20 Best Family Friendly True Crime Podcasts
Family Friendly True Crime Podcasts
Here are 20 Best Family Friendly True Crime Podcasts worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
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The Vanished is a true crime podcast that explores the stories of those who have gone missing. The Vanished goes beyond conventional news reports to take a deep dive into the story of a different missing person each week. Host Marissa Jones brings you exclusive interviews with family members, friends, law enforcement and experts. What will The Vanished uncover next?All episodes are available for free. Listen ad-free on Wondery or on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.MORE Host Marissa Jones
Producer/Network Wondery
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2. 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
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 8KTwitter 378Instagram 19.6K Avg Length 40 min Get Email Contact
3. 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
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Twitter 2.2K Avg Length 51 min Get Email Contact
4. PARTNERS IN TRUE CRIME
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WHO WE ARE: We have produced some of your favorite true crime television shows for Discovery, Oxygen, A&E and now we are going to do a deep dive investigation into the unsolved cases that have haunted us. Season 1 is WHO KILLED MOLLY MILLER and COLT HAYNES, Season 2: The Killing Hour with SCOTT BONN, Season 3: SERIAL KILLER WHISPERER WITH LAURA BRAND.MORE Hosts Cindy Dorfmann, Rob Dorfmann
Producer/Network Rob and Cindy Dorfmann
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 1.4KTwitter 27Instagram 262 Avg Length 60 min Get Email Contact
5. Without Warning Podcast®
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Without Warning Podcast® Crowdsourcing Justice is a true crime in real-time. This podcast goes behind the scenes with renowned private investigator Sheila Wysocki as she pulls back the curtain on official police investigations of real, tragic deaths that just don't add up.MORE Host Sheila Wysocki
Producer/Network Without Warning Podcast®
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 20.7KTwitter 7KInstagram 4.6K Avg Length 25 min Get Email Contact
6. Social Detective
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Dog mom. Baker. True crime podcast maker. Retired criminologist & boozy baker investigating unsolved crimes in Kansas & beyond. Behind every podcast there is a victim. Their families, friends & loved ones. They are left looking for answers. It's our job to treat their cases with respect, integrity & compassion. Cases get solved by keeping the victim & details of the case active on social media. Bringing widespread visibility to a case can bring answers and potentially stop additional crimes.MORE Producer/Network Cold Case Kansas: A Social Detective Podcast
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Facebook 1.5KTwitter 1.7KInstagram 1.7K Avg Length 29 min Get Email Contact
7. Dying to be Found
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Meet Deb. A true crime enthusiast who pulls family members into her web of tales whether they want to hear them or not. She's kind of convincing that way! We go across state lines and international borders to not only bring you a variety of family members who double as co-hosts, but we also deliver true crime stories that are left open to interpretation. Dying to be Found has the perfect combination of facts and storytelling that will want you coming back for more!MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 100Twitter 378Instagram 1.3K Avg Length 33 min Get Email Contact
8. Campfire Crime Chronicles
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The Campfire Crime Chronicles is true crime podcast that takes dives into true crime in NJ, FL, and WV, as well as other cases around the country. We follow cases that are well known and not so well known.MORE Producer/Network Campfire Crime Chronicles
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 31 min Get Email Contact
9. Who Dunnit Sisters
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Kansas City True Crime Cases hosted by sisters Hether and Haley. Hether, an administrator with The Doe Network, has 12 years of experience volunteering with families of missing persons. A friend of Haley's stepson was murdered in 2016. After his death, she founded 'We Are His Voice', a call-to-action community group pursuing justice for Kansas City's crime victims. The sisters discuss missing person and unsolved murder cases in the Kansas City area and include interviews with family members of the victim's when possible.MORE Host Hether
Producer/Network Hether & Haley
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 554Twitter 13Instagram 456 Avg Length 20 min Get Email Contact
10. She's Missing
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'She's Missing' strives to show the miraculous story of Megan's kidnapping, featuring candid interviews with family, friends, and authorities. This documentary-style narrative is not just about the investigation but the impact on those connected to Megan. The podcast also raises intriguing parallels between Megan's case and the disappearance of Amber Hoopes.MORE Host Emily Downey
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11. Cocktails, Mocktails, and Crime
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Four lifelong friends and family members enjoy drinks while dissecting true crime stories from all over the New England region.
Producer/Network Jill Markley
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Facebook 453Twitter 4 Avg Length 64 min Get Email Contact
12. True Crime Arizona - Lori Vallow Podcast
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She was the perfect wife and mother for decades, until something changed. Lori Vallow is now connected in some way to six violent or mysterious deaths. A former husband, an estranged husband, two of her children, her brother and her new husband's then-wife all dead.MORE Producer/Network Briana Whitney
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 1.1MTwitter 295.4KInstagram 200K Avg Length 18 min Get Email Contact
13. True Crime Real Time
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This show explores some of the more difficult to solve cases in the Southern Ontario (Canada) area, which remain unresolved to this day. Join your host as she explores the community and facts surrounding each case. Each case features a unique site visit description and various interviews with either friends, family members, law enforcement or specialists.MORE Producer/Network Genevieve Germaine
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 914Twitter 4.7KInstagram 1.2K Avg Length 40 min Get Email Contact
14. True Crime Chronicles w/ LB
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This is a podcast focusing on all types of true crime: solved cases, unsolved, missing and survivor stories. I became an R.N in 2007 and received my AAS in criminal investigations in 2009 in order to become a SANE nurse. I interned with my father, one of the top Forensic Consultants in the country. I am a DV/SA survivor who fought relentlessly to have my attacker brought to justice. I am a friend to victims who have lost their lives, some received justice and some have not. I've been there as their families fought for their loved ones. Now I want to talk about it & I hope you want to join me!MORE Producer/Network Lynndsay Blassingame
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Twitter 2KInstagram 1.3K Avg Length 59 min Get Email Contact
15. Strictly Crime
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Alex here with Strictly Crime, this podcast is all about your favorite True Crime stories, spooky tales, and mysteries! My goal is to educate on the tragedies of the victims while also giving a light hearted feel. With sometimes special guests get to know me, my friends and family! If you like True crime or anything of that nature this place is for you.MORE Producer/Network Strictly Crime
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 40 min Get Email Contact
16. Pop Crime
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Pop Crime is a combination pop culture/true crime podcast that seeks to entertain, enlighten, and lightly inform.
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 3Instagram 50 Avg Length 27 min Get Email Contact
17. No Activity
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'No Activity' is a new true crime podcast in the pursuit of justice for cold cases that have sat idle for far too long. The show will feature exclusive audio interviews with law enforcement, experts, advocates and of course, above everything else, families and friends of the victims because who better to tell you about them than the people who knew them best?MORE Producer/Network Maria
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 151Twitter 20Instagram 178 Avg Length 28 min Get Email Contact
18. The Twilight Terrors
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Welcome to our podcast called The Twilight Terrors! Our names are Laken and Julia, and we have been friends our whole lives. Both of us have grown up to love true crime, so we only thought it would be fitting to create a true crime podcast. We hope you join us to talk about relevant true crime cases and become a part of the Twilight Terrors family!MORE Producer/Network Julia & Laken
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 22 min Get Email Contact
Family Friendly True Crime shows hosts and producers
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
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Marissa Jones | Host | thevanishedpodcast.com/episodes | 90 | |||
Kylie Low | Host | darkdowneast.com | 7 | @kyliekeenelow | 65 | |
Dr. Ashley Wellman | Co Host | spreaker.com/show/the-path-went-chilly | 136 | @drashleywellman | 1.1K | |
Dr. Jules | Co Host | spreaker.com/show/the-path-went-chilly | 136 | @podcastriddle | ||
Robin Warder | Co Host | spreaker.com/show/the-path-went-chilly | 136 | @robin_warder | ||
Cindy Dorfmann | Co Host | partnersintruecrime.com | 78 | @dorfmann_cindy | ||
Rob Dorfmann | Co Host | partnersintruecrime.com | 78 | |||
Sheila Wysocki | Host | sheilawysocki.com/the-studio | 13 | @sheilawysocki | 59 | |
Hether | Host | feeds.buzzsprout.com/1996169 | 1 | |||
Emily Downey | Host | shesmissingpodcast.com/listen | 15 | |||
Social Detective | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maryanne-mccullough | 67 | @crime_scenes | 1.7K | ||
Deb Norman | rss.com/podcasts/db2fdash | 61 | @dying2bfound | 378 | ||
Lynndsay Blassingame | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lynndsay-blassingame | 31 | @tcchronicleslb | 2K | ||
Strictly Crime | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/striclycrime | 29 | ||||
Arizona's Family (3TV & CBS 5) | azfamily.com/originals/podcasts/lori-vallow | 23 | @azfamily | 295.4K | ||
Campfire Crime Chronicles | spreaker.com/show/campfire-crime-chronicles | 22 | ||||
Julia & Laken | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/julia-kinsey | 21 | ||||
Pop Crime | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/popcrime | 12 | @crime_pop | 3 | ||
Deborah Norman | rss.com/podcasts/db2fdash | 9 | @dying2bfound | 378 | ||
Maria | spreaker.com/show/no-activity | 7 | @noactivitypod | 20 |