Title: Best true crime podcasts of all time
Headings: The best true crime podcasts of all time
The best true crime podcasts of all time
Serial
S-Town
In the Dark
Missing & Murdered
Last Podcast on the Left
Criminal
74 Seconds
Conviction
Crime Junkie
Alibi
Someone Knows Something
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Content: The general public has harbored a bloodthirsty fascination for real-life violence for centuries. " If it bleeds, it leads," has long been a truism not just for the media, but also for true crime podcasts. What's newer, though, is our collective questioning of the morality behind this longstanding bloodthirstiness of ours, and pausing to wonder where it comes from. The answer to that question is multi-faceted. They range from our psychological need to pay attention to danger, the desire to arm ourselves with information for women in particular (who make up a disproportionate percentage of true crime lovers and are also usually the victims in true crime stories), or the uncomfortable truth that true crime just makes for good storytelling with mystery, violence, tragedy, and drama. We're not here to interrogate why you love true crime, or to judge you for this obsession. Because we are one of you. But with such an oversaturation of true crime podcasts out there, it can be hard to know what's worth your time and what's garbage. So we took on the seemingly impossible task of finding the best true crime podcasts of all time. ( Though, of course, with the caveat that we undoubtedly missed some, or maybe already covered them in a different podcast roundup .)