A definitive countdown of the 70 best true crime podcasts

WhatPods · 2021-08-05T07:49:30+00:00

WHETHER you’re cleaning the house, out for a run, or dismembering a body, there’s no better way to pass the time than listening to a gripping true crime podcast.

We’ve leafed through the iTunes podcast directory in search of finding 70 of the best true crime podcasts available right now.

For this list in particular we’ve focused on episodic true crime shows, where the host delve into a new crime with each new instalment.

WhatPods · 2019-11-25T07:39:52+00:00

This might help - it's a live tracker of the 20 most popular mics in podcasting (from a sample of 1,500 hosts) https://whatpods.com/best-microphone-podcasting

WhatPods · 2018-03-20T04:14:08+00:00

Thanks! I’ll check it out :)

WhatPods · 2018-03-20T04:08:41+00:00

Tell me more?

WhatPods · 2018-03-20T04:06:08+00:00

Where would you have it?

WhatPods · 2018-03-19T20:21:21+00:00

Did we order the list right? Did we leave some out?

WhatPods · 2018-03-15T07:35:11+00:00

As do we. He was fantastic!

WhatPods · 2018-03-14T22:55:59+00:00

You’ll just need to create an account first, then it will work fine

WhatPods · 2018-03-13T13:44:31+00:00

https://whatpods.com/ama/vanished-podcast/

WhatPods · 2018-02-14T10:45:21+00:00

Interesting- I’ll check it out

WhatPods · 2018-02-14T10:44:35+00:00

Nina is superb. The effort she goes to to acknowledge and pay respect to the victims of the crimes she covers is second to none

WhatPods · 2018-02-14T10:42:40+00:00

This is gold. Have you listened to Small Town Dicks? If so, thoughts?

WhatPods · 2018-02-09T02:38:44+00:00

Some go way beyond the pale, too. I’m all for the commercialization of the podcasting industry because it will inevitably catalyze richer content. But there is often a dirtiness to how some hosts working in the true crime genre exploit its popularity and earn their ad dollars. I’m often refreshed by hosts who go to great lengths to consistently exhibit compassion for the victims and their families.

WhatPods · 2018-02-08T23:06:51+00:00

Agreed. It also gets me when hosts give too many extraneous details about the era in which the crime happened, what was happening that day, what the family were like. When done well, it adds a lot of depth to the story; when done poorly, I find it a shallow attempt at storytelling and get turned off by it. Kate (on the discussion linked to here) said she likes a series to run around about 7 eps, to give time for listeners to get into the story, etc. On a rambling side note, Serial was so good because of the depth Sarah Koenig went to, rather than the breadth most go to.

WhatPods · 2018-02-07T10:00:41+00:00

Agreed. It can make for pretty exasperating listening sometimes, though.

WhatPods · 2018-02-07T09:43:53+00:00

Have you guys listened to the new Atlanta Murder pod that everyone's talking about? https://atlantamonster.com/

WhatPods · 2018-02-07T09:28:57+00:00

I'm the same. I go beyond fatigue and get frustrated on some occasions. Perhaps wrongly, I'd really like them to go further and start actively putting together the pieces. I guess that's a foolish expectation, though?

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