45 Best Mini Series Podcasts
Mini Series Podcasts
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Export Contact List1. Serial
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Our newest podcast, 'The Good Whale,' is out now. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts, or follow it here: https://lnk.to/good-whaleSerial Productions makes narrative podcasts that have transformed the medium. Sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter to find out about new shows, get behind the scenes stories, and see photos and videos you can't see on a podcast. To get full access to Serial Productions shows, and to other New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts...MORE Host Susan Burton
Producer/Network Serial
Email ****@serialpodcast.org
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 101.8KFacebook 424.1KTwitter 264.9KInstagram 58.8K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Since Oct 2013 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. Business Wars
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Netflix vs. HBO. Nike vs. Adidas. Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet or your attention. Sometimes, it's just the fun of beating the other guy. The outcome of these battles shapes what we buy and how we live. Business Wars gives you the unauthorized, real story of what drives these companies and their leaders, innovators, investors and executives to new heights -- or to ruin. Hosted by David Brown, former anchor of Marketplace. From Wondery, the network behind Against the Odds and American History Tellers ...MORE Host David Brown
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@wondery.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 16.5KFacebook 3.1KTwitter 5.6KInstagram 197.8K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Since Jan 2018 Get Email Contact
3. American Scandal
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Every scandal begins with a lie. But the truth will come out. And then comes the fallout and the outrage.Scandals have shaped America since its founding. From business and politics to sports and society, we look on aghast as corruption, deceit and ambition bring down heroes and celebrities, politicians and moguls...MORE Host Lindsay Graham
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@airship.fm
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 21.4KFacebook 167.7KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 197.8K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2018 Get Email Contact
4. Against The Odds
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Humans are resilient. In our toughest moments, we will fight, we will struggle, and we will triumph...often against the odds. In this immersive series from Wondery, host-adventurers Mike Corey and Cassie De Pecol will share thrilling stories of survival. From the daring rescue of a soccer team trapped in an underwater cave in Thailand, to a woman taken hostage by Somali pirates, these stories made headlines around the world. AGAINST THE ODDS will make you feel as though you're living these experiences with our heroes as they push themselves to their limits...MORE Hosts Mike Corey, Cassandra De Pecol
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 9.7KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 197.8K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
5. Embedded
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NPR's home for audio documentaries brings untold stories to light through deeply reported narrative series. We go to hidden corners of the headlines to explore what's been sealed off, undisclosed, or overlooked and the people at the heart of those stories. Support in-depth storytelling that matters by subscribing to Embedded and unlock early access to new episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org/embeddedMORE Host Kelly McEvers
Producer/Network Embedded
Email ****@npr.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 12.9KFacebook 7.8MTwitter 7.8MInstagram 8.1M Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2016 Get Email Contact
6. Meet Cute Originals
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Meet Cute Originals: your go-to, ever-growing library of romantic comedies, fantasies, and dramas. Discover a new serialized, addictive audio series every month, with episodes released twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays. Want to binge the entire series at once? Get the full series in a convenient single-episode-feed on the last Friday of the series' run: like an audiobook, but better. Only an earbud away, you can take Meet Cute Originals anywhere, anytime for free. It's no-payment entertainment because at Meet Cute, stories are on us, always...MORE Host Steph Sanderson
Producer/Network Meet Cute
Email ****@meetcute.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 1.1KFacebook 513Twitter 1.8KInstagram 7K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
7. In The Dark
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In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, is an award-winning investigative-journalism podcast that started in 2016. Its first season looked at the mysterious abduction of Jacob Wetterling in rural Minnesota and the lack of accountability that sheriffs face when they fail to solve cases. Season 2 examined the case of Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for the same crime. In 2020, In the Dark released a special report on the coronavirus pandemic in the Mississippi Delta. In 2023, In the Dark joined The New Yorker and in 2024, it released 'The Runaway Princesses,' a four-part series that asks why the women in Dubai's royal family keep trying to run away...MORE Host Madeleine Baran
Producer/Network The New Yorker
Email ****@apmreports.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 32KFacebook 22.6KTwitter 26.4K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
8. Malevolent
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Do not fear the dark, fear what darkness brings... Arkham Private Investigator Arthur Lester wakes up with no memory of who he is or what has happened, only a nameless, eerie voice guiding him through the darkness. Blind, terrified, and confused, his journey will lead him towards a series of mysteries in the hopes of understanding the truth of what has transpired...MORE Host Harlan Guthrie
Producer/Network Harlan Guthrie
Email ****@live.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 2.1KFacebook 1KTwitter 9.5K Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
9. Culpable
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Join host Dennis Cooper as he explores unresolved cases where culpability has yet to be established. This acclaimed investigative series from the creators of Up and Vanished has tallied over 45 million downloads to-date.The newest season digs into the mysterious death of 17-year-old Danny Violette, who went missing for 11 days in the fall of 1998, and was later found in a cornfield with a ligature mark around his neck and a tire tread across his body...MORE Host Dennis Cooper
Producer/Network Tenderfoot TV
Email ****@tenderfoot.tv
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 23.6KFacebook 33.8KTwitter 5.6K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
10. Full Body Chills
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Season 6/6/6 is a terrifying anthology of 18 frightful tales split into three chapters.With over 100 nightmares to explore YOU can start anywhere. So grab your headphones, turn down the lights, & join us October 1st for some Full Body Chills.Our stories are handcrafted but also submitted by fans like YOU. To submit YOUR story go to https://fullbodychillspodcast.com/submit/MORE Host Ashley Flowers
Email ****@audiochuck.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 24.6KFacebook 42.3KTwitter 9.5KInstagram 39.4K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
11. DERELICT
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Something has been found at the bottom of Earth's ocean. An ancient artifact that can only be described as a giant door, inset into the sea floor. It becomes known as the Vault. A gigantic enigma, buried and forgotten...nineteen thousand feet down. To study the artifact, the galaxy's most powerful corporation, Maas-Dorian, has built a massive, self-contained, secret laboratory base surrounding it, named FATHOM. It's objective: unlock the secrets of the artifact and discover what it holds. But some mysteries should remain buried. And some doors should never be opened......MORE Host J. Barton Mitchell
Producer/Network Night Rocket Productions
Email ****@jbartonmitchell.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 3.2KTwitter 1.2KInstagram 1.4K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
12. 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
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 2.2KFacebook 3.2MTwitter 417.5KInstagram 477.1K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
13. Break in the Case
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In Season 3 of Break in the Case, we take you behind the scenes of one of NYPD's most notorious cases from the 1990s, the New York Zodiac Copycat. From 1990 to 1996, a serial killer evades capture while sending taunting notes to the media and the police. For six years, detectives from the Zodiac Task Force follow every lead to the ground. And then, one day, a series of events brings them face to face with the Zodiac. Break in the Case is written and produced by the New York City Police Department and sponsored by the New York City Police Foundation.MORE Producer/Network New York City Police Department
Email ****@nypd.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.7KFacebook 1MTwitter 810.2KInstagram 698.4K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
14. The Copernic Affair | Canadaland Investigates
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'Thorough and absorbing' Hannah J Davies, The Guardian'A fascinating tale masterfully told' Fiona Sturges, The Financial TimesThe life of an unassuming sociology professor in Canada gets turned upside down when he is accused of carrying out a 1980 bomb attack on a synagogue in Paris. Hassan Diab says heʼs innocent, but French investigators are determined to prove otherwise...MORE Hosts Dana Ballout, Alex Atack
Producer/Network Canadaland Beyond
Email ****@canadaland.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 5.3KFacebook 22KTwitter 57.2K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2018 Get Email Contact
15. Everyone Has An Ex
