20 Best Family Secrets Podcasts

1. Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia

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When Elizabeth Short, also known as The Black Dahlia, was brutally killed in 1947, it gripped the entire country. More than 70 years later, it remains America's most infamous unsolved murder. Many believe Dr. George Hodel was the killer, thanks to an investigation by Hodel's own son. But murder is just part of the Hodel family story, one filled with horrifying secrets that ripple across generations. Now, through never-before-heard archival audio and first-time interviews, the Hodel family opens up to reveal their shocking story...MORE Hosts Rasha Pecoraro, Yvette Gentile
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 21.4KFacebook 3.2MTwitter 168.3KInstagram 142K Avg Length 38 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. Everything's Relative with Eve Sturges

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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/everythingsrelative/subscribeWith heart and humor, Eve Sturges explores the modern landscape of DNA testing after a single phone call turns her world upside down. By talking with others who have had 'DNA discoveries,' Eve hopes to change the conversation around secrets, shame, family, and identity.MORE Host Eve Sturges
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 274Facebook 1.5KTwitter 1.8K Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Family Secrets

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Family Secrets. We all have them. And while the discovery of family secrets can initially be terrifying or traumatic, often these discoveries have the power to liberate, heal, and even uplift us. Join Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of the memoir Inheritance, and her guests as they explore astonishing family secrets and uncover the extraordinary lessons the truth can teach us.MORE Host Dani Shapiro
Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 5.7KFacebook 2.4KTwitter 1KInstagram 42.9K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Family Ghosts

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Every house is haunted. In each episode of Family Ghosts, we investigate the true story behind a mysterious figure whose legend has followed a family for generations. Grandmothers who were secretly jewel smugglers, uncles who led double lives, siblings who vanished without a trace, and other ghostly characters who cast shadows over our lives in ways that might not be immediately obvious. We are all formed in part by our familial collections of secrets, intrigues, and myths. By engaging with each others' legends, perhaps we can see each others' realities more clearly...MORE Host Sam Dingman
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 5.4KTwitter 1.3KInstagram 1.8K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Unpacking Family Secrets God's Way

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Revealing family secrets God's Way is important because it requires revelation and forgiveness. For generations, the hidden things under the umbrella of, 'What happens in this house, stays in this house', has destroyed the family dwelling in the house. The dysfunction has been functioning, but the time has come to correct this mistake God's Way.MORE Host Chywanda Watson
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. The Albrecht Authors: No More Secrets

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How many terrible secrets can one family hold? In early 2019, Mary and Katie published a memoir named Broken Nek, detailing their life of abuse and trauma from Ken, Katie's father/Mary's brother. After speaking to crowds across the midwest, this aunt and niece duo realized that their story is far from over and both now strive for a life of authenticity. In this podcast, Mary and Katie sort out their family's history and their ongoing struggles and triumphs with mental health...MORE Hosts Katie Forsythe, Mary Albrecht
Producer/Network Katie and Mary Albrecht
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 112Facebook 202Instagram 213 Avg Length 65 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. My Sister's Secrets

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Virginia Tapscott is on a quest to uncover her family's darkest truth - and shine a light on the secrets in all our families. This gripping new investigative podcast is created by Tapscott and journalist Steve Jackson, and brought to you by The Australian. Proudly supported by the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas. MORE Hosts Virginia Tapscott, Steve Jackson
Producer/Network Crime X
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 792Facebook 1.3MTwitter 857.4KInstagram 341.1K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Soul Confessions Podcast

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Join me to hear amazing life journeys from those who walk amongst us. Highs, lows & everything in between.A safe space for personal encounters & confessions to be shared. They say confession is good for the soul. In sharing my deepest thoughts, it has allowed another step in the healing process. It takes a leap of faith to step into the courage zone & share these stories. It is also a very vulnerable space to enter. Tune in & enjoy!MORE Host Tara
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Apple Reviews 3Instagram 30 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Are you my...?

