20 Best True Crime Podcasts For Road Trips

1. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff

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My Favorite Murder is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Each week, Karen and Georgia share compelling true crimes and hometown stories from friends and listeners. Since MFM launched in January of 2016, Karen and Georgia have shared their lifelong interest in true crime and have covered stories of infamous serial killers like the Night Stalker, mysterious cold cases, captivating cults, incredible survivor stories and important events from history like the Tulsa race massacre of 1921...MORE Hosts Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark
Producer/Network Exactly Right Media – the original true crime comedy network
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook Followers 496.9KTwitter Followers 343.5KInstagram Followers 903.7K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 60 min Follow 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. Crime Junkie

Podcast https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/episodes/ Play
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If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you've found your people.
Hosts Ashley Flowers, Brit
Producer/Network audiochuck
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook Followers 403.9KTwitter Followers 140KInstagram Followers 1.2M Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 58 min Video Podcast YouTube
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3. Scam Goddess

Podcast https://www.earwolf.com/show/scam-goddess/ Play
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'Scam Goddess is a podcast dedicated to fraud and all those who practice it! Each week host Laci Mosley (aka Scam Goddess) keeps listeners up to date on current rackets, digs deep into the latest scams, and breaks down historic hoodwinks alongside some of your favorite comedians! It's like true crime only without all the death! True fun crime!'MORE Host Laci Mosley
Producer/Network SiriusXM Podcasts
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook Followers 24.6KTwitter Followers 12.3KInstagram Followers 42.3K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 73 min Follow Get Email Contact

4. Last Podcast

Podcast https://last-podcast-on-the-left.simplecast.com/ Play
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The Last Podcast On The Left covers all the horrors our world has to offer both imagined and real, from demons and slashers to cults and serial killers, The Last Podcast is guaranteed to satisfy your blood lust.MORE Hosts Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks
Producer/Network SiriusXM Podcasts
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 75 min Video Podcast YouTube
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5. Serial

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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.MORE Host Sarah Koenig
Producer/Network Serial Productions & The New York Times
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook Followers 427.5KTwitter Followers 301.8KInstagram Followers 58.2K Frequency 10 episodes/year Avg Length 45 min Since Oct 2013 Follow Get Email Contact

6. Casefile True Crime

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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.MORE Host Casey
Producer/Network Casefile Presents
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook Followers 71.6KTwitter Followers 57.8KInstagram Followers 81K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 62 min Since Jan 2016 Follow Get Email Contact

7. Missing

Podcast https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/GLSS9533070472 Play
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Missing is a true crime podcast that tells stories of missing people, homicides, and injustices. Starting in 2015 with the disappearance of Maura Murray, Missing has covered the vanishings of Brianna Maitland, Brandon Lawson, Phoenix Coldon, Trenny Gibson, Daniel Robinson, Jessica Stacks, Erica Franolich, Cieha Taylor, Calvin Johnny Hunt, Abbie Flynn, Tabitha Queen, Raymond Green, Alicia Markovich, Niqui McCown, Samantha Tapp, Archer Ray Johnson, Dale Williams, Morgan Bauer, Pepita Redhair and more mysteries in depth.MORE Host Tim Pilleri
Producer/Network Crawlspace Media
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Apple Rating 3.7/5Facebook Followers 19.4KTwitter Followers 12.8KInstagram Followers 7.3K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 66 min Video Podcast YouTube
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8. Up and Vanished Podcast

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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.MORE Host Payne Lindsey
Producer/Network Tenderfoot TV
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook Followers 97.3KTwitter Followers 40.7KInstagram Followers 29.2K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 44 min Follow Get Email Contact

9. American Scandal

Podcast https://wondery.com/shows/American-Scandal/ Play
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Every scandal begins with a lie. But the truth will come out. And then comes the fallout and the outrage.Scandals have shaped America since its founding. From business and politics to sports and society, we look on aghast as corruption, deceit and ambition bring down heroes and celebrities, politicians and moguls...MORE Host Lindsay Graham
Producer/Network Wondery
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook Followers 162.5KTwitter Followers 111.1KInstagram Followers 102.9K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 36 min Since Sep 2018 Video Podcast YouTube
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10. Ear Hustle