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Exes. We've all had one and we've all been one. And while breakups can be painful and heart-breaking, a complete surprise or a total relief, there's always a story to be told. This documentary-style series, narrated by Georgia Love, brings you a collection of unconventional stories about relationships past, through the eyes and the hearts of the very people who lived them.Tales of public humiliation and prison to forbidden love and funerals; we bring you the good, the bad and all the juicy details in between.Everyone Has An Ex explores the deep intricacies of relationships, the curve-balls life throws at you and overcoming adversity through resilience, honesty and a few glasses of wine...MORE Host Georgia Love
Producer/Network Mamamia
Email ****@mintymedia.com.au
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 2.1K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
16. Dig
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Dig is an audio series from Louisville Public Media's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. Our team of reporters go deep on issues that affect you, your community and your commonwealth. KyCIR is an independent, nonprofit news organization committed to serving the public interest. Here, you'll find journalism that holds powerful people accountable, builds trust, and shines a light on Kentucky.MORE Producer/Network LPM Featured Podcasts
Email ****@wfpl.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 1KFacebook 21KTwitter 20.9KInstagram 8.4K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
17. Dying For Sex
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A Wondery original podcast so compelling it was reimagined for TV starring Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, Sissy Spacek, and more… When Molly's diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer, she decides to do something bold: she leaves her unhappy marriage and embarks on a series of sexual adventures to help her feel alive. She shares the funniest and most touching details with her closest friend, host Nikki Boyer. As they peel back the layers, we learn that Molly isn't just grappling with breast cancer: she's also dealing with some trauma from her past...MORE Host Nikki Boyer
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 15.9KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 197.8K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
18. Over My Dead Body
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Over My Dead Body is an anthology series about people who are pushed beyond their limits and do unspeakable things. Season 4: Gone Hunting - When Mike Williams vanishes on a hunting trip, the authorities presume he was eaten by alligators but one woman begins to suspect the true predators may lurk much closer to home. It sets her on a tireless crusade to uncover what really happened to Mike. A story about an obsessive love affair, a scandalous secret and a mother's battle for justice. Season 3: Fox Lake - A small town cop is gunned down in a swamp in the summer of 2015...MORE Hosts Matthew Shaer, Jennifer Portman, Robert Moor
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 32.1KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 197.8K Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
19. Deep Cover Presents: Snowball
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Deep Cover is a show about people who lead double lives. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Halpern reveals webs of deception and dark underworlds, through interviews with federal agents and convicted criminals. Deep Cover Presents: Snowball. A special limited series from the Unravel Podcast team at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Ollie Wards' family lost everything after their brush with a charming Californian con woman...MORE Host Jake Halpern
Producer/Network Pushkin
Email ****@yahoo.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 4.5K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
20. Business Movers
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Behind every successful business is a story. It starts with a vision and a leap of faith. Along the way, leaders make bold decisions, ride booms and busts, and sometimes, they reach new heights. From Wondery, the makers of the hit series Business Wars , and Lindsay Graham, the host of American History Tellers and American Scandal , comes a weekly podcast that brings you the true stories of the brilliant but all-too-human businesspeople who risked it all...MORE Host Lindsay Graham
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 2KFacebook 167.7KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 197.8K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
21. No One is Coming to Save Us
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Dive into the heart of America's childcare crisis with No One Is Coming to Save Us, hosted by veteran reporter Gloria Riviera. In Season 5, you'll hear stories about everyday people rolling up their sleeves to demand better childcare in America, whether it's guaranteeing access for all kids ages zero to five, creating supportive services for families, or ensuring the highest quality education possible...MORE Host Gloria Riviera
Producer/Network Lemonada
Email ****@lemonadamedia.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 1KFacebook 8.9KTwitter 10.5KInstagram 77.9K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
22. Within the Wires
