🎙️ True Crime Podcast

Fiction and nonfiction that channel the addictive pull of investigative podcasting, where amateur sleuths and journalists unravel cold cases one episode — and one dark revelation — at a time.

Good Girl, Bad Blood

by Holly Jackson

Police dismiss a missing man. A teen podcaster breaks her vow to never investigate again.

4.25

798k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕵️ Missing Person 🎭 Online Deception ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💔 Psychological Trauma

Good Girl, Bad Blood

Police dismiss a missing man. A teen podcaster breaks her vow to never investigate again.

by Holly Jackson 2020

4.25

798k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕵️ Missing Person 🎭 Online Deception ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💔 Psychological Trauma

Listen for the Lie

by Amy Tintera • 2024

A podcast reopens her best friend's murder, and she is the prime suspect with no memory.

4.06

598k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🧠 Amnesia Defense ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🏡 Return To Hometown

Listen for the Lie

A podcast reopens her best friend's murder, and she is the prime suspect with no memory.

by Amy Tintera 2024

4.06

598k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🧠 Amnesia Defense ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🏡 Return To Hometown

All the Dangerous Things

by Stacy Willingham • 2023

A year without sleep: a mother with a sleepwalking history fears she is the reason her son vanished.

4.04

294k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Child 🌙 Sleepwalking 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

All the Dangerous Things

A year without sleep: a mother with a sleepwalking history fears she is the reason her son vanished.

by Stacy Willingham 2023

4.04

294k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Child 🌙 Sleepwalking 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

What Lies in the Woods

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2023

After her attacker dies, a photographer returns to the woods where a skeleton hid the truth.

3.94

206k+

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Cold Case Thriller 🔪 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Manipulative Friend

What Lies in the Woods

After her attacker dies, a photographer returns to the woods where a skeleton hid the truth.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2023

3.94

206k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Cold Case Thriller 🔪 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Manipulative Friend

All the Missing Pieces

by Catherine Cowles • 2025

A true-crime podcaster reopens a cold case and collides with the sheriff protecting the survivor.

4.19

63k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Wounded Hero 🖤 Survivor's Guilt 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

All the Missing Pieces

A true-crime podcaster reopens a cold case and collides with the sheriff protecting the survivor.

by Catherine Cowles 2025

4.19

63k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Wounded Hero 🖤 Survivor's Guilt 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

The Night Swim

by Megan Goldin • 2020

A podcaster covering a rape trial is pulled by letters into a drowning the town buried.

4.02

123k+

🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔄 Dual Timeline 🎭 Victim Blaming 💔 Grieving Sister

The Night Swim

A podcaster covering a rape trial is pulled by letters into a drowning the town buried.

by Megan Goldin 2020

4.02

123k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔄 Dual Timeline 🎭 Victim Blaming 💔 Grieving Sister

I Killed Zoe Spanos

by Kit Frick • 2020

A summer nanny is a missing girl's lookalike. When memories surface, she becomes the suspect.

3.76

13k+

👥 DoppelgäNger Mystery 🔒 False Confession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👭 Secret Siblings 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

I Killed Zoe Spanos

A summer nanny is a missing girl's lookalike. When memories surface, she becomes the suspect.

by Kit Frick 2020

3.76

13k+ ratings

👥 DoppelgäNger Mystery 🔒 False Confession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👭 Secret Siblings 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?

by Nicci French • 2024

A mother of four vanishes before Christmas, and for thirty years her village stays silent.

3.96

22k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 👤 Missing Woman 🔒 Family Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏘️ English Village

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?

A mother of four vanishes before Christmas, and for thirty years her village stays silent.

by Nicci French 2024

3.96

22k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 👤 Missing Woman 🔒 Family Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏘️ English Village

Almost Surely Dead

by Amina Akhtar • 2024

Nearly pushed onto subway tracks, a pharmacist finds her face plastering her attacker's walls.

3.68

22k+

🌫️ Jinn Folklore 👁️ Cultural Horror 👤 Stalker Thriller 🔮 Unreliable Reality 🔪 Final Girl Energy

Almost Surely Dead

Nearly pushed onto subway tracks, a pharmacist finds her face plastering her attacker's walls.

by Amina Akhtar 2024

3.68

22k+ ratings

🌫️ Jinn Folklore 👁️ Cultural Horror 👤 Stalker Thriller 🔮 Unreliable Reality 🔪 Final Girl Energy

How to Find a Missing Girl

by Victoria Wlosok • 2023

A missing sister. A vanished ex. A podcast of secrets someone is killing to keep quiet.

3.59

6k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Sister 📚 High School Secrets 🫂 Found Family

How to Find a Missing Girl

A missing sister. A vanished ex. A podcast of secrets someone is killing to keep quiet.

by Victoria Wlosok 2023

3.59

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Sister 📚 High School Secrets 🫂 Found Family

The Last Guest House

by Caroline Mitchell • 2024

A snowbound inn, a girl in the walls, and guests who are not what they seem.

3.77

4k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌫️ Scottish Gothic 🕯️ Cult Thriller 🚪 Secret Passages 😰 Rising Dread

The Last Guest House

A snowbound inn, a girl in the walls, and guests who are not what they seem.

by Caroline Mitchell 2024

3.77

4k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌫️ Scottish Gothic 🕯️ Cult Thriller 🚪 Secret Passages 😰 Rising Dread

Darkwater Lane

by Rachel Caine • 2025

A podcast revives her past as a serial killer's wife. Then her enemies are murdered with his bones.

4.36

7k+

🩸 Serial Killer Aftermath 🎭 Hidden Identity 🐻 Protective Mother 👁️ Obsessive Stalker ⚖️ Framed For Murder

Darkwater Lane

A podcast revives her past as a serial killer's wife. Then her enemies are murdered with his bones.

by Rachel Caine 2025

4.36

7k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Aftermath 🎭 Hidden Identity 🐻 Protective Mother 👁️ Obsessive Stalker ⚖️ Framed For Murder

Conviction

by Denise Mina • 2019

A true-crime podcast reopens her hidden past, forcing a housewife to flee with a faded rock star.

3.53

52k+

🎭 Identity Hiding 🛡️ Rape Survivor 🚗 Road Trip Investigation 💰 Wealthy Villain 📰 Media Manipulation

Conviction

A true-crime podcast reopens her hidden past, forcing a housewife to flee with a faded rock star.

by Denise Mina 2019

3.53

52k+ ratings

🎭 Identity Hiding 🛡️ Rape Survivor 🚗 Road Trip Investigation 💰 Wealthy Villain 📰 Media Manipulation

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