35 Best Clean True Crime Podcasts

1. Crimes of the Times

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L.A. Times reporter Christopher Goffard of 'Dirty John' is back with another riveting podcast from L.A. Times Studios. In 'Crimes of the Times,' Goffard goes deep behind the scenes of a new story each week, cutting through common myths and misconceptions to uncover what really happened in the most compelling cases from L.A. and beyond.MORE Host Christopher Goffard
Producer/Network L.A. Times Studios
Email ****@latimes.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 48.7KFacebook 167.1KTwitter 107.1K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form 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. Someone Knows Something

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Christine Harron, a book-loving teenager from Hanover, Ontario, leaves for school in the spring of 1993 and is never seen again. A suspect emerges, confessing to her murder, but the case falls apart and Christine's family are left without answers. In Season 9 of the award winning podcast Someone Knows Something, David Ridgen, along with Christine's mother, reopen the investigation and come face to face with the man who said he killed Chrissy. Someone Knows Something is the investigative true crime series by award-winning documentarian David Ridgen...MORE Host David Ridgen
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 29.9KFacebook 58.1KTwitter 15.1KInstagram 730.2K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2016 Get Email Contact

3. Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

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Serial killers. Gangsters. Gunslingers. Victorian-era murderers. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Each week, the Most Notorious podcast features true-life tales of crime, criminals, tragedies and disasters throughout history. Host Erik Rivenes interviews authors and historians who have studied their subjects for years. Their stories are offered with unique insight, detail, and historical accuracy.MORE Host Erik Rivenes
Producer/Network Blue Ewe Media
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 3.3KFacebook 2.6KTwitter 2.8KInstagram 674 Avg Length 77 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

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The Truth & Justice Podcast is listener driven show, devoted to the pursuit of truth and justice. Host, Bob Ruff, investigates potential wrongful conviction and cold cases using a unique crowdsourcing approach. Bob invites listeners to participate in the investigations, as he breaks down a new case in each season in real time. Truth & Justice season 15 follows and investigates the potential wrongful conviction of Jodi (Joseph) Hill, and the divide between the people of Benton Harbor Michigan and the police force tasked with serving and protecting them.MORE Host Bob Ruff
Producer/Network NBI Studios
Email ****@nbistudios.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 9KFacebook 36KTwitter 38.7KInstagram 3K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Video Podcast YouTube
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5. Anatomy of Murder

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A murder case has many layers: the victim, the crime, and the investigation. To truly understand it, you need to dissect each piece of a tragic puzzle. Join Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger every Tuesday for an insider's perspective, as they reveal to you the Anatomy of Murder.MORE Hosts Scott Weinberger, Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi
Producer/Network audiochuck
Email ****@weinbergermedia.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 20.2KFacebook 10.5KTwitter 1.5KInstagram 31.3K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. 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 32.8K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2016 Get Email Contact

7. Crimes of the Centuries

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Crime is so commonplace that it takes something particularly shocking to be labelled the 'crime of the century.' Even so, there are a lot of cases that have earned the distinction. In each episode of Crimes of the Centuries, award-winning journalist Amber Hunt will examine a case that's lesser known today but was huge when it happened. The cases explored span the centuries and each left a mark. Some made history by changing laws. Others were so shocking they changed society.MORE Host Amber Hunt
Producer/Network Amber Hunt and Audioboom
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 4.3K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. True North True Crime

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A podcast bringing awareness to murders, missing people, and unsolved cases in Canada. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hosts Caitlin Duffy, Graeme Duffy
Producer/Network truenorthtruecrime
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 2.3KFacebook 17.7KTwitter 938Instagram 4K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. My Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty

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'48 Hours' correspondent Erin Moriarty takes you inside true-crime investigations like no one else, taking on killers and those accused of crimes. This season she delves into the labyrinth of crime within families and the secrets that kept them together or tore them apart. Moriarty brings almost three decades of experience as a lawyer and reporter involved in murder cases — she brushes past the speculation to the evidence and talks to the people directly involved, including investigators and the families of victims...MORE Host Erin Moriarty
Producer/Network 48 Hours+
Email ****@cbsnews.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 1.3KFacebook 11.8MTwitter 9MInstagram 3.1M Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2019 Get Email Contact

10. The Thing About Helen & Olga

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Helen and Olga are kindly old ladies who open their hearts and wallets to down-and-out men in Los Angeles. In a city named for angels, the two women seem heaven-sent. After one of the men is killed by a hit-and-run driver -- and then another suffers the same fate -- investigators uncover a horrifying and twisted plot that stuns even the most seasoned detectives. Listen to all episodes of The Thing About Helen & Olga now completely free, or subscriber to Dateline Premium to listen ad-free: DatelinePremium.comMORE Host Keith Morrison
Producer/Network Dateline NBC
Email ****@nbcuni.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 3.2KFacebook 3.3MTwitter 9.3MInstagram 485.7K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

11. Murder, She Told

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Maine and New England true crime with original interviews and detailed documentary style storytelling.Murder, She Told is an award winning, true crime podcast shedding light on the cold cases, missing persons, and crime stories that often get overlooked of Maine, New England, and small towns from away.Murder, She Told uses detailed storytelling with an investigative twist, and weaves in original interviews with friends, family, and investigators close to the case...MORE Host Kristen Seavey
Producer/Network Kristen Seavey | QCODE
Email ****@murdershetold.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 1.5KFacebook 31.6KTwitter 1.6KInstagram 10.1K Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

12. The Fall Line: True Crime

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The Fall Line® focuses on cold cases that need attention. We cover missing persons cases, unsolved homicides, and unidentified remains (John and Jane Does) with thorough research and deep respect for those affected. We speak with families, detectives, victim advocates, and forensic experts to understand what happened—and why these cases remain unsolved. Every episode centers the victims, not the drama. We're looking into decades-old disappearances, following up on unsolved murders, and exploring why certain cases don't get the coverage they deserve...MORE Hosts Laurah Norton, Brooke Hargrove
Producer/Network TFL x OST
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 4.8KFacebook 7KTwitter 6.5KInstagram 11.2K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. Dark Downeast

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Dark Downeast: Maine and New England's True Crime Podcast digs into the decades-old and modern day cases that prickle the history of Vacationland and beyond the unsolved homicides, undetermined deaths, unexplained disappearances and other dark stories of New England.Investigative journalist and storyteller Kylie Low gets straight to the story with a mix of narrated episodes and documentary style production featuring interviews with surviving family and friends and insight on the investigations from detectives and sources who know these cases best...MORE Host Kylie Low
Producer/Network audiochuck
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 3.7KFacebook 13.5KTwitter 316Instagram 22.9K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. 20/20

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Unforgettable true crime mysteries, exclusive newsmaker interviews, hard-hitting investigative reports and in-depth coverage of high profile stories. Now listen throughout the week with the official 20/20 After Show, the True Crime Vault, and our spotlight of true crime originals.MORE Hosts David Muir, Deborah Roberts
Producer/Network 20/20 True Crime
Email ****@abc.com
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 9.2KFacebook 131.9KInstagram 22K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

15. Once Upon A Crime

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Step into the darker side of history with Once Upon A Crime, a true-crime podcast that delves deep into some of the world's most gripping cases. Hosted by an expert storyteller, Esther Ludlow, each episode unravels the mysteries behind notorious crimes, exploring the lives of victims, perpetrators, and the intricate details of the investigations that followed. With carefully researched narratives, thematic series, and thoughtful insights, Once Upon A Crime offers listeners a captivating blend of suspense, history, and human psychology...MORE Host Esther Ludlow
Producer/Network Esther Ludlow
Email ****@truecrimepodcast.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 5.9KFacebook 7.3KTwitter 9.7KInstagram 8K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. Island Crime

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Each season of Island Crime delves into an unsolved murder or missing person case on Vancouver Island. Host/Producer Laura Palmer updates the cases when she finds new evidence or fresh perspectives. Original journalism, leaving no stone unturned. Season 8: 'My Best Friend Bree' -the unsolved murder of Bree Gamble (Lozano) Season 7: 'Evaporated' explores the disappearance of Victoria's Ian Indridson. Season 6: 'Sweethearts' examines the unsolved cases of three teenage girls who were murdered in Victoria, Canada between 1990 and 1991...MORE Host Laura Palmer
Producer/Network Laura Palmer
Email ****@laurapalmer.ca
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 2.2KTwitter 1.8K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Since May 2020 Get Email Contact

17. True Crime Sleep Stories

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Hello and welcome to True Crime Sleep Stories, where you can settle in with a good true crime tale while drifting off into a safe sleepy slumber. Maybe you want to sip on a cup of hot tea, grab a warm fleece blanket, or cozy up by the fire. Whatever you decide to do, just make sure you're comfortable and ready for relaxation.And now it's time to get comfy… because I'm going to tell you a bedtime story.MORE Host Kelli Berens Brink
Producer/Network True Crime Sleep Stories
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 163Facebook 1.3KTwitter 136Instagram 8.5K Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

18. UK True Crime Podcast

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The weekly UK True Crime Podcast, hosted by Adam Lloyd, has been the home of UK True Crime since 2016. Shortlisted in four categories for the 2025 True Crime Awards - including Best True Crime Podcast - and with over 80 million listens, it is where you discover a wide variety of lesser known UK cases and find new perspectives and insight on stories you may already know. If you would like to advertise on the show, I would love to hear from you. Please just email: ****@audioalways.com https://uktruecrime...MORE Host Adam Lloyd
Producer/Network Audio Always
Email ****@uktruecrime.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 3.3K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. The Path Went Chilly

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Welcome to The Path Went Chilly where Robin Warder from The Trail Went Cold will discuss his favorite cases with friends Dr. Jules from Riddle Me That! True Crime and Criminologist Dr. Ashley Wellman. This will be a deep dive and a fresh perspective, join us as we descend deeper down the rabbit hole & examine these unsolved cases with compassionate consideration towards the families left behind.MORE Hosts Dr. Ashley Wellman, Dr. Jules, Robin Warder
Producer/Network Robin Jules Ashley TPWC
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 326Twitter 2.2K Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

20. Murder in Apartment 12

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Nona Dirksmeyer is a young beauty queen. Smart and talented, her future is bright. But just days before her 20th birthday, Nona is murdered in her apartment. Police quickly decide their primary suspect is the young man who found her her boyfriend, Kevin. After all, his bloody palm print is at the crime scene. Case closed? Not by a long shot. In Dateline's latest original podcast series, Keith Morrison tells the story of three trials, two suspects, and one small town where things are not always what they seem...MORE Host Keith Morrison
Producer/Network Dateline NBC
Email ****@nbcuni.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 4.1KFacebook 3.3MTwitter 9.3MInstagram 485.7K Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

21. Internal Affairs

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It happened on a frigid winter night. First, a sudden moment of terror. Then, a frantic search to find a costumed killer. 'Internal Affairs,' Dateline's next original podcast series, takes us to northern Colorado, and into an obsessive and deadly romantic affair. Reported by Josh Mankiewicz, it's a story about bad choices, a fatal attraction and men and women who proudly wore badges at work--while living lies at home. And when the day of reckoning came, the people with the badges had to investigate their own...MORE Host Josh Mankiewicz
Producer/Network Dateline NBC
Email ****@nbcuni.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 3.1KFacebook 15.7MTwitter 9.3MInstagram 485.7K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

22. Christian True-Crime Junkies!

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Squeaky-clean true crime for Christians!Looking for a faith-based true crime show that gives you all the spine-tingling stories without any of the gore?You've come to the right place!Each week, we're bringing you unforgettable testimonies of survival, stories of justice, tales of redemption, and yes sometimes plain old murder...but always clean, and always from a Christian perspective!MORE Email ****@christianbooks.today
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Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

23. Dead End: Crime and Politics

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Dead End is where true crime meets political corruption. From the shocking murder of a politically connected couple to the unraveling of one of the most powerful figures in Washington, Season 2 exposes how power, ambition, and secrecy collide in New Jersey and beyond. In Season 1, we investigated the mysterious deaths of John and Joyce Sheridan, and the political machine connected to them. Now, we trace Senator Bob Menendez's rise and fall, and the romance and Egyptian spies at the center of his ruin. Episodes release every Tuesday.MORE Host Nancy Solomon
Producer/Network WNYC
Email ****@wnyc.org
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 2.1KFacebook 22KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.8K Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

24. Clean Crime

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True crime podcast created by a mother and daughter duo that is appropriate for younger audiences.Follow us on IG: @Clean_Crime
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

25. Same Crime, Different Time: A Historical True Crime Podcast With Jen Chambers

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Jennifer dives into the Pacific Northwest, a region rich with chilling true crime, perplexing history, and unsettling local lore in Same Crime, Different Time. Using her extensive research background, she connects the dots between ancient and modern cases of murder and mystery, revealing the enduring threads of the past in this captivating landscape. jbchambers.substack.comMORE Email ****@substack.com
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

26. Unsolved-ish: True Crime & Mysteries

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Unsolved-ish: True Crime & Unsolved Mysteries dives into the world of real crime with a sharp eye for evidence and just enough humor to keep things human. Each episode explores true crime cases, unsolved mysteries, cold cases, disappearances, suspicious deaths, and criminal investigations that were almost wrapped up—or confidently declared solved… even when the facts say otherwise. We break down what happened, what went wrong, what was ignored, and why some cases remain frustratingly unresolved...MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

