true crime podcasts
Audio case investigations
True crime podcasts are audio programs exploring real criminal cases—murders, disappearances, frauds, and other offenses.
The format typically combines investigative journalism with narrative storytelling, examining evidence, interviewing witnesses, and sometimes advocating for case reopenings.
The genre exploded in popularity with *Serial* (2014) and now dominates podcast charts: I've been bingeing true crime podcasts during my commute.
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- deep diveComprehensive examination of topic
- cold caseUnsolved crime, investigation suspended
missing person · serial killer · true story · detective · armchair detective · evidence · victim · forensic · case files · unsolved · rabbit hole · confession · suspect · wrongful conviction · obsession · binge · episodes · host
- online entertainmentstreaming services, video games, online gaming, YouTube, Netflix
- TV showsTV shows, sitcom, The Office, cartoon, Modern Family
- homicidehomicide, murder rate, murder rates, homicide rate, homicide rates
- lowbrowreality TV, tabloids, gossip magazines, trash TV, celebrity gossip
- macabrecorpse, corpses, skull, skulls, skeleton
- viral trendsmeme, memes, challenges, dance challenge, going viral
true crime podcastshappy news
true crime podcastsacademic lectures
Formal educational presentations
court transcripts · police blotters · scholarly journals · encyclopedia entries · C-SPAN
truthful, untruth, untrue, crime, crimes, criminal, criminally, criminality, criminology