12 Best Missouri True Crime Podcasts

1. The Toll

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The Toll focuses on the effects a violent crime or traumatic event has on a family and community. Season 1 focuses on a cold case from Springfield, Missouri; the 1975 murder of 9-year-old Shirley Jane Rose. Our host, award winning journalist Nancy Simpson, interviews investigators and family members, taking the listener on a journey of what ends up being not just one, but many tragedies intertwined.more Producer/Network Nancy Simpson
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guest Emily Wilson
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2. The Thing About Pam

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Two days after Christmas, 2011, Russ Faria came home from game night to find his wife, Betsy, dead. He was soon charged and convicted of her murder. But Russ Faria insisted he did not kill his wife. Betsy's brutal murder set off a chain of events that would leave one man dead, another man implicated, and expose a diabolical scheme. It would also see Dateline NBC—the true-crime original—become a part of the never-ending saga that proves the old adage: Truth is stranger than fiction. This original series from Keith Morrison and Dateline defies all expectations...more Host Keith Morrison
Producer/Network NBC News
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Location Missouri, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1M+
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 17.8K Avg Length 7 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

3. Ozarks True Crime

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Ozarks True Crime is an editaudio Original investigative podcast based on true crime in the mysterious and oft-forgotten region of the Ozarks. Host and writer Anne Roderique-Jones travels to back to her hometown and weaves in a personal narrative as she examines the intricate trail of untold stories.more Producer/Network editaudio, Anne Roderique-Jones
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Location Missouri, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 1K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Missouri Mayhem: Mystery & Murder with Mindy & Megan!

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🎙️ Welcome to Missouri Mayhem: Mystery & Murder!We're your hosts, Megan and Mindy — sisters, storytellers, retired educators, and lifelong lovers of true crime and all things mysterious. From chilling cold cases to strange small-town secrets, we'll dig deep into the stories that keep you up at night… especially the ones hiding right here in the heart of Missouri.Our podcast launched Fall 2025, and we are excited to take you on a journey through the twists, turns, and mayhem that make our state's history both fascinating and frightening.If you have a case or topic suggestion, please email the sisters at more Hosts Megan Owens, Mindy Johnson
Producer/Network Megan Owens & Mindy Johnson
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Alyssa Bustamante, Lynlee Renick +9 more
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 23 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Going to Killing City

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Kansas City is known for BBQ, fountains, but also for murder. Join co-hosts Jamie Green and Alex Greenwood as they explore the strange and truly odd historic murders that have happened in Kansas City. Recorded in their home bars while sipping a killer cocktail, Green & Greenwood will both entertain and educate you on the truly bizarre murders in Killing City.more Producer/Network Jamie Green and Alex Greenwood co-host
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Ryan Maybee, Jean Peters Baker
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6. The Lawless Files

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On Nov. 8, 1992, Angela 'Mischelle' Lawless was murdered on the exit ramp of the interstate near her home in rural Missouri. Less than two years later, an 18-year-old man named Josh Kezer was convicted of the crime. Kezer was exonerated in 2009 on an 'actual innocence' ruling. This podcast examines the investigation of the murder, and whether law enforcement intentionally convicted an innocent man while protecting the state's star witness from suspicion. This podcast is hosted by a veteran journalist and is based on original reporting, interviews and thousands of pages of records.more Producer/Network The Lawless Files
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Location Missouri, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 386 Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. The Paddlefish Caviar Heist

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'Best True Crime Podcast' Nominee, 2023 AmbiesWarsaw, Missouri, is a small, rural town of just over 2,000 people in the American Midwest. Locally it's known as the 'quiet end of the Lake of the Ozarks.' Very few realize that it's the paddlefish capital of the world. But when a new group arrived driving flashy, imported cars and dropping hundreds of dollars on bait and tackle, the town became the setting for an undercover federal sting operation tasked with bringing down a suspected international caviar poaching ring. The Paddlefish Caviar Heist is a production of Imperative Entertainmen..more Producer/Network Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 192Twitter 635 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. 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 www.thedoenetwork.org , has 12 years of experience volunteering with families of missing persons. A friend of Haley's stepson (who lived with them briefly while attending high school) was murdered in 2016. After his death, she founded 'We Are His Voice' (now called 'We Are Their Voice'), a call-to-action community group pursuing justice for Kansas City's crime victims...more Hosts Hether Belusky, Haley Hancock
Producer/Network Hether & Haley
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Location Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
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9. Show Me Murder

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Show Me Murder presents detailed, meticulously researched accounts of true crimes from the State of Missouri. The program seeks to relate stories of interesting crimes from the state's history based on historic accounts, books, newspaper articles, court documents, and interviews. Some episodes feature accompanying interviews with experts to delve into social issues involved in the case. The podcast is hosted and produced by Michael Lear, amateur historian, veteran radio man and former Bureau Chief at Missourinet, and current history tour guide at Missouri State Penitentiary.more Location Missouri, United States
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10. Ozark Crimewatch

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Ozark Crimewatch is where the shadows of the Ozarks come to light. Our mission is to tell the stories of unsolved murders, missing persons, and cold cases that still linger in the heart of the Ozarks and the Four States region. We believe that every story matters, and every case deserves to be remembered.more Producer/Network Ozark Crimewatch
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Location Missouri, United States
Recent Guest Sandra Louise Spoon
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Crime Traveler

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A banker finds his wife shot in their affluent Fremont Hills home; a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper shot dead by a white supremacist; two brothers kidnap a banker from Noel to rob his safe but the man winds up bound to a chair in a lake. These stories, and more, make up the Ozarksfirst Crime Traveler podcast. Hear archive sound from the courtrooms, press conferences, family reactions, and prison interviews from some of the most bizarre crimes in the Ozarks.more Producer/Network Ozarksfirst
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Location Springfield, Missouri, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 23 Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

12. Missing in Missouri

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Missing in Missouri is an investigative podcast hosted by independent researchers Morgan and Zach Hicks. They investigate missing person cases exclusively in Missouri. Season 1 delves into the disappearance of Dana Bruce, 23, of Sedalia, MO.more Producer/Network Missing in Missouri
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 3.8/5Apple Reviews 23 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact