50 Best UK Crime Podcasts

1. RedHanded

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RedHanded the podcast jumps head first into all manner of macabre madness. We cover everything from big time serial killers (and those you may never have heard of), to hauntings, possessions, disturbing mysteries, bizarre whodunits and basically anything that tickles our creepy fancy. So, join us, plug in, sit back and prepare for scares.MORE Hosts Suruthi Bala, Hannah Maguire
Producer/Network Wondery
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 169.6KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 167.9K Avg Length 67 min Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Big Mad True Crime

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Tackling big cases, little cases, and everything in between. We get BIG MAD over true crime. Discussing the details of the cases you THOUGHT you knew.
Host Heather Ashley
Producer/Network Big Mad Media | QCODE
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Instagram 43K Avg Length 51 min Since Aug 2019 Get Email Contact

3. Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

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Hosted by Mark and Bethan, Seeing Red delivers intriguing, terrifying and dumbfounding True Crime stories each and every week.
Hosts Mark Randell, Bethan Trueman
Producer/Network Seeing Red
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Facebook 3.4KInstagram 7.1K Avg Length 61 min Since Jul 2018 Get Email Contact

4. Drunk Women Solving Crime

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Drunk Women Solving Crime is a true crime podcast with a twist...of lime. Join writer/comedian hosts Hannah George, Catie Wilkins and Taylor Glenn as they welcome top guests from comedians to crime writers to test out their drunk detective skills. Each episode sees the boozed up panel tackle personal crime stories, solve true crime cases, and seek justice for your listener crimes. When women sit around and drink we try to solve the world's problems. So we're taking back the night and putting our inebriation to good use. You're welcome. MORE Hosts Taylor Glenn, Hannah George
Producer/Network Always True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 8.1KTwitter 8.3KInstagram 15.1K Avg Length 56 min Get Email Contact

5. Murder Mile UK True Crime

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Nominated for the BEST TRUE CRIME PODCAST award at the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is a unique UK true-crime podcast, presented as a guided walk of 300 of London and the West End's untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murder cases.MORE Host Michael J Buchanan-Dunne
Producer/Network Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 3.2KTwitter 4.2K Avg Length 59 min Get Email Contact

6. Crime Time FM

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Regular crime, thriller & mystery interviews, features, and reviews hosted by Paul Burke and the editor of crime time, Barry Forshaw.
Producer/Network CrimeTimeFM
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 6.4K Avg Length 42 min Since Feb 2021 Get Email Contact

7. They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

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They Walk Among Us is an award-winning weekly UK true crime podcast covering a broad range of cases from the sinister to the surreal.
Hosts Benjamin Fitton, Rosanna Fitton
Producer/Network They Walk Among Us PLUS
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 13.1KTwitter 7.7KInstagram 7.9K Avg Length 46 min Get Email Contact

8. Morbidology

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Morbidology is an award-winning weekly true crime podcast created and hosted by true crime author, Emily G. Thompson. Using investigative research combined with primary audio including 911 calls, interviews and trial testimony, Morbidology takes an in-depth look at some of the world's most heinous murders.MORE Host Emily G. Thompson
Producer/Network Morbidology
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 151.1KTwitter 5.8KInstagram 22.4K Avg Length 43 min Get Email Contact

9. Its Murder Up North

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True crime stories from the north of England, from the infamous to the obscure.
Host Jenny Hacking
Producer/Network It's Murder up North
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Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 59 min Since Jan 2020 Video Podcast YouTube
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10. The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

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Welcome to The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, which started off life as a weekly written blog in 2016, and has now made the jump into a regular one man and his mic, matter of fact straight talking podcast. In it, the host Paul looks at and recounts in-depth true crime cases from the UK and Ireland - both solved or unsolved crimes, but more often than not the lesser known and obscure ones.Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TheTrueCrimeEnthusiast/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/tc_enthusiast) , Instagram (https://www.instagram...MORE Host Paul Sutherland
Producer/Network The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast
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Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 73 min Get Email Contact

11. CounterClock

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In order to tell the story of a crime, you have to turn back time. Every season, Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra digs deep into a mind-bending mystery with the hopes of reigniting interest in a decades old homicide case.MORE Host Delia D'Ambra
Producer/Network audiochuck
Email ****@audiochuck.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 50.5KTwitter 9.8KInstagram 89K Avg Length 11 min Get Email Contact

12. Murder Me on Monday

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UK True Crime Podcast, hosted by Mother and Cameron. Join us on Mondays.
Hosts Cameron, Mother
Producer/Network Mother and Cameron
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 536Instagram 5.1K Avg Length 36 min Get Email Contact

13. Behind The Investigation

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Behind The Investigation takes you behind the scenes of the genre-defining new crime drama exploring the gripping case of the murdered young Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
Producer/Network HBO
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 61.2MTwitter 41.3MInstagram 28.5M Avg Length 30 min Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

14. The Odd Pod UK

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A true-crime & oddity podcast hosted by two friends who love all things odd, creepy, and criminal.
Producer/Network Chloe Quinn and Lisa Earls
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 88Twitter 137 Avg Length 57 min Since Feb 2021 Get Email Contact

15. True Crime Fix

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Are you fed up with hearing stories where the victim is an afterthought? Established in December 2018 True Crime Fix gives the victims the loudest voice of all and focuses all of the cases around them. Episodes are released every other Friday on your chosen podcast directory. So come give the show a listen. Until then, stay safe, look after each other and live life to the fullest because you never know who or what might be coming around the next corner.MORE Producer/Network True Crime Fix
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 4.5K Avg Length 65 min Since Dec 2018 Get Email Contact

16. Everyone Dies In Sunderland

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The podcast is about growing up terrified in the eighties and nineties. Ah, the good old days. People left their front doors unlocked. Children played out in the street. Everyone got burgled. Children got murdered, like, most days. Then there was Mad-Cow Disease and the Animals of Farthing Wood. It was a truly terrifying time to be a child. And those children are adults now. Adults with children and mortgages and Senseo Machines and jobs with actual responsibilities.MORE Producer/Network Everyone Dies In Sunderland
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 411Instagram 280 Avg Length 57 min Since Mar 2021 Get Email Contact

17. Catching Melanie's Killer

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When Melanie Road's body was found on a June morning in 1984, it prompted one of the largest manhunts in Britain. But the schoolgirl's killer wasn't found. How did a team of cold-case officers rebuild the inquiry after decades and bring justice to a family still in grief?MORE Producer/Network ITV News
Email ****@itn.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 2.6MTwitter 2.6MInstagram 606.6K Avg Length 31 min Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

18. UK True Crime Podcast

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The weekly UK True Crime Podcast, is a non-award nominated and independent podcast hosted by Adam - it is the home of UK true crime.With a new episode every Tuesday since 2016, it is where you discover lesser known UK cases and discover new perspectives and insight on stories you may already know.It's a good listen. Why not give it a go? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Host Adam Lloyd
Producer/Network Audio Always
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 31 min Get Email Contact

19. True Crime Investigators UK

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Welcome to 'True Crime Investigators UK', a new 'True Crime' documentary podcast which will be looking at unsolved crimes, important criminal cases and delving further into the procedural process. The show is presented and researched by two former police officers, John and Sally. Now they are both retired and after nearly 28 years of marriage together, they review cases of interest, some solved, some undetected. Throughout this series they will be discussing the cases they are reviewing and interviewing relevant parties including Police Officers, suspects, witnesses and experts.MORE Hosts John, Sally
Producer/Network True Crime Investigators UK
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 5.8KTwitter 1.2KInstagram 2.1K Avg Length 44 min Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

20. Crimes Like These

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UK-based true-crime podcast. In each episode, we discuss a serial killer or case, including early life background, up to the present day. Episodes are released fortnightly on a Monday.
Producer/Network Crimes Like These
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Apple Rating 2.3/5Twitter 126 Avg Length 59 min Since Apr 2021 Get Email Contact

21. The Unseen Podcast

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A Podcast dedicated to UK missing people and unresolved cases.
Host Caprice
Producer/Network The Unseen Podcast
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 1.1KTwitter 3.6KInstagram 1.5K Avg Length 15 min Since Jul 2019 Get Email Contact

22. Handcuffed Podcast

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Podcast Currently Under construction ! Handcuffed is a True Crime podcast. Every 2 weeks your host, Rena Tunechii will be sharing the most notorious, perplexing and confusing crimes known in the UK and the rest of the world. Listen as she delves into stories with the most bizarre twists and turns. She discusses how the cases tie into today's society alongside her guest co-host. They talk Serial Killers, Murderers, Crimes of Passion, Drug rings and many more stories to leave you asking questions at the edge of your seat!MORE Apple Rating 4.5/5Twitter 628Instagram 970 Avg Length 46 min Since Apr 2019 Get Email Contact

23. Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

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Mens Rea is the legal principle of intent that must be proved in a number of crimes, such as murder. It means literally, 'guilty mind'. Mens Rea Podcast explores the most notorious crimes from Ireland and the UK and the court cases that followed. Join your host, Sinead, every fortnight when a new case is discussed.MORE Host Sinead
Producer/Network GoLoud
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 2.1KTwitter 5.9KInstagram 2.9K Avg Length 47 min Since Jun 2017 Get Email Contact

24. The Case Files

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The Case Files reveals compelling real-life stories behind some of the most astonishing cases in recent legal history - from murder, to devastating medical negligence. With unparalleled access to those closest to the events, the series explores how, when faced with a battle for justice, people were able to use the legal system to right wrongs and get redress.Award winning journalist Kate Gerbeau meets both victims and their lawyers to uncover how the law can help and who to speak to if it can’t.MORE Producer/Network Slater + Gordon
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 726Twitter 689Instagram 608 Avg Length 37 min Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact

25. Murder and More

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Obsessed with true crime? Then you're in the right place! Each week I (your solo host, Kira) will delve deep into true crimes, from disappearances to murders and everything in between, mainly based in the UK.MORE Email ****@hotmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7/5Twitter 5.4K Avg Length 34 min Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact

26. Bad People

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Murderers. Fraudsters. Internet trolls. This is a podcast about people who do terrible things, and the science of humanity's dark side.
Hosts Julia Shaw, Amber Haque
Producer/Network BBC Radio 5 Live
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 61.2MTwitter 41.3MInstagram 28.5M Avg Length 41 min Since Jul 2020 Get Email Contact

27. The Troubles Podcast

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The Troubles were a period of time in Northern Ireland which many people today do not know a lot about. In this podcast we will delve into each individual bombing and attack that happened during the 30-year period. This is a non-partisan podcast that focuses solely on the facts and the accounts of the individuals involved.MORE Host Oisin Feeney
Producer/Network Oisin Feeney
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Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 40 min Get Email Contact

28. Sublime True Crime

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We are Dan and Elaine.Based in the North West of the UK, we are the co-hosts of Sublime True Crime, a podcast covering UK crimes.Just because true crime is a serious subject, it doesn't mean that a podcast about it needs to be.So we tackle the serious business of true crime with a light touch.We'd love for you to join us!MORE Hosts Dan, Elaine
Email ****@SublimeTrueCrime.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 3.5KTwitter 694 Avg Length 29 min Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

29. Blood Ties Podcast

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A Wansell family brunch is never deathly dull. Blood Ties is a weekly true crime podcast.
Producer/Network Blood Ties Podcast
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Twitter 860 Avg Length 33 min Since Oct 2017 Get Email Contact

30. You didn't let me finish!

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A fortnightly UK true crime podcast hosted by the BBC's former News, Crime Correspondent and author Ben and journalist Victoria Mizzi who used lockdown as an excuse to exploit Ben's (at times grim) specialism.MORE Hosts Ben Ando, Victoria Mizzi
Producer/Network youdidntletmefinish
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Twitter 420 Avg Length 34 min Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

31. Where Is George Gibney?

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A famous Olympic coach charged with child sexual abuse never stood trial. Instead, he vanished. Multi-award-winning podcast series. Reporter Mark Horgan travels across Ireland, the UK, and the US on his trail.MORE Host Mark Horgan
Producer/Network BBC Radio 5 Live
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 61.2MTwitter 41.3MInstagram 28.5M Avg Length 36 min Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact

32. The True Crime Witch Podcast

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Your host Emma takes you into the world of everything murderous, mysterious, and downright macabre.
Producer/Network True Crime Witch
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Twitter 7K Avg Length 25 min Since Mar 2019 Get Email Contact

33. Dad And Daughter Do Death

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Dad and daughter duo, Phoebe and Philip, are REALLY into true crime. As they're not able to get together because of Covid, they've decided to meet virtually every week and share the best True Crime stories from the UK and Europe.MORE Hosts Phoebe Broad, Philip Drinkwater
Producer/Network dadanddaughterdodeath
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Apple Rating 3.7/5Facebook 127Instagram 210 Avg Length 30 min Since Feb 2021 Get Email Contact

34. The Crime Pod

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Join Samantha and Caitlin as they discuss true crime cases from across Scotland and the UK. Whether it be the most gruesome, infamous, or downright mysterious cases - they want to talk about it. And you definitely want to listen.MORE Hosts Samantha Reilly, Caitlin
Producer/Network The Crime Pod
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Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 43 min Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

35. The Missing Cryptoqueen

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Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why? Jamie Bartlett presents a story of greed, deceit and herd madness.
Host Jamie Bartlett
Producer/Network BBC
Email ****@demos.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 61.2MTwitter 41.3MInstagram 28.5M Avg Length 32 min Since Sep 2019 Get Email Contact

36. 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
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 61.2MTwitter 41.3MInstagram 460.1K Avg Length 29 min Get Email Contact

37. Assume Nothing

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The teams assume nothing as they examine events through fresh eyes.
Host Vinny Hurrell
Producer/Network BBC Radio Ulster
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 105.5KTwitter 49.7KInstagram 5K Avg Length 22 min Since Nov 2020 Get Email Contact

38. Who Killed Emma?

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From BBC Scotland, Who Killed Emma? Is an eight-part podcast that forensically takes apart the police investigation into Emma's murder and unravels the impact of a series of coincidences and missed opportunities until a clear suspect starts to emerge.MORE Host Samantha Poling
Producer/Network BBC Radio Scotland
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 61.2MTwitter 41.3MInstagram 28.5M Avg Length 26 min Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

39. Reporter

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A podcast feed with exclusive investigations by journalists from The Times and The Sunday Times.The latest series: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor at The Times, looks into the suicide of a 22-year-old British student and soon links it to a man in Canada selling a lethal substance.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Host James Beal
Producer/Network The Times
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Apple Rating 3.8/5 Avg Length 30 min Get Email Contact

40. The Missing

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Can you help find 'The Missing?' Hosted by journalist Pandora Sykes, 'The Missing' is a returning Podimo podcast that looks into the cases of the long-term missing and asks you, the listener, to help. Brought to you in association with charities Locate International and Missing People, every week we explore a different case, hear original interviews with family and friends, and ask the questions that need to be answered. Where did they go? What happened to them? And does anyone listening have any information? In the UK alone, a person is reported missing every 90 seconds.MORE Hosts Pandora Sykes, Ashley Loeb Blassingame
Producer/Network The Missing +
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Twitter 837 Avg Length 35 min Since Nov 2020 Get Email Contact

41. Gangster

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A brand new series of Gangster tells the story of Birmingham's notorious Burger Bar Boys a gang born out of the Handsworth riots in 1985.
Host Livvy Haydock
Producer/Network BBC Radio 5 Live
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Instagram 6.5K Avg Length 25 min Since Apr 2021 Get Email Contact

42. Midweek Murders

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Midweek Murders is a True Crime Comedy podcast based in the UK made by Sandra and Joe. They talk about a different case every other week, where Sandra introduces the case and Joe explains forensic science. Mostly though, it's bants and beer.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter 14 Avg Length 38 min Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

43. The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head

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Fifty years ago, on March 26th 1971, the body of a young man was found in a secluded spot, an island in the River Trent with extremely limited access. He was buried in a kneeling position, naked except for socks and a wedding ring. His hands and ankles had been bound.So began one of the UK's most baffling murder mysteries, a grisly crime that has remained unsolved to this day.MORE Host Ken Davies
Producer/Network Ken Davies
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Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 37 min Since Feb 2021 Get Email Contact

44. Bobby on the Beat

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Home for historic UK true crime. Delving into solved and unsolved murder cases from the UK from the 70s, 80s and 90s.
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45. The Doorstep Murder

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A behind the scenes looks at the Alistair Wilson murder investigation, one of Scotland's most baffling unsolved cases. Presented by Fiona Walker.
Host Fiona Walker
Producer/Network BBC Radio Scotland
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 2.2MInstagram 200K Avg Length 23 min Since May 2018 Get Email Contact

46. A Moment in Crime UK

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A fashion blogger and a digital marketer discussing their fascination with a true-crime over a cup of tea. With some light-heartedness thrown in for good measure!
Producer/Network A Moment in Crime
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Apple Rating 3.5/5Twitter 43 Avg Length 26 min Since Dec 2019 Get Email Contact

47. Forget Me Not: The Missing

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A podcast dedicated to telling the stories of those who have seemingly gone missing without a trace in the UK.
Producer/Network Forget Me Not: The Missing
Avg Length 21 min Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

48. The Murder and Wine Club

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A weekly UK true-crime podcast. The series deals with unsolved cases from the virtually unknown to well known. Grab a glass of vino as we delve into dark and macabre.
Host Cat Park
Producer/Network Cat Park
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49. The (not so) Perfect Crime

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A True Crime Podcast bought to you from the U.K.Join us as we explore the in depth stories of perpetrators who did not commit the perfect crime.
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Apple Rating 4.1/5Facebook 3.7KTwitter 23Instagram 5.1K Avg Length 32 min Since Sep 2019 Get Email Contact

50. A British True Crime Podcast

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A British True Crime Podcast covering some of Britain's most infamous as well as lesser known cases. Expect murder and unsolved cases from across the British Isles.
Producer/Network British True Crime
Apple Rating 3.8/5 Avg Length 8 min Since Mar 2021 Get Email Contact