True Crime Podcasts

Ann22 · 29-06-2019 2:18pm

Found another good one..
"Crime Junkie".
I tried "Small Town Murder" which had potential but the main narrator's sidekick got on my nerves giggling at every single frickin' thing!

Slippin Jimmy · 25-08-2019 8:56pm

I've listened to 2 crime junkie podcasts so far. Really enjoyable.

Also the uk true crime podcast is decent.

Slumberland · 25-08-2019 10:34pm

Most of the ones I listen to have already been recommended in this thread but give True Crime Sweden a try. I also like Crimes of Passion. Both narrated by a woman

SozBbz · 27-08-2019 3:11pm

Started listening to one called "Root of Evil" which is kind of about the Black Dahlia murder and also kind of about a really messed up family.

Recently listened to;

The Teachers Pet - amazing story, bit drawn out and the Australian accents are veeery stong.
The Lady Vanished - again, annoying Australian accents but the story is tenuous and goes nowhere.
The Skrink Next Door - very interesting, not murder/gore, more about a moral issue and abuse of power
Dr Death - this actually hinges on whether the case is criminal or merely negligent or incompetent, but amazing how it happened.
The man in the Window - about the Golden State Killer, a bit procedural, but it gave a voice to a lot of his victims and was insightful as to how rapes were treated back in the 70's and 80's and societal attitudes.

doughef · 27-08-2019 4:26pm

I have to bump up Men’s Rea again.

Mostly Irish stories that you already know .. but the level of detail is amazing .
Highly recommend it

McTJES · 27-08-2019 4:37pm

My Top True Crime Podcasts

Mens Rea
Casefile was the first true crime podcast i listened too and love it
Canadian True Crime - I'm fairly new to it but the narrator is easy to listen too
The Shrink Next Door - enjoyed it - different
22 Hours
Covert - have only done the Osama Bin Laden one but really interesting
Bear Brook
Dr Death
Dear John

If anyone has any along similar lines I'd love to have your recommendations. I have tried listening to others but the narrators at times put me off

dancingqueen · 27-08-2019 4:41pm

I recently listened to Paradise, it was absolutely excellent. If you are a fan of single cases like Teachers Pet, West Cork etc. then it's for you. The BBC guys who present it are very likable and it goes into huge detail on the case.

Mr. Arkadin · 27-08-2019 4:47pm

I've been listening to the You Must Remember This podcast. For anyone not familiar with it, it's a podcast about Hollywood stars etc., particularly from the Golden Age. Sounds tacky but they're actually very well produced mini-documentaries about very interesting stories from that era.

Anyway, a few years back there was a season entirely on the Manson Family. It's popped up on my feed because there's a lot of people listening to it for the first time having just watched the new Tarantino flick.

It's well worth a listen. It's not salacious, headline-grabbing stuff. It's more an investigation into the various cultural ingredients that culminated in that event. It has a 'true crime' undercurrent but there's a lot of focus on the overall mood, music, movies of the time.

You'll find it at episodes 44 to 55.

Arghus · 27-08-2019 4:54pm

Mr. Arkadin wrote: »

I've been listening to the You Must Remember This podcast. For anyone not familiar with it, it's a podcast about Hollywood stars etc., particularly from the Golden Age. Sounds tacky but they're actually very well produced mini-documentaries about very interesting stories from that era.

Anyway, a few years back there was a season entirely on the Manson Family. It's popped up on my feed because there's a lot of people listening to it for the first time having just watched the new Tarantino flick.

It's well worth a listen. It's not salacious, headline-grabbing stuff. It's more an investigation into the various cultural ingredients that culminated in that event. It has a 'true crime' undercurrent but there's a lot of focus on the overall mood, music, movies of the time.

You'll find it at episodes 44 to 55.

You Must Remember This is one of the best podcasts around in any genre. I've listened to all of them, even if I don't think I'll care about the story because, without fail, she manages to make every story interesting. The Manson miniseries was top notch.

She hasn't put any new episodes out for a while, so I hope it'll eventually return.

[Deleted User] · 27-08-2019 10:08pm

McTJES wrote: »

If anyone has any along similar lines I'd love to have your recommendations. I have tried listening to others but the narrators at times put me off

"They walk among us" is very good, mostly UK based and a decent narrator.

Chefjones · 27-08-2019 10:37pm

“The man in the Window” which focuses on the Golden State Killer. Has lots of first hand accounts and is GRIPPING!

I like “my favourite murder” if you want to listen to a couple of gas American ladies talk about the murders that they were obsessed with. It’s very successful and quite funny.

