60 Best UK Crime Podcasts

1. Shaun Attwood's True Crime Podcast

Crime and Punishment stories that will make your butt clench.
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Facebook Followers 55.8KTwitter Followers 166.8KInstagram Followers 26.2K Frequency 2 episodes / day Avg Length 120 min Since May 2019 Play Get Email Contact

2. Where Is George Gibney?

A famous Olympic coach charged with child sexual abuse never stood trial. Instead, he vanished. Multi-award-winning podcast series. Reporter Mark Horgan travels across Ireland, the UK, and the US on his trail.
bbc.co.uk
Facebook Followers 61MTwitter Followers 40.6MInstagram Followers 27.1M Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 32 min Since Aug 2020 Play Get Email Contact

3. Who Killed Emma?

From BBC Scotland, Who Killed Emma? Is an eight-part podcast that forensically takes apart the police investigation into Emma's murder and unravels the impact of a series of coincidences and missed opportunities until a clear suspect starts to emerge.
bbc.co.uk
Facebook Followers 61.1MTwitter Followers 40.6MInstagram Followers 26.1M Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 24 min Since Jan 2021 Play Get Email Contact

4. Crime Time FM

Regular crime, thriller & mystery interviews, features, and reviews hosted by Paul Burke and the editor of crime time, Barry Forshaw.
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Twitter Followers 6.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 50 min Since Feb 2021 Play Get Email Contact

5. Morbidology

Morbidology is an award-winning weekly true crime podcast created and hosted by true crime author, Emily G. Thompson. Using investigative research combined with primary audio including 911 calls, interviews and trial testimony, Morbidology takes an in-depth look at some of the world's most heinous murders.
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Facebook Followers 123.9KTwitter Followers 5.8KInstagram Followers 22.6K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 52 min Since Jun 2019 Play Get Email Contact

6. Assume Nothing

The teams assume nothing as they examine events through fresh eyes.
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Facebook Followers 99KTwitter Followers 49KInstagram Followers 4.6K Frequency 4 episodes / quarter Avg Length 23 min Since Nov 2020 Play Get Email Contact

7. Big Mad True Crime

Tackling big cases, little cases, and everything in between. We get BIG MAD over true crime. Discussing the details of the cases you THOUGHT you knew.
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Instagram Followers 42.3K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 56 min Since Aug 2019 Play Get Email Contact

8. Drunk Women Solving Crime

Drunk Women Solving Crime is a true-crime podcast with a twist...of lime. Join writer/comedian hosts Hannah George, Catie Wilkins, and Taylor Glenn as they welcome top guests from comedians to crime writers to test out their drunk detective skills. Each episode sees the boozed-up panel tackle personal crime stories, solve true crime cases, and seek justice for your listener's crimes. When women sit around and drink we try to solve the world's problems.
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Facebook Followers 2.5KTwitter Followers 9.1KInstagram Followers 10.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 28 min Play Get Email Contact

9. Crimes Like These

UK-based true-crime podcast. In each episode, we discuss a serial killer or case, including early life background, up to the present day. Episodes are released fortnightly on a Monday.
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Twitter Followers 126 Frequency 3 episodes / quarter Avg Length 82 min Since Apr 2021 Play Get Email Contact

10. Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

Hosted by Mark and Bethan, Seeing Red delivers intriguing, terrifying and dumbfounding True Crime stories each and every week.
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Facebook Followers 2.3KInstagram Followers 6.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 59 min Since Jul 2018 Play Get Email Contact

11. The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

Welcome to The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, which started off life as a weekly written blog in 2016, and has now made the jump into a weekly one man and his mic, matter of fact straight talking podcast. In it, the host Paul looks at and recounts in-depth true crime cases from the UK and Ireland - solved or unsolved crimes, but more often than not the lesser known and obscure ones.
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Facebook Followers 4.6KTwitter Followers 6.7K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 77 min Since Sep 2017 Play Get Email Contact

