14 Podcasts Like Crime Junkie
If you like how Crime Junkie tells one case per episode in plain language, these shows do something close to that. A few come from the same network, and others are small independent shows that work closely with victims' families.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONThe Deck
Audiochuck
Crime Junkie's Ashley Flowers covers cold cases featured on the playing-card decks that police hand out in prisons, hoping an inmate knows something.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONCrime Weekly
Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur
Stephanie Harlowe and former detective Derrick Levasseur take one case across several episodes, and they argue through the evidence like two friends who disagree.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONCasefile True Crime
Casefile Presents
An anonymous Australian host reads carefully researched cases from around the world with no banter at all, which is the main difference from Crime Junkie.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONGoing West: True Crime
Dark West Productions
Daphne Woolsoncroft and Heath Merryman cover a disappearance or murder twice a week, and they stick closely to the timeline of each case.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONDateline NBC
NBC News
The TV show's full episodes in podcast form, with Keith Morrison and the other correspondents walking through a case from the crime to the verdict.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONMurder With My Husband
OH NO MEDIA
Payton tells the case and her husband Garrett reacts, so it has the same one-tells-one-listens setup as Crime Junkie.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONPark Predators
Audiochuck
Delia D'Ambra tells stories of murders and disappearances in national parks and forests, in short episodes that fit a commute.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONDark Downeast
Audiochuck
Journalist Kylie Low covers unsolved deaths and disappearances in Maine and the rest of New England, usually with interviews from the families and investigators involved.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONTrue Crime Garage
TRUE CRIME GARAGE
Nic and the Captain talk through a case over a beer in the garage, often across several parts, and they're good at laying out competing theories.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONThe Vanished Podcast
Audible
Marissa Jones covers missing persons cases that got little attention, and most episodes are built around interviews with the family and friends left behind.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONCourt Junkie
PodcastOne
Jillian Jalali follows criminal trials from start to finish and plays real courtroom audio, so you hear the testimony for yourself.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONVoices for Justice
Sarah Turney
Sarah Turney started this show to push for answers about her missing sister Alissa, and she now covers other cases that need the attention.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONMurder, She Told
Kristen Seavey | Daylight Media
Kristen Seavey covers lesser-known cases from Maine and New England, and she works closely with the victims' families on each one.
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IN THIS COLLECTIONTruer Crime
Celisia Stanton
Celisia Stanton tells each case with more background than most shows give, including what the justice system got wrong along the way.
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