15 Best Dateline Podcasts
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Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.comMORE Hosts Andrea Canning, Blayne Alexander, Josh Mankiewicz
Producer/Network Dateline NBC
Email ****@nbcuni.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 44.5KFacebook 3.1MTwitter 9.4MInstagram 475.7K Avg Length 32 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. Motive for Murder
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Two murders, months apart, in Houston. The young victims knew each other, but did they also know their elusive killer? Dateline's Josh Mankiewicz takes you inside one of the most twisted and confounding cases he's ever covered. From the team who brought you the #1 podcast The Thing About Pam comes the chilling story of the race to find a killer by unmasking the motive. Listen to all episodes of Motive for Murder now completely free, or subscriber to Dateline Premium to listen ad-free: DatelinePremium.comMORE Host Josh Mankiewicz
Producer/Network Dateline NBC
Email ****@nbcuni.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 7.2KFacebook 14.5MTwitter 9.4MInstagram 475.7K Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
3. Killer Role
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The actress Wyn Reed had that powerful combination of charisma, beauty and smarts. She was such a talent that a team of movie producers couldn't believe it when the 28 year-old Wyn agreed to play the lead — a killer—in their upcoming, small-budget, horror movie. What the filmmakers didn't know, as they got on location, was that Wyn wasn't really Wyn. That was all make believe. But the killer part? That was real. This original podcast series from Keith Morrison and Dateline NBC tells a story even Hollywood couldn't have imagined...MORE Host Keith Morrison
Producer/Network Dateline NBC
Email ****@nbcuni.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 3.6KFacebook 3.1MTwitter 9.4MInstagram 475.7K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
4. Dateline: Missing In America
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Are you the key to solving a mystery? That question is at the heart of this original series from Dateline. Correspondent Josh Mankiewicz reports on perplexing missing person cases brought to Dateline's attention by our social media followers. Each episode focuses on one person's story, as told by those left behind. Listen carefully to the details, descriptions and clues offered by family, friends and investigators. Something you hear might jog a memory that could help authorities crack a case...MORE Host Josh Mankiewicz
Producer/Network Dateline NBC
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 2.2KFacebook 3.1MTwitter 417.5KInstagram 475.7K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
5. 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 3.1MTwitter 9.4MInstagram 475.7K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
6. The Seduction
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It's a twisted love story that unspools like a film noir, where lust and obsession lead to murder and a classic double cross. This original series from Dateline's Keith Morrison takes us into the troubled mind of a young man, and the cold heart of a woman who needed her husband dead. If only she could find someone 'man enough' to do the deed... Listen to all episodes of The Seduction now completely free, or subscriber to Dateline Premium to listen ad-free: DatelinePremium.comMORE Host Keith Morrison
Producer/Network Dateline NBC
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 2.9KFacebook 14.5MTwitter 9.4MInstagram 475.7K Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
7. A Date With Dateline
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Kimberly and Katie are professional true crime TV experts with no formal training but evidence lockers filled with snark and uninformed opinions. Katie watches Dateline in hopes to learn how to prevent her new husband from murdering her for the life insurance money, and Kimberly watches so she'll know what to say when Keith Morrison interviews her about her best friend Katie's murder.MORE Hosts Kimberly Arnold, Katie Mitchell
Producer/Network Kimberly and Katie - ADWDL
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 5.8KFacebook 9.8KTwitter 10.7KInstagram 18.6K Avg Length 82 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
8. Dateline New Haven with Paul Bass
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New Haven Independent editor Paul Bass looks behind the headlines with local newsmakers.
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Producer/Network WNHH-LP 103.5 FM NEW HAVEN
Email ****@gmail.com
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Facebook 1.8KTwitter 373 Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
9. True Crime Cleanup On Aisle H
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True Crime Cleanup on Aisle H is a comedy podcast where the hosts, Kurt Money and Kateline, take an episode of true crime television and clean it up, talking about the case covered and how the show covers it. Some shows are really good at it, like your Datelines and what have you. Other shows are not so good at it, like the long-forgotten Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science...and we talk about them too!MORE Hosts Kurt Money, Kateline
Producer/Network Kurt Money and Kateline
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 84 Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
10. 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 3.1MTwitter 9.4MInstagram 475.7K Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
11. The Girl in the Blue Mustang
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When 18-year-old Michelle O'Keefe is found murdered in her shiny new blue Mustang in a California park and ride, investigators encounter a confusing crime scene and a witness who seems to know too much. In Dateline's latest original podcast series, Keith Morrison takes us to the High Desert outside Los Angeles for a story featuring twists, turns and a sharp-eyed Dateline viewer who steers the case in an entirely new direction. Listen to all episodes of The Girl in the Blue Mustang now completely free, or subscriber to Dateline Premium to listen ad-free: DatelinePremium.comMORE Host Keith Morrison
Producer/Network Dateline NBC
Email ****@nbcuni.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 12.8KFacebook 3.1MTwitter 9.4MInstagram 475.7K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
12. 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
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 3.1KFacebook 14.5MTwitter 9.4MInstagram 475.7K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
13. 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 14.5MTwitter 9.4MInstagram 4.5M Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Since May 2019 Get Email Contact
14. Murder & Magnolias
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They were the very picture of a perfect couple in the land of Spanish moss and sweet magnolias. But when a hit man targets one of them, a story of betrayal and murderous intent unfolds. In Dateline's latest podcast, Keith Morrison takes us to the Low Country of South Carolina to tell the twisted tale. Listen to all episodes of Murder & Magnolias now completely free, or subscriber to Dateline Premium to listen ad-free: DatelinePremium.comMORE Host Keith Morrison
Producer/Network Dateline NBC
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 11.3KFacebook 3.1MTwitter 9.4MInstagram 475.7K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
15. Dateline Louisiana
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A provocative look at the deepest of the deep southern states by two veterans of Louisiana politics. Thoughts that are informative, candid, humorous, and sometimes controversial about life in one of the most interesting and rabble-rousing states in the nation. Jim Brown is a veteran of Louisiana statewide politics, has taught Louisiana history, written six books about Louisiana, and presently is the publisher of The Lisburn Press. His website is www.jimbrownla.com. Rannah Gray is a government consultant and is the author of three books including international best seller Familiar Evil. Her website is www.rannahgray.com...MORE Hosts Rannah Gray, Jim Brown
Producer/Network Jim Brown and Rannah Gray
Email ****@datelinelouisiana.com
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Apple Rating 3.3/5Apple Reviews 4Facebook 63 Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
Dateline shows hosts and producers
| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Gender | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | Location | |
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| Andrea Canning | Co Host | dateline-nbc.simplecast.com | 67 | Female | @canningandrea | 35.3K | NY, United States | |
| Blayne Alexander | Co Host | dateline-nbc.simplecast.com | 67 | Male | @reporterblayne | 28.8K | Oklahoma City, OK, United States | |
| Josh Mankiewicz | Co Host | dateline-nbc.simplecast.com | 67 | Male | @joshmankiewicz | 72.9K | Los Angeles, CA, United States | |
| Josh Mankiewicz | Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/motive-for-murder/id1510365500?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=podcast_box_link | Male | @joshmankiewicz | 73.3K | Los Angeles, CA, United States | ||
| Keith Morrison | Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/killer-role/id1561388976?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=podcast_box_link | Male | @dateline_keith | 125K | CA, United States | ||
| Josh Mankiewicz | Host | nbcnews.com/datelinemissing | Male | @joshmankiewicz | 72.9K | Los Angeles, CA, United States | ||
| Keith Morrison | Host | the-thing-about-helen-and-olga.simplecast.com | Male | @dateline_keith | CA, United States | |||
| Keith Morrison | Host | the-seduction.simplecast.com | Male | @dateline_keith | 125K | CA, United States | ||
| Kimberly Arnold | Co Host | adatewithdateline.blubrry.com | 24 | Female | @datelinepodcast | 1 | ||
| Katie Mitchell | Co Host | adatewithdateline.blubrry.com | 24 | Female | ||||
| Paul Bass | Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dateline-new-haven-with-paul-bass/id1636695061?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=podcast_box_link | 35 | Male | @pauljbass | 3K | New Haven, CT, United States | |
| Kurt Money | Co Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kurtis-meyers0 | 19 | Male | ||||
| Kateline | Co Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kurtis-meyers0 | 19 | Female | ||||
| Keith Morrison | Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/murder-in-apartment-12/id1707558987 | Male | @dateline_keith | 125K | CA, United States | ||
| Keith Morrison | Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-girl-in-the-blue-mustang/id1675387068 | Male | @dateline_keith | 125K | CA, United States | ||
| Josh Mankiewicz | Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/internal-affairs/id1642995848?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=podcast_box_link | Male | @joshmankiewicz | 72.9K | Los Angeles, CA, United States | ||
| Keith Morrison | Host | playpodcast.net/podcast/murder-magnolias | Male | @dateline_keith | 124.8K | CA, United States | ||
| Rannah Gray | Co-Host | feeds.buzzsprout.com/1787801 | 8 | Female | @rannahgray | 226 | LA, United States | |
| Jim Brown | Co-Host | feeds.buzzsprout.com/1787801 | 8 | Male | @jimbrownla | 834 | Baton Rouge, LA, United States |
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