12. Gangster

A brand new series of Gangster tells the story of Birmingham's notorious Burger Bar Boys a gang born out of the Handsworth riots in 1985.
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Instagram Followers 6K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 27 min Since Apr 2021 Play Get Email Contact

13. The Crime Pod

Join Samantha and Caitlin as they discuss true crime cases from across Scotland and the UK. Whether it be the most gruesome, infamous, or downright mysterious cases - they want to talk about it. And you definitely want to listen.
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Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 45 min Since Jun 2020 Play Get Email Contact

14. UK True Crime Podcast

The weekly UK True Crime Podcast, hosted by Adam, is the home of UK true crime. With a new episode every Tuesday since 2016, it is where you discover lesser known UK cases and discover new perspectives and insight on stories you may already know.
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Facebook Followers 5.5KTwitter Followers 7.3KInstagram Followers 7.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 26 min Play Get Email Contact

15. Murder Me on Monday

UK True Crime Podcast, hosted by Mother and Cameron. Join us on Mondays.
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Twitter Followers 453Instagram Followers 4.6K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 43 min Play Get Email Contact

16. The Outlines Podcast: UK True Crime

A UK true crimes podcast with a regional focus.
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Facebook Followers 729Twitter Followers 1.2K Frequency 1 episode / year Avg Length 41 min Since Dec 2017 Play Get Email Contact

17. Twisted Britain

A fortnightly podcast about UK true crime with a touch of the weird and the macabre. Hosted by Bob, he takes a challenge every episode, from someone! to find a crime story related to a single word!
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Facebook Followers 1.3KTwitter Followers 1.2KInstagram Followers 1.7K Frequency 3 episodes / quarter Avg Length 58 min Since Jun 2018 Play Get Email Contact

18. They Walk Among Us

They Walk Among Us is an award-winning weekly UK true-crime podcast covering a broad range of cases from the sinister to the surreal.
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Twitter Followers 8.1KInstagram Followers 7.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 50 min Play Get Email Contact

19. True Crime Investigators UK

Welcome to 'True Crime Investigators UK', a new 'True Crime' documentary podcast which will be looking at unsolved crimes, important criminal cases and delving further into the procedural process. The show is presented and researched by two former police officers, John and Sally. Now they are both retired and after nearly 28 years of marriage together, they review cases of interest, some solved, some undetected. Throughout this series they will be discussing the cases they are reviewing and interviewing relevant parties including Police Officers, suspects, witnesses and experts.
truecrimeinvestigatorsuk.podbean.com
Facebook Followers 556Twitter Followers 1.1KInstagram Followers 1.6K Frequency 7 episodes / quarter Avg Length 55 min Since Apr 2020 Play Get Email Contact

20. Murder Mile UK True Crime

Nominated for the BEST TRUE-CRIME PODCAST award at the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is a uniquely different UK true-crime podcast, presented as an audio-guided walk of 300 of London's untold, unsolved, and (often) forgotten murder cases, all within and beyond the West End.
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Facebook Followers 3.2KTwitter Followers 4.1K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 42 min Since Sep 2017 Play Get Email Contact

21. You didn't let me finish!

A fortnightly UK true crime podcast hosted by the BBC's former News, Crime Correspondent and author Ben and journalist Victoria Mizzi who used lockdown as an excuse to exploit Ben's (at times grim) specialism.
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Twitter Followers 436 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 34 min Since Mar 2020 Play Get Email Contact

22. The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head

Fifty years ago, on March 26th 1971, the body of a young man was found in a secluded spot, an island in the River Trent with extremely limited access. He was buried in a kneeling position, naked except for socks and a wedding ring. His hands and ankles had been bound.So began one of the UK's most baffling murder mysteries, a grisly crime that has remained unsolved to this day.
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Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 42 min Since Feb 2021 Play Get Email Contact

