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Monster: BTK
Dennis Rader murdered 10 people across 30 years while serving as a church council president — the Monster series examines one of history's most chilling cases of a killer hiding in plain sight.
Lines of Enquiry
A case-per-episode Irish true crime anthology from Go Loud, covering murders, disappearances, and investigations across Ireland with a host who knows the terrain.
Murder in the Maasai Mara
British photographer Julie Ward was found murdered on a Kenyan safari in 1988. Her father spent decades fighting a cover-up that reached to the highest levels of the Kenyan government.
Who Killed Daphne
Malta's most feared journalist was killed by a car bomb in 2017. This investigation traces the web of corruption her murder exposed — and the powerful people it implicated.
Troubled Waters
A man vanishes from a remote Northern Territory settlement of barely a dozen residents — Casefile Presents investigates who killed Paddy Moriarty and why no one has ever been charged.
The Cotton Club Murder
A Hollywood cocaine deal gone wrong led to the 1983 murder of promoter Roy Radin — Wondery investigates the crime that exposed the entertainment industry's darkest side.
The Lady Vanishes
A journalist and a daughter search for answers about a missing Australian schoolteacher
Someone Knows Something
True crime fans who value empathy, journalistic integrity, and collaborative investigations conducted alongside the victim's own family.
Your Own Backyard
Listeners who want investigative true crime with real-world consequence and single-minded, passionate focus from a creator who refused to let a case die.
White Lies (NPR)
True crime fans interested in civil rights history; listeners who want journalism with genuine historical consequence; anyone who believes true crime must engage with political violence and institutional cover-up.
Real Crime Profile
True crime fans who want professional expertise rather than amateur speculation; listeners interested in criminal psychology and how trained investigators actually read crime scenes.
Criminal
Listeners who appreciate literary storytelling and want true crime that feels more like Radio 4 documentary than sensational thriller; people who hate the mainstream true crime format.
Bloodline Detectives
True crime fans who want law enforcement perspective on cold cases; listeners interested in how policing and forensic science have changed over time and what that means for older unsolved cases.
Last Seen
True crime fans interested in art crime, historical heists, and the murky world of stolen art recovery; anyone who loved the Netflix documentary.
Uncover (CBC)
True crime fans interested in cults, coercive control, and how dangerous organisations hide in plain sight; those who want original reporting rather than documentary recaps.
To Live and Die in LA
True crime fans who enjoy investigative journalism with a strong sense of place and cinematic atmosphere; listeners who followed the Up and Vanished active investigation format.
You're Wrong About
True crime fans who want rehabilitation of misrepresented stories; listeners interested in media criticism and the gap between how crimes were reported and what the evidence actually showed.
Wrongful Conviction
Criminal justice reform advocates; true crime fans troubled by prosecutorial misconduct and the fallibility of the justice system.
Running From Cops
True crime fans who want media criticism alongside investigation; listeners interested in how crime is constructed and sold as entertainment, and the real people left behind.
Gangster Capitalism
True crime fans interested in white-collar crime, education inequality, and how institutional privilege is bought and sold; anyone who wondered what really happened with Operation Varsity Blues.
Killer Psyche
True crime fans who want psychiatric and forensic insight into criminal psychology; listeners interested in what distinguishes clinical profiling from amateur speculation.
Small Town Dicks
True crime fans who want law enforcement perspective from actual detectives who worked the cases rather than outside commentators; fans of Yeardley Smith and celebrity-guest podcast formats.
Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's (CBC)
Listeners who want to understand Canada's residential school crisis and the ongoing trauma it has generated; those following the discovery of unmarked graves at residential school sites; anyone who believes true crime must engage with state crime.
Betrayal
True crime fans interested in psychological crime, identity deception, and the personal devastation of discovering you were living with a secret; fans of Dirty John who want the same intimate betrayal format.
Unresolved
True crime fans who appreciate intellectual honesty — podcasts that say 'we don't know' when they don't know, rather than presenting false certainties; those who want depth over speed.
Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen
True crime and fraud fans who love elaborate cons, Hollywood intrigue, and identity deception at a jaw-dropping scale.
And That's Why We Drink
True crime fans who also love ghost stories and paranormal content; listeners who want a genuinely fun, friendship-chemistry-driven podcast; great for those who find straight true crime too heavy.
Monster: DC Sniper
True crime fans who remember the Beltway sniper attacks and want a comprehensive adult examination; listeners interested in the relationship between domestic violence and mass murder.
Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski
True crime fans fascinated by the gap between public persona and private evil; listeners interested in how killers fool the people around them.
Scam Goddess
True crime fans who want to laugh as much as they're appalled; people interested in fraud and financial crimes without all the violence.
Wind of Change
True crime-adjacent listeners interested in espionage, Cold War history, and one of the most stranger-than-fiction investigations of the podcast era; fans of Patrick Radden Keefe's journalism.
Generation Why
True crime veterans who appreciate depth, long discussion, and a massive back catalogue spanning the entire history of the genre.
Dateline NBC
Fans of network true crime TV who want that polished, accessible storytelling on demand; great for newcomers to true crime.
The Dropout
People interested in tech fraud, startup culture, and white-collar crime; fans of The Dropout TV series who want the deeper journalism behind it.
True Crime Fan Club
True crime fans who enjoy community-driven listening experiences; those who want a wide variety of case types covered regularly; listeners who've exhausted the big names and want deeper cuts.
Anatomy of Murder
True crime fans who want professional expertise and insider perspective rather than amateur commentary; law enthusiasts and those interested in forensics.
Suspect (NPR/Embedded)
True crime fans who want journalism-grade investigation into systemic racial injustice; listeners who followed In the Dark and want more journalism-led true crime.
The Last Days of August
True crime fans interested in online harassment, media ethics, and the intersection of sex work with public shaming; those who enjoyed Jon Ronson's book So You've Been Publicly Shamed.
Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions
Criminal justice reform advocates; listeners fascinated by the counterintuitive psychology of why innocent people confess to crimes they didn't commit; legal professionals and students.
Accused (Cincinnati Enquirer)
True crime fans who want newspaper-quality investigative journalism in podcast form; listeners who want real wrongful conviction advocacy from professional journalists with institutional backing.
Wisecrack
True crime fans looking for something genuinely new and formally innovative; fans of dark comedy who want real substance behind the laughs.
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.
Obsessed with True Crime
Midwest and Michigan listeners wanting representation in the genre; true crime fans who prefer clear, unadorned case presentation without comedy or excessive banter.
Dirty John
True crime fans who love psychological manipulation, con artists, and domestic crime stories with high personal stakes.
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
True crime fans who love variety and unexplained mysteries; popular with fans of 'unexplained' content alongside traditional true crime.
Cold Case Files (A&E Podcast)
Fans of the television series who want more content on demand; true crime fans who appreciate the resolved-case satisfaction of crimes where justice was eventually served.
Believed
Listeners who want to understand systemic institutional failure, survivor stories, and how Nassar's abuse was enabled so long; essential for anyone working in safeguarding or sports.
The Line (LAist / LA Times)
True crime fans interested in police accountability, systemic racism, and institutional failure; listeners who want investigative journalism targeting law enforcement rather than criminals.