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  1. #1 Sword and Scale (2014) Unsettling and unflinching — courtroom recordings, 911 audio, and confessional tapes drive episodes about the darkest corners of human nature. True Crime 60% liked · 5 votes
  2. #2 Serial (2014) Long-form investigative journalism that helped define modern podcasting. Season 1 reinvestigates the 1999 murder conviction of Adnan Syed. True Crime Storytelling 60% liked · 5 votes
  3. #3 Bad Bets (2021) The Wall Street Journal reporter who broke the Theranos story unspools other tales of corporate fraud, season by season. Business True Crime 67% liked · 3 votes
  4. #4 Over My Dead Body (2019) Each season unspools one shocking crime — a power-couple divorce gone homicidal, a family secret, a small-town murder. True Crime 100% liked · 2 votes
  5. #5 The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno (2026) The most compelling True Crime stories – five days a week.Each week, Outnumbered Co-Host Emily Compagno teams up with FOX News Digital true crime reporters, legal experts, and the … True Crime Storytelling 100% liked · 1 votes
  6. #6 Wind of Change (2020) A New Yorker writer investigates a wild rumor — that the CIA secretly wrote the Scorpions' 1990 power ballad to bring down the Soviet Union. True Crime History 100% liked · 1 votes
  7. #7 Park Predators (2020) True-crime cases that took place in America's national and state parks — disappearances, murders, and the rangers who hunted the killers. True Crime 100% liked · 1 votes
  8. #8 Court Junkie (2016) Tape from the courtroom — trials, sentencing, and verdicts — woven together with reporter commentary to follow cases from arrest to conviction. True Crime 100% liked · 1 votes
  9. #9 To Live and Die in LA (2019) A bestselling author investigates the disappearance of a young actress in Los Angeles, in real time. True Crime 100% liked · 1 votes
  10. #10 American Scandal (2018) Multi-part narrative arcs about the great American scandals — Watergate, Iran-Contra, Enron, Theranos, and many more. True Crime History 100% liked · 1 votes
  11. #11 The Vanished (2016) Weekly missing-persons cases — the bulk of them cold — told with deep family interviews and meticulous case-file research. True Crime 100% liked · 1 votes
  12. #12 The Teacher's Pet (2018) A reporter reinvestigates the 1982 disappearance of Lynette Dawson — and helps spur the prosecution of her husband decades later. True Crime 100% liked · 1 votes
  13. #13 Cold (2018) Investigative reporter Dave Cawley reexamines the 2009 disappearance of Susan Powell with newly released police evidence. True Crime 100% liked · 1 votes
  14. #14 Crime Junkie (2017) Tightly produced weekly cases — missing persons, infamous murders, and cold files — narrated with brisk pacing and exhaustive sourcing. True Crime 100% liked · 1 votes
  15. #15 Prime Crime: Solved Murders (2026) Hosted and executive produced by Attorney and Law&Crime anchor Jesse Weber, Prime Crime puts a spotlight on infamously controversial stories that have shocked investigators and the… True Crime Storytelling 40% liked · 5 votes
  16. #16 True Crime All The Time Unsolved (2026) 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 th… True Crime Storytelling 0% liked · 1 votes
  17. #17 Tom Brown's Body (2019) A Texas Monthly writer investigates the case of a small-town teen whose body turned up six months after he vanished, and the suspects everyone in town knew. True Crime 0% liked · 1 votes
  18. #18 The Trail Went Cold (2014) A long-running deep dive into obscure unsolved disappearances and murders that never got the press they deserved. True Crime 0% liked · 1 votes
  19. #19 Hunting Warhead (2019) A globe-spanning investigation into the dark-web child-exploitation ring known as the Warhead, and the journalists and cops who infiltrated it. True Crime 0% liked · 1 votes
  20. #20 Real Crime Profile (2016) A retired FBI profiler, a behavioral analyst, and a casting director break down high-profile cases through the lens of criminal psychology. True Crime 0% liked · 1 votes
  21. #21 CounterClock (2020) Investigative seasons that reopen specific cold cases, with reporting that has occasionally prompted law enforcement action. True Crime 0% liked · 1 votes
  22. #22 Atlanta Monster (2018) A reinvestigation of the Atlanta child murders of 1979–1981 and the controversial conviction of Wayne Williams. True Crime History 0% liked · 1 votes
  23. #23 Morbid (2018) A true-crime podcast hosted by a niece-aunt duo (one an autopsy technician) who cover cases with reverence, humor, and gallows wit. True Crime Comedy 0% liked · 1 votes
  24. #24 Up and Vanished (2016) A documentarian investigates the 2005 disappearance of Tara Grinstead and ends up reopening the case in real time. True Crime 0% liked · 1 votes
  25. #25 Dateline: True Crime Weekly (2026) A weekly news podcast for the true crime junkie, from the true crime experts you’ve come to trust. Every Thursday Dateline correspondent Andrea Canning and her guests dive into the… True Crime Storytelling
  26. #26 Casefile True Crime (2026) 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 Fi… True Crime Storytelling
  27. #27 True Crime Obsessed (2026) The true crime podcast YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE. We recap your favorite true crime documentaries with humor, sass, and heart. FROM VULTURE: "It’s not wrong to laugh when you’re listen… True Crime Storytelling
  28. #28 Disgraceland (2018) True-crime-style stories from the seedy side of rock and roll — the murders, robberies, and feuds behind the music. Music True Crime
  29. #29 Darknet Diaries (2017) True stories from the dark side of the internet — hackers, breaches, cyber-crime cases — recounted in narrative form by a security pro. Technology True Crime
  30. #30 Bad Bad Thing (2020) Long-form crime narratives about scams, cons, and the people who get away with them — often for far too long. True Crime

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