15 Best Music Crime Podcasts

1. DISGRACELAND

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Musicians. Movie stars. Mayhem. Murder. DISGRACELAND is the award-winning podcast that tells the unbelievable but true stories from the dark side of entertainment history. Rockstars getting away with murder and behaving very badly. Actors engulfed in scandal. Pop stars plotted against and terrorized. Taylor Swift escaping her stalkers. Jerry Lee Lewis allegedly murdering his wife. Brittany Murphy's suspicious death. Big Lurch, the hip hop star who ate his roommate. The assassination of John Lennon...MORE Host Jake Brennan
Producer/Network Double Elvis Productions
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2. King Slime: The Prosecution of Young Thug and YSL

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On May 9, 2022, Atlanta police raided the mansion of Jeffery Lamar Williams, known across the globe as Young Thug. An 88-page indictment alleges that the rapper and 27 co-defendants participated in organized gang activity, committing crimes ranging from assault and armed robbery to murder. Music journalist Christina Lee and crime and politics reporter George Chidi team up to tell the full story of the craziest trial in Atlanta and hip hop's history. MORE Hosts Christina Lee, George Chidi
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 247 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry

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Have I got a story for you! Award winning Music Historian and host of the chart topping Ongoing History of New Music Podcast Alan Cross unleashes his next amazing podcast. In every episode Alan Cross takes you inside unbelievable true stories of crime, murder, scandal, strange deaths, unexplainable events, and the general mayhem from the music industry through the decades.There is a lot of bad behavior that needs to be talked about. It's a one-of-a-kind podcast featuring true crime stories from the world of music.MORE Host Alan Cross
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 521 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Herb and Legends

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What was the cause of Bob Marley's death? Who really killed his band mate Peter Tosh? Lean in close and listen to what the corporate media outlets only hint at, what popular shows dance around but never fully illuminate. Join Henry K host of the #1 Music History podcast Rootsland on the new series Herb and Legends where we are not just exploring murders and connecting missing pieces, we are capturing cultural mythology, oral traditions that ripple through recording studios and streets corners like late night ghost stories. It's a murder mystery meets Music history .MORE Producer/Network Henry K
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 14 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Murder on Music Row from The Tennessean

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This deep-dive, 8-part true-crime podcast is investigated and written by Tennessean reporter Keith Sharon. It focuses on the 1989 murder of country music chart director Kevin Hughes, who tried to operate with integrity in a business full of sharks and criminals. The podcast features never-before published reporting on the crime that not only defines Nashville of the 1980s and 1990s, but also shines light on a singer and one-time suspect who has demanded an apology from a detective who refuses to give him one...MORE Hosts Keith Sharon, Kirsten Fiscus
Producer/Network The Tennessean
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6. Musical Murders

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?️ 'Behind the music lies a darker tune...' ?Welcome to Musical Murders, the true crime podcast that delves into the haunting intersection of music and murder. From rock legends who lived fast and met tragic ends to the shocking cases of musicians who crossed a deadly line, we uncover the stories behind the headlines.Each episode takes you deep into the lives, mysteries, and crimes that shocked the world—and left their mark on music history. Tune in... if you dareMORE Producer/Network Sinister Somnolence
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. Crime In Music

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Hello Again, and Welcome to Crime In Music! Every other week, we'll bring you a true-crime podcast about people in & around the Music Business and their mis-adventures in Law-Breaking! We talk about such things as: #CrimeHistory #MurderMystery #MusicHistory #truecrime #MusicBusiness #CrimeInMusic If you like that sort of thing, Check Us Out, Hit Subscribe & Tell a Friend! Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.MORE Producer/Network CrimeInMusic.com
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8. Record Crimes

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Dive into the criminal side of the music industry with musicians Alyssa D'Angelo and Clarisse Barbier. Join us each week for episodes covering the fraudulent, absurd, and downright disturbing cases that surround the music we know and love today.MORE Hosts Lys dangelo, Clarisse Barbier
Producer/Network Alyssa D'Angelo and Clarisse Barbier
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9. Death By Music Podcast

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This show is for the morbidly curious music fan - it's a combination of true crime and music history. Death By Music Podcast covers death in the music industry, from overdoses to plane crashes to cold-blooded murder. NEW EPISODES MONTLY! MINI episodes every Monday - topical music stories with a bit of off-topic chit chat. 100 archived mini episodes are available on our Patreon!Go to www.patreon.com/deathbypodcastteam for a $5/mo bonus content! MORE Hosts Alex Motteler, Cassie Gardener, Jake
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10. Music & Murder

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Music & Murder is a true crime and music podcast. It intertwines real actual true crime murder cases, while showcasing some great music. The host Michael D Keeney is a total dick, and uses profanity, and talks very graphically about gory details that depict the crime scene or scenes that are featured on each episode. The dick, I mean, the host, is a criminology graduate student, and a professional recording artist and song writer for ASCAP. Most episodes are about murders that involve musicians, but not all of them, and most are about murderers that kill in a serial manner...MORE Producer/Network Michael D Keeney
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11. Who Killed The Radio Star

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Who Killed The Radio Star is a comedy show where each week Steve n' Tyler discuss stories of true crime, tragedy, high strangeness, and conspiracy BUT only from within the music world. From the weird antics of famous musicians to the completely bizarre conspiracy theories behind your favourite albums, we get into all of it.Welcome to Who Killed The Radio Star.MORE Producer/Network whokilledtheradiostar
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12. BLOOD ON THE TRACKS Season 4: The Brian Wilson Story

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In 1966, Brian Wilson planned to follow up the Beach Boys' groundbreaking album Pet Sounds with an even bigger musical statement. He was writing a teenage symphony to God. That album, Smile, was never finished. Instead, Brian slowly unraveled, as the pressure to make something profound weighed heavy on him. He worried that he wasn't good enough. He worried that he was a failure in the eyes of the record company, his band, his peers, and his own father. He thought his house was bugged...MORE Host Jake Brennan
Producer/Network Double Elvis
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13. Dragonfly: Brett Cantor Murder Mystery

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Step inside the shadowy world of the 90s music industry with Casefile Presents.We go behind the velvet ropes to explore the dark side of the Hollywood club scene and the nightlife king and queen pins who ruled it. In this world, secrets trade hands like currency; among the most compelling is who murdered Brett Cantor.The tragic death of Brett Cantor sent shockwaves throughout the entertainment industry. At just 25, Cantor had built an impressive career as an A&R executive at Chrysalis Music Group and was instrumental in helping discover bands like Rage Against the Machine...MORE Producer/Network Casefile Presents
Apple Rating 3.3/5Apple Reviews 193 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact