True Crime Podcasts

kirk buttercup

As discussed on Casefile thread . A thread to discuss the best true crime podcasts . What's your favourite? , what do you recommend ?

All My Stars Aligned

Aside from Casefile I really like Last Podcast on the Left. Think the lads are a good laugh and they seem to know their ****.

optogirl

love casefile, crime junkie & court junkie - very much looking forward to the trial of the EAR/ONS/GSK - should make for some excellent episodes

eviltwin

Generation Why
Already Gone
The Trail Went Cold
They Walk Among Us
True Crime Garage
True Crime Brewery
True Crime All The Time
In Sight
Unresolved
Trace Evidence
True Crime and Mysteries
True Crime Enthusiast

pc7

Are we allowed discuss true crime in here as opposed to just podcasts? Or cases covered on podcasts maybe?

dastardly00

pc7 wrote: »

Are we allowed discuss true crime in here as opposed to just podcasts? Or cases covered on podcasts maybe?

Cases covered on podcasts... That would make sense to me or the thread will run out of steam pretty quickly!

Just my two cents though.

Spoiler tags would probably be needed though hmmm...

kirk buttercup

discuss any True crime Podcast you really enjoyed make suggestions and discuss but no spoilers . does that sound fair ?

PropJoe10

In The Dark season 2 has just started for anyone that's interested. Season 1 was great. Very well researched and presented.

gmisk

The Irish one mens rea isn't bad at all

Arghus

I think Small Town Dicks is fairly good. Two presenters talk to two detectives about cases they've worked on. There's an emphasis on the police work and procedure, which is usually fascinating.

kirk buttercup

I'm enjoying Death Ice Valley .

optogirl

kirk buttercup wrote: »

I'm enjoying Death Ice Valley .

Listening to this aswell - a bit slow in comparison to others and no great sense that they are going to discover what happened but you never know

jarvis

Without doubt my favourite true crime podcast is Sword and Scale. It’s excellent.

kirk buttercup

jarvis wrote: »

Without doubt my favourite true crime podcast is Sword and Scale. It’s excellent.

never heard of it . will give it a bash

jarvis

kirk buttercup wrote: »

never heard of it . will give it a bash

Let’s know what you think if you do listen.

J Mysterio

This isnt True Crime per se, but close enough. https://www.earhustlesq.com

Its a podcast made by inmates in San Quentin. It's very good.

eviltwin

kirk buttercup wrote: »

never heard of it . will give it a bash

Start off with the earlier episodes and work your way up.

eviltwin

jarvis wrote: »

Without doubt my favourite true crime podcast is Sword and Scale. It’s excellent.

If you like S&S you should check out The Minds of Madness. Similar style and similar quality.

Arghus

Listened to the spoof True Crime podcast A Very Fatal Murder. Absolutely hilarious IMO and I regard most - if not all - "comedy" podcasts to be painful failures in actually enticing a laugh out of me.

Well worth a listen: it captures the tics and tropes of the genre and heaps on the absurdity.

eviltwin

Arghus wrote: »

Listened to the spoof True Crime podcast A Very Fatal Murder. Absolutely hilarious IMO and I regard most - if not all - "comedy" podcasts to be painful failures in actually enticing a laugh out of me.

Well worth a listen: it captures the tics and tropes of the genre and heaps on the absurdity.

Done Disappeared is a similar one, same kind of spoof on the genre

bobsman

The latest Sword and Scale episode is horrific :mad:

Pidae.m

Mens rea
They walk among us
Australia true crime (hit & miss)
Enjoyed my favourite murderers podcasts about catching the golden state killer.

Obviously casefile is The Wire of podcasts

PropJoe10

Another plug for In The Dark. Great stuff for anyone that enjoyed Serial season 1.

optogirl

Just started The Teacher's Pet - Australian cold case. Really well done

Gentleman Off The Pitch

The accent of the host of Mens Rea, what is it?

runningbuddy

eviltwin wrote: »

If you like S&S you should check out The Minds of Madness. Similar style and similar quality.

Thanks for recommending this. Very good. The "Greyhound Bus" one...jaysus :eek::eek:. Probably, the most horrific case I have ever heard of.

Kingp35

Gentleman Off The Pitch wrote: »

The accent of the host of Mens Rea, what is it?

She's definitely Irish but it is an odd accent alright. My wife thought that the host wasn't Irish at the start.

Some info about the host:
https://mensreapod.com/about/

fg1406

Canadian True Crime podcast is pretty good if you like casefile. Not quite as polished but I find it enjoyable.

J Mysterio

Its surprisingly difficult to find some good podcasts as there are countless lists lf ****e online. So... thanks to you guys here for providing a number!

Enjoying Sword and Scale at the moment, and there's over a 100 episodes!

Lets see if we can get the True Crime Forum:
https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057866728/2/#post107265662

Could have threads for each show and more.

J Mysterio

Just listened to the episode of Sword and Scale about Luka Magnotta. ****ing hell. There is disgusting audio there of a brutal murder that is just grotesque. It goes on far too long as well, just a guy suffering as he dies. Absolutely horrified after it an feel sick. Disgraceful how they gratuitously covered this, I wont be listening to the show again.

PropJoe10

J Mysterio wrote: »

Just listened to the episode of Sword and Scale about Luka Magnotta. ****ing hell. There is disgusting audio there of a brutal murder that is just grotesque. It goes on far too long as well, just a guy suffering as he dies. Absolutely horrified after it an feel sick. Disgraceful how they gratuitously covered this, I wont be listening to the show again.

That was the best S&S podcast that I listened to, absolutely horrific but really well done. Not a huge fan of that podcast these days but that episode is unreal. Magnotta is an absolute psycho.

optogirl

PropJoe10 wrote: »

That was the best S&S podcast that I listened to, absolutely horrific but really well done. Not a huge fan of that podcast these days but that episode is unreal. Magnotta is an absolute psycho.

Listened to a good few of these recently - they are good but the way the host speaks in absolutes is a bit annoying. Describing people with clear severe mental health issues as 'pure evil' etc is just a bit jarring - I understand they have done evil things but pointing out 'the sound of pure evil' in a person's voice etc is just a bit juvenile I think.

bobsman

PropJoe10 wrote: »

That was the best S&S podcast that I listened to, absolutely horrific but really well done. Not a huge fan of that podcast these days but that episode is unreal. Magnotta is an absolute psycho.

I couldn't listen to that. It was grim. Christ, I thought the greyhound bus cannibal was bad !!

J Mysterio

optogirl wrote: »

Listened to a good few of these recently - they are good but the way the host speaks in absolutes is a bit annoying. Describing people with clear severe mental health issues as 'pure evil' etc is just a bit jarring - I understand they have done evil things but pointing out 'the sound of pure evil' in a person's voice etc is just a bit juvenile I think.

The guy is a massive prick. He is also a liar. He said to his fanbase; contribute so and so much and he'd drop ads; he didnt.

He is also extremely low class and doesnt show any deference or respect to the victims or their families. Plenty of quality True Crime podcasts out there, but S&S isn't one.

bobsman

J Mysterio wrote: »

The guy is a massive prick. He is also a liar. He said to his fanbase; cotribute so and so much and he'd drop ads; he didnt.

He is also extremely low class and doesnt show any deference or respect to the victims or their families. Plenty of quality True Crime podcasts out there, but S&S isn't one.

Agree. He revels in the gore and salacious stuff. Casefile def the cream of the crop of true crime podcasts

Homesick Alien

gmisk wrote: »

The Irish one mens rea isn't bad at all

Just listened to the first episode. Does the quality improve? It sounded like it was recorded on a speakerphone in an empty warehouse! 5 mins in I was wondering if my ears could take the hissing and popping for a full episode bit I stuck with it.

Surprised it's just a single narrative block. No other contributor, no soundbites from news etc.

If I didn't known the Graham Dwyer case I definitely would not have seen it through.

not exactly true crime but similar vein (i.e. if you like Casefile content and presentation style you'll probably like this) and pretty good. covers espionage/spying to assassinations by Mossad etc to the SAS.
only a limited number of episodes at the moment. starts with the background and hunt for Osama Bin Laden.

Covert takes listeners on a heart-pounding journey through the most dangerous military operations of all time. From the assassination of Osama Bin Laden and how two Israeli snipers foiled Syria’s plan to develop a nuclear bomb, to the real story that inspired the movie Black Hawk Down and the harrowing tale of a British Major’s escape from 2,000 heavily armed militants, you'll be brought to the front line of history’s greatest special forces missions.

GingerLily

J Mysterio wrote: »

Just listened to the episode of Sword and Scale about Luka Magnotta. ****ing hell. There is disgusting audio there of a brutal murder that is just grotesque. It goes on far too long as well, just a guy suffering as he dies. Absolutely horrified after it an feel sick. Disgraceful how they gratuitously covered this, I wont be listening to the show again.

I glade I'm not the only one - I was feeling left out not loving S&S.

I'm a fan of Wine and Crime, definitely not everyone's cup of tea, and you have to give their style of humour a chance, but I really like it, plus you get to learn about wine!

Listening to Men's Rea, the audio is giving me a headache - does it get better?

dastardly00

glasso wrote: »

not exactly true crime but similar vein (i.e. if you like Casefile content and presentation style you'll probably like this) and pretty good. covers espionage/spying to assassinations by Mossad etc to the SAS.
only a limited number of episodes at the moment. starts with the background and hunt for Osama Bin Laden.

Thanks, I'll check this out

J Mysterio

dastardly00 wrote: »

Thanks, I'll check this out

Me too

DMcL1971

The Mens Rea podcast has joined the murder.ly podcast network. The second last episode was over three hours long and featured about a dozen mini episodes from various different true crime podcasts. A handy way to get a quick taste of a bunch of possible new podcast. Even if you don’t subscribe to any, there are a bunch of interesting stories in there.