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Top Podcasts for Lesser-Known Crime in 2026

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The lesser-known crime space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 36 of the best, including Rotten Mango, Casefile True Crime, and Criminal.

  1. Rotten Mango
    Rotten Mango
    Rotten but still a little sweet! Rotten Mango is a true crime + all things spooky podcast. We love doing deep dives into the darkest crimes and we ...
    Content:
    ComedyCultureEntertainmentTrue CrimeLesser-Known Crime
    Audience:
    Gen ZTrue Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    DocumentaryNarrative Storytelling
    When:
    At WorkDoing ChoresWeekend Deep Dive
  2. Casefile True 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, ...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsMystery PodcastsMystery StorytellingSerial KillersLesser-Known Crime
    +2
    Audience:
    RunnersTrue Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    DocumentaryInvestigativeNarrative StorytellingSolo Commentary
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  3. Criminal
    Criminal
    Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in...
    Content:
    Bizarre CrimesCold Case InvestigationsCultureDark FictionDark HistoryLesser-Known Crime
    +16
    Audience:
    Book LoversCollege StudentsNight Shift WorkersOlder WorkersRetirees
    +2
    Goal:
    Following A StoryPreparing For Job Interviews
    Style:
    DocumentaryEducationalIn-Depth InterviewsInterviewInvestigative
    +2
    When:
    Background NoiseBefore BedCommutingDoing ChoresLong Drive
    +1
  4. True Crime Garage
    True Crime Garage
    True Crime Garage: Your Weekly Dive into Real-Life Mysteries Grab a chair, crack open a cold one, and join hosts Nic and the Captain for an immersi...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsMystery StorytellingSerial KillersTrue CrimeLesser-Known Crime
    +1
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
  5. Swindled
    Swindled
    A narrative true-crime podcast that uses immersive storytelling, archival audio, and cinematic sound design to explore the world of white-collar cr...
    Content:
    Bizarre CrimesCapitalism CritiqueCredentialing ScandalsFood And CookingHuman StoriesLesser-Known Crime
    +2
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeSolo Commentary
    When:
    Background NoiseBefore BedLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  6. They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
    They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
    They Walk Among Us is an award-winning weekly UK true crime podcast covering a broad range of cases from the sinister to the surreal. Support this ...
    Content:
    Serial KillersUnsolved MysteriesLesser-Known Crime
  7. CounterClock
    CounterClock
    In order to tell the story of a crime, you have to turn back time. Every season, Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra digs deep into a mind-bendi...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsTrue CrimeUnsolved MysteriesLesser-Known Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Style:
    Investigative
  8. Someone Knows Something
    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...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsMystery PodcastsMystery StorytellingTrue CrimeLesser-Known Crime
    +1
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    DocumentaryInvestigative
  9. Invisible Choir
    Invisible Choir
    The Invisible Choir true crime podcast examines the most heinous murders through investigative storytelling, primary source audio, and victim testi...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsSerial KillersTrue CrimeLesser-Known Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Style:
    Solo Commentary
  10. Bear Brook
    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...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsForensic ScienceMissing PersonsMystery PodcastsMystery StorytellingLesser-Known Crime
    +3
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    DocumentaryInvestigativeNarrative Storytelling
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  11. Voices for Justice
    Voices for Justice
    Voices for Justice is a true crime podcast hosted by Sarah Turney, sister of missing teen Alissa Turney. Every episode ends with a call to action. ...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsReal-Life StoriesSerial KillersTrue CrimeLesser-Known Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Getting Motivated
    Style:
    DocumentaryInvestigative
  12. Up and Vanished
    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...
    Content:
    Alaska MysteriesBizarre CrimesCold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsMystery PodcastsLesser-Known Crime
    +7
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    DocumentaryInvestigativeNarrative StorytellingSolo Commentary
    When:
    Weekend Deep Dive
  13. The Unforgotten
    The Unforgotten
    Season 3: Finding Dolores Wulff unravels the 41-year-old mystery of a mother who vanished one night from her home in a small California town. Seaso...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsLesser-Known Crime
  14. Morbidology
    Morbidology
    Morbidology is an award-winning weekly true crime podcast that goes beyond the headlines. Created and hosted by true crime author Emily G. Thompson...
    Content:
    Serial KillersLesser-Known Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
  15. The Opportunist
    The Opportunist
    The Opportunist tells true stories of regular people who turn sinister by embracing opportunity. How does an everyday person turn into a thief, a s...
    Content:
    True CrimeLesser-Known Crime
    Style:
    InvestigativeNarrative Storytelling
  16. Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum
    Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum
    Work a cold case alongside investigator Sheryl “Mac” McCollum, Director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute. Every week, Sheryl dives...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsLesser-Known Crime
  17. True Crime Couple
    True Crime Couple
    Join married couple Kay and John as they cover some of the lesser known true crime cases. In this bi-weekly podcast, Kay presents the case to both ...
    Content:
    Lesser-Known Crime
    Audience:
    Couples
  18. Our True Crime Podcast
    Our True Crime Podcast
    Our True Crime Podcast focuses on bizarre, lesser-known crime cases from around the globe delivered with respect, a bit of humor, and a smidge of s...
    Content:
    Lesser-Known Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
  19. Obscura: A True Crime Podcast
    Obscura: A True Crime Podcast
    The darkest true crime cases are the ones you've never heard of. Obscura investigates murders written off as accidents, disappearances dismisse...
    Content:
    Lesser-Known Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
  20. Once Upon A Crime
    Once Upon A Crime
    Step into the darker side of history with Once Upon A Crime, a true-crime podcast that delves deep into some of the world’s most gripping cases. Ho...
    Content:
    Bizarre CrimesCrypto & Web3Mystery StorytellingLesser-Known Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Understanding Cryptocurrency
  21. Shandee's Story
    Shandee's Story
    Shandee Blackburn was brutally murdered as she walked home from work - but this cold-case can still be solved. Gold Walkley-winning journalist Hedl...
    Content:
    Lesser-Known Crime
  22. True Crime Bullsh**: The Israel Keyes Investigation
    True Crime Bullsh**: The Israel Keyes Investigation
    True Crime Bullsh** is a serialized, investigative podcast that aims to identify the missing victims of serial killer Israel Keyes. Host Josh Hallm...
    Content:
    Bizarre CrimesCold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsSerial KillersTrue CrimeLesser-Known Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Style:
    DocumentaryInvestigative
  23. UNMARKED: A True Crime Podcast
    UNMARKED: A True Crime Podcast
    UNMARKED is a new true crime podcast and YouTube series built on rare interviews, real police evidence, and never-before-heard audio from some of t...
    Content:
    Lesser-Known Crime
  24. Trace Evidence
    Trace Evidence
    Trace Evidence is a weekly true crime podcast that focuses on unsolved cases, from chilling murders to missing persons. Join host Steven Pacheco as...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsUnsolved MysteriesLesser-Known Crime
  25. True Crime Kent
    True Crime Kent
    Dive deep into the heart of the mind of Kent Chungus, an unparalleled redneck true crime historian who’s as genuine as they come. A former Marine w...
    Content:
    Lesser-Known Crime
  26. Vishal
    Vishal
    On 29th July 1981, while the eyes of the world are on London and captivated by the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, an eight-year-...
    Content:
    Lesser-Known Crime
  27. New Orleans Unsolved
    New Orleans Unsolved
    New Orleans Unsolved is an independent narrative true crime podcast based in the historic city of New Orleans. Investigator/producer Anna Christie ...
    Content:
    Unsolved MysteriesLesser-Known Crime
  28. Already Gone Podcast
    Already Gone Podcast
    Great Lakes. True Crime. Host Nina Innsted covers lesser-known cases from MICHIGAN and the Great Lakes Region. #TrueCrime #unsolved #Michigan
    Content:
    Midwestern StoriesLesser-Known Crime
  29. The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head
    The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head
    Fifty years ago, on March 26th 1971, the body of a young man was found in a secluded spot, an island in the River Trent with extremely limited acce...
    Content:
    Lesser-Known Crime
  30. Hello, John Doe
    Hello, John Doe
    At age 45, Steve Patterson made a shocking online discovery: his own missing person’s page. Desperate to uncover why he had been included on the li...
    Content:
    Serial KillersUnsolved MysteriesLesser-Known Crime
    Style:
    Investigative
  31. Crime Off The Grid
    Crime Off The Grid
    Crime Off the Grid is a podcast with true crime stories from our National Parks, National Forests, and other wild places. The hosts, Tara and Nancy...
    Content:
    Lesser-Known Crime
  32. Sympathy Pains
    Sympathy Pains
    Hosted by Laura Beil (Dr. Death, Bad Batch), Sympathy Pains is a six-part series from Neon Hum Media and iHeartRadio. For 20 years, Sarah Delashmit...
    Content:
    Credentialing ScandalsLesser-Known Crime
    Style:
    Investigative
  33. True Crime Unwind
    True Crime Unwind
    True Crime Unwind is your weekly escape into the world of lesser-known true crime stories, hosted by Kinsley and Mercedes. Every True Crime Tuesday...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsTrue CrimeLesser-Known Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Serialized Fiction
  34. Crimeatorium
    Crimeatorium
    Welcome to Crimeatorium, the place where crime resides. I’m your host, Madeline. Each week, I cover lesser-known cases of murder, abduction, and di...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsTrue CrimeLesser-Known Crime
  35. Heinous
    Heinous
    A True Crime Podcast focused solely on audio podcasts.
    Content:
    Lesser-Known Crime
  36. Unresolved
    Unresolved
    Mysterious disappearances and strange deaths which have yet to be resolved.
    Content:
    Unsolved MysteriesLesser-Known Crime