27. CounterClock

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In order to tell the story of a crime, you have to turn back time. Every season, Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra digs deep into a mind-bending mystery with the hopes of reigniting interest in a decades old homicide case.MORE Host Delia DAmbra
Producer/Network audiochuck
Email ****@audiochuck.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 36.6KFacebook 51.9KTwitter 9.8KInstagram 90.8K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

28. Bear Brook

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Bear Brook, hosted by Jason Moon, is the critically-acclaimed true crime podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio. Season 1 - Two barrels. Four Bodies. And a cold case that's changing how murders will be investigated forever.Season 2: A True Crime Story - Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. The only evidence against him? His own taped confession. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it?Stephen King called both seasons 'the best true crime podcasts I've ever heard. Brilliant, involving, hypnotic...MORE Host Jason Moon
Producer/Network NHPR
Email ****@nhpr.org
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 17.4K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

29. Accused

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Season 4 : When Rhoda Nathan's lifeless body was discovered in her hotel room, it was assumed she'd had a heart attack. The autopsy proved otherwise: Nathan, 67, had been viciously beaten to death, punched so hard by her assailant that two of her teeth had been knocked out. Days later, a hotel employee went to the hospital to be treated for an infection in his hand, which was teeming with a bacteria most often found in human mouths. That, plus a pendant an officer said was discovered in the trunk of his car, sealed the fate of Elwood Jones, who awaits execution on Ohio's death row...MORE Hosts Amber Hunt, Amanda Rossmann
Producer/Network Cincinnati Enquirer
Email ****@enquirer.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 8.5KFacebook 3.5KTwitter 5.5KInstagram 198.8K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

30. Scott W. Hawkins

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Vanished true crime and historical events in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma and more.
Producer/Network Scott W. Hawkins
Email ****@swhawkins.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

31. 13 Alibis

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How did a man who claims he had 13 alibi witnesses get convicted of murder and serve 20 years in prison? In this original series from Dateline NBC, producer Dan Slepian chronicles the case of Richard Rosario, who was convicted of a 1996 murder in New York City. Rosario has always insisted that he is innocent, and that 13 alibi witnesses will swear he was a thousand miles away in Florida while the crime was happening in New York. Ride along in real time as Slepian spends two years digging deep into Rosario's case in a quest for the truth...MORE Producer/Network Dateline NBC
Email ****@nbcuni.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 3.2KFacebook 15.7MTwitter 9.3MInstagram 4.5M Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Since May 2019 Get Email Contact

32. THREE

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For over 30 years, the murder of 23-year-old Dana Ireland haunted the island of Hawai'i, leaving behind a tangled web of suspicion, betrayal, and unanswered questions. Three men were convicted. The case was closed. Justice was served. Or so everyone thought.Hosted by Amanda Knox - an exoneree, journalist, public speaker and best-selling author - this Season of THREE takes you deep into a case that was never as simple as it seemed...MORE Hosts Justine Harman, Holly Millea
Producer/Network audiochuck
Email ****@39stories.co
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 6K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

33. True Crime Reports

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This is immersive true crime, done differently. True Crime Reports brings you crime stories from the global south and beyond; tales of corruption, power, and injustice that often haven't reached headlines in the West.Hosted by journalist Halla Mohieddeen, each week you'll be taken to countries like Peru, South Africa, Syria, and Cambodia, hearing from eyewitnesses, journalists, and family members right at the heart of these stories.MORE Producer/Network Al Jazeera
Email ****@aljazeera.net
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 69 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

34. Canadian Scandal: True Crimes and Dirty Secrets From the Great White North

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**NEW EPISODES EVERY 2 WEEKS** Canada has a reputation for being peaceful, polite, and a little boring — the land of friendly neighbors, free health care, hockey obsessions, and people who say 'sorry' when you bump into them . Basically, the well-behaved upstairs neighbor to the U.S. But that clean-cut image is only part of the story. Beneath the snow and smiles, Canada has a darker side — one filled with scandals, crimes, corruption, cover-ups, and a long list of things the country has quietly tried to forget...MORE Email ****@walkernewmedia.com
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35. Chore Chapters

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Chore Chapters Because everyday tasks need good company. Join Luna & Leo for cozy chats and spine-tingling unsolved mysteries that turn your chores into captivating journeys.Each episode, our warm hosts share meticulously researched true-crime cases, forgotten legends, and baffling enigmas that have puzzled investigators for decades. Expect smooth storytelling, thoughtful commentary, and just the right touch of suspense perfect for the background as you clean 🧹, cook 🍽️, or commute 🚗.Subscribe and let Chore Chapters be the friendly companion that makes every chore feel a breeze.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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