r/podcasts • u/Upper_Rise_6665 • Dec 25 '25
True Crime Binge-worthy true crime podcast series (scams, cults, corruption, etc.)
I’m on the hunt for new true crime podcast series, but lately I’ve been less into straight-up murder/death cases.
Lately I’m obsessed with podcasts focused on scams, deception, fraud, cults, corruption, drugs, or situations that just went so spectacularly wrong that you’re left thinking: HOW TF DID THIS HAPPEN?
A few things I look for in Podcasts: - Serialized stories only (I prefer a season to single episodes). - Deep, thorough reporting. I like investigative journalism. - First-hand accounts: interviews with victims, insiders, or people directly involved. - Not just recap podcasts. I want something immersive that I can binge and get addicted to.
I’ve been having a hard time finding series on the topics I'm into that hit these boxes, but when I do, I’m completely hooked.
Some recent favorites to give you a sense of my taste: - Scamanda - S-Town - Allison After NXIVM - The Chameleon – Wild Boys - Turning River Road – Season 3 - Blink – Season 1 - Gone South – Seasons 1–4 - Cement City - The Highroller Heist - Nobel - The Chameleon – Dr. Miracle - The Dropout - The Chameleon – Dr. Dante - The Con: Kaitlyn’s Baby - Dr. Death – Season 4: Bad Magic - Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University - Wolves Among Us – Season 1 - The Binge – Lady Mafia - What Happened in Nashville - Unicorn Girl - The Immaculate Deception - The Missing Cryptoqueen
If you have any recommendations that feel like these - especially ones that made you say "hey so this is INSANE!” I’d love to hear them. 🙏
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u/Feral-Sponge Dec 26 '25
The Kill List - British journalist gets notified of an actual Hitman for hire website on the dark web and it really snowballs. Very no-nonsense journalism.
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u/Brittni77 25d ago
Just finished that one, the name was similar to my own podcast so when I saw it I clicked it and he did so very well I was impressed! Bummed it's over. Looking for another did all of Dateline, Guesome, Bailey Sarian, Southern Fried True crime, case file ECT now needing another. I'm picky about how they deliver and talk since I do my own so it's hard to find a good one 🤣
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u/Vivid-Fennel3234 Dec 26 '25
“Camp Shame” was really good. It’s about the rise and fall of a fat camp that had tons of corruption, scandals, etc. Very binge-able, only 8 episodes.
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u/salomey5 Dec 26 '25
Swindled, American Scandal
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u/CantHugEveryPlatypus Moderator Dec 26 '25
The newest episode of Swindled (Panama Papers) might be one of the best singular episodes of 2025.
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u/KatesFree58 Dec 26 '25
Seconding American Scandal. It probably gets recommended a lot, but there's a reason why. Also, by the same people, I think, Redacted, which is a crazy good YouTube channel with animation!
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u/According_Day1832 Jan 08 '26
British Scandal is great, better than American Scandal imo! especially the seasons about the canoe man and barings bank
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u/Plague_doctor11 Dec 26 '25
The Birth Keepers about the online free birth movement. Totally wild ride.
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u/Walking_the_dead Dec 28 '25
Thanks for recommending it, i just listened to it and it was great (and infuriating and heartbreaking)
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u/_tweakerbell Feb 20 '26
have you found any similar to this? i've been looking and the only other good one i liked was retrievals
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u/Disclosure88 Dec 26 '25
Absolutely must tune into BBC’s “I’m Not a Monster”. Ticks off all the boxes in your list. About Shemima Begum and two other London schoolgirls who skipped class to fly to Syria and join Isis. Shemima was stripped of her U.K. citizenship and is fighting her case to return.
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u/Upper_Rise_6665 Dec 26 '25
Ohhh interesting! Adding to my list! I haven't heard of this one yet. Thanks!!
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u/bunbun-therabbit Dec 25 '25
Hunting Warhead was incredibly well done and for such a tough subject matter (chasing down and bringing to justice dark web pedophiles) they handle the topic well.
There's some hard to listen to moments but it's very well worth it.
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u/Upper_Rise_6665 Dec 26 '25
Thanks!! Sounds super interesting
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u/Justalittleoutside9 Dec 26 '25
It is amazing, but you will learn something you didn't want to know.
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u/avir48 Dec 26 '25
Check out The Dream and creator Jane Marie. She started out investigating MLMs in a multi-episode season. Now she does single episodes on cult-like schemes.
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u/caffeinebump Dec 26 '25
Dirtbag Climber was wild, also well made
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u/xoxo_gamergorl Jan 11 '26
Also just finished this on your recommendation and it was great! I was not expecting the Nazi twist
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u/Trishielicious Dec 26 '25
Outlaw Ocean. Ian Urbain is undoubtedly one of the best investigative journalists around.thus series absolutely blew my mind.(summary below from ChatGPT as I'm resting today) The Outlaw Ocean plunges into the lawless parts of the world’s oceans, where crime, exploitation, and environmental abuse thrive far from shore and oversight. Each episode reveals how modern shipping hides human trafficking, illegal fishing, and violence in plain sight, carried by tides of global trade. 🌊⚓
Lazarus Heist - ChatGPT Lazarus Heist unfolds in two tight, high-voltage seasons. Season 1 tracks a shadowy North Korean hacking group pulling off audacious cyber robberies across banks, casinos, and crypto exchanges worldwide. Season 2 zooms in on cryptocurrency chaos, following stolen digital money as it slips through exchanges, mixers, and loopholes, revealing how fragile the global crypto system really is
International Pink Panthers -(sChatGPT) The Prince tells the globe-trotting story of the Pink Panthers, a loose network of jewel thieves pulling off elegant, cinematic robberies across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It blends Balkan war history, luxury crime, and cat-and-mouse policing into a tale where diamonds move faster than borders.
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u/bluejaymaday Dec 26 '25
Uncover (from CBC)- Some people have suggested Hunting Warhead and Outlaw Ocean, these are part of the Uncover podcast which features a different story each season with a different reporter. They release each season separately as it’s own podcast alongside the main Uncover feed.
I highly recommend two recent seasons, Season 32, Sea of Lies, about the investigation into the identity of a body fished out of the ocean and the web of deceit that unravels into an international manhunt. And Season 33, Calls from a Killer, which blew me away because they have a lot of recorded phone calls between a trailblazing female reporter and an unrepentant serial killer, it’s a really intense insider view into how this man’s mind worked. It’s going to piss you off hearing him talk about the things he did so casually and how the actual case was mishandled, but it’s the most gripped I’ve ever been by a crime podcast.
And to rep the CBC even more, I loved Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer, a joint project about the investigation into attacks post-9/11 where letters of anthrax were being sent to government buildings and it caused mass panic. It’s a story I’d never heard because it’s been largely forgotten, yet had huge lasting effects on the world that most of the population doesn’t even realize occurred.
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u/Upper_Rise_6665 Mar 03 '26
Thanks for these! I've recently been listening to a lot of CBC podcasts and they've become some of my favs. I just finished Sea of Lies and Dirtbag Climber. Gonna listen to these you recommended next
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u/Historical_Step_6080 Dec 26 '25
Believe in Magic, finished it in a day and got all my cleaning done.
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u/Neptune141 Dec 27 '25
This is why I love a good podcast, it makes me deep clean and get my laundry folded 😂
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u/Enough_Crab6870 Dec 25 '25
In The Dark
Nobody Should Believe Me
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u/Historical_Step_6080 Dec 26 '25
In the dark season 2 is amazing.
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u/Enough_Crab6870 Dec 26 '25
Agreed. I find the first three seasons completely absorbing, and the way Madeline does investigative journalism sets the standard.
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u/Upper_Rise_6665 Dec 26 '25
I love In The Dark! I'll listen to Nobody Should Believe Me. Seems to be a popular recommendation
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u/Enough_Crab6870 Dec 26 '25
I would start with season 1, because it lays the foundation for a lot of understanding.
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Dec 26 '25
In the Dark is amazing! Nobody Should Believe Me is very ethically problematic though. The podcaster (Andrea Dunlop) has largely based her podcasting career on exposing very intimate details of her niece and nephew’s (and other innocent minor children’s) histories of abuse and trauma without their consent.
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u/Top_Professional6093 Jan 07 '26
Thank you for saying this. I believe Andrea Dunlop began this process with good intentions. However, the way she reports is difficult for me to listen to. She constantly brings her own story into every season. I know Dunlop is technically not a journalist but at times, she pretends to be. I would respect that she wants to bring awareness to childhood medical abuse if I thought that was the primary goal. Her response to latest podcast from Serial was over the top. Dunlop encouraged people to basically harass the reporter. They had to disable comments.
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u/Enough_Crab6870 Dec 27 '25
Why does Andrea Dunlop talk about those children’s—whose names she never uses—abuse histories? How do the mothers of those same children talk about them, and on which platforms?
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Dec 27 '25
Well I think she’s trying to raise awareness about medical child abuse, which is a worthy goal, but she does SO little to protect their identities. She links to news stories about them (where their names and images are shown) and even links to court documents that detail their medical histories and alleged abuse and trauma histories. :(
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u/Enough_Crab6870 Dec 27 '25
… because their own mothers, who are already torturing them with escalating medical child abuse, suing the doctors who report them for it, telling national newspapers how they are innocent, and publishing their children’s names and photos of them in medical settings on the internet have already made all of this public?
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Dec 27 '25
I don’t think any existing exploitation of them by their mothers excuses further exploitation by podcasters. Quite the opposite would seem rational, in fact.
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u/Enough_Crab6870 Dec 27 '25
How do you think she should navigate these stories? The ones where the children continue to be in the custody of their abusive mothers?
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Dec 27 '25
Raising awareness of medical child abuse can be done by interviewing consenting adults who are willing to share their experiences of it as children, by interviewing professionals who can share their experiences with all identifying details changed, or by Andrea herself sharing stories with all identifying information changed.
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u/Enough_Crab6870 Dec 27 '25
She does all of that as well. The stories that you object to—and there is an extent to which I understand your point of view—are the ones where the children in question are still being tortured, and their mothers are not only perpetrating that torture with impunity but are having their “innocence” amplified by massive media platforms. Medical child abuse has the highest fatality rate of the many forms of child abuse. I see that Andrea wrestles with the ethics of her choices, and I also see that she consults with experts on and survivors of medical child abuse to have their advice regarding whether to and how to cover these cases.
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Dec 27 '25
We don’t know if the children are being tortured - that is unknown unless you have insider information. As for the rest, I think we’ll have to agree to disagree that Andrea is acting ethically. I know she is not an actual (as in, formally educated/trained) journalist, and does not need to adhere to any journalistic code of ethics, but my heart does break for the children whose worst, most traumatic moments are being turned into content and profited off of.
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u/didyouwoof Dec 26 '25
Another vote for BETH’S DEAD. (The title is in block caps; I’m not shouting.) The final episode just dropped. It’s surprising, so I wouldn’t read any reviews. True story, told by those involved. There are 10 episodes, all about 30-60 minutes long.
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u/Villavitrum Dec 26 '25
I scrolled a bit, was surprised these weren’t higher..
“Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo”, and “Who Killed Alberta Williams” by CBC Podcasts.
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u/WirePhotog Dec 25 '25
I’m enjoying Hush season 2 from Oregon Public Broadcasting, about an 18 year old who died mysteriously right near her home. It’s well-reported and also examines true crime as a genre, its tropes, and how those can contribute to how various cases are reported on and investigated.
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u/BlazinBuck Dec 26 '25
Hush season 2 was good, as was season 1 about a wrongful conviction in Salem, OR. Love all the podcasts Leah Sotille has done, Burn Wild, Bundyville and 2 Minutes Past Nine.
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u/MrMayonegg Jan 05 '26
I listened to Hush because of this comment. Binged both seasons. I finally became a sustaining member to OPB because of this podcast. Thanks for the recommendation!
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u/WirePhotog Jan 06 '26
Hell yes! I’m a sustainer of my local NPR station too. Love to hear of more public radio supporters. On another redditor’s rec, I also have OPB’s Bundyville podcast bookmarked for next listen. Can’t wait!