23. Dad And Daughter Do Death

Dad and daughter duo, Phoebe and Philip, are REALLY into true crime. As they're not able to get together because of Covid, they've decided to meet virtually every week and share the best True Crime stories from the UK and Europe.
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Facebook Followers 110Instagram Followers 208 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 29 min Since Feb 2021 Play Get Email Contact

24. Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

Mens Rea is the legal principle of intent that must be proved in a number of crimes, such as murder. It means literally, 'guilty mind'. Mens Rea Podcast explores the most notorious crimes from Ireland and the UK and the court cases that followed. Join your host, Sinead, every fortnight when a new case is discussed.
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Facebook Followers 1.9KTwitter Followers 5.9KInstagram Followers 2.9K Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 48 min Since Jun 2017 Play Get Email Contact

25. The Unseen Podcast

A Podcast dedicated to UK missing people and unresolved cases.
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Facebook Followers 858Twitter Followers 3.6KInstagram Followers 1.5K Frequency 14 episodes / quarter Avg Length 18 min Since Jul 2019 Play Get Email Contact

26. Its Murder Up North

True crime stories from the north of England, from the infamous to the obscure.
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Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 49 min Since Jan 2020 Play Get Email Contact

27. The Missing

Can you help find 'The Missing?' Hosted by journalist Pandora Sykes, 'The Missing' is a returning Podimo podcast that looks into the cases of the long-term missing and asks you, the listener, to help. Brought to you in association with charities Locate International and Missing People, every week we explore a different case, hear original interviews with family and friends, and ask the questions that need to be answered. Where did they go? What happened to them? And does anyone listening have any information? In the UK alone, a person is reported missing every 90 seconds.
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Twitter Followers 854 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 31 min Since Nov 2020 Play Get Email Contact

28. The Troubles Podcast

The Troubles were a period of time in Northern Ireland which many people today do not know a lot about. In this podcast we will delve into each individual bombing and attack that happened during the 30-year period. This is a non-partisan podcast that focuses solely on the facts and the accounts of the individuals involved.
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Facebook Followers 618Twitter Followers 1.6KInstagram Followers 3.8K Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 48 min Since Feb 2020 Play Get Email Contact

29. The Murder and Wine Club

A weekly UK true-crime podcast. The series deals with unsolved cases from the virtually unknown to well known. Grab a glass of vino as we delve into dark and macabre.
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Facebook Followers 58 Frequency 6 episodes / year Avg Length 19 min Since Mar 2021 Play Get Email Contact

30. The Missing Cryptoqueen

Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why? Jamie Bartlett presents a story of greed, deceit and herd madness.
bbc.co.uk
Facebook Followers 61.1MTwitter Followers 40.6MInstagram Followers 27.1M Since Sep 2019 Play Get Email Contact

31. Bad People

Murderers. Fraudsters. Internet trolls. This is a podcast about people who do terrible things, and the science of humanity's dark side.
bbc.co.uk
Facebook Followers 61.1MTwitter Followers 40.6MInstagram Followers 26.5M Frequency 17 episodes / year Avg Length 38 min Since Jul 2020 Play Get Email Contact

32. The Lazarus Heist

Hackers, North Korea and billions of dollars. Lazarus returns in fact, the criminals never went away. Season 2 begins at an ATM, possibly near you. With Jean Lee and Geoff White. Investigators claim a secretive, elite North Korean hacking ring, nicknamed the Lazarus Group, is responsible for the theft of billions of dollars around the globe. Pyongyang denies having anything to do with cybercrimes, saying the United States is making these allegations to try to tarnish its image. Season 1 told the stories of the Lazarus Group's alleged hacks on Sony Pictures Entertainment and Bangladesh Bank and the WannaCry ransomware attack.
bbc.co.uk
Facebook Followers 59.7MTwitter Followers 40.6MInstagram Followers 322.5K Frequency 9 episodes / year Avg Length 33 min Play Get Email Contact

