The Best American True Crime Podcasts Right Now

The True Crime genre has proven itself to be a perfectly suited category for podcasts. No matter where you are you can indulge yourself in unsolved mysteries, terrifying psychopaths and grisly murders.

We have explored the massive world of American true crime podcasts and come up with a list of some of the best ones.

1. Crime Junkie

Crime Junkie

No. of episodes: 442
Latest episode: 2025-02-10
Creator: audiochuck

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2. Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC

No. of episodes: 585
Latest episode: 2025-02-12
Creator: NBC News

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3. Morbid

Morbid

No. of episodes: 704
Latest episode: 2025-02-10
Creator: Morbid Network | Wondery

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4. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

No. of episodes: 959
Latest episode: 2025-02-12
Creator: iHeartPodcasts

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5. Over My Dead Body

Over My Dead Body

No. of episodes: 22
Latest episode: 2025-01-24
Creator: Wondery

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6. Park Predators

Park Predators

No. of episodes: 94
Latest episode: 2025-02-11
Creator: audiochuck

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7. Down The Hill: The Delphi Murders

Down The Hill: The Delphi Murders

No. of episodes: 13
Latest episode: 2022-11-01
Creator: HLN

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8. Dr. Death | S3: Miracle Man

Dr. Death | S3: Miracle Man

No. of episodes: 5
Latest episode: 2023-11-13
Creator: Wondery

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9. Serial

Serial

No. of episodes: 98
Latest episode: 2025-01-02
Creator: Serial Productions & The New York Times

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10. The Thing About Helen & Olga

The Thing About Helen & Olga

No. of episodes: 8
Latest episode: 2025-02-10
Creator: NBC News

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11. Dr. Death

Dr. Death

No. of episodes: 16
Latest episode: 2025-01-27
Creator: Wondery

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12. You're Wrong About

You're Wrong About

No. of episodes: 232
Latest episode: 2025-01-30
Creator: Sarah Marshall

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13. Unraveled

Unraveled

No. of episodes: 65
Latest episode: 2025-02-12
Creator: ID

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14. Sword and Scale

Sword and Scale

No. of episodes: 52
Latest episode: 2025-02-03
Creator: Sword and Scale

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15. True Crime Obsessed

True Crime Obsessed

No. of episodes: 510
Latest episode: 2025-02-11
Creator: True Crime Obsessed

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16. Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler

Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler

No. of episodes: 23
Latest episode: 2023-03-29
Creator: ABC News

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17. Casefile True Crime

Casefile True Crime

No. of episodes: 351
Latest episode: 2024-11-30
Creator: Casefile Presents

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18. The Case

The Case

No. of episodes: 20
Latest episode: 2024-08-29
Creator: Barstool Sports

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19. This Is Actually Happening

This Is Actually Happening

No. of episodes: 252
Latest episode: 2025-02-11
Creator: Wondery

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20. True Crime Garage

True Crime Garage

No. of episodes: 795
Latest episode: 2025-02-12
Creator: TRUE CRIME GARAGE

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21. The Thing About Pam

The Thing About Pam

No. of episodes: 9
Latest episode: 2022-03-07
Creator: NBC News

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22. Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

No. of episodes: 217
Latest episode: 2025-02-10
Creator: iHeartPodcasts

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23. Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

No. of episodes: 201
Latest episode: 2025-02-06
Creator: Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

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24. I Survived

I Survived

No. of episodes: 130
Latest episode: 2025-02-10
Creator: A&E / PodcastOne

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