The mystery podcasts space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 71 of the best, including Crime Junkie, Casefile True Crime, and Dateline NBC.
Crime Junkie
Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime ...
Casefile True Crime
Fact is scarier than fiction. Subscribe to Casefile Premium to receive ad-free episodes released one week early, along with access to bonus Q&A’s, ...
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the ...
Morbid
It’s a lighthearted nightmare in here, weirdos! Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technicia...
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...
48 Hours
“48 Hours” uncovers the narrative behind crime and justice cases that have left a lasting mark on society. Award-winning CBS News correspondents th...
RedHanded
RedHanded the podcast jumps head first into all manner of macabre madness. We cover everything from big time serial killers (and those you may neve...
Criminal
Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in...
Sword and Scale
Sword and Scale is a weekly true crime podcast covering the dark underworld of crime and the criminal justice system’s response to it. The first ep...
The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researc...
Dark Downeast
Dark Downeast: Maine and New England's True Crime Podcast digs into the decades-old and modern day cases that prickle the history of Vacationland a...
The Deck
For years, some law enforcement agencies have replaced the faces of traditional playing card decks with images of missing and murdered people and d...
Bear Brook
Bear Brook, hosted by Jason Moon, is the critically-acclaimed true crime podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio. Season 1 - Two barrels. Four Bodi...
Up and Vanished
Host Payne Lindsey heads to the edge of the arctic circle to investigate two mysterious disappearances from Nome, Alaska. Up and Vanished investiga...
Murder, Mystery & Makeup
Bailey Sarian, an award-winning true crime enthusiast, beauty influencer, and top content creator, brings to you her critically acclaimed podcast “...
Australian True Crime
Think nothing ever happens in your town? Australia's suburbs are home to some of the most mysterious and disturbing true crime cases in the world. ...
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...
Serial
Our newest podcast, “The Last 12 Weeks” is out now. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts that ...
Someone Knows Something
Someone Knows Something is the investigative true crime series by award-winning documentarian David Ridgen. Each season tackles an unsolved case, u...
Spooked
Spooked features true-life supernatural stories, told firsthand by people who can barely believe it happened themselves. Be afraid. Created in the ...
Scamanda
Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.But Amanda is dying, wi...
A Very British Cult
The sinister life coaching company that takes over your life. Catrin Nye investigates. In early 2019 Jeffrey Leigh-Jones from Portsmouth got a life...
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Sold a Story
Millions of kids can't read well. Scientists have known for decades how children learn to read, but many schools don’t know about the research. The...
Malevolent
Do not fear the dark, fear what darkness brings... Arkham Private Investigator Arthur Lester wakes up with no memory of who he is or what has happe...
Unexplained
Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A stor...
S-Town
S-Town is a podcast hosted by Brian Reed from Serial Productions, a New York Times company. The story follows a man named John who despises his Ala...
West Cork
In West Cork, it’s simply known as ‘the murder’. In 1996 French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier is found dead near her holiday home. There ...
On Being with Krista Tippett
Wisdom to replenish and orient in a tender, tumultuous time to be alive. Spiritual inquiry, science, social healing, and poetry. Conversations to l...
Red Web
Red Web unravels mysteries from unsolved true crime to the paranormal. Whether you're a believer or a truth-seeker, Red Web will satisfy your curio...
Limetown
Ten years ago, over three hundred men, women and children disappeared from a small town in Tennessee, never to be heard from again. In this podcast...
TANIS
Tanis is a bi-weekly podcast from the Public Radio Alliance, and is hosted by Nic Silver. Tanis is a serialized docudrama about a fascinating and s...
Believe in Magic
Jamie Bartlett, host of the hit podcast The Missing Crypto queen, is back with another gripping, investigative serial. In his new series, Jamie tel...
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The Retrievals
C-sections are the most frequently performed major surgeries in the world. So why do so many patients feel severe pain during them? Season 2 of the...
Astonishing Legends
The world is more mysterious than most people are comfortable imagining. We cross paths with the mystical from time to time and may not even notice...
Dirty John
A true story about seduction, deception, forgiveness, denial, and ultimately, survival. Reported and hosted by Christopher Goffard from the L.A. Ti...
Deadly Engagement
Denita Smith was about to fulfill her dreams. Just months away from getting her master’s degree, Denita had recently gotten engaged to her college ...
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Shell Game
A podcast about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff. Season 2 tells the story of enterprise and entrepreneurship ...
Run, Bambi, Run
Laurie Bembenek was a Milwaukee police officer and Playboy Club bunny before being arrested for the murder of her husband’s ex-wife, a crime she in...
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Dead Eyes
Actor/comedian Connor Ratliff (The Chris Gethard Show, UCB, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) embarks upon a quest to solve a very stupid mystery that has...
Inconceivable Truth
Investigative reporter Matt Katz has been searching for his biological father since he was a little kid. But it wasn't until his 40s that he realiz...
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Solve This Murder
Play along with Bill as he collects clues and interviews suspects to solve original whodunit murder mysteries!
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Southern Mysteries Podcast
Unearthing the forgotten, the mysterious, and the legendary—one Southern story at a time. Hosted by Shannon Ballard, Southern Mysteries explores th...
The Deck Investigates
"The Deck Investigates" returns with Season 2, delving deep into the perplexing case of Ada Haradine, a 40-year-old mother of two who vanished with...
Mystery Show
A podcast about mysteries, hosted by Starlee Kine. From Gimlet.
Deadly Manners
Deadly Manners is a 10 episode, dark comedy murder-mystery series set in the winter of 1954. It follows the events during the night of the affluent...
Missing Persons Mysteries
Welcome to Missing Persons Mysteries!Best Selling Author and Entertainment Icon Steve Stockton discuss Missing Persons Cases, True Paranormal Stori...
Dear Alana,
4x nominee and WINNER at the 2024 Ambie Awards. Host Simon Kent Fung explores the life of Alana Chen, a 24-year-old woman who disappeared from Bo...
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The Trojan Horse Affair
A strange letter appears on a city councillor’s desk in Birmingham, England, laying out an elaborate plot by Islamic extremists to infiltrate the c...
Watching You
Dominique Leili went missing from her home in suburban Atlanta in the summer of 2011. Her body was found in the woods near her house a week later. ...
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Defining Diego
Defining Diego is the story of one Guatemalan adoptee and his mother, a reporter who documented their journey from his earliest steps, as they try ...
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El Podcast de Misterio
Sección dedicada a la difusión de temas paranormales sometidos a investigación y comentarios por expertos en el tema.
Weeknight Mysteries Podcast
Welcome to Weeknight Mysteries Podcast where we discuss mysteries and share our perspectives and opinions.
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The Secret Sits
In the world of true crime podcasts, The Secret Sits takes you on a captivating journey into the depths of mysterious true crimes. As Robert Frost ...
Mysterious Circumstances
***EXPLICIT LANGUAGE***-Crime/Mysteries/Paranormal/History-- A podcast that dives deep into the unsolved and interesting, with an unpolished and un...
Mystery to Me
Mystery to Me is a brand new podcast hosted by Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee. We're fans of all things mystery. Mystery to Me will feature us riffin...
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Unfound
Established in September 2016, Unfound is a missing persons program concentrated on interviewing family, friends, and reporters who are closest to ...
The 13th Step
An investigation into the widespread culture of sexual misconduct and abuse persistent in the addiction treatment industry.
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The HOOD DEBUTANTE
London Bambi is the charismatic host of The Hood Debutante podcast, where he fearlessly delves into his personal experiences and explores life’s mo...
unCoVer
Uncover, unmask, understand. You are listening to unCoVer疫中人. "unCoVer" is a project dedicated to amplifying the voices of those who are affected b...
Follow the Truth
Who really killed Michael Jordan’s father? Follow the Truth is a true crime podcast re-investigating the murder of Michael Jordan’s dad...
Unresolved
Hello 👋! Welcome to Un-Resolved. This is a podcast about an everyday very average guy sharing is life journey and learnings through short and inter...
OBSCURA
Podcast and art club by Tiffany Beihl and Chris Nguyen.
SCAM
This grippingseries, narrated by former fraud investigator turned podcaster Detective Vincent “Vinny” Morelli, delves deep into the world of modern...
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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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