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Ear Hustle brings you the daily realities of life inside prison shared by those living it, and stories from the outside, post-incarceration. The podcast is a partnership between Nigel Poor, a Bay Area visual artist, and Earlonne Woods, formerly incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and was co-founded with former San Quentin resident Antwan Williams. The Ear Hustle team works in the San Francisco Bay Area, both in San Quentin State Prison's media lab and from offices on the outside, to produce stories that are sometimes difficult, often funny and always honest.MORE Host Ear Hustle
Producer/Network Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook Followers 29KTwitter Followers 25.8KInstagram Followers 72.3K Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 43 min Follow Get Email Contact

11. Southern Fried True Crime

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Erica Kelley is a native Tennessean exploring historical and contemporary true crime in the South. Southern charm is attempted but southern sass is bountiful. Join her as she shows you just how southern fried the justice system can be in the Deep South.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast,MORE Producer/Network Erica Kelley
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook Followers 23KTwitter Followers 9.4KInstagram Followers 16.2K Frequency 3 episodes/quarter Avg Length 52 min Follow Get Email Contact

12. Morning Cup of Murder

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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.MORE Host Korina Biemesderfer
Producer/Network Morning Cup of Murder
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 13 min Follow Get Email Contact

13. The Generation Why Podcast

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The Generation Why Podcast released its first episode in 2012 and pioneered the true crime genre in the podcasting world. Two friends, Aaron & Justin, break down theories and give their opinions on unsolved murders, controversies, mysteries and conspiracies.All episodes are available for free, with ad-free episodes available for Wondery subscribers.MORE Producer/Network Wondery
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Facebook Followers 29.8KTwitter Followers 27.3KInstagram Followers 38.6K Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 49 min Follow Get Email Contact

14. Paper Ghosts

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Deep in America's heartland, on a scorching July 4th weekend in 1981, an alarm went out the massive farmhouse of an Ohio family was engulfed in flames. All four residents were found dead. But was it the fire that killed them? In season 2 of PAPER GHOSTS, investigative journalist and bestselling true crime author M. William Phelps' search for answers takes a turn after the discovery of declassified documents and a cache of never-before-heard audio tapes help expose the dark truth behind what happened 40 years ago.MORE Host M. William Phelps
Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts
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Apple Rating 4.4/5 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 19 min Follow Get Email Contact

15. The Dropout

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Money. Romance. Tragedy. Deception. The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos is an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. How did her technology, meant to revolutionize healthcare, potentially put millions of patients at risk? And how did so many smart people get it so wrong along the way? ABC News chief business, technology and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis, along with producers Taylor Dunn and Victoria Thompson, take listeners on a journey that includes a three-year-long investigation.MORE Hosts Rebecca Jarvis, Taylor Dunn, Victoria Thompson
Producer/Network ABC News
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Facebook Followers 135.3KTwitter Followers 15.1KInstagram Followers 18.8K Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 38 min Video Podcast YouTube
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16. Radiolab Presents: More Perfect

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How does an elite group of nine people shape everything from marriage and money to safety and sex for an entire nation? Radiolab's first-ever spin-off series, More Perfect, dives into the rarefied world of the Supreme Court to explain how cases deliberated inside hallowed halls affect lives far away from the bench.MORE Producer/Network WNYC Studios
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook Followers 22.2KTwitter Followers 8.1KInstagram Followers 6.9K Follow Get Email Contact

17. Criminal

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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.MORE Host Phoebe Judge
Producer/Network Vox Media Podcast Network
Email ****@thisiscriminal.com
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook Followers 39.6KTwitter Followers 38.3KInstagram Followers 55.1K Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 38 min Follow Get Email Contact