Dark Downeast
Cold cases from Maine and New England covered with genuine care and strong production values.
Podcasts Like Dark Downeast
If you loved Dark Downeast, here are the best podcasts to try next. Matched by case type, storytelling style, and community ratings from our database of Cold Case, Missing person, Murder shows.
Why listeners love Dark Downeast
Dark Downeast proves regional specificity is a strength — Kylie Low knows her territory, respects her subjects, and tells stories nobody else is bothering to cover. Listeners rate its binge factor at 7/10.
Binge Factor
7/10
Community-rated compulsive listenability
Verdict
Worth a listen
Our editorial rating
Recommendations
12 podcasts like Dark Downeast
Crime Next Door: The Beast of Birkenhead
BBC’s Olivia Graham revisits the 1986 Diane Sindall murder and the 2025 quashing of Peter Sullivan’s conviction. Sullivan quashed 13 May 2025; killer unknown.
Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast
<p><em>Foggy</em> <em>gaslit</em> <em>streets.</em> <em>A</em> <em>quiet</em> <em>courtroom.</em> <em>And</em> <em>crimes</em> <em>that</em> <em>history</em> <em>tried</em> <em>to</em> <em>bury.</em><
Serial
Anyone interested in journalism, legal procedure, and deep investigative dives into morally ambiguous cases with no easy answers.
In the Dark
Listeners who want journalism-grade investigation into wrongful convictions, systemic racism, and institutional failures — more 60 Minutes than true crime thriller.
Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo
CBC's Connie Walker investigates the Sixties Scoop through the disappearance of Cleo Semaganis Nicotine.
The Deck Investigates
Audiochuck's deep investigation of cold case homicide victims featured on playing card decks distributed to prison inmates.
West Cork
True crime fans who love atmospheric investigative journalism, Anglo-Irish tensions, and cases that remain unresolved and fiercely contested decades later.
You Didn't See Nothin
Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award-winning series in which Yohance Lacour revisits a violent Chicago incident from 25 years earlier that shaped his path into journalism.
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.
Murdaugh Murders Podcast
Journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell broke the Murdaugh family saga before it became a national story, and kept reporting it deeper than anyone else.
The Trial of Erin Patterson
The Crime Desk's courtroom coverage of the Erin Patterson 'mushroom murders' trial — one of the biggest cases of the decade.
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.
How they compare
| Podcast | Format | Country | Binge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Downeast (original) | — | United States | 7/10 |
| Crime Next Door: The Beast of Birkenhead | Serialized | United Kingdom | — |
| Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast | — | — | — |
| Serial | Serialized | United States | 10/10 |
| In the Dark | Serialized | United States | 10/10 |
| Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo | — | Canada | 9/10 |
| The Deck Investigates | Both | United States | 9/10 |
| West Cork | Serialized | Ireland | 9/10 |
| You Didn't See Nothin | Serialized | United States | 9/10 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What podcasts are similar to Dark Downeast?
The best alternatives to Dark Downeast are podcasts that share its Cold Case, Missing person, Murder focus and compelling format. We've matched alternatives based on case types, storytelling format, and community ratings from our database.
Why do people love Dark Downeast?
Dark Downeast is known for its compelling approach to Cold Case and Missing person. It scores 7/10 on our binge factor rating, reflecting how compulsively listenable listeners find it.
How long are episodes of Dark Downeast?
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Where can I listen to Dark Downeast?
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What is the best episode of Dark Downeast to start with?
Dark Downeast has standalone episodes — start with whatever case sounds most interesting to you.