30 Best Mystery Book Podcasts

1. Phoebe Reads a Mystery

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Phoebe reads a mystery novel. Our other shows are Criminal and This is Love.
Ranking #23 in Apple Charts (US)
Host Phoebe Judge
Producer/Network Criminal Productions
Email ****@thisiscriminal.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 7.4KFacebook 16.8KTwitter 1.3KInstagram 8.4K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Since Mar 2020 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. Read or Dead

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Read or Dead is a bi-weekly show dedicated to the worlds of mystery and thriller literature.
Hosts Katie McLain Horner, Kendra Winchester
Producer/Network Book Riot
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 241Facebook 872.7KTwitter 253.8KInstagram 316.1K Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Since May 2017 Get Email Contact

3. Shedunnit

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Unravelling the mysteries behind classic detective storiesFor advertising enquiries, email ****@auddy.co
Host Caroline Crampton
Producer/Network Caroline Crampton
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 1.6KFacebook 1.7KTwitter 3.2KInstagram 5K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Thrillers by the Bookclub Pod

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Thrillers by the Bookclub Pod is a space to talk all things thriller, mystery, and true crime. We want you to feel like you're sitting down for a creepy bookclub meeting with old friends. Each week we will talk about a thriller book, give recommendations, and chat about all things thriller.MORE Hosts Chelsea, Olivia Day Wallace
Producer/Network Thrillers By The Bookclub Pod
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 529Instagram 5.1K Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine's Podcast

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AHMM introduces The Hitchcock Podcast Series. Each month we'll post a reading of a favorite story from our archives, selected and introduced by the magazine's editor, Linda Landrigan. For over 50 years, AHMM has published the best in short crime fiction. This podcast series will feature stories by AHMM contributors, occasionally supplemented by interviews with the authors. To subscribe, visit http://www.themysteryplace.com/ahmm.MORE Host Alfred Hitchcock
Producer/Network Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Email ****@dellmagazines.com
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Apple Rating 3.8/5Apple Reviews 89Facebook 5KTwitter 2.7KInstagram 2K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Classic Mysteries

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Every Monday, tune into this snarky and hilarious podcast poking fun at classic mystery books! And as a bonus: Every Thursday, listen in as I try (and usually fail) to solve Minute Mystery puzzles.MORE Producer/Network Ellie Lewis
Email ****@lewisworld.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's Fiction Podcast

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Monthly readings and dramatizations by the world's leading writers of suspense, chosen from the magazine's short story archives. The full range of the genre is represented, from whodunits to urban noir.MORE Host Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's Fiction Podcast
Producer/Network Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Email ****@pennypublications.com
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 142Facebook 4.2KTwitter 3.2KInstagram 3K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2009 Get Email Contact

8. The Cozy Mystery Book Club

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Welcome To YouTube's First Cozy Mystery Book Club! Sleuthing as a reading family since January 2018. Each month, we discuss a different cozy mystery live (YouTube Channel: Books Are My Hart). Now you can listen to our monthly YouTube livestream discussions as podcast episodes. Enjoy!MORE Host Angela Maria Hart
Producer/Network Angela Maria Hart
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 24Twitter 4.4KInstagram 14.1K Avg Length 97 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

9. Classic Mysteries

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Short reviews of classic mystery novels and stories that are worth reading and re-reading
Host Les Blatt
Producer/Network Les Blatt, 2014
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 93Twitter 651 Avg Length 6 min Format Bite size Since Jan 2013 Get Email Contact

10. Speaking of Mysteries

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A podcast of for lovers of mysteries and thrillers. Listen to interviews with best-selling authors as well as new talents by Nancie Clare and Leslie Klinger.
Producer/Network Speaking of Mysteries
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 16Facebook 492Twitter 551 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Mystery Books Podcast

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A podcast devoted to helping readers discover new mystery books. Hosted by USA Today bestselling mystery author Sara Rosett.
Host Sara Rosett
Producer/Network Sara Rosett
Email ****@sararosett.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 68Facebook 1.8KTwitter 1.7KInstagram 2.8K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

12. Menace II Book Society

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In 2021, JaLessa Shantel had been trying to convince Charisse to try audiobooks. She finally wore her down and now they buddy listen/read a wide range of books, mostly YA mystery/thriller and romance with a sprinkle of grown folk business. Join these friends bi-weekly as they discuss their recent reads, the books they read separately, and whatever else is on their minds. Please send any book recommendations and listener stories/questions to ****@gmail.com.*DISCLAIMER*This is an explicit podcast.We are not literary experts & we talk a lot of shit.MORE Hosts Charisse Fagan, JaLessa Shantel
Producer/Network Menace II Book Society
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 88 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. Myster-Reads

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It's a Mystery-Book-Review Podcast. With jokes! It's NOT a True Crime podcast. We're not doing that. Join best friends Emily Logue and Carley B. Johnson every month as they read a mystery novel and discuss character, suspense, death, and whodunit. Will they be able to solve the murders before the books do it for them? Will they ever stop laughing at themselves? Will the motive ever be something besides money? Find out on Myster-Reads!MORE Estimated listeners
Avg Length 80 min Format Long form Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

14. Mansion of Mystery, The by Chester K. Steele

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Mr. and Mrs. Langmore were found mysteriously murdered in their mansion one morning. Their daughter Margaret, who was at home at the time of the deaths, is quickly suspected of having committed the crime. However, her fiance Raymond Case will not believe in her guilt and convinces the famous detective Adam Adams to investigate.This book was written by Edward Stratemeyer, head of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, under the pseudonym of Chester K. Steele. (Summary by Carolin)MORE Producer/Network LibriVox
Email ****@librivox.org
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 2Twitter 12.3K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

15. The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon

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Two friends, read and chat about murder mysteries. We investigate a real-life case using advice from murder mystery authors. We review a book, find the sleuthing tips and hopefully, solve the case. We also crown our very own Queens of Crime, beyond Agatha Christie. And we have a feline sidekick, called Hercule. Come for the mystery, stay for the mischief...MORE Producer/Network Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight
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Apple Reviews 13Facebook 33Instagram 186 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

16. Mystery Book Discussion Group

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Mystery Book Discussion Group on Accessible World. Meets the fourth Sunday of each month at 5pm Eastern. Facilitator leads the discussion of that month's mystery book. Sponsored by Helping Hands for the Blind.MORE Producer/Network Unknown
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Apple Rating 1/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

17. Read to Death

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A murder mystery book review podcast by British drag queen comedians Holly Stars and Quiches Lorraine.
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18. The Mysterious Podcast Society

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Are you a fan of The Mysterious Benedict Society? Do you love both the books and the show? Will it always have a special place in your heart? Then this is the podcast for you. Join as we go one to two chapters at a time through the books recapping a childhood favorite. First episode out now!MORE Producer/Network A Mysterious Benedict Society Podcast
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 21Instagram 15 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

19. The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

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The Mysterious Island is another exquisite novel written by the master of adventure writing, Jules Verne. The novel has been seen as the sequel to two other famous novels written by the same author: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaway. The story revolves around five Americans who live in a dark and harsh environment as prisoners of the American Civil War. Depleted by famine and death all around them, the five war prisoners take a big risk and escape by hijacking a hot air balloon...MORE Producer/Network Loyal Books
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 50 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

20. No Clue! A Mystery Story by James Hay

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'No Clue! A Mystery Story' finds detective Jefferson Hastings at the home of wealthy but eccentric Arthur Sloane one hot summer night, when two other guests at Sloanehurst stumble across the body of young Mildred Brace lying dead on the lawn. Sloane's daughter Lucille asks Hastings to help solve the crime, but Hastings gets surprisingly little help from anybody he interviews, including Mr. Sloane himself and even the mother of the victim...MORE Producer/Network Loyal Books
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

21. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

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A young woman who inherits a beautiful diamond known as The Moonstone on her eighteenth birthday becomes the center of this mystery story. The diamond is a gift from an uncle who once served as an army officer in British India. She proudly wears the jewel on her dress at her birthday party that night. The precious stone has a dark and sinister history, which will have a terrible impact on her life and the lives of those around her.You're about to read what's been termed the very first real detective story in the English language...MORE Producer/Network Loyal Books
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

22. The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill

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Regarded as the first full-length locked room mystery, the novel focuses on a murder that has occurred inside a locked room, with no clear indication as to the weapon used, the perpetrator of the horrendous crime, or a possible escape route. Needless to say, The Big Bow Mystery has all the elements necessary to engage its audience and encourage them to look between the lines in an attempt to unravel the complex murder.Set in Bow, east London, the novel opens when Mrs. Drabdump, a widow who rents out rooms, panics when one of her lodgers does not respond to her fervent attempts to wake him...MORE Producer/Network Loyal Books
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Apple Rating 3.7/5Apple Reviews 6 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

23. The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne

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The Red House Mystery is a novel by A. A. Milne about the mysterious death of Robert Ablett inside the house of his brother, Mark Ablett while there was a party taking place. It's a whodunit novel with a simple story that's skilfully told. Milne is best known for his works about Winnie the Pooh, but before he became famous for telling stories about this teddy bear, he also garnered praise for 'The Red House Mystery.' The novel was set during a house party in the mansion home of Mark Ablett known as the 'red house...MORE Email ****@loyalbooks.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 18 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

24. The Secret Passage by Fergus Hume

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Excellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: 'That painstakingly ingenious person, Fergus Hume, has devised another of his hide-and-seek, jack-o'-lantern murder mysteries. It begins with a queer and rich old woman found stabbed to death in her chair and not a clue to the murderer. Then so many clues turn up that even the story-book detective is bewildered. Then nearly everybody turns out to be somebody else under an alias, and all the clues lead nowhere…'MORE Producer/Network Loyal Books
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Apple Rating 3.5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

25. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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A concoction of twelve stories, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the third book in the original Sherlock Holmes series. It shadows the experiences of detective Sherlock Holmes, an enigmatic genius, as he tries to unravel the mystery of each investigation he partakes in. Set in late 19th century London, the novel not only creates a successful mystery plot, but also circulates through real locations including Hyde Park, the river Thames, St George's Church in Hanover Square, as well as adding fictional places to spice things up...MORE Host Mark Smith
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Facebook 5.9KTwitter 248 Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

26. Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by L. Frank Baum

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The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.MORE Email ****@loyalbooks.com
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Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

27. The Grell Mystery by Frank Froest

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Mr Robert Grell, millionaire and socialite, is found murdered in his study on a stormy evening. It's up to Heldon Foyle, the detective, to unravel the mystery.
Producer/Network Loyal Books
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 17 Avg Length 7 min Format Bite size Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

28. Clued in Mystery Podcast

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The Clued in Mystery podcast explores mystery and the different ways we enjoy the genre through books, TV, film, and podcasts.  Your hosts, authors Brook Peterson and Sarah M Stephen, love reading, watching, listening to, and talking about mysteries. Join us as we celebrate good mysteries everywhere.MORE Producer/Network Clued in Mystery
Email ****@cluedinmystery.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 23Facebook 106Instagram 1.4K Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

29. Mystery Novel Nerd Podcast

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The Mystery Novel Nerd Podcast is a virtual book club for readers of mystery and thriller novels hosted by mystery author A. D. Hay. Twice a month, the podcast will bring you a short discussion on Amelia's latest reads, book hauls, and spoiler-free book reviews over a cup of tea.MORE Producer/Network Amelia D. Hay
Email ****@authoradhay.com
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 5Instagram 228 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact