Best Australian True Crime Podcasts
The top Australian true crime podcasts — from landmark murders to cold cases from across the Lucky Country.
Australian true crime podcasts have produced some of the most celebrated shows in the genre — from Teacher's Pet to The Teacher's Pet. Australia's geographic isolation, frontier history, and complex justice system make for uniquely compelling cases. These are our highest-rated Australian podcasts.
4 podcasts — ranked by binge factor
The Lady Vanishes
A journalist and a daughter search for answers about a missing Australian schoolteacher
Casefile True Crime
Listeners who prefer documentary-style narration with high production standards and zero filler; purists who want the facts and nothing else.
The Teacher's Pet
True crime fans who like journalism-driven investigations with massive real-world impact; anyone fascinated by domestic crime and institutional failure.
Culpable
True crime fans interested in LGBTQ+ rights history, institutional cover-up, and cold cases that required decades of advocacy to resolve; listeners who want crime understood in its full social and political context.
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