30 Best CBC True Crime Podcasts

1. Allison after NXIVM from Uncover

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You think you know the NXIVM story. The secretive self-help empire. The sex cult headlines. The downfall of its leader, Keith Raniere. But the most famous woman at the centre of the story has remained largely silent. Allison after NXIVM tells the story of Allison Mack: former Smallville actress, high-ranking NXIVM member, and convicted felon. With exclusive access following her release from prison, this series traces her astonishing path from Smallville fame to NXIVM's inner circle — and her effort to rebuild a life in the wreckage...MORE Hosts Francis Plourde, Arlene Bynon
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 16.9KTwitter 4.3KInstagram 32K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2018 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo

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Where is Cleo? Taken by child welfare workers in the 1970's and adopted in the U.S., the young Cree girl's family believes she was raped and murdered while hitchhiking back home to Saskatchewan. CBC news investigative reporter Connie Walker joins the search to find out what really happened to Cleo. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.Watch Connie Walker's A Sister's Promise on The Fifth Estate's YouTube channel now.MORE Host Connie Walker
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 12.7KFacebook 7.7KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 32K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2016 Get Email Contact

3. Satanic Panic

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Throughout the 1980s, Satanic cults were widely believed to be preying on children — torturing and terrorizing them as part of dark rituals. Across North America, there were hundreds of false allegations, scores of unjust criminal trials and countless lives torn apart. But never any real proof. By the early 90s, the panic reached the tiny Prairie town of Martensville, Saskatchewan. And nearly 30 years later, the people touched by it all are still picking up the pieces. So what happened? And why do so many still believe to this day? Uncover: Satanic Panic investigates...MORE Host Lisa Bryn Rundle
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 223Facebook 26.9KTwitter 758.6KInstagram 730.2K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Evil By Design

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More than 80 women from around the world have accused the fast-fashion mogul Peter Nygard of rape, sexual assault and human trafficking in incidents across four decades and at least four countries. He denies it all, and claims his accusers are lying as part of a vast conspiracy. The Winnipegger had built a sprawling international retail empire over the past 50 years — but now, Nygard's professional achievements are being overshadowed by a sinister personal life, earning him the moniker, 'Canada's Jeffrey Epstein'...MORE Host Timothy Sawa
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.7KFacebook 26.9KTwitter 758.6KInstagram 730.2K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Hunting Warhead

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How do you take down a criminal network that's hidden in the shadows? How do you rescue child abuse victims who could be anywhere in the world? Hunting Warhead follows the journalists and police on a global mission to expose the darkest corners of the internet. What they discover shocks them. Host Daemon Fairless tracks down the investigators, survivors and criminals themselves. A co-production of CBC Podcasts and the Norwegian newspaper VG. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.MORE Host Daemon Fairless
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 6.5KFacebook 26.9KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 32K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2019 Get Email Contact

6. Escaping NXIVM

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NXIVM (pronounced 'Nexium') calls itself a humanitarian community. Experts call it a cult. Uncover: Escaping NXIVM is an investigative podcast series about the group, its leader Keith Raniere and one woman's journey to get out. From CBC Podcasts and CBC News. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.MORE Host Josh Bloch
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 856Facebook 916.9KTwitter 758.6KInstagram 730.2K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. Brainwashed

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Brainwashed investigates the CIA's covert mind control experiments from the Cold War and MKULTRA to the so-called War on Terror. It's the story of how a renowned psychiatrist used his unwitting patients as human guinea pigs at a Montreal hospital, and the ripple effects on survivors, their families, and thousands of other people around the world. It also examines the cultural impact — how the CIA brought LSD to America and inadvertently created counterculture influencers such as author Ken Kesey and poet Allen Ginsberg...MORE Host Michelle Shephard
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 856Facebook 916.9KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 32K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. White Hot Hate: Agent Pale Horse

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FBI undercover agent Scott Payne's job was to infiltrate the most dangerous gangs of our times: outlaw bikers, drug cartels and the international neo-Nazi networks hellbent on inciting a race war. He was taking down these groups from within. And Scott was good at it — people confided in him their most audacious plans for mass violence and domestic terrorism.In the second season of White Hot Hate, host Michelle Shephard gives you an unvarnished view of a life undercover...MORE Host Michelle Shephard
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@thestar.ca
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 999Facebook 26.9KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 32K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. The Next Call with David Ridgen

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From David Ridgen, the creator of Someone Knows Something, comes the investigative podcast The Next Call. Ridgen works with victims' family members, police and eye-witnesses to find answers. From investigators to potential suspects, the investigation unfolds with The Next Call. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.MORE Host David Ridgen
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 3.2KFacebook 58.1KTwitter 758.6KInstagram 730.2K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. Pressure Cooker

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John Nuttall and Amanda Korody are scraping by on welfare and methadone in a basement suite with John's grandma, when they find themselves embroiled in a terrorist plot. A mysterious figure named Abe comes into their lives and introduces the couple to a shadowy world of global extremism. With Abe as their mentor and benefactor, John and Amanda hatch a plan to bomb a national holiday celebration using homemade pressure cooker devices. They have no idea that federal police are tracking their every move...MORE Host Daniel J. Pierce
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 3.7/5Apple Reviews 750Facebook 26.9KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 32K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. A Death In Cryptoland

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When the young CEO of Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange is reported to have died while honeymooning in India, it sets off a cataclysmic chain of events that would leave about 76,000 people out of a quarter of a billion dollars and a trail of conspiracy theories around whether Gerald Cotten is dead or alive. A Death in Cryptoland is an original podcast series about a crypto-tycoon, his secret past, his sudden demise, and an online sleuth's obsession to unravel the truth behind QuadrigaCX. Hosted by Takara Small. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.MORE Host Takara Small
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@takarasmall.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 742Facebook 165.7KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 32K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Sanctioned: The Arrest of a Telecom Giant

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The arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in December 2018 placed Canada in the middle of a global trade war. Stephen Quinn narrates a story of international intrigue set against a dramatic battle to dominate the economies of the future.MORE Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 994 Get Email Contact

13. Crime Story

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This is true crime with journalistic integrity — and a curious, conversational edge. Every other Monday , Crime Story dives into gripping cases of every kind: from white-collar scandals and high-profile trials to under-the-radar stories you've never heard before. At the heart of each episode is a deep, intimate interview with someone who knows the case inside and out — the journalists, documentarians, and storytellers who've reported on these crimes, chased leads for years, and lost sleep uncovering the truth...MORE Host Kathleen Goldhar
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 289 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Boys Like Me

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Why are some lonely, young men a growing threat to our safety? In 2018, a Toronto man drove a van down a busy sidewalk, killing 11 people and injuring many more. He was linked to the 'incel' movement, a dark online world fueled by violent misogyny, extreme isolation and perceived rejection. In the wake of the attack, Evan Mead discovers a disturbing connection to the perpetrator. They were former high school classmates; both outcasts, existing together on the fringes of social acceptance...MORE Host Ellen Chlou00eb Bateman
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 985 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. Kuper Island

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An 8-part series that tells the stories of four students: three who survived and one who didn't. They attended one of Canada's most notorious residential schools where unsolved deaths, abuse, and lies haunt the community and the survivors to this day. Hosted by Duncan McCue. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.MORE Host Duncan McCue
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@carleton.ca
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 2.5KFacebook 26.9KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 32K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. Carrie Low VS.

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Carrie Low trusted police when she reported her horrific rape. But she says they failed to investigate properly, and only succeeded in traumatizing her further. Now she's setting out on a mission to hold these institutions to account. This all-new investigation is hosted by award-winning investigative journalist Maggie Rahr. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.MORE Host Maggie Rahr
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 646Facebook 26.9KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 32K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. The Village

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In the early 1990s, as AIDS tightens its grip on major cities around the world, the relative safety of Montreal's nightlife becomes a magnet for gay men. But when they start turning up dead in hotel rooms, beaten lifeless in city parks, and violently murdered in their own homes, the queer community has more to fear than the disease. While the city's police force dithers over the presence of a serial killer, a group of queer activists starts making connections, and rises up to start a movement that would end up changing thousands of lives. Hosted by Francis Plourde...MORE Host Francis Plourde
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 440Facebook 916.9KTwitter 758.6KInstagram 730.2K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. The Africas VS. America

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In 1985, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Their target? A family of Black radicals known as 'MOVE,' who found themselves ensnared in a city — and nation's — domestic war on Black Liberation. Over seven episodes, host Matthew Amha investigates the events that culminated in the MOVE bombing, and the long afterlife of a forgotten American tragedy.All episodes are available ad-free on the CBC True Crime Premium channel.MORE Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 290Facebook 26.9KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 32K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

19. The Banned Teacher

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From the host that brought you The Band Played On, The Banned Teacher is a new investigation, in a different city. He says it was consensual sex. She says it was rape. He was her music teacher. She was a teen. And it wasn't just once, with one girl. He had sex with students in closets, classrooms, and cars. The Banned Teacher begins with one victim's search for justice but turns into a full investigation by host Julie Ireton...MORE Host Julie Ireton
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.2KFacebook 161.3KTwitter 255.4KInstagram 730.2K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

20. The Kill List

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When human rights activist Karima Baloch is found drowned off the shores of Toronto, an investigation into her mysterious death leads all the way back to Pakistan, the country she had recently fled. In this six-part series, host Mary Lynk explores the rampant abductions and killings of dissidents in Pakistan, the dangers that follow those who flee to the West, and a terrifying intelligence agency with tentacles around the globe. How did Karima die? And would Pakistan really carry out an assassination far beyond its borders? This is a story that a powerful state doesn't want you to know...MORE Host Mary Lynk
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 401Facebook 26.9KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 32K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

21. The Pit

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When Sheree Fertuck's truck is found abandoned, suspicions grow around what happened to her. This CBC investigation uncovers a story of guns, violence, and loss -- and of the gravel pit that could still hold clues about her disappearance.MORE Hosts Alicia Bridges, Victoria Dinh
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 680Facebook 916.9KTwitter 758.6KInstagram 730.2K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

22. Ambushed

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A well-liked couple - an RCMP officer and a kindergarten teacher - are gunned down in a small, Alberta town. Twenty years later, the mystery still lingers. Who killed Lorraine McNab and Peter Sopow? A six part podcast investigates, hearing from cops who worked the case, and family who harbour their own suspicions.MORE Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 604 Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

23. Boushie

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In 2016 Colten Boushie, a young Indigenous man, was shot and killed on a farm in rural Saskatchewan, inciting racial tensions across the province. This is the story of that man and the white farmer, Gerald Stanley, who was charged in his death.MORE Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 122 Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

24. The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman

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News of the mysterious deaths of billionaire Canadian pharma giant Barry Sherman and his philanthropist wife Honey in December 2017 reverberated around the world. Five years later, with no arrests and little news from the police, their deaths remain shrouded in mystery and conspiracy theories, with too many lingering questions...MORE Host Kathleen Goldhar
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 1.3KFacebook 26.9KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 32K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

25. The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby

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Kaitlyn Braun, a pregnant young woman in crisis, takes dozens of birth workers through an escalating series of disasters rape, baby loss, and even a coma. One by one, the doulas struggle to support her and grieve with her, and even save her life as they're led down a distressing path. And then the truth comes out.In this six-part true crime series, Sarah Treleaven untangles a complex web of lies and deception to ask who Kaitlyn really is and why she did the things that she did. Cases like these puzzle legal experts and raise intricate moral and ethical questions...MORE Host Sarah Treleaven
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 2.8KFacebook 26.9KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 32K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

26. Giant - Murder Underground

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Enter one of the most bitter labour disputes in Canadian history. The plan to extract the last gold from a once booming mine in Canada's North pits a shrewd new president against an increasingly agitated workforce in a clash that divides a city, and descends in to violence and murder. Host Rachel Zelniker lays bare the lingering impact and hard lessons when a conflict spirals out of control.MORE Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 66 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

27. Bad Results

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They needed certainty. They got chaos. For over a decade, countless people from at least five different countries put their trust in a company offering prenatal paternity tests. It promised clients?'99.9% accuracy'?— but then routinely, for over a decade, identified the wrong biological fathers.Investigative journalists Jorge Barrera and Rachel Houlihan track down the people whose lives were torn apart by these bad results, the shattered families and acrimonious court cases that followed, and the story behind the company that continues to stand by its testing and is still operating today.MORE Hosts Rachel Houlihan, Jorge Barrera
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact