15 Best Single Case True Crime Podcasts

1. Someone Knows Something

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Someone Knows Something is the investigative true crime series by award-winning documentarian David Ridgen. Each season tackles an unsolved case, uncovering details and bringing closure to families. Find episode transcripts at this page . Previous seasons: S1: Adrien McNaughton. S2: Sheryl Sheppard. S3: Dee & Moore. S4: Greavette. S5: Kerrie Brown. S6: Donald Izzett Jr.. S7: The Abortion Wars. S8: The Angel Carlick Case. S9: The Christine Harron Case.more Host David Ridgen
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1M+
Recent Guest Sebastien
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2. BLACK HANDS - A family mass murder

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This is the story of a mass-murder that divided a nation - a story that began in a rickety old home on a cold June morning in 1994, where five members of a seemingly ordinary New Zealand family were gunned down. There were two suspects. One lay dead from a single bullet to the head. The other was the only survivor: David Bain. Since then the country has asked: who killed the Bain family? David or his father Robin? In this podcast, Martin van Beynen explores the case from start to finish, picking through evidence, the mysteries and motives, and interviewing never-before-spoken-to witnesses...more Host Martin van Beynen
Producer/Network Stuff Audio
Email ****@stuff.co.nz
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guest Justice Binnie
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.9KFacebook 951.3KTwitter 1.8K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2017 Get Email Contact

3. Scene of the Crime

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Scene of the Crime is a narrative-style true crime podcast that closely examines one case per season, and enlists experts and people connected to the case to help tell the story. In season 1, Scene of the Crime explores the February, 2017 murders of Abby Williams and Libby German in Delphi, Indiana.more Host Mike Morford
Producer/Network AbJack Entertainment
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 1.4KFacebook 20.1K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Dakota Spotlight: True Crime & Cold Case Investigations

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Dakota Spotlight is a true crime series investigating unsolved murders, cold cases, and missing persons in North Dakota and the Midwest. Hosted by investigative journalist James Wolner, each season takes a deep dive into one case, from rural crime and small town murders to decades-old disappearances. Through meticulous research, exclusive interviews, and on-the-ground reporting, Dakota Spotlight brings forgotten crimes back into the public eye and gives voice to victims and their families...more Host James Wolner
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Betsy Shepherd, Hayley Fox +8 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Devil in the Ditch

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Just because the police can't solve a murder doesn't mean other people won't find someone to blame. In Devil in the Ditch, journalist Larrison Campbell returns to her Mississippi hometown to reexamine one of its most notorious unsolved cold cases the murder of her grandmother, Presh. What happens when a family and a community suspect one of their own? Devil in the Ditch is part of The Binge - subscribe to listen to all episodes, all at once, ad-free right now. From serial killer nurses to psychic scammers The Binge is your home for true crime stories that pull you in and never let go...more Host Larrison Campbell
Producer/Network Campside Media / Sony Music Entertainment
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 271 Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

6. Watching Two Detectives

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From Sarah Ferris Media, the award-winning producer behind hits like Conning the Con, Klooghless: The Long Con, Stop the Killing, The Bravery Academy, and Guilty Greenie, a new true crime podcast that dives deeper into the heart of unsolved mysteries than ever before. Watching Two Detectives, hosted by retired NSW Police Detectives Scott Rogan and Peter Hogan, revisits the cases that have haunted them, bringing new insights and revelations to light.Season One: 'If Tomorrow Never Comes'In our gripping first season, 'If Tomorrow Never Comes,' we unravel the chilling and complex murder of Micha..more Hosts Scott Rogan, Peter Hogan
Producer/Network Evergreen Podcasts & Sarah Ferris Media
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Andrew Murphy, Melina Hormozi +2 more
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 49 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. This is Robert

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Robert Delany was 27 when in 2008 he was shot in the head on the orders of a brutal dissident Republican.The innocent dad's 'crime' was to break up a pub fight involving the wrong man.Shot in front of his young daughter in their Dublin home, Bob suffered catastrophic brain damage.For 17 years he has been neither living nor dead.But his family is refusing to give up hope that the man who orchestrated the attack will be caught.This is Robert is an Irish Sun podcast narrated by Damien Lane, brought to you by the producers of the Kinahans and the Stardust Tragedy.This is his story...more Producer/Network The Irish Sun
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 37 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Dead in the Vineyard: The Unsolved Murder That Shook Napa

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Napa Valley is known for its sun-drenched vineyards, world-class wines, and postcard-perfect charm—where million-dollar estates sit alongside family-run farms, and tourists flock for the ultimate luxury escape. But beneath the glossy surface of this idyllic wine country lies a dark, unsolved mystery that has haunted locals for decades.In the summer of 1987, a beloved winery heir was found dead in the heart of his family's vineyard, a single gunshot wound to the chest. No weapon was ever recovered. No forced entry. No ransom note...more Producer/Network Willa Bob
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9. Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast

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More often than we'd like to believe, people get away with murder. In cold cases, cops have retired. Witnesses have died. Evidence has disappeared. Unsolved: A murder mystery podcast is a true crime podcast series powered by investigative journalism from USA TODAY and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, guides listeners through these real-life cases, uncovering new clues along the way. The series features new unsolved cases and true crime cases each season...more Host Gina Barton
Producer/Network USA TODAY and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 930Facebook 10.5MTwitter 5.1MInstagram 3.7M Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. 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
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1M+
Recent Guest Sam Wolson
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 35.4KFacebook 22.6KTwitter 26.4K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Untested: A true crime podcast

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He terrorized women. He slipped through the cracks. But one detective refused to give up. Untested, a free true crime podcast, is hosted by crime reporter Gina Barton and rooted in investigative journalism from USA TODAY. Untested: A true crime podcast brings listeners along on this detective's quest to use untested rape kits to bring an alleged serial rapist to trial. But she knows that when it comes to criminal justice, a guilty verdict is never guaranteed. Binge the entire season of Untested: A true crime podcast for free starting Sept...more Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Marshawn Curtis, Annie Harrison
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 74 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. The Dreadful Truth

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The truth doesn't care what we want to believe. Every famous crime leaves behind two stories. The one built on evidence. And the one built on headlines, rumors, and decades of speculation. The Dreadful Truth is an investigative true crime podcast that reopens history's most compelling unsolved murders, disappearances, disasters, conspiracies, and forensic mysteries—not to prove a favorite theory, but to examine what the evidence actually says...more Producer/Network Rudy Dreadful — breaking down fear, perception, and the things we don’t fully understand.
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

13. Threat to Society: The Making of a Case

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Threat to Society: The Making of a Case is a behind-the-scenes true crime podcast that follows the real-time process of researching and writing a book about a death penalty case that refuses to stay in the past. Hosted by a forensic mental health clinician, the show documents what it actually looks like to uncover a case from the inside out—digging through appellate records, tracking down witnesses, navigating court archives, and confronting the gaps between official narratives and lived reality.Each episode pulls back the curtain on the process: the breakthroughs, the dead ends, the ethic..more Producer/Network Austyn Castelli
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14. The Cruise Ship Murder Of Anna Kepner

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An eighteen-year-old girl goes on a family cruise vacation and never comes home. Anna Kepner's body was found concealed beneath a bed in her stateroom aboard the Carnival Horizon — and the person accused of killing her was sleeping in the same cabin.This is the case that stopped the true crime world cold. Not because it happened at sea, though that's part of it...more Producer/Network Hidden Killers Podcast
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 1.9/5Apple Reviews 8 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. The Girl With the Butterfly Tattoo

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A woman's body is discovered at New Delhi Railway Station—noidentification, no clues, except for a striking butterfly tattoo etched into her skin. That single detail launched a complex investigation that would haunt the force for years. The Quint's gripping new podcast series is a dramatised retelling of the true crime case.more Producer/Network The Quint
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