The political crime space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 20 of the best, including In The Dark, British Scandal, and Swindled.
In The Dark
In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, is an award-winning investigative-journalism podcast that started in 2016. Its first season looked at the m...
British Scandal
In a country obsessed with gossip, the great and the good fear one thing more than any other - scandal.British scandals change the course of histor...
Swindled
A narrative true-crime podcast that uses immersive storytelling, archival audio, and cinematic sound design to explore the world of white-collar cr...
American Scandal
Every scandal begins with a lie. But the truth will come out. And then comes the fallout and the outrage.Scandals have shaped America since its fou...
Darknet Diaries
Explore true stories of the dark side of the Internet with host Jack Rhysider as he takes you on a journey through the chilling world of hacking, d...
Slow Burn
Slow Burn illuminates America’s most consequential moments, making sense of the past to better understand the present. Through archival tape and fi...
Fiasco
Host Leon Neyfakh transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of our country's most pivotal historical events, bringing to life the forgotten ...
The Asset
In 2016, Donald Trump conspired with a foreign government to become President of the United States. On July 25, 2019, with the 2020 election around...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
As a new authoritarian movement rises in American politics, stoked by one of the country’s most outrageous demagogues, there is an all-out internat...
Assassinations
One death can change the world. At least, that's what assassins believe. Assassinations recounts history's most dramatic deaths. Through little-kno...
Bag Man
Is it possible for an American Vice President to carry out a criminal enterprise inside the White House and have nobody remember? To have one of th...
Political Scandals
Discover how fast controversy can move up in the polls in Parcast’s new limited series, Political Scandals. From greed and lust to deceit and cover...
Dead End: Crime and Politics
Dead End is where true crime meets political corruption. From the shocking murder of a politically connected couple to the unraveling of one of the...
RIGGEDLabs Podcast
On September 28, 2012, Massachusetts state chemist Annie Dookhan was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and falsification of academic...
Crime in Congress
Hey Crimestituents! We’re gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a true crime podcast with host Harley that examines the shockingly true...
Making a Killing
Making a Killing explores how corruption is reshaping global politics, and fueling some of the most deadly security threats facing the world today ...
One Nation Under Crime
One Nation Under Crime is a historical chronological true crime podcast. Join Kayla and Leah each week as they discuss true crime cases and history...
Political True Crime
Dive into the shadowy underbelly of history and uncover the hidden stories of corruption, deceit, and power plays in ”Political True Crime with Hos...
How this list is built
Shows are selected from PodSEO topic associations and matched AI recommendations. They are ordered by their average PodSEO score over records dated since seven days ago, with ties ordered by show name. The score combines podcast-platform search visibility, editorial placements, and chart performance, with adjustments for Apple listing status. AI recommendations help identify candidates; their frequency does not determine the order. Each list includes up to 100 shows with an Apple Podcasts ID and updates when regenerated.
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