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1American ScandalWondery Every scandal begins with a lie.

2Admissible: Shreds of EvidenceiHeart13 wrongful convictions all tied to one forensic analyst.

3Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax KillerWolf Entertainment and CBCIn the wake of 9/11, anthrax-laced letters unleashed a new wave of terror across the nation.

4All the Buried WomenBeth Allison Barr and Savannah LockeHosted by Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke, All the Buried Women uncovers stories of women that are hidden in the Southern Baptist Convention’s archives.

5Alphabet BoysWestern Sound, iHeartPodcastsAlphabet Boys reveals the secret investigations of the FBI, DEA, ATF, and other alphabet agencies.

6American CriminalAirshipThe true crime history podcast that takes you inside the minds of some of our most notorious felons and outlaws, exploring the dark side to the American dream.

7AMERICAN GENOCIDEIllumiNativeAmidst an unprecedented federal investigation into hundreds of Native Boarding Schools and the 100,000+ children these institutions forcibly removed, one school has become the epicenter of controversy in America’s attempt to reckon with its dark history: Red Cloud Indian School.

8American PsyopMeidas Media NetworkIt’s 1985, and John Mattes, a public defender in Miami, meets his first client, who claims to be part of a CIA operation running guns in Central America.

9American ShrapnelAlabama Media GroupThe Olympics explode on a July night in 1996.

10Bad Blood: The Final ChapterThree Uncanny FourShe was once the world's youngest self-made female billionaire.

11Bad Rap: The Case Against DiddyABC NewsFor decades, Sean "Diddy" Combs was among the most influential entertainers and entrepreneurs in hip-hop.

12Bad SeedsiHeartThe biggest black market you’ve never heard of is blooming right under your nose.

13Bag ManMSNBCIs it possible for an American Vice President to carry out a criminal enterprise inside the White House and have nobody remember?

14Bear BrookNHPRBear Brook, hosted by Jason Moon, is the critically-acclaimed true crime podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio.

15Believable: The Coco Berthmann StoryDear Media Coco Berthmann became internet-famous by sharing her story of surviving sex trafficking as a young child growing up in Germany.

16Big EnvelopesAudible

17BlindspotThe HISTORY® Channel and WNYC StudiosHIV and AIDS changed the United States and the world.

18Blood VinesFoxtopus Ink Blood Vines is a dark, true story from California’s wine country, where greed, lies, and murder swirled around one of the largest wine scams in U.S.

19BlowbackBrendan James and Noah KulwinA podcast about the American Empire.

20Bone ValleyLava for GoodIn Season 1 of Bone Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King tells a story of a man, Leo Schofield, fighting to prove his innocence in the case of his wife Michelle’s murder.

21Campus FilesAudacyCollege holds a mythic place in American culture—hailed as the best four years of your life and revered as a beacon of integrity and excellence.

22Casefile Presents: The Easey Street MurdersiHeart, Casefile PresentsOne night in January, 1977 Susan Bartlett and Suzanne Armstrong were fatally stabbed in their home in Easey Street, Collingwood.

23Cement CityCement City Productions*Named one of The New York Times Best Podcasts of 2024* Two journalists stumble into a dying town with a Smog Museum and a mayor named Piglet… and not a whole lot else.

24Chameleon: The Michigan PlotThe BingeWe are living in a golden age of deception.

25Collateral Damage from The InterceptThe InterceptCollateral Damage is an investigative podcast series examining the half-century-long war on drugs, its enduring ripple effects, and the devastating consequences of building a massive war machine aimed at the public itself.

26Computer FreaksInc. MagazineThis is the untold history of how the internet almost didn’t happen.

27CounterClockDelia D'AmbraIn order to tell the story of a crime, you have to turn back time.

28Cover Up: The Anthrax ThreatSony Music EntertainmentIn the mid-1970s, a man burst onto the evangelical scene with a shocking tale: claiming to be a former witch involved in human sacrifices among elite circles.

29Crooked City: Youngstown, OHtruth.media and Sony Music Production EntertainmentThis is a story about a woman who came to be known as The Horse Queen.

30Crypto KingpinsUSG AUDIO PODCASTS Once upon a time, there were two titans of the crypto industry: Sam Bankman-Fried, the child of Stanford professors and founder of FTX, and Changpeng Zhao, the nomadic founder of Binance.

31Curse of: America’s Next Top ModeliHeartPodcasts and Glass PodcastsWhen America’s Next Top Model premiered in the early 2000s, it looked like a golden ticket: a glamorous TV show that could catapult aspiring models into fame.

32Devil in the DormWondery In late 2010, a middle-aged man moved into his daughter's college dorm and created what has all the hallmarks of a cult.

33DrilledCritical FrequencyA true-crime podcast about climate change.

34Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi StoryApple TV+ / AT WILL MEDIA In 1920, a broke immigrant in Boston became one of America’s richest, most infamous men—practically overnight.

35Elon's SpiesTortoise MediaElon Musk is one of the most powerful men in the world.

36Even If It Kills MeFANG workshopThis is the story of the band that almost was.

37Fallen Angels: A Story of California CorruptioniHeartA mysterious drug overdose at a posh Pasadena hotel leads our host and LA Times investigative reporter, Paul Pringle, into Los Angeles’ darkest corridors of power and wealth.

38False Profits: HillsongiHeartA personal journey into the heart of a global megachurch.

39Fat LeonardBrazenIt’s the most shocking unknown tale of our era: a defense contractor who bribed Navy officers with cash, prostitutes and luxury items in return for multi-million-dollar deals.

40Fiasco: VigilanteAudible

41FirebugSony Music and truth.mediaFor ten years, a serial arsonist terrorized Southern California, burning down businesses in broad daylight.

42Go-Boy!iHeartPodcastIn the mid-century, Canada was home to some of the most inhumane prisons in the world.

43Good CultKast Media"Good Cult" podcasts explore the complex world of cults, delving into their nature, influence, and impact on individuals.

44Guru: Don't Cross KatWondery Season 2: Kat Torres has the insta-perfect life.

45Happy FaceiHeartPodcastsFor Melissa Moore, 1995 was a nightmare.

46Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam RiveraWondery It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist.

47Head Number 7WonderyDonating your body to science is a final, noble act.

48Hello, John DoeiHeartAt age 45, Steve Patterson made a shocking online discovery: his own missing person’s page.

49In The DarkThe New Yorker In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, is an award-winning investigative-journalism podcast that started in 2016.

50Killing Dad: The Crystal Howell StoryAudio Up Inc.Welcome to Killing Dad Presents: The Miscreants, season two of our series investigating family murders.