Also have to agree with other posters here who mentioned “the dropout” and ”mensrea” is good too

Kingp35 · 28-08-2019 9:42am

Breakdown is a very good podcast. It's in the same format as Serial, follows a case as it unfolds. There has been five seasons (I think) up to now.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 28-08-2019 12:24pm

Chefjones wrote: »

“The man in the Window” which focuses on the Golden State Killer. Has lots of first hand accounts and is GRIPPING!

I like “my favourite murder” if you want to listen to a couple of gas American ladies talk about the murders that they were obsessed with. It’s very successful and quite funny.

Also have to agree with other posters here who mentioned “the dropout” and ”mensrea” is good too

Cant stand the humour true crime format, tried these 2 lately and they really grated on me,

dancingqueen · 28-08-2019 2:19pm

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

Cant stand the humour true crime format, tried these 2 lately and they really grated on me,

Me too - I want the crime story not information on two women and their cats. Small Town Murder is similar - I listened for a bit and then they just irritated me with their waffle :rolleyes:

Arghus · 28-08-2019 3:04pm

I find shows like My Favourite Murder to be in really bad taste. Though they aren't even the worst.

I can't remember the exact show but it was three American guys chatting about murders and such and they were doing an episode about OJ Simpson and they were cracking jokes about Nicole Simpson having her throat cut - they were awful yokes.

doughef · 28-08-2019 4:11pm

Last podcast on the left?

SteelyDanJalapeno · 28-08-2019 5:03pm

Could be true crime garage aswel, theres a few of them

Arghus · 28-08-2019 8:28pm

It was one of those, probably Last Podcast on The Left. At the end of the day, I am aware that I'm listening to these podcasts for entertainment, but I think people laughing at the expense of the victims is a step too far. Very charmless stuff.

[Deleted User] · 28-08-2019 8:52pm

Arghus wrote: »

I think people laughing at the expense of the victims is a step too far. Very charmless stuff.

I agree. I couldn't stomach "True Crime Garage" for that reason.

I imagine the families of victims must be sickened to hear the presenters' inappropriate smart-ass comments and lack of empathy.

[Deleted User] · 30-08-2019 5:13pm

can't stand those podcasts with 2 or 3 gobshytes joking how the woman deserved to be raped / killed (actually did hear this said one about Ted Bundy - turned it off then) while they also have their beer of the week feature.

[Deleted User] · 30-08-2019 5:19pm

"Over my dead body" have a new (2nd) season out. Thought that the first season was pretty good.

"Joe Exotic: The tiger king"

HopsAndJumps · 30-08-2019 5:20pm

Dr. Death is being made into a show. Jamie Dornan, Christian Slater and Alec Baldwin are cast.

[Deleted User] · 30-08-2019 5:47pm

HopsAndJumps wrote: »

Dr. Death is being made into a show. Jamie Dornan, Christian Slater and Alec Baldwin are cast.

as a podcast really went downhill after 6 episodes or so after a good start.

never finished it.

crazy story throwing up all sorts of issues and flaws in terms of ass-covering and reputation-preservation in terms of US hospitals and doctors, at the expense of patients.

pc7 · 30-08-2019 7:01pm

I was the same with Dr Death, gave up it went nowhere

rekluse · 03-09-2019 9:37pm

I’ll give a shout for ‘swindled’ - tales of white collar / corporate crime. Only listened to a couple of episodes but it is very well researched and produced, the presenter has a very engaging monotone style. Individual episodes and a good way to pass an hour, enjoyed the Martin Shkreli one in particular.

[Deleted User] · 05-09-2019 3:50pm

rekluse wrote: »

I’ll give a shout for ‘swindled’ - tales of white collar / corporate crime. Only listened to a couple of episodes but it is very well researched and produced, the presenter has a very engaging monotone style. Individual episodes and a good way to pass an hour, enjoyed the Martin Shkreli one in particular.

yes had initially written off the narrator for almost being too boring but like for example casefile for some reason the monotonous delivery works very well for certain types of podcast.

certainly worth checking out - some episodes are better than others.

good white-collar criminal series.

Slippin Jimmy · 05-09-2019 9:35pm

Going to give over my dead body a go!

[Deleted User] · 06-09-2019 7:11pm

Slippin Jimmy wrote: »

Going to give over my dead body a go!

first season is pretty good.

Slippin Jimmy · 07-09-2019 12:36am

glasso wrote: »

first season is pretty good.

I've listened to 3 so far. Rather enjoying them.

Mike Guide 69 · 12-09-2019 11:06pm

I listen to “The Trail Went Cold”, it’s hosted by Robin Warder,he does a lot of cases based from the TV series “Unsolved Mysteries” but also includes other cases from around the world. He did episodes on the disappearances of Trevor Deely and Philip Cairns.

A lot of good cases he talks about,well worth listening too. He’s also qualified in film and radio production and the podcast is well edited and put together also

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