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An immersive fiction podcast told through found audio from an alternate universe. Each season is a standalone story set in the same world. Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Original music by Mary Epworth.MORE Host Robin Virginie
Producer/Network Night Vale Presents
Email ****@nightvalepresents.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 3KFacebook 2.9KTwitter 6K Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Since Jun 2016 Get Email Contact
23. Lucky Boy | Tortoise Investigates
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Introducing...Lucky Boy Gareth's whole life has been defined by a relationship he had 35 years ago when, as a 14-year-old schoolboy, he fell in love with an attractive young teacher at his school. He spent most afternoons in her bedroom and thought he was the luckiest boy in the world. But when she walked out of his life everything started to unravel. Lucky Boy is a new four-part series in which Chloe Hadjimatheou asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.Episodes 1 and 2 are available to listen now. To listen to episode 3 today, subscribe to Tortoise on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or download the Tortoise app...MORE Host Alexi Mostrous
Producer/Network Tortoise
Email ****@thetimes.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 8.2K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
24. Suave
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Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting The U.S is the only country in the world that allows minors to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Approximately 2,500 juveniles have been effectively sentenced to die in prison — considered 'irredeemable' by the state for crimes committed when they were just teenagers. One of them was David Luis 'Suave' Gonzalez, who entered prison at 17 expecting to leave in a coffin. Suave tells the story of what happens when your whole world is a prison cell, and you suddenly get a second chance at life...MORE Hosts Maggie Freleng, Maria Hinojosa
Producer/Network Futuro Media
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 1.7KTwitter 3.5K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
25. Gone South
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Gone South is a weekly podcast series about crimes that are, in one way or another, Southern. Each episode contains its own story, usually told by the person who committed the crime, the person who solved it, or both. In telling these stories, writer and host Jed Lipinski encounters insights not only about crime and The South, but about human nature.Previous seasons of Gone South include:Season 1: Who Killed Margaret Coon?Season 2: The Dixie MafiaSeason 3: The Sign CutterGone South is an Audacy original.MORE Host Jed Lipinski
Producer/Network Audacy
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 4.4KTwitter 1.4K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
26. Shadow Kingdom
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On New Year's Eve 1969, Jock Yablonski, a union hero, is mysteriously gunned down in his bed. Jock's son is convinced the head of the United Mine Worker's Union is behind it. But why, and can he prove it? Decades later, lawyer Nicolo Majnoni embarks on a journey to find out who killed Jock and uncovers a conspiracy at the heart of the union. Shadow Kingdom is a series from Crooked Media and Campside Media. Each season starts with a crime, and as the layers are peeled back to find out who did it, a larger system at play is revealed...MORE Producer/Network Crooked Media
Email ****@crooked.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 4.5K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
27. The Lazarus Heist
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Hackers, North Korea and billions of dollars. Lazarus returns in fact, the criminals never went away. Season 2 begins at an ATM, possibly near you. With Jean Lee and Geoff White. Investigators claim a secretive, elite North Korean hacking ring, nicknamed the Lazarus Group, is responsible for the theft of billions of dollars around the globe. Pyongyang denies having anything to do with cybercrimes, saying the United States is making these allegations to try to tarnish its image...MORE Hosts Jean H. Lee, Geoff White
Producer/Network BBC
Email ****@eastwestcenter.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 4.9KFacebook 61.3MTwitter 41.5MInstagram 744.7K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
28. Guru: Don't Cross Kat
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Season 2: Kat Torres has the insta-perfect life. She is rich, gorgeous and not ashamed to share it. Her posts about witchcraft and 'alien baths' draw in over a million followers, all chasing the dream of a lifestyle like hers. But as she gathers more followers around her, the secrets beneath her fame grow darker and more dangerous. One woman sets out to bring back her best friend who has fallen under the spell of this modern-day guru. And what begins as a search for a missing friend soon puts her on a collision course with Kat...MORE Host Matt Stroud
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 3.7/5Apple Reviews 8.2KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 197.8K Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
29. 13 Minutes to the Moon
