Investigative podcasts

51Lost In PanamaKast Media In 2014, Dutch friends Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers disappeared while hiking a jungle trail in Panama.

52Missing in ArizonaiHeartPodcastsIn 2001, Robert Fisher killed his family, blew up their suburban home, and vanished in a remote Arizona forest.

53Mommy DoomsdayDateline NBCThe disappearance of two of Lori Vallow’s children in Rexburg, Idaho in September 2019 would expose a bizarre trail of death, devotion and Doomsday beliefs that captivated the nation… A haunting podcast from Keith Morrison and Dateline NBC.

54Nice White ParentsSerial & The New York TimesIf you want to understand what’s wrong with our public schools, you have to look at what is arguably the most powerful force in shaping them: white parents.

55Project UnabomApple TV+ / Pineapple Street Studios Decades after Ted Kaczynski was caught, society is still asking some of the same questions about him: Is Ted a genius who went astray?

56Proof: A True Crime PodcastRed Marble MediaProof: A True Crime Podcast is a serialized investigation into cases of potential wrongful conviction.

57Queen of the ConiHeart True CrimeFrom her Southern California mansion on a hill, Michelle Mack sends out a team of 12 young women that authorities call 'The California Girls' to steal millions of dollars in merchandise from high-end stores all over the country.

58Rachel Maddow Presents: UltraMSNBCAs a new authoritarian movement rises in American politics, stoked by one of the country’s most outrageous demagogues, there is an all-out international manhunt for an American traitor.

59RadicalTenderfoot TVOn March 16, 2000, two police officers were shot in one of Atlanta’s oldest neighborhoods.

60Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood MysteryABC NewsKaren Silkwood’s death 50 years ago this November continues to haunt Oklahoma and the nation.

61S-TownBrian ReedS-Town is a podcast hosted by Brian Reed from Serial Productions, a New York Times company.

62Scam FactoryWondery You know those messages that you get all the time, the ones that pop up out of nowhere?

63ScamandaLionsgate SoundAmanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger.

64ScamfluencersWondery You never really know someone…especially online.

65Slow BurnSlateSlow Burn illuminates America’s most consequential moments, making sense of the past to better understand the present.

66Sold a StoryAmerican Public Media Millions of kids can't read well.

67Spy AffairWondery A charismatic Russian woman arrives in the US on a mission to improve relations between the two countries, and she soon makes some powerful friends.

68Texas Monthly True CrimeTexas MonthlyErik Maund had it all.

69The DropoutABC NewsMoney. Romance. Tragedy.

70The Evaporated: Gone with the GodsCampside Media & Sony Music EntertainmentCampside is proud to present 12 part series from our friends at Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio and hosted by Celeste Headlee.

71The LetterKSL Podcasts, Lemonada Media and Workhouse MediaOn a winter morning in 1982, two young fathers were found shot to death in a van parked outside an upscale Utah restaurant.

72The Shrink Next DoorWondery Veteran journalist Joe Nocera’s neighbor in the Hamptons was a therapist named Ike.

73True Crime Bullsh**Studio BOTH/ANDTrue Crime Bullsh** is a serialized, investigative podcast that aims to identify the missing victims of serial killer Israel Keyes.

74UndisclosedRabia Chaudry, Susan Simpson, and Colin MillerAttorneys Colin Miller and Rabia Chaudry investigate and report on wrongful conviction cases in an effort to exonerate innocent incarcerated defendants.

75Welcome to Your FantasyGimletIn the 1980s the “male exotic dancers” of Chippendales were everywhere, selling the promise of women’s liberation for the price of a few dollars in a g-string.

76White LiesNPR, Embedded+On the morning of August 21, 1991, a group of Cuban detainees took over a federal prison in Talladega, Alabama, and demanded their freedom.

77Who Took Misty Copsey?IDIn September 1992, 14-year-old Misty Copsey goes to the Washington State Fair with her best friend.

78Wild BoysCampside Media / Sony Music EntertainmentIn 2003, two half-starved brothers emerged from the wilderness, telling an incredible story of survival.

79Your Own BackyardChris LambertA documentary podcast series investigating the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student, Kristin Smart.

80Chameleon: Hollywood Con QueenThe story of and hunt for the notorious scam artist known as the Hollywood Con Queen.

81CONFLICTEDMessage HeardAn ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East.

82Crook CountyKen Tekiela was a celebrated Chicago firefighter and a loving father of two who led a secret double life as a hitman for the Chicago mafia.

83Murder in the MoonlightNBC NewsIn Dateline’s newest podcast, Keith Morrison takes us to a quiet farmhouse on America’s Great Plains, where Sharmon and Wayne Stock have just celebrated Easter with their big, loving family.

84Sea of Lies from UncoverCBCYou think you know the NXIVM story.

85Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear BetrayalBrazen“The past is never dead.

86The Bias DiagnosisAudible

87The ConCBC and BBC World ServiceKaitlyn Braun, a pregnant young woman in crisis, takes dozens of birth workers through an escalating series of disasters – rape, baby loss, and even a coma.

88The English Disease | LegacyStakLegacy – Season 4: Defiant | Available Monday 10th NovemberEric Morante was a boy torn between boxing and the Marines when – on September 11th, 2001 – the decision became clear.

89The Secret History of Flight 149Crowd NetworkThe Secret History of Flight 149 Imagine boarding a flight thinking you’re heading on holiday, but instead you get taken hostage by Saddam Hussein.

90The Trojan Horse AffairRebecca LaksA strange letter appears on a city councillor’s desk in Birmingham, England, laying out an elaborate plot by Islamic extremists to infiltrate the city’s schools.