33. Behind The Investigation

Behind The Investigation takes you behind the scenes of the genre-defining new crime drama exploring the gripping case of the murdered young Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
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Facebook Followers 61.1MTwitter Followers 40.6MInstagram Followers 27.1M Since Jan 2021 Play Get Email Contact

34. The Odd Pod UK

A true-crime & oddity podcast hosted by two friends who love all things odd, creepy, and criminal.
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Facebook Followers 88Twitter Followers 144 Since Feb 2021 Play Get Email Contact

35. The Doorstep Murder

A behind the scenes looks at the Alistair Wilson murder investigation, one of Scotland's most baffling unsolved cases. Presented by Fiona Walker.
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Facebook Followers 2MInstagram Followers 153.3K Since May 2018 Play Get Email Contact

36. Forget Me Not: The Missing

A podcast dedicated to telling the stories of those who have seemingly gone missing without a trace in the UK.
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Since Jan 2021 Play Get Email Contact

37. Everyone Dies In Sunderland

The podcast is about growing up terrified in the eighties and nineties. Ah, the good old days. People left their front doors unlocked. Children played out in the street. Everyone got burgled. Children got murdered, like, most days. Then there was Mad-Cow Disease and the Animals of Farthing Wood. It was a truly terrifying time to be a child. And those children are adults now. Adults with children and mortgages and Senseo Machines and jobs with actual responsibilities.
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Twitter Followers 446Instagram Followers 278 Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 57 min Since Mar 2021 Play Get Email Contact

38. Midweek Murders

Midweek Murders is a True Crime Comedy podcast based in the UK made by Sandra and Joe. They talk about a different case every other week, where Sandra introduces the case and Joe explains forensic science. Mostly though, it's bants and beer.
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Twitter Followers 14 Since Jun 2020 Play Get Email Contact

39. True Crime Fix

Are you fed up with hearing stories where the victim is an afterthought? Established in December 2018 True Crime Fix gives the victims the loudest voice of all and focuses all of the cases around them. Episodes are released every other Friday on your chosen podcast directory. So come give the show a listen. Until then, stay safe, look after each other and live life to the fullest because you never know who or what might be coming around the next corner.
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Facebook Followers 2.7K Since Dec 2018 Play Get Email Contact

40. A British True Crime Podcast

A British True Crime Podcast covering some of Britain's most infamous as well as lesser known cases. Expect murder and unsolved cases from across the British Isles.
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Since Mar 2021 Play Get Email Contact

41. Handcuffed Podcast

Podcast Currently Under construction ! Handcuffed is a True Crime podcast. Every 2 weeks your host, Rena Tunechii will be sharing the most notorious, perplexing and confusing crimes known in the UK and the rest of the world. Listen as she delves into stories with the most bizarre twists and turns. She discusses how the cases tie into today's society alongside her guest co-host. They talk Serial Killers, Murderers, Crimes of Passion, Drug rings and many more stories to leave you asking questions at the edge of your seat!
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Twitter Followers 667Instagram Followers 1K Since Apr 2019 Play Get Email Contact

42. The Case Files

The Case Files reveals compelling real-life stories behind some of the most astonishing cases in recent legal history - from murder, to devastating medical negligence. With unparalleled access to those closest to the events, the series explores how, when faced with a battle for justice, people were able to use the legal system to right wrongs and get redress.Award winning journalist Kate Gerbeau meets both victims and their lawyers to uncover how the law can help and who to speak to if it can’t.
omny.fm
Facebook Followers 669Twitter Followers 689Instagram Followers 618 Since Oct 2019 Play Get Email Contact

43. Blood Ties Podcast

A Wansell family brunch is never deathly dull. Blood Ties is a weekly true crime podcast.
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Twitter Followers 860Instagram Followers 671 Frequency 3 episodes / year Avg Length 33 min Since Oct 2017 Play Get Email Contact

44. Sublime True Crime

We are Dan and Elaine.Based in the North West of the UK, we are the co-hosts of Sublime True Crime, a podcast covering UK crimes.Just because true crime is a serious subject, it doesn't mean that a podcast about it needs to be.So we tackle the serious business of true crime with a light touch.We'd love for you to join us!
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Facebook Followers 3.5KTwitter Followers 729 Since Jan 2020 Play Get Email Contact

45. Reporter

A podcast feed with exclusive investigations by journalists from The Times and The Sunday Times.The latest series: An industrial scandal, that became a financial scandal that led to a political scandal: this is the story of Lex Greensill and David Cameron. 
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Twitter Followers 56 Frequency 9 episodes / year Avg Length 33 min Since Jun 2019 Play Get Email Contact

46. Bobby on the Beat

Home for historic UK true crime. Delving into solved and unsolved murder cases from the UK from the 70s, 80s and 90s.
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Since May 2020 Play Get Email Contact

47. Catching Melanie's Killer - A True Crime Podcast by ITV News

When Melanie Road's body was found on a June morning in 1984, it prompted one of the largest manhunts in Britain. But the schoolgirl's killer wasn't found. How did a team of cold-case officers rebuild the inquiry after decades and bring justice to a family still in grief?
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Facebook Followers 2.2MTwitter Followers 2.6MInstagram Followers 451.6K Since Jan 2021 Play Get Email Contact

48. UK Unsolved Crimes

Although many of the more well-covered and documented True Crime stories are based in the USA, the UK has its share of sad and terrible stories. Some of the stories covered I'm sure you and I have heard before, but I hope that this podcast will help educate myself and yourselves on the lesser-known unsolved cases, making sure no person is ever forgotten. Many unsolved cases are still being worked on by the Police, if there are any cases where someone has been arrested and has not been acquitted yet, then it will not be on this podcast, yet.
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49. CounterClock

To tell the story of a crime, you have to turn back time. Every season, Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra digs deep into a mind-bending mystery with the hopes of reigniting interest in a decades-old homicide case. 
counterclockpodcast.com
Facebook Followers 44.6KTwitter Followers 9.8KInstagram Followers 82.3K Frequency 1 episode / year Avg Length 22 min Since Nov 2019 Play Get Email Contact

50. Conversations with Criminals

Matt Price tries to get answers to some of the questions he may have had to answer if he'd taken violent revenge against the drug dealer who attacked his partner.
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Twitter Followers 2K Since Apr 2019 Play Get Email Contact

51. Square Mile of Murder

Square Mile of Murder is a true-crime podcast recorded and produced in Glasgow, Scotland. Join Taylor and Kat as they describe lesser-known, famous, and infamous crimes and make sarcastic comments and bad puns along the way!
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Facebook Followers 271Instagram Followers 528 Since Feb 2020 Play Get Email Contact

52. Lady Justice True Crime

Lady Justice is a weekly true-crime podcast that takes a look at fascinating cases both past and present.
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Facebook Followers 2.6KTwitter Followers 6K Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 52 min Since Oct 2019 Play Get Email Contact

53. Murder and More

Obsessed with true crime? Then you're in the right place! Each week I (your solo host, Kira) will delve deep into true crimes, from disappearances to murders and everything in between, mainly based in the UK.
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Twitter Followers 5.4K Since Oct 2019 Play Get Email Contact

54. The (not so) Perfect Crime

A True Crime Podcast bought to you from the U.K.Join us as we explore the in depth stories of perpetrators who did not commit the perfect crime.
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Facebook Followers 2.8KTwitter Followers 24Instagram Followers 5K Since Sep 2019 Play Get Email Contact

55. The True Crime Witch Podcast

Your host Emma takes you into the world of everything murderous, mysterious, and downright macabre.
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Twitter Followers 7.1K Since Mar 2019 Play Get Email Contact

56. A Moment in Crime UK

A fashion blogger and a digital marketer discussing their fascination with a true-crime over a cup of tea. With some light-heartedness thrown in for good measure!
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Twitter Followers 39 Since Dec 2019 Play Get Email Contact