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Epic space stories.Season 1: the first Moon landing, Apollo 11.Season 2: the near disaster of Apollo 13.Coming soon: Season 3, the space shuttle.Theme music: Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music.MORE Host Kevin Fong
Producer/Network BBC
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 12.1KFacebook 10.2MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
30. World Of Secrets
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Season 7: World of Secrets presents: The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam. Also: Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods. Women accuse Mohamed Al Fayed of rape. And: The Abercrombie Guys. Investigating sexual exploitation claims against the former CEO of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch. Delve into a World of Secrets: the global investigations podcast from the BBC. Uncovering stories around the world and telling them, episode by episode, with gripping storytelling. Latest season: World of Secrets presents, The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam. It was the biggest gold discovery in history…until it wasn't...MORE Producer/Network BBC
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 2.4KFacebook 10.2MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
31. Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder
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The night before Halloween 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was found bludgeoned to death outside her family's home in the tony Greenwich, Connecticut, enclave of Belle Haven. The local police, used to dealing more with traffic stops than a high-profile murder, grappled with a lack of forensic evidence or a motive. They had their suspects of course. The creepy neighbor. The eldest teenage son of the Skakel family next door. The Skakel children's burly tutor. But without concrete evidence or a confession, the case stalled out...MORE Email ****@nbcuni.com
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Apple Rating 4.2/5 Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
32. The Plot Thickens
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Our fifth season is Decoding John Ford, a seven-episode series about cinema's most mysterious auteur. Using scores of never-before-heard archival interviews, host Ben Mankiewicz strips back John Ford's self-spun mythology to reveal his brilliance behind the camera alongside the often ugly, uncomfortable truths about his life and movies, asking whether we can ever truly separate art from the artist. Decoding John Ford starts June 6.MORE Host Ben Mankiewicz
Producer/Network TCM & Novel
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 5.1KFacebook 2.2MTwitter 240.2KInstagram 1M Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
33. Who Took Misty Copsey?
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In September 1992, 14-year-old Misty Copsey goes to the Washington State Fair with her best friend. Misty doesn't make it home that night, and she is never seen again. Police initially deem her a runaway. Misty's mom, Diana, insists they are wrong. Five months later, a search party finds a potential clue: a pair of jeans, socks and underwear crumpled along the side of a highway. Diana recognizes the jeans immediately, but the police are skeptical. More than 30 years later, through multiple investigations, no other trace of Misty has ever been found...MORE Host Sarah Cailean
Producer/Network ID
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 8.6KFacebook 427Twitter 2.4K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
34. The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
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The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling is an audio documentary that examines some of the most contentious conflicts of our time through the life and career of the world's most successful author. In conversation with host Megan Phelps-Roper, J.K. Rowling speaks with unprecedented candor and depth about the controversies surrounding her—from book bans to debates on gender and sex. The series also examines the forces propelling this moment in history, through interviews with Rowling's supporters and critics, journalists, historians, clinicians, and more.MORE Host Megan Phelps-Roper
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 57.3K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
35. Dateline Originals
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Dateline Originals your podcast destination to discover and binge more than a dozen true crime mini-series told as only Dateline can. Includes award winning series like 'The Thing About Pam,' 'Mommy Doomsday,' 'Motive for Murder' and so many more. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline Originals completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.comMORE Host Keith Morrison
Producer/Network Dateline NBC
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 1.2K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
36. Cold
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Cold is a narrative podcast series focused on missing persons cases. Investigative journalist and host Dave Cawley takes on a single story with each season. Season 1: Susan Powell Case Files, the Cold journey begins with Dave's investigation into the unsolved disappearance of Susan Powell… and the man with the most to gain from her death. Season 2: Justice for Joyce Yost delves into the details of a murder-for-hire plot and attempts to find justice for Joyce a woman who bravely reported her kidnapping and rape only to vanish without a trace...MORE Host Dave Cawley
