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: 464
Latest episode: 2025-06-09
Creator: audiochuck

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2. Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC

No. of episodes: 647
Latest episode: 2025-06-13
Creator: NBC News

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3. Morbid

Morbid

No. of episodes: 740
Latest episode: 2025-06-12
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: 1,011
Latest episode: 2025-06-12
Creator: Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

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5. Over My Dead Body

Over My Dead Body

No. of episodes: 16
Latest episode: 2023-09-25
Creator: Wondery

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6. Park Predators

Park Predators

No. of episodes: 110
Latest episode: 2025-06-10
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: 102
Latest episode: 2025-02-27
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: 7
Latest episode: 2021-11-16
Creator: NBC News

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11. Dr. Death

Dr. Death

No. of episodes: 16
Latest episode: 2025-06-03
Creator: Wondery

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12. You're Wrong About

You're Wrong About

No. of episodes: 240
Latest episode: 2025-06-11
Creator: Sarah Marshall

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13. Unraveled

Unraveled

No. of episodes: 69
Latest episode: 2025-06-11
Creator: ID

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14. Sword and Scale

Sword and Scale

No. of episodes: 67
Latest episode: 2025-06-09
Creator: Sword and Scale

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15. True Crime Obsessed

True Crime Obsessed

No. of episodes: 535
Latest episode: 2025-06-10
Creator: True Crime Obsessed

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16. Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler

Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler

No. of episodes: 25
Latest episode: 2025-03-27
Creator: ABC News

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17. Casefile True Crime

Casefile True Crime

No. of episodes: 367
Latest episode: 2025-05-31
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: 271
Latest episode: 2025-06-10
Creator: Wondery

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20. True Crime Garage

True Crime Garage

No. of episodes: 832
Latest episode: 2025-06-10
Creator: TRUE CRIME GARAGE

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21. The Thing About Pam

The Thing About Pam

No. of episodes: 10
Latest episode: 2025-06-06
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: 233
Latest episode: 2025-06-09
Creator: Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

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23. Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

No. of episodes: 228
Latest episode: 2025-06-05
Creator: Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

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24. I Survived

I Survived

No. of episodes: 134
Latest episode: 2025-03-03
Creator: A&E / PodcastOne

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