KILL’N IT: Here’s 10 Truly Addictive True Crime Podcasts To Obsess Over
From Serial to the more recent insane success of S-Town, the big wide-world of podcasts is buzzing with activity. Podcasts that seek to uncover a true crime anomaly continue to skyrocket in popularity.
While we await the next season of Making a Murderer, there’s an entire untapped library of true crime podcasts to keep that criminal mind of yours active.
These multi-episode ear bits are every bit as addictive as the plight of Steven Avery, and some of these have multiple seasons in the back catalogue.
That’s hours of enthralling tales of murder, abduction, serial killers, blood lust and police corruption. It’s wholesome fun for the whole family!
From suss US crimes to murders and coverups in our own backyard, it’s hard to know where to start. So if you’re just kicking off your journey, here’s Punkee’s hit-list of podcasts to get you started.
Here’s 10 true crime podcasts that you will obsess over:
S-Town
Despite the hype, don’t expect S-Town to be your typical true crime series. While the narrative begins investigating a crime, the direction of the story quickly changes course.
The star of the podcast is interview subject John B. McLemore, an eccentric, eternally paranoid but charming Southern man and the narrative reviews his enigmatic life that led him to contact host Brian Reed in the first place.
Casefile True Crime
Casefile is a staple of the true crime podcast genre, and it happens to also be Australian. Each hour-long episode digs into a different case, the most covered topics focus on serial killers and violent crimes so grab a blanket to hide behind.
In The Dark
This is the closest thing you’ll find to Serial on the list. Like Serial, the podcast re-opens a case, but in the instance of In The Dark, which recounts the abduction of Jacob Wetterling, the crime went unsolved.
Without giving too much away, as the podcast continues, there are huge progressions in the case, making it all the more an addictive listen.
Up and Vanished
Similar to In The Dark, the podcast hosted by filmmaker Payne Lindsey focuses on one case. This podcast narrows in on the missing case of Tara Grinstead, a 30-year-old beauty queen and high school teacher who disappeared from her Ocilla, Georgia in October 2005.
Crimetown
A podcast that claims to explore the crime world of America, one city at a time. The first series zones in on Providence, which is home to mob boss Raymond Patriarca, and whose stories feature prominently in the series.
The podcast is produced by the same people that made HBO docuseries The Jinx, so you know you’re in safe hands.
Accused
From thehe Cincinnati Enquirer, and hosted by two journalists, Accused investigates a 1978 murder in Ohio. Like Serial the podcast puts forward arguments that the wrong man was convicted and imprisoned for the murder, questioning whether justice was served and exploring likely suspects.
Someone Knows Something
Like Accused, Someone Knows Something follows one case over multiple episodes. The first season dives into the disappearance of a five-year-old boy in Ontario in 1972.
The Generation Why Podcast
Generation Why is a quintessential true crime podcast, as hosts Aaron and Justin seek to uncover mysteries spanning across the globe.
Each episode is dedicated to a different case, which could vary from solving a closed case, to debating and debunking a conspiracy theory.
Bowraville Murders
The Australian’s Walkey-award winning podcast deep-dives into the Bowraville murders of two 16-year-old and a four year old between 1990 and 1991.
The podcast, by crime reporter Dan Box, reviews the evidence and the mistakes made by the police, in a case left buried for over a decade.
My Favorite Murder
This a true crime podcast with a difference, mostly because hosts Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff are frankly hilarious AF and in a league of their own.
In each episode, both hosts tell a story of murder (or other kind of crime/conspiracy) in their own special way. Come for the murder, stay for the hilarity.
Bonus: The Black Tapes
Okay, this isn’t actually true crime, rather it’s a fictional story revolving around the debunking of paranormal phenomenon. But believe me when I tell you: it is SO DAMN GOOD.
It’s far too believable and once you start listening and meet the quirky characters that make the podcast so addictive, you won’t be able to stop.