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Best American True Crime Podcasts: The Essential US Shows
The best American true crime podcasts — from Serial and Your Own Backyard to In the Dark and Bear Brook. Covering US criminal justice with depth and rigour.
Best BBC True Crime Podcasts: The Corporation's Essential Crime Output
The BBC has produced some of the most rigorously sourced true crime podcasts ever made. Here are the best — from The Missing Cryptoqueen to Hunting Warhead and beyond.
Best White Collar Crime Podcasts: Fraud, Embezzlement, and Corporate Crime
The best podcasts about white collar crime — corporate fraud, embezzlement, Ponzi schemes, and the executives who thought they were too important to be caught.
Best True Crime Podcasts to Binge in a Weekend
The best true crime podcasts to binge in a single weekend — complete series with 6-20 episodes, each telling one story from start to finish. Ranked by bingeability and quality.
New True Crime Podcasts: July 2026 Releases
The best new true crime podcasts dropping this month — reviews, verdict scores, and who they're for.
Classic True Crime Books and Audiobooks: Where to Start With the Canon
In Cold Blood, Helter Skelter, The Devil in the White City and Killers of the Flower Moon: what each classic true crime book is, how well it has aged, and which one to read or hear first.
The Golden State Killer: The Best Podcasts, Books and Audiobooks on the Case
A reading and listening order for the Golden State Killer case: the podcasts that cover the manhunt and the victims, and the two books that tell the investigator's side.
Countess of Chester Hospital: What the Letby Case Revealed
Before Lucy Letby was arrested, the consultants who suspected her were made to apologise to her in writing. What the Thirlwall Inquiry found about NHS failures.
Is Lucy Letby Innocent? The Challenge to Her Convictions
Lucy Letby's convictions stand as a matter of law. Here's what the growing medical and statistical challenge to them actually consists of — and what it doesn't prove.
Lucy Letby's Notes and Digital Trail Explained
Handwritten notes, a diary, 257 handover sheets and 288 Facebook searches — what Lucy Letby's digital and documentary evidence actually showed at trial.
Lucy Letby: Latest News and Updates (2026)
No further charges, a trial witness's death, and an 18-month CCRC review — where the Lucy Letby case stands as of August 2026.
How Lucy Letby Was Caught: The Investigation Explained
Lucy Letby's final shift was June 2016. She wasn't charged until 2020. Here's how Operation Hummingbird built a case with no crime scene or forensic trace.