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@ksl.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 43.7KFacebook 53.3KTwitter 4.1KInstagram 18.1K Avg Length 63 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
37. Breakdown
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True crime investigations from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Veteran legal affairs journalist Bill Rankin takes you inside the courtroom to break down the story and the criminal justice system. This award-winning series investigates Georgia's most important cases with fact-based reporting. Season 10 will focus on the historic indictment of former President Donald Trump in Fulton County, Georgia, led by District Attorney Fani Willis. Co-hosted by senior reporter Tamar Hallerman and editor Shannon McCaffrey. Learn more about our reporting at ajc.com/breakdown. MORE Hosts Tamar Hallerman, Shannon McCaffrey
Producer/Network AJC Podcasts
Email ****@ajc.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 3.1KFacebook 946.8KTwitter 1.1MInstagram 184.7K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Since May 2015 Get Email Contact
38. 30 for 30 Podcasts
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Original audio documentaries from the makers of the acclaimed 30 for 30 film series, featuring stories from the world of sports and beyond. 30 for 30 offers captivating storytelling for sports fans and general interest listeners alike, going beyond the field to explore how sports, competition, athleticism and adventure affect our lives and our world. Sports stories like you've never heard before.MORE Hosts Jody Avirgan, Romana Shelburne
Producer/Network ESPN
Email ****@espn.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 11KFacebook 499KTwitter 291.5KInstagram 21 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Since Jun 2017 Get Email Contact
39. Revolutions
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Season 12 premiered October 20, 2024 a nonfictional account of The Martian Revolution of 2247.Mike Duncan is taking everything he's learned from 12 seasons of historical revolutions - the repeating arcs, characters, ideas, events, and patterns which all revolutions seem to follow - and created a fictional history of the Martian Revolution of 2247. The series is written from the point of view of a historian working hundreds of years after the Martian Revolution and will be presented in the style and format of previous seasons of Revolutions...MORE Host Mike Duncan
Producer/Network Mike Duncan
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 18.4KFacebook 9KTwitter 119.1K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2013 Get Email Contact
40. Felonious Florida
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On a quiet spring day in 1997, three generations of a family are brutally murdered in a quadruple homicide in Miramar, Florida. Investigators amass a mountain of evidence that seems to point to one suspect - the husband, father, and son-in-law of the victims. But he has an alibi that has left this case unsolved for nearly three decades. Season 5 of Felonious Florida: The Altidor Massacre will be available on May 6.MORE Host David Schutz
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@sunsentinel.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 4.4KFacebook 1.8KTwitter 1.2KInstagram 1.3K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
41. Campside Presents: Big Sugar
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Campside is proud to present 12 part series from our friends at Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio and hosted by Celeste Headlee . Big Sugar takes you deep inside the secretive, multi-billion dollar sugar industry and the epic court battle that exposes how one of the world's most valuable and addictive substances is grown, cultivated and sold. Hear firsthand from the workers, lawyers and journalists exposing the lies, exploitation and ultimately the truth. We travel from the Oval Office to the nightclubs of Havana to the sugarcane fields of Florida...MORE Host Josh Dean
Producer/Network Campside Media
Email ****@campsidemedia.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 5.5K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
Mini Series shows hosts and producers
| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Gender | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | Location | |
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| Susan Burton | Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serial/id917918570 | Female | United States | |||
| David Brown | Host | wondery.com/shows/business-wars | Male | Austin, TX, United States | |||
| Lindsay Graham | Host | wondery.com/shows/American-Scandal | Male | @lindsayagraham | 10.1K | Dallas, TX, United States | |
| Mike Corey | Co Host | wondery.com/shows/against-the-odds/?utm_source=rss | Male | @fearlessandfar | 7.5K | ||
| Cassandra De Pecol | Co Host | wondery.com/shows/against-the-odds/?utm_source=rss | Female | @cassiedepecol | 7K | Los Angeles, CA, United States | |
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