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Sword and Scale

383 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★ - 57.6K ratings
The Sword and Scale true-crime podcast is an immersive audio experience covering the dark side of humanity and human nature. Our stories delve into the worst of the worst and include murder...

Cold

81 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 39.1K 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 1 tells of the unsolved d...

Dateline NBC

529 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 27K ratings
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.

Your Own Backyard

11 episodes - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 21.1K ratings
A documentary podcast series investigating the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student, Kristin Smart.

The Thing About Pam

31 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 15.1K ratings
Two days after Christmas, 2011, Russ Faria came home from game night to find his wife, Betsy, dead. He was soon charged and convicted of her murder. But Russ Faria insisted he did not kill his wife...

True Crime All The Time

486 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 11.3K 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 ...

Detective Trapp

27 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8.5K ratings
Anaheim investigator Julissa Trapp is not like other detectives. She’s the only woman on the homicide squad, and a skilled chameleon: undercover cop in vice stings, crime-scene commander, p...

True Crime All The Time Unsolved

277 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 4.8K ratings
Each week Mike Ferguson and Mike Gibson guide you through the most interesting unsolved true crime stories. This is a true crime podcast that spares none of the details. We tell the stories of the ...

Mommy Doomsday

20 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★ - 4.4K ratings
The disappearance of two of Lori Vallow’s children in Rexburg, Idaho in September 2019 would expose a bizarre trail of death, devotion and Doomsday beliefs that captivated the nation… A haunting po...

Felonious Florida

29 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★ - 3.6K ratings
Beyond the beaches, the theme parks, the palm trees and the warm breezes lies the dark side of the Sunshine State. Wondery and the South Florida Sun Sentinel present a true-crime podcast th...

Last Seen

32 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3.4K ratings
WBUR’s true crime podcast 'Last Seen': Season 2 is a genre-bending anthology about people, places and things that have all gone ... missing. It explores what losing them means, why we keep searchin...

Killer Role

10 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratings
The actress Wyn Reed had that powerful combination of charisma, beauty and smarts. She was such a talent that a team of movie producers couldn’t believe it when the 28 year-old Wyn agreed to play t...

Young Charlie by Hollywood & Crime

58 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★ - 2.3K ratings
All episodes are available for free, with ad-free episodes available for Wondery+ subscribers. How did Charles Manson become an evil, cunning monster? In August 1969, the world is shocked ...

Killer Psyche

65 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2K ratings
When a shocking crime occurs, people ask “Why?” Was it about power, ego, or revenge? On Killer Psyche, retired FBI agent Candice DeLong draws on her decades of experience to reveal why thes...

Death of a Starlet

37 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2K ratings
All episodes are available for free, with ad-free episodes available for Wondery+ subscribers. In August of 1980, Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten was found dead at just 20 years old. She...

FRAMED: An Investigative Story

44 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★ - 1.9K ratings
A true crime podcast that seeks to go beyond the narrative and discover the truth. Both sides have facts, which picture comes into focus depends on how those facts are Framed.

The Thing About Helen & Olga

8 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratings
Helen and Olga are kindly old ladies who open their hearts and wallets to down-and-out men in Los Angeles. In a city named for angels, the two women seem heaven-sent. After one of the men is killed...

Murder In America

114 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratings
MURDER IN AMERICA is a true crime podcast that takes a state-by-state look at the most infamous homicides across the United States of America. Co-hosted by Courtney Shannon & Colin Browen (of "The ...

MANslaughter

13 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★ - 1.2K ratings
MANslaughter tells intertwining stories about how one gunshot on a cold Wisconsin night in 1970 dramatically changed multiple lives. A bullet brutally tore through decorated law enforcement...

Thunder Bay

15 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
The highest homicide rate in the country. A mayor and his wife charged with extortion. A police chief put on trial for obstruction of justice. Nine tragic deaths of Indigenous teenagers. Why does i...

Secrets, Crimes & Audiotape

75 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★ - 1K ratings
An audio drama told week after week. We will bring you stories about crime, love, mystery and conspiracy. Some will make you laugh. Some will make you think. All will make you wonder... What...

Dig

14 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 943 ratings
Louisville, Ky. once made ambitious promises to transform its police department and mend its relationship with the Black community. Five years later, Louisville police killed Breonna Taylor in her ...

Crime Salad

110 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 821 ratings
Crime Salad is a true crime podcast, delivering a healthy portion of crime every week on Wednesdays. Hosted by Ashley and Ricky.

BADLANDS

57 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★ - 511 ratings
Badlands is a true crime podcast that dives deep into the real stories of the famous– at their most infamous. Hosted by Jake Brennan, each season explores the real life crimes and scandalou...

Alligator Candy

9 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 508 ratings
In 1973, David Kushner's 11-year-old older brother Jon biked through a suburban Florida forest to buy candy for his little brother, and never returned. Decades later, now an accomplished jo...

Murder in House Two

21 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 494 ratings
The shocking, riveting inside story of one of the biggest cover-ups in US military history. You thought you knew about the Iraq War? Everything you knew is about to change. Forever.   Written and...

HauntedAF

130 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 492 ratings
HauntedAF is a podcast of real ghost stories told by real people.

Midwest Murder

79 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 421 ratings
We’ve all heard the phrase ‘that kind of thing doesn’t happen in our town’, but here on Midwest Murder, we will shatter that false reality. In fact, it happens more often than we know, and sometim...

Let's Get Dark

128 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 418 ratings
A spooky babe and her friends discussing all the things that strike fear deep in our hearts. From the paranormal, true crime, to unsolved mysteries, we will grab your hand and drag you deep into th...

I Said God Damn! A True Crime Podcast

200 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 367 ratings
I Said God Damn! is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by two besties, Stacey and Erin, with the occasional guest appearance from Erin’s dog, Karl. Listen every Sunday where they try to one up each...