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Unpacking family secrets around genealogy and long-lost relatives
Hosts Ang, Ru
Producer/Network Are you my…? Podcast
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. The Family Burrito

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The Family Burrito Podcast is about two sisters who lived in a f**ked up family, told by two sisters who know it by heart. Join Christine and Jessie as they reminisce over their crazy childhood and the family secrets that came with it.MORE Producer/Network Jessica and Christine Zethraus
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6Twitter 348Instagram 85 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. The Firm: Blood, Lies and Royal Succession

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An investigation into the secrets, scandals, and constitutional crises of the most famous and infamous family in the world. From ruthless Virgin Queens to traitorous wartime Kings, from madness and revolution to forbidden sex and shocking deaths, from jealousy and rivalry to brothers and sisters torn apart, this is the real, unvarnished history of the last five centuries of Britain's Royal Family. We're going to reveal the real stories behind the airbrushed history book tales, and we're going to show the lengths to which the self-styled 'Firm' will go in order to keep those stories sec..MORE Producer/Network Empire Media Group
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 439 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. The Passenger

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The Passenger is a fiction podcast about a young woman's investigation into her missing father, and the discovery of a mysterious machine he built. Follow Yara, Rick, and Elle as they uncover family secrets which lead them into a dangerous showdown with an entity known as 'The Passenger'.MORE Producer/Network A.P. Boland & Andrew Urban
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Apple Reviews 2Twitter 7 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. Blood Strangers

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Secret family... Family secrets. True stories of reunion, revelation and discovery told by those whose family contains someone we all know; Blood Strangers. They are the people in the family tree with whom we share both everything and nothing. Do you have a story of family involving a Blood Stranger? Contact us at ****@gmail.com or on Instagram @bloodstrangers to tell the tale. Hosted and produced by Charleen Thorburn, title and concept creation by Tiffany Lessard, theme music is 'The Plot Thickens' by Joshua Specht.MORE Producer/Network Charleen Thorburn
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Unspoken Secrets and Quiet Whispers

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This 2 part audio drama is recorded from the script titled Unspoken Secrets and Quiet Whispers. Listen as this African American family struggle through their untold secrets that may muffle the upcoming generation or can the unrested spirit of Merrie find the portal to the present and cause the mind of her daughter, Dinah to remember.This audio drama is derived from the Historical Fiction books Unspoken Secrets and Quiet Whispers & Unspoken Secrets and Quiet Whispers Remembered/Revealed written by Lorna Moore and Louise Newton-Kerr (Inspired from true life events). *****Voice over cast membe..MORE Host Lorna Moore
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Apple Rating 3/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

15. My Families Dirty Little Secrets

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I am shedding light to the dirty little secrets that my family has and breaking the generational trauma that it has caused. I am bringing you on through my journey of filing charges on my accuser from 32 years ago and the process from the start to the finish. The everyday roller coaster of emotions to the anger.MORE Host Felicia
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16. Professor Turi King

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Professor Turi King is a scientist, presenter, speaker and author who is passionate about communicating science to the public. She is best known for her work in 'cracking one of the biggest forensic DNA cases in history' during the exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England.MORE Producer/Network Professor Turi King
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 18Twitter 7K Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

17. Family Drama

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Family drama. Everybody has it. And for some, their family drama is more public than others. Have you ever wondered what it's like to grow up with a notorious criminal?My name is Amber Preston, and I am here to share stories kept secret. I invite you into the world of people who have experienced unbelievable stories of family drama, insane situations and to hear how family members of notorious criminals have coped -OR NOT by living in the shadows.MORE Host Amber Preston
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 96Facebook 15 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. BioHacked: Family Secrets

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BioHacked tells startling true stories of the people caught between two multi-trillion-dollar industries — medicine and technology — and chronicles how their lives are transformed. Listen as the children of anonymous sperm and egg donors — some with dozens or hundreds of half-siblings — take on the fertility industry...MORE Producer/Network The Binge
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 243 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. 2Sisters From The Same Mister

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Family means everything to most of us! You may have had questions all of your life about family. You have family, but something always seemed to be missing. Family whispers about who you look like. Thoughts of conversations that you were not privy to still linger in your head from when you were a child. If this is you, you are in the right place. 2Sisters From The Same Mister is a podcast about discovering who you really are. It's about discovering family secrets that may have been locked away for a long time.MORE Estimated listeners
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20. The Just Enough Family

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Staggering success, unexpected loss, over-the-top parties, shocking betrayals, and profound intimacy are woven together into a high-profile family-therapy session. The Just Enough Family follows the meteoric rise and staggering fall of the Steinbergs, once one of America's richest families, through the eyes of Liz Lange— successful fashion designer, captivating storyteller, and niece of the infamous corporate raider Saul Steinberg. Host Ariel Levy (The New Yorker, The Rules do Not Apply), Liz's friend, gets an inside look at what happened to the once seemingly invincible clan...MORE Producer/Network The Binge
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 128 Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact