45 Best Murder Podcasts (Crime)

1. Serial

Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. 'Serial' began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show 'This American Life.' In 2020, we joined the New York Times Company. Our shows have reached many millions of listeners and have won nearly every major journalism award for audio, including the first-ever Peabody Award given to a podcast.
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Facebook Followers 427.5KTwitter Followers 301.8KInstagram Followers 56.5K Frequency 3 episodes / quarter Avg Length 50 min Since Oct 2013 Play Get Email Contact

2. Small Town Murder

Two comedians look at a small town, what makes it tick, and a murder that took place there. In depth research, horrible tragedy, and the hosts' comedic spin on the whole thing. New episodes every Thursday!!
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Facebook Followers 76.9KTwitter Followers 48.9KInstagram Followers 29.2K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 122 min Play Get Email Contact

3. Morbid

It's a lighthearted nightmare in here, weirdos! Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist. Join us for a heavy dose of research with a dash of comedy thrown in for flavor.
wondery.com
Facebook Followers 195.2KTwitter Followers 126.4KInstagram Followers 872.1K Frequency 3 episodes / week Avg Length 74 min Play Get Email Contact

4. Somebody

When Shapearl Wells's son Courtney is found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound, Shapearl immediately distrusts the official narrative. So she launches her own investigation into her son's murder and teams up with journalists from the Invisible Institute to confront the cops and find the truth about Courtney's death.
theintercept.com
Facebook Followers 564.5KTwitter Followers 874KInstagram Followers 231.8K Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 27 min Play Get Email Contact

5. Morning Cup of Murder

Ever wonder what murder took place on today's date in true crime history? If so, sit back and grab a cup of coffee as you enjoy your daily dose of TC goodness. Your host, Korina Biemesderfer, guides you through history with tales of murder, abduction, serial killers, crimes of passion, cults, and more in this short form daily true crime podcast with over 600 episodes and counting.
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Frequency 6 episodes / week Avg Length 13 min Play Get Email Contact

6. Casefile True Crime

Fact is scarier than fiction. Subscribe to Casefile Premium to receive ad-free episodes released one week early, along with access to bonus Q&A's, our exclusive show 'Behind the Files', and more.
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Facebook Followers 71.6KTwitter Followers 57.8KInstagram Followers 77K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 60 min Since Jan 2016 Play Get Email Contact

7. Up and Vanished | True Crime Podcast

Up and Vanished is an investigative true crime podcast hosted by Atlanta filmmaker Payne Lindsey. Up and Vanished aims to tell compelling, true stories and give these cases the exposure they deserve.
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Facebook Followers 97.3KTwitter Followers 40.7KInstagram Followers 29.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 43 min Play Get Email Contact

8. RedHanded

RedHanded the podcast jumps headfirst into all manner of macabre madness. We cover everything from big-time serial killers (and those you may never have heard of), to hauntings, possessions, disturbing mysteries, bizarre whodunits, and basically anything that tickles our creepy fancy.
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Twitter Followers 19.7KInstagram Followers 133.9K Frequency 3 episodes / month Avg Length 61 min Play Get Email Contact

9. Over My Dead Body

Over My Dead Body is an anthology series about people who are pushed beyond their limits and do unspeakable things.Season 4: Gone Hunting - When Mike Williams vanishes on a hunting trip, the authorities presume he was eaten by alligators but one woman begins to suspect the true predators may lurk much closer to home. It sets her on a tireless crusade to uncover what really happened to Mike. A story about an obsessive love affair, a scandalous secret and a mother's battle for justice.Season 3: Fox Lake - A small town cop is gunned down in a swamp in the summer of 2015. He quickly became a martyr in the national media, until a dogged investigator uncovered the officer's bizarre and dark past. When the truth comes out, the townspeople must reconcile betrayal, corruption and the secrets of an American hero.Season 2: Joe vs. Carole - Joe Exotic is a man who devoted his life to raising and breeding exotic animals, but throughout his career, he's made a lot of enemies. Most notably Carole Baskin. The feud between them gets messy, vicious, and outrageous -- until both of them are pushed far beyond their limits. To listen to Over My Dead Body Season 2: 'Joe vs. Carole' listen on Amazon Music or subscribe to Wondery . Watch the television series based on the podcast 'Joe vs. Carole' streaming now on Peacock: smarturl.it/Joe_vs_CaroleSeason 1: Tally - When this 'perfect' couple's relationship falls apart, it leads to a bad breakup, a worse divorce, and a murder case involving a menagerie of high-priced lawyers and unexpected co-conspirators.Listen to Seasons 2 and 3 of Over My Dead Body exclusively, and ad-free, on Wondery or on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription. Join Wondery here: https://wonderyplus.com
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Facebook Followers 162.5KTwitter Followers 116.6KInstagram Followers 74.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 17 min Play Get Email Contact

10. Trace Evidence

Trace Evidence is a weekly true-crime podcast that focuses on unsolved cases, from chilling murders to missing persons. Join host Steven Pacheco as he examines each case, diving deep into the evidence and exploring the theories which revolve around them. For each unsolved case, there are the victims and their families, who want answers and the abductors and murders who hide the truth.
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Twitter Followers 13.7KInstagram Followers 9.1K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 70 min Play Get Email Contact

11. Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo

Where is Cleo? Taken by child welfare workers in the 1970's and adopted in the U.S., the young Cree girl's family believes she was raped and murdered while hitchhiking back home to Saskatchewan. CBC news investigative reporter Connie Walker joins the search to find out what really happened to Cleo.For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.
cbc.ca
Facebook Followers 7.4KTwitter Followers 12.8KInstagram Followers 11.2K Frequency 3 episodes / year Avg Length 40 min Since Oct 2016 Play Get Email Contact

12. And That's Why We Drink

Murder and the paranormal finally meet! Grab your wine and milkshakes and join us every Sunday for some chilling ghost stories and downright terrifying true crime stories. The world's a scary place. And that's why we drink!
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Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 119 min Play Get Email Contact

13. Death of a Starlet

In August of 1980, Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten was found dead at just 20 years old. She was the girl next door with the shy smile and whispery voice who didn't know her own beauty. To Hugh Hefner, she was his next Marilyn Monroe. To famed director Peter Bogdonovich, she was his muse. And to her husband, Paul Snider, she was his ticket to fame and fortune. All three ambitious men adored her. Only one of them murdered her. How did Dorothy's Hollywood dreams lead to her death?From Wondery, and the team behind the hit series Hollywood & Crime (The Dating Game Killer, The Wonderland Murders) comes a six-part series about love, sex and murder. Co-hosted by Tracy Pattin and Josh Lucas.All episodes of Death of a Starlet are available now. You can binge the series ad-free on Wondery or on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.
wondery.com
Facebook Followers 162.5KTwitter Followers 116.6KInstagram Followers 74.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 7 min Play Get Email Contact

14. Ridiculous Crime

True Crime is more than blood, guts, mayhem, and murder. Zaron Burnett and Elizabeth Dutton share outlandish tales of capers, heists, and cons that shine a light on the absurd and outrageous side of criminality. Always 99% murder-free and 100% ridiculous, this is Ridiculous Crime, a podcast by iHeartRadio.
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Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 52 min Play Get Email Contact

15. The Black Dahlia Serial Killers

Hollywood and Crime is a ground-breaking true crime series about the most infamous murders in Tinseltown history.In The Black Dahlia Serial Killers, host Tracy Pattin investigates the sensational unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short. Known as the Black Dahlia, Short was a star-struck young woman whose body was found completely severed at the waist in January 1947. Many remember her tragic story, yet few know that more than a dozen other women died in similar circumstances around that same time.All episodes are available now. You can binge the series exclusively, and ad-free, on Wondery or on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription. 
wondery.com
Facebook Followers 162.5KTwitter Followers 116.6KInstagram Followers 74.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 7 min Since Dec 2016 Play Get Email Contact

16. Killer Queens

A light True Crime podcast with killer 90's references. Hosted by sisters Tori and Tyrella who get together bi-weekly to discuss a different case straight from the headlines or news feed. If you like to hear 90's lingo, friends quotes, and the occasional curse word in your true crime stories, then this is the show for you.
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Facebook Followers 7.7KTwitter Followers 980Instagram Followers 24.9K Frequency 5 episodes / month Avg Length 65 min Since Aug 2017 Play Get Email Contact

17. Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories

Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories is a podcast drama with a modern twist on old time radio that delves into the mystery of true cold cases and unsolved murders. With the help of an ensemble cast, follow our hosts as they take you on an entertaining journey through the crime scene, the investigation and attempt to solve the case. With many surprising plot twists, it's important you start listening from the first episode of a cold case. New episodes are released every Tuesday. Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories is a Spotify Original.
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Facebook Followers 46.7KTwitter Followers 29.7KInstagram Followers 57.4K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 42 min Play Get Email Contact

18. The Murder In My Family

Murder is a crime of many victims. It affects not only the murdered but also those who loved them. The Murder in My Family tells the effects of murder from the perspective of the family members of the victims and shows how they, too, are victims in this terrible crime.
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Facebook Followers 9.1KTwitter Followers 4.6K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 53 min Play Get Email Contact

19. Which Murderer?

Which Murderer talks about the methods, motives, and background to murderers and their victims, covering two crimes per episode and debating from the victim's perspective which murderer we would pick to kill us if we HAD to choose. Hosted by Holly (the Canadian) and Gemma (the Scot) from Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Twitter Followers 590Instagram Followers 660 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 31 min Play Get Email Contact

20. Crime Junkie

If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you've found your people.
crimejunkiepodcast.com
Facebook Followers 403.9KTwitter Followers 140KInstagram Followers 1.2M Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 51 min Play Get Email Contact

21. All Killa No Filla

Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard - McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers. Each episode the pair will talk about all things murder and macabre and have a right laugh doing it.
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Facebook Followers 14.9KTwitter Followers 16.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 60 min Since Oct 2014 Play Get Email Contact

22. Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper

It's a cold case like no other. In the fall of 1888, five women were brutally murdered in the slums of London. The attacks were so violent that the killer earned a nickname - Jack the Ripper.But everything you think you know about Jack and those murdered women is wrong.Historian Hallie Rubenhold uncovers new facts about the five victims - revealing the appalling treatment they faced as women in the 1880s, and completely overturning the accepted Ripper story.
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Facebook Followers 20.1KTwitter Followers 13.6KInstagram Followers 17.2K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 31 min Play Get Email Contact

23. Serial Killers

Get a rare glimpse into the minds and methods of sadistic murderers. From notorious names like Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy to lesser-known killers like 'Death House Landlady' Dorothea Puente, what turns a regular person into a predator? Serial Killers is a Spotify Original. New episodes Mondays.
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Facebook Followers 46.7KTwitter Followers 29.7KInstagram Followers 57.4K Frequency 5 episodes / month Avg Length 41 min Since Feb 2017 Play Get Email Contact

24. Texas Monthly True Crime: Stephenville

From the moment Susan Woods was found dead at home in the summer of 1987, everyone in Stephenville, Texas including the police was certain she'd been killed by her estranged husband. That left the real culprit free to prey on others.Best-selling author Bryan Burrough returns to his small-town Texas roots to explore a murder case that went cold for nearly two decades. Only now, after discovering a voice from beyond the grave, can the whole story finally be told a story about the secrets that got buried, and how some folks in this town helped keep them that way.
spreaker.com
Facebook Followers 456.8KTwitter Followers 234.3KInstagram Followers 377K Frequency 8 episodes / year Avg Length 30 min Play Get Email Contact

25. Black Girl Gone: A True Crime Podcast

True crime with a new focus...shining a light on the all too often ignored cases of Black women who have gone missing or have fallen victim to murder.Each episode takes you on a heart wrenching journey through the stories of these women and the families they left behind. Join us as we work to uncover hidden truths and bring the stories of these women to the forefront.Together we can seek justice for the forgotten and give a voice to the voiceless.New episodes every Monday.
blackgirlgonepodcast.com
Facebook Followers 7.9KTwitter Followers 1.6KInstagram Followers 78.6K Frequency 5 episodes / month Avg Length 35 min Play Get Email Contact

26. Atlanta Monster

From the producers of Up and Vanished, Tenderfoot TV and HowStuffWorks present, 'Atlanta Monster.' This true crime podcast tells the story of one of the city's darkest secrets, The Atlanta Child Murders. Nearly 40 years after these horrific crimes, many questions still remain. Host Payne Lindsey aims to find truth and provide closure, reexamining the disappearance and murder of over 25 African American children and young adults.
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Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 22 min Play Get Email Contact

27. Killer Fun Crime and Entertainment

Killer Fun explores the intersection of crime and entertainment. A couple of times a month we watch a television show, or movie, read a book, play a game or delve into other forms of entertainment that involve crime - both real and fictional. Join Christy and Jackie for some well-researched facts - and laughs - every episode.
killerfunpodcast.com
Facebook Followers 2.1KTwitter Followers 387Instagram Followers 165 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 61 min Play Get Email Contact

28. Bear Brook

Two barrels, four bodies, and an enigmatic killer. The cold case that changed the way murders will be investigated forever.
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Frequency 12 episodes / year Avg Length 29 min Play Get Email Contact

29. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

Lifelong fans of true crime stories Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark tell each other their favorite tales of murder and hear hometown crime stories from friends and fans.
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Facebook Followers 498.6KTwitter Followers 343.5KInstagram Followers 910.9K Play Get Email Contact

30. Someone Knows Something

Someone Knows Something is a true-crime series from CBC Podcasts, hosted by a seasoned investigator and award-winning documentarian David Ridgen.
cbc.ca/radio/sks
Facebook Followers 50.7KTwitter Followers 15.1KInstagram Followers 466.8K Frequency 6 episodes / year Avg Length 36 min Since Mar 2016 Play Get Email Contact

31. Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia

When Elizabeth Short, also known as The Black Dahlia, was brutally killed in 1947, it gripped the entire country. More than 70 years later, it remains America's most infamous unsolved murder. Many believe Dr. George Hodel was the killer, thanks to an investigation by Hodel's own son. But murder is just part of the Hodel family story, one filled with horrifying secrets that ripple across generations.
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Facebook Followers 310.2KTwitter Followers 163.8K Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 35 min Play Get Email Contact

32. The Clearing

When April Balascio was 40 years old, something she would feared for decades was finally proven true. Her father, Edward Wayne Edwards, really was a murderer. The Clearing is about what came after April called a detective in 2009 to tell him about her suspicions a call that led to her father arrest and eventual conviction on multiple murders and tracks the emotional journey as she and host Josh Dean dig back into her childhood, unravel the truth of her father life, and overturn a viral online narrative that had turned Edward Wayne Edwards into a kind of serial killer caricature.
gimletmedia.com
Facebook Followers 29.8KTwitter Followers 83.7KInstagram Followers 40.7K Since Jul 2019 Play Get Email Contact

33. S-Town

S-Town is a podcast hosted by Brian Reed from Serial Productions, a New York Times company. The story follows a man named John who despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it. He asks Brian to investigate the son of a wealthy family who's allegedly been bragging that he got away with murder. But when someone else ends up dead, the search for the truth leads to a nasty feud, a hunt for hidden treasure, and an unearthing of the mysteries of one man's life.
stownpodcast.org
Facebook Followers 98.7KTwitter Followers 31K Play Get Email Contact

34. Criminal

Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who've done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. Hosted by Phoebe Judge. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
thisiscriminal.com
Facebook Followers 39.6KTwitter Followers 37.3KInstagram Followers 53.9K Frequency 20 episodes / year Avg Length 38 min Play Get Email Contact

35. Murder, My Dude

A podcast taking a weekly look at real and fictional murders, murderers, and mur-diddly-urderers. my dude.
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Twitter Followers 90Instagram Followers 45.1K Frequency 18 episodes / year Avg Length 101 min Since Oct 2018 Play Get Email Contact

36. Nothing Rhymes With Murder

Join Kate and Georgie on a global journey of murder. Every week a new country and true crime gems as well as fun hotspots to visit.
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Facebook Followers 1.3KTwitter Followers 2.4K Play Get Email Contact

37. Death in Ice Valley

An unidentified body. Who was she? Why hasn't she been missed? A BBC World Service and NRK original podcast, investigating a mystery unsolved for almost half a century.
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38. The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow

For the past two years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow has been following a trail of clues from his investigation of Harvey Weinstein to other blockbuster stories about the systems that protect powerful men accused of terrible crimes in Hollywood, Washington, and beyond.
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39. Mystery Twins Detective Agency

An international murder mystery podcast! Liam and Regan chat about TV murder mysteries and detective drama and try to crack the case before the fictional detectives can. Join them on their journey to become the world's best TV-Detectives.
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Twitter Followers 55 Since Apr 2017 Play Get Email Contact

40. Bonaparte

It's been 25 years since Anne Champion's friend was killed, but the case was never solved. When Anne, now a prominent Manhattan attorney, gets an unexpected phone call from an old friend, it compels her to return to Iowa, her childhood home, to try and piece together the events around Laura Van Wyhe's mysterious death.
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Instagram Followers 785 Play Get Email Contact

41. Anatomy of Murder

A murder case has many layers: the victim, the crime, and the investigation. To truly understand it, you need to dissect each piece of a tragic puzzle. Join Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger every Wednesday for an insider's perspective, as they reveal to you the Anatomy of Murder.
anatomyofmurder.com
Facebook Followers 2.3KTwitter Followers 1.5KInstagram Followers 19K Frequency 5 episodes / year Avg Length 40 min Play Get Email Contact

42. Son of a Hitman

In this multi-part limited series, host and journalist Jason Cavanagh conducts a real-time investigation into the murders, crimes, and conspiracies of hitman, Charles Harrelson, father to actor Woody Harrelson. The investigation will uncover new evidence never shared before, but seeking the truth comes at a risk. There may be people out there - serious, dangerous people - who have an interest in keeping Charles Harrelson's secrets buried. Listen to episode 2 and future episodes only on Spotify. Produced by Spotify Studios and Tradecraft in association with High Five Content. 
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43. Run, Bambi, Run

Laurie Bembenek was a Milwaukee police officer and Playboy Club bunny before being arrested for the murder of her husband's ex-wife, a crime she insisted she did not commit. Nicknamed 'Bambi Bembenek,' she became a tabloid fixation, a feminist cause célèbre, and, after she escaped from prison, an American folk hero, though she was never exonerated. Journalist and Campside Media co-founder Vanessa Grigoriadis takes a fresh look at the case Diane Sawyer called the 'most glamorous murder case of the 1980s.'
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Frequency 1 episode / year Avg Length 26 min Play Get Email Contact

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