragedies of the victims while also giving a light hearted feel. With sometimes special guests get to know me, my friends and family! If you like True crime or anything of that nature this place is for you.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network Strictly Crime
Email ****@yahoo.com
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16. Pop Crime

Pop Crime is a combination pop culture/true crime podcast that seeks to entertain, enlighten, and lightly inform.
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Producer/Network Pop Crime
Email ****@privaterelay.appleid.com
Twitter Followers 3Instagram Followers 53 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

17. No Activity

'No Activity' is a new true crime podcast in the pursuit of justice for cold cases that have sat idle for far too long. The show will feature exclusive audio interviews with law enforcement, experts, advocates and of course, above everything else, families and friends of the victims because who better to tell you about them than the people who knew them best?
Podcast spreaker.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 20Instagram Followers 179 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

18. The Twilight Terrors

Welcome to our podcast called The Twilight Terrors! Our names are Laken and Julia, and we have been friends our whole lives. Both of us have grown up to love true crime, so we only thought it would be fitting to create a true crime podcast. We hope you join us to talk about relevant true crime cases and become a part of the Twilight Terrors family!
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Frequency 4 episodes/year Avg Length 22 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact