r/TrueCrimePodcasts

Okay I know these posts are a dime a dozen but I’m going to list all of the pods I’ve previously listened to and a rate I’ve given said pod (I used to commute underground with no service for 2+ hours a day so had a lot of time on my hands)

I am looking for MORE long format investigative true crime pods (ideally no children / r*pes being focus)

Serial 8/10 - my first pod, like most people - Ik it’s all heavily debated how they went about this but still was the first one that got me hooked
S-Town 4/10 - sorry but I just didn’t get the hype
RFK Tapes 10/10
Missing crypto queen 9/10
Ballad of billy balls 4/10
Tom browns body 8/10
Queen of the con 8/10
Chameleon s1 10/10 *** my fav pod ever
Chameleon high rollers 7/10
To live&die LA s1 8/10 - Ik this creator has gotten a lot of flack but I was still gripped
To live&die LA s2 9/10
Someone knows something s1 7/10
Someone knows something s2 7/10
Someone knows something s6 6/10 - I must have skipped a few I guess? Vaguely remember 4/5 being not as good
Bad blood 7/10
Murder in the Lucky hotel 5/10
The labyrinth 6/10
Counterclock s1 9/10
Orange tree 8/10
The thing about Pam 8/10
Bear Brook s1 7/10
Imposters: the commander 4/10
Darkness s2 8/10
Lazarus heist 8/10
Bardstown 6/10 - very repetitive
In the red clay 5/10
Alligator candy 5/10
Your own backyard 8/10
Counterclock s2 8/10
Counterclock s3 8/10
Counterclock s4 8/10
Sweet Bobby 8/10
Unraveled s1 (LISK) 8/10
Unraveled s4 7/10
Unraveled s5 4/10
Drowning Creek 8/10
Scamanda 7/10
Counterclock s5 7/10
Counterclock s6 9/10
Defense diaries s1 Gacy 6/10
Bakersfield 3 9/10
22hours an American nightmare 6/10
Down the Hill 7/10
The Dropout 9/10
who’s afraid of Ladonna Humphrey 6/10
Bear Brook s2 8/10
Bone valley s1 6/10 - got old an repetitive
Bone valley s2 7/10
Idaho massacre 7/10 - interesting real time event
Three s1 6/10
Three s2 4/10 - Amanda Knox story was more interesting than this whole thing
LISK (long island serial killer) 6/10 - unraveled is clearly superior but I’m from LI so this hits close to home
culpable s1 7/10
Culpable s2 8/10 - these ratings could swap?
Cold - Susan Powell 5/10
Wild boys 4/10 - did not get the hype at all
Run Bambi run 5/10

Basically, I’m creating this post because I was pleasantly surprised to see a post earlier this week with someone finally agreeing that s-town was just not great and not worth any of the hype so was curious if others have listened to similar and if they could suggest more based on these reviews

I don't have the mental capacity for a deep dive right now but am still looking for something that's captivating and heavy but in a lighter sense (if that makes sense lol). Think Love Trapped in terms of attention grabbing and without the investigative immersion that a higher quality deep dive has. Could be a single episode or full season. Just something that captures my attention but isn't heavy on the heart strings. TYIA!! <3

It starts to feel like no one cares when something happens to a guy - or it’s a form of victim-blaming.

For reference Julia is convicted of killing her 11 year old step daughter by brutally stabbing to death. The viper pit is open about the fact that they think she is guilty and are very harsh on Julia (rightfully so imo, she’s clearly guilty). They’re calling out areas where Julia lied, politely. So far Julia’s mom is blaming it on her being traumatized and that’s why she lied.

There are some other threads on this case already but it’s very interesting Julia’s mom agreed to come on, to defend her daughter. I’m still listening to it but wondering what everyone’s thoughts are, does this change how you see the case?

Has anyone else been confused by Canadian True Crime with Kristi Lee’s episodes the past year?

Like the most recent episode came out a month later than expected and is a weird perspective on Kevin O’Leary’s (TV personality) recreational boating fatal accident. It just seems like an odd choice and it’s two parts. The first part honestly felt like a dramatic reading of his Wikipedia page.

Harsh, I know, but is this just a podcast for ad revenue now and I missed the memo?

Hey guys, pretty avid consumer of true crime podcasts. Been looking for something that's a little more suspenseful as the problem with a lot of TC podcasts is they tend to disclose who the perp is from the get-go and then spend the next batch of episodes harping on them. Obviously certain stories warrant that type of coverage (like Cold) but for others it tends to result in them dragging because it's just rehashing the same basic info about the killer.

Here are the ones I have finished, ranked in categories of Good/Great, Average, Bad, and Abandoned so you have an idea for my tastes:

Good/Great

• Cold s1
• Dirty John
• Who Killed Emma?
• Hunting Warhead
• Bear Brook

Average

• Your Own Backyard (yeah, ik this one is popular, and I acknowledge it's well-made, but I couldn't stand the narrator's ego).
• Cold s3
• 22 Hours s1 (objectively good, but has the worst commercial breaks of any podcast I've listened to)

Bad

• In the Dark s1
• Cold s2

Abandoned

• Uinta Triangle
• 22 hours s2
• New Orleans Unsolved (began good, and features the coolest sounding narrator I've ever heard, but fell privy to the issues described in my first paragraph).

