Documentary Podcasts

Radiolab

476 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 41K ratings
Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of so...

Dirty John

47 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 40.9K ratings
All episodes are available for free, with remastered ad-free episodes available for Wondery+ subscribers.Debra Newell is a successful interior designer. She meets John Meehan, a handsome man who se...

Cold

143 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 40K ratings
Cold is a narrative podcast series focused on missing persons cases. Investigative journalist and host Dave Cawley takes on a single story with each season. Season 3: The Search for Sheree...

Freakonomics Radio

1,334 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratings
Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of ...

American Scandal

377 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 17K ratings
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 spo...

True Crime All The Time

593 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 12.2K ratings
Hosts Mike Ferguson and Mike Gibson guide you through the most interesting true crime stories. This is a true crime podcast that spares none of the details and delves into what makes these ...

Embedded

144 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11.5K ratings
NPR's original documentary podcast unearths the stories behind the headlines. Police shootings. Towns ravaged by opioids. The roots of our modern immigration crisis. We explore what's been sealed o...

This Is Actually Happening

427 episodes - Latest episode: about 19 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 9.2K ratings
What if you were trafficked into a cult...or were mauled by a grizzly bear...or were stabbed 27 times by a serial killer - what would you do? This is Actually Happening brings you extraordi...

Bad Batch

72 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8.6K ratings
Patients in search of a miracle cure end up in critical condition. The race is on to find out what went wrong before more people get hurt. The trail leads back to a medical company with sli...

Confronting

44 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8.6K ratings
Season 2 - Confronting: Columbine The events of April 20th, 1999 shaped our nation and altered the American narrative. One of America’s deadliest school shootings took place in a small...

Voices for Justice

229 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8.3K ratings
Voices for Justice is a true crime podcast hosted by Sarah Turney, sister of missing teen, Alissa Turney. Every episode ends with a call to action. Don't just listen to their stories, be a voice fo...

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

1,552 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 7K ratings
The Truth & Justice Podcast is listener driven show, devoted to the pursuit of truth and justice. Host, Bob Ruff, investigates potential wrongful conviction and cold cases using a unique crowdsourc...

Tides of History

318 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6K ratings
Everywhere around us are echoes of the past. Those echoes define the boundaries of states and countries, how we pray and how we fight. They determine what money we spend and how we earn it ...

Next Question with Katie Couric

408 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★ - 4.2K ratings
Katie Couric is back on the mic with a new season of intimate, urgent and unexpected conversations – this time with a new twist. Along with her signature in-depth one-on-one interviews, she’ll be ...

Unsolved Mysteries

96 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3.4K ratings
Welcome to the official Unsolved Mysteries podcast from the original creators of the iconic television series, presented by Audacy. Join our host Steve French each week as we present all new myster...

Sports Wars

176 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3K ratings
You can binge all episodes of Sports Wars exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts. Sports rivalries can fuel fans and athletes to fight a...

Canary: The Washington Post Investigates

12 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.4K ratings
After a sexual assault case in the District of Columbia, one woman’s public warning ricochets all the way to Birmingham, Ala., where another woman gives voice to a devastating allegation. This se...

Inside The Exorcist

93 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2K ratings
In 1973 Hell came home and invaded the body of a young girl. This is the story of a movie and its makers. It's a tale of dark and light, of loss and love. A story of faith and fury, of caus...

Decoder Ring

98 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
Decoder Ring is the show about cracking cultural mysteries. In each episode, host Willa Paskin takes a cultural question, object, or habit; examines its history; and tries to figure out what it mea...

Lost Hills: The Dark Prince

78 episodes - Latest episode: 29 days ago - ★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
Lost Hills investigates the dark side of Malibu, California. Beneath a seductive facade, this city of billionaires, celebrities, and surf bums is hiding something menacing. Season 3 takes a deep ...

Firebug

18 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratings
For ten years, a serial arsonist terrorized Southern California, burning down businesses in broad daylight. Four people were murdered. Then, a manuscript for a novel led investigators to the last ...

In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson

11 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratings
"In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson" presents a surprising and original portrait of Lady Bird Johnson, told in the former first lady's own words -- from over 123 hours of her White House audio diari...

Dark Histories

199 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Fortnightly narratives on the unsolved and the unexplained, mysteries, historical true crime, touches of the paranormal and cultural peculiarities.

Pretend - a true crime podcast about con artists

382 episodes - Latest episode: about 13 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
PRETEND exposes the masterminds behind some of the most notorious scams and cons. From cult leaders to con artists and undercover FBI agents, this podcast pulls back the curtain on those who've pre...

Predators I’ve Caught with Chris Hansen

260 episodes - Latest episode: about 22 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Adapted from journalist Chris Hansen’s popular TO CATCH A PREDATOR series, each episode of the PREDATORS I'VE CAUGHT features Chris recalling the most notorious cases and providing a “Where are the...

Inside Star Wars

71 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
From the creators of Inside Psycho, Inside the Exorcist, and Inside Jaws, comes a new immersive audio biopic about the making of the original 1977 Star Wars. It was a movie made on a shoest...

One Year

58 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
The people and struggles that changed America—one year at a time. In each episode, host Josh Levin explores a story you may have forgotten, or one you’ve never heard of before. What were the moment...

Euphomet

176 episodes - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 986 ratings
A critically acclaimed documentary series about the unknown and our relationship to it, featuring real people sharing astonishing paranormal experiences

Fallen Angel

19 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 952 ratings
Fallen Angel is a documentary podcast about Victoria's Secret...and its many, many secrets. The series investigates the origin story of one of the world’s most iconic brands and its effect on Ameri...

Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

172 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 903 ratings
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 Irel...