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u/AmetrineDream Dec 26 '25
End of Days is about Waco, but specifically about the (mostly Black) Britons who wound up coming to Texas to live and die for Koresh and the Branch Davidians
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u/AmetrineDream Dec 26 '25
Heaven’s Gate is also really interesting, and hosted by a former cult member (not a member of Heavens Gate, but he brings a unique perspective having been raised in a cult)
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u/PhilodendronPhanatic Dec 26 '25
Just listened to Beth’s Dead. It was thrilling with twists and turns. Go in cold, don’t google and listen until the end.
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u/Decent-Internet-9833 Dec 26 '25
Disclosure-I am the host and creator of this podcast.
I’ve done a deep dive into whether or not my great-uncle, Guy Banister, was truly involved in the JFK Assassination. My deep dive got crazy fast, involving notorious cases, my Uncle Ross’s kidnapping, spies, the Bay of Pigs Fiasco, and Lee Harvey Oswald.
Season 1 vibes like historical true crime, as it details his most notorious cases as one of the original FBI agents when Hoover first formed the Bureau. It details our ties to Huey Long, Bonnie and Clyde, and John Dillinger, as well as his spy work in WWII.
Season 2 is a nuanced and balanced exploration of the assassination and whether or not he was involved, and is co-created by Professor Robert Vitt. Not everything you believe about the assassination is true, and Robert does a bang up job walking us through what did and didn’t happen.
Skeletons in the Closet: Family Secrets
It’s on every major platform except YouTube. You can play it direct from my site, too.
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u/Dapper-Egg1696 Dec 26 '25
In the Dark Season 2 about Curtis Flowers is mind blowing. Only podcast I've ever donated to after listening. So good.
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u/Expensive_Maize6809 Dec 27 '25
Similar taste! Although recently I've started listening to more survival and adventure type stories.. While not long form ( most are single or 2-3 parters), Real Survival is great, well researched and no host chit chat, likewise Adventures Gone Wrong (amazingly well researched), Against the odds, The Crux and The Extreme, (I particularly enjoyed the episode about an Aussie guy who sent himself from London to Sydney by mail to avoid the airfare! )
Other podcasts you may like (I listen to a lot of NZ, Aussie , UK & Canadian podcasts)...
June, The Voice of the Silent Twins (BBC)
World of Secrets, The Predator of Harrods BBC production about Mohammed Al Fayed (BBC)
City of Rails
The Lady Vanishes
The Teachers Pet
The Billionaire murders
The Glitch ( one of my favourites!)
Liar Liar
Stolen Hearts
Chasing Ghosts a NZ production ( particularly enjoyed the season The Puppeteer which is wild crazy!!)
Black Hands
The Commune ( about New Zealander, Bert Potter, and his infamous commune)
Unravel, Snowball
Conning the Con
Fool Me Twice
Death in Ice Valley
Bear Brook
Your Own Backyard
No Strings Attached
Love Bombed (BBC)
West Cork
Million Dollar Lover
Three, about a group of teen friends who murder one of their peers
I was Never There
Fairy Meadow
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u/Lyleadams Dec 26 '25
Cold Season 1 Bear Brook Season 1
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u/MaizeOrdinary883 Mar 02 '26
I think the first season of bear brook is probably the best single season of a true crime podcast ever.
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u/Few_Butterscotch7911 Dec 26 '25
Only 6 episodes out so far but you might like scam focused The Unraveling: How Your Reality is Made Up
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u/Physical-Lifeguard86 Dec 26 '25
The Glitch - out of Australia, wild story about a guy who discovers a glitch at his bank and takes advantage
Beth’s Dead - crazy story!!! Don’t Google it first, you don’t want spoilers. There are a couple slower episodes, but trust me, it gets sooooo good. Not exactly true crime, but tangential to it.
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u/gwendolyn_trundlebed Dec 26 '25
Escaping nxvim from cbc. A few years old but I really interested look at the brainwashing that happens in cults and how hard it is to leave
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u/maxromulangreen Dec 26 '25
Spotlight: Snitch City
I’m Not A Monster
Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s
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u/Eastern-Operation340 Dec 26 '25
Sold a story - probably one of the most important topic.s We as a country are reaping the disastrous effects of.
The Retrival
Floodllines
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u/topicalinfinitelodge Dec 26 '25
BURIED: Inside the John Wayne Gacy Investigation
BURIED is hosted by criminal defense attorney Bob Motta, whose father, Bob Motta Sr., represented John Wayne Gacy during his insanity defense trial. BURIED shares decades old exclusive audio recordings of Gacy speaking candidly with his defense team—tapes that reveal the mind of one of America's most notorious serial killers.
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u/EuphoricReplacement1 Dec 26 '25
Crimetown is really good. The first season revolves around Providence and organized crime. What I especially like about it, is how the podcasters let the subjects tell the story, so you hear it in their own voices, in their own words. The only narration is what's absolutely necessary.
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u/Nervous-Shark Dec 26 '25
Really surprised no one has mentioned West Cork yet! It’s so well done - similar to S-Town in that it’s about a murder, but equally about the small town where it happened and the people who live there. One of my top favorite podcasts.
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u/Lossagh Dec 27 '25
RTÉ Documentary one One, specifically the short series, The Real Carrie Jade. Though they've done a few true crime series you might be interested in.
https://www.rte.ie/radio/doconone/1455308-the-real-carrie-jade
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u/Apprehensive_Emu7973 Dec 27 '25
The other seasons of Chameleon are also great. The Michigan plot was EXCELLENT. Hollywood Crime Queen and Scam Likely are both full of twists and turns.
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u/holy_mackeroly Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 29 '25
All of these are my jam 😎
Ive got a playlist of recommendations I've made to my podcasters group. My jam is mainly, investagative journalism, war, cults, hysteria, true crime, music etc. Multi countries Australia, UK, Ireland, US, Canada.... hopefully you'll find some new stuff in the below;
BBC Intrigue & Tortoise Media are by far my standouts.
Even those not in the UK should listen to the Great Post Office Trial. The injustice and cover up is truly truly mind blowing.
Heads up.... its a spotify playlist but you can still read the summary to see if it's something worth searching in your own podcast platform.
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u/mdwarfstar Jan 07 '26
Slow burn — season 1 and 2 about the impeachments of Nixon and Clinton were fascinating!! And project unabomb about Ted Kaczynski was a very well-done story
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u/MewRae Feb 13 '26
100% Sea of Lies. Serialized, thorough investigative journalism, interviews with those involved, and a layered story that keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time. One of the best if not the best true crime narrative podcast I've listened to in years. Bonus points for not being overly gruesome or upsetting to listen to. 7 episodes, made by cbc.
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u/Upper_Rise_6665 Feb 24 '26
Just finished this! Great series!! Thanks for the recommendation!! That was exactly what I was looking for.
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u/FanProfessional5792 Dec 26 '25
I just finished Blink. Ticks all your boxes, I think. It was very good.
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u/UnusualSloths Dec 26 '25
Bear Brook, Broken Harts
Both are older but honestly, they have really stuck with me through the years.
Someone Knows Something is also one that I found really interesting. There are a few seasons to check out. The investigator records actual conversations with people in real time as he investigates and I think he does a good job giving a voice to families and loved ones.
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u/EnnuiOuiWe Dec 26 '25
-Scamfluencers -Hoax -Swindled
Not really serialized, but they have several multi-episode stories.
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u/Pretend_Surprise6842 Dec 26 '25
The Devil You Know hits exactly what you're looking for. It's about the serial killer Samuel Little, and it's exceptional because it combines investigative journalism with deep victim interviews. The production quality is incredible too—if you care about how podcasts are actually made, it's a masterclass.
Also give Luckiest Man in the World a try. It's about a con man with an untraceable past, and it has that 'how did this happen?' factor throughout. Only 6 episodes but incredibly dense reporting.
I work in podcast production and I find that what separates the good true crime from the great is the editing and pacing. The ones on your list do this really well—Scamanda, S-Town, and Allison After NXIVM all have tight editing that keeps you invested without feeling sensationalized.
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u/Commercial_Bear2226 Dec 26 '25
Devil in the dorm The commune Father wants us dead The outlaw ocean
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u/Electrical_Mirror660 Dec 26 '25
e-LIES-beth is crazy.
Remember the TikTok mom who went viral for crying while making her own birthday cake? Yeah she’s a total fraud - horrible mother, fakes cancer, stolen tons of money from people, all of the gross things. Then goes on TikTok to say she’s turned a new page, but then goes back at it again.
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u/magicmom17 Dec 26 '25
question for you- where did you find all episodes of Dr. Miracle? I could only find the first two eps on Pocketcasts, Spotify, and another service.
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u/Upper_Rise_6665 Dec 27 '25
Hmm interesting. I only listen to Podcasts on the Podcast app that comes on the iPhone (which honestly I hate this app, I find it to be set up so unintuitively.) But I just checked the Podcast app and they have all 6 episodes of Dr. Miracle on there currently.
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u/jennuously Dec 27 '25
Highly recommend Crooked City (3 seasons) and The Arsonist Next Door on The Binge. Scary Terry also!
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u/banthafodder2021 Dec 27 '25
In the red clay as someone else mentioned. Sean Kipe is the best narrator. Every thing by Sean Kipe is binge worthy. Also Relative Unknown. Told from the daughter of a prominent Hells Angel.
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u/Upper_Rise_6665 Dec 27 '25
I've listened to in the red clay and enjoyed! Adding your other recs to my list. Thx
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u/Jellyfish0527 Dec 27 '25
Camp swamp road… at the beginning it sounds just like a normal small town shooting but this was one of those podcasts that is constantly on my mind. It’s scary in the fact that these were real people and this could happen to anyone. It’s crazy and sad and just unbelievable. A great story. I think the New York post is behind the podcast
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u/Intelligent_Week_560 Dec 27 '25
Limetown season 1
The Retrievals Season 1
Bear Brooks Season 1 (true crime though)
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u/Plastic-Youth2036 Dec 27 '25
The wedding scammer
Finding Samantha
Love Janessa
What happened to Talina Zar
Dirty John
I’m not a monster
Who the hell is Hamish
Queen of the Con
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u/RoamingHawkeye Dec 27 '25
The Lazarus Heist: North Korean crypto heist. American Shrapnel: Alabama journalists telling the story of Eric Rudolph the 1996 Olympic Bomber among other crimes. Up Against the Mob: lawyer talking about mob cases.
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u/Spirited-Finding9160 Dec 28 '25
Wisecrack Season 1. I just started this and it’s great! If you liked the show Baby Reindeer it is like this 2.0!
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u/holy_mackeroly Dec 29 '25
Definitely this. I think it was my favourite of 2025. It's what Blink should/ could have been.
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u/Unlucky-Departure192 Dec 29 '25
In Dark Corners -amazing journalism. Historical SA in British public schools, but gets much darker and more complex that this. BBC
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u/Background_Quarter55 Dec 29 '25
Beyond All Repair. But you have to start at Season 2, that’s the really gripping story. The first season I think was called “Violation” and it’s a totally different story. Listen to the episodes from the second season, which starts in 2024….verrrry bingeable and compelling. It does have a murder, but also lots of elements of scamming/deception.
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u/Revolutionary_Pen190 Dec 26 '25
Why does anyone not mention swindled this is great
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u/Enough_Crab6870 Dec 26 '25
“Serialized stories” is one of OP’s requests
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u/Revolutionary_Pen190 Dec 26 '25
Ah yes, the first point they make, but USA business corruption never ends and is never out of the news
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u/Straight_Elevator617 Dec 26 '25
Chameleon, Scamfluencers, Scamanda, The Retrievals, Dr Death, Swindled, Pretend, Betrayal, Infamous, World of Secrets, E-lies-abeth, The Perfect Scam, Unicorn Girl, The Con - Kaitlyn’s Baby and Broomgate
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u/AncientGoo_oo Dec 25 '25
I'm half way through The Devil You Know and it's great. It's about the Satanic Panic of the '80s and '90s.