I just finished listening to these long form investigative podcasts and highly recommend them.

Toil and Trouble

The Mayor and the Mystic

They both involve elements of the occult and psychic fraud.

Any recommendations for long form podcast series in the same vein?

Have to recommend this as a brilliant piece of work. Amazingly insightful and well researched.

The case is about a little child found dead in the river in rural Scotland in the 1970s and covers the research done by a journalist who is a member of the Scottish traveller community.

Cannot recommend it enough.

I'm currently listening to Catching Evil (so thanks to whoever recommended that here recently!). Anyway, I just finished episode 9, "Don't get in the car". And I found it fascinating. Are there any other podcasts that are like this? That are with FBI profilers/psychologists/detectives/etc, who talk about these types of people / cases?

Which has the most unexpected twists/turns, but is also gripping? I want WTF moments.

Also, any other recommendations, but I have listened to 50+ popular ones (if it's well known, I've probably listend to it), so I'm trying to broaden my horizons.

Can anyone tell me if the audio quality/clarity of this podcast gets better? I’ve really struggled with episode one and missed a lot. And I’m Australian, so the accent is not unfamiliar to me. I think the host might be a Kiwi, but he could be Aussie.

I recently discovered this podcast due to this group and I am absolutely loving Erika Kelly. Her voice is so soothing and it actually calms my anxiety lol. I wish she was still making episodes and hope she’s ok.

I am up to episode 3 and while it’s kind of interesting, I’m getting a bit bored and not really sure where it’s going. Does it get better? Lots of recommendations on here so I am assuming it does.. unless it’s just not to my taste

If you have only one shot to convert someone to get into True Crime podcasts and you can recommend one podcast, but not a particular episode; what's it gonna be?

Hey, so I usually watch True Crime on YouTube, but I always get annoyed when our lord and savior, YouTube monetization, prevents people from actually describing what happened.

I get there's a push for ethical storytelling, which is fine, but I can't say I'm a fan of the sanitization of violence or abuse that real people suffered just because certain people might be disturbed. Nothing wrong with those people, it's not their fault, and I have nothing against them; it's just not my cup of tea, and I'm not a fan of the idea that the pursuit of that sort of knowledge is immoral. I'm 100% against the idea of sanitization of any sort of media discussing reality, if that makes sense(just my opinion).

But that's besides the fact. I'm going to move over to other podcast sites, and I thought I'd save time and just ask here. :3

Other things I like: actually good/creative storytellers, weird, disturbing, or psychologically challenging cases(for example, I liked Nick Crowley and KallMeKris's content), and people who go extremely in-depth.

Thanks, luvs.

My favourite are:
Your own backyard
True crime bullshit (first 2/3 seasons before it went downhill)
Bear brook
In the dark

Any that are similar to these !

Looking through other recs, I’ve tried to listen to case file, I quite enjoyed the golden state killer episodes, but the narrators voice is just far too monotone and lacking in emotion.
I like when the narrators are respectful, and invested in the case, and the podcast is ethical/leaning towards investigative
I also tried season 1 of cold but just couldn’t get into it.

Just want to put a plug in for this well produced, even handed treatment of this fascinating episode in our recent history. I would never have found it if it weren’t inserted into the Odd Lots feed but I’m glad they did it!

Hey, so I usually watch True Crime on YouTube, but I always get annoyed when our lord and savior, YouTube monetization, prevents people from actually describing what happened.

I get there's a push for ethical storytelling, which is fine, but I can't say I'm a fan of the sanitization of violence or abuse that real people suffered just because certain people might be disturbed. Nothing wrong with those people, it's not their fault, and I have nothing against them; it's just not my cup of tea, and I'm not a fan of the idea that the pursuit of that sort of knowledge is immoral. I'm 100% against the idea of sanitization of any sort of media discussing reality, if that makes sense(just my opinion).

But that's besides the fact. I'm going to move over to other podcast sites, and I thought I'd save time and just ask here. :3

Other things I like: actually good/creative storytellers, weird, disturbing, or psychologically challenging cases(for example, I liked Nick Crowley and KallMeKris's content), and people who go extremely in-depth.

Thanks, luvs.

A few weeks ago, someone had recommended this podcast and I decided to listen to it. I can’t recommend this podcast enough! It is so well done, with excellent reporting from the Boston Globe, and says the quiet part out loud, many times. The gross negligence by the police, racism, looking the other way that certain/community members chose to do, and the negative role of the media (anyone remember Rescue 911?!?) is just heartbreaking.

However, it also goes into not only Boston history, but American history and provides so much context for what I witnessed in Boston when I was living there. And, so much of what happened in this case still plays out in society today when it comes to race, class, and gender.

There are no ads, the podcast voice is smooth, and the reporting is clear, without a lot of uninteresting or irrelevant information.

Stanley Burkhardt yall