Genre
True crime
True-crime podcasts and crime stories, told with care and without needless detail.
Real cases and crime stories, for listeners who prefer the careful telling.
Stories to start with
RedHanded
by RedHanded
A true-crime podcast covering serial killers, disturbing mysteries, supernatural claims, and cases involving violence and exploitation.
The Case Of
by ABC Australia
English true-crime courtroom coverage of major Australian trials, recapping testimony, evidence, and legal proceedings.
True Crime Horror Story Podcast
by truecrimehorrorstory
A true crime podcast designed like an anthology horror movie. www.truecrimehorrorstory.com
Based on a True Crime
by murder.ly
A true-crime podcast that discusses murders, mysteries, and horror-film adaptations inspired by real cases and legends.
Casefile True Crime
by Casefile Presents
A narrated true crime collection examining murders, disappearances, captivity, and other criminal cases through researched accounts.
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
by Ballen Studios
Hosted by John Allen, known as MrBallen, this storytelling podcast explores true crime, unsettling mysteries, and accounts of danger and survival.
Bear Brook
by NHPR
An investigative true-crime podcast hosted by Jason Moon, exploring cold cases, disappearances, and questions of justice through reporting from New Hampshire Public Radio.
Crime and Horror
by Mr Ballen
True Crime and Horror
Fascinating Horror
by Kristian Crow
Fascinating Horror tells the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters... but without sensationalism or disturbing imagery. Fascinating Horror is all about in-depth research, respectful storytelling, and learning what we can from the mistakes of the past. You might be surprised to discover just how much of today's world is shaped by long-forgotten disasters from decades gone by.
The Dropout
by ABC News
An investigative true-crime series about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, tracing the company's rise and collapse through interviews, deposition testimony, and courtroom coverage.
Dateline NBC
by NBC News
Current and classic true-crime mysteries, documentaries, and in-depth investigations, with case updates and behind-the-scenes discussions.
Gaslight Ghost Stories and Victorian Murders Podcast
by NANCY FULTON
Gaslight Ghost Stories and Victorian Murders is a haunting audio drama podcast filled with classic ghost stories, gothic horror, Victorian mysteries, true crime, supernatural suspense, haunted houses, cursed objects, restless spirits, and chilling tales of murder, madness, revenge, and the macabre. Step into the fog-shrouded streets, candlelit parlors, lonely graveyards, and crumbling manor houses of the Victorian era, where ghosts whisper from beyond the veil, specters seek justice, and the living are never quite safe from the dead. These atmospheric stories are perfect for listeners who love gothic fiction, Victorian ghost stories, old-fashioned horror, historical mysteries, supernatural thrillers, dark folklore, eerie bedtime stories, and vintage tales of terror. Each episode brings you haunting tales of ghosts, ghouls, phantoms, monsters, murderers, mediums, séances, secret crimes, and things that should have stayed buried. From England’s golden age of the macabre to terrifying tales inspired by gaslight-era crime and superstition, this podcast is made for fans of classic horror, literary ghost stories, Victorian murder mysteries, dark academia, paranormal fiction, and spine-tingling audio storytelling. If you enjoy ghost stories, gothic horror, Victorian true crime, haunted history, supernatural mysteries, and atmospheric audio dramas, follow Gaslight Ghost Stories and Victorian Murders and share it with others who love scary stories told in the flickering glow of gaslight.
DarkNet Horror Stories
by Boo Rhodes
Beware of these stories from the dark net. These darknet thrillers will keep you wanting more. With each chilling story, you'll continue to listen. The stories come from various sources and can be true or fiction. Some are sent in by listeners and others are gathered up by the various dark corners of the internet. The host Boo Rhodes might even conjure one or two stories up in her spare time or do a real report on chilling true internet crime. If you enjoy listening to Boo Rhodes, why not join her main podcast instead? Try Spooky Boo's Scary Story Time at www.scarystorytime.com.
Twisted Tales with Heidi Wong
by Crime House
Reality is the real horror. Every Monday, poet and paranormal obsessive Heidi Wong unearths the chilling true stories behind the world’s most terrifying legends. From haunted dolls to cursed houses, each episode of Twisted Tales reveals the disturbing real-life events that inspired horror’s biggest blockbusters and the ones too twisted to make it to screen. Some stories are stranger than fiction. These are darker. New episodes every Monday. Twisted Tales is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Real Crime & Horror Stories
by Real Crime & Horror Stories
Crime, justice, law, horror and order. Real Crime & Horror Stories presents true crime documentary content about killers, kidnappers, theft, fraud, and related cases.
Missing Debbie | Bed of Lies
by The Telegraph
An investigative podcast collection exploring deception, murder, domestic abuse, and failures of accountability, including Cara McGoogan’s investigation into the disappearance and murder of Debbie Cooper.
Stories Fables Ghostly Tales
by Stories Fables Ghostly Tales Podcast
An English-language collection of true crime, Japanese folklore, creepypasta, ghost stories, classics, and original horror audio drama, hosted by the Tale Teller.
Crime Next Door
by BBC Sounds
A BBC true-crime documentary collection examining crimes and their effects on UK communities, including unsolved murders, miscarriages of justice, investigations and their social aftermath.
