South Africa · Genre chart · October 2026

Top True Crime Podcasts in South Africa

Top True Crime Podcasts in South Africa today, combining the Apple Podcasts, Castbox & Pocket Casts charts for South Africa into one Pulse Score. A show that ranks well on several platforms scores higher than one that tops a single chart. YouTube does not publish a top podcasts chart for South Africa.

1New on this chart

In The Dark
The New Yorker

Castbox #1

100Pulse Score out of 100
2New on this chart

Crime Junkie
Audiochuck

Castbox #2

94Pulse Score out of 100
3New on this chart

Rotten Mango
Stephanie Soo

Castbox #3

89Pulse Score out of 100
4New on this chart

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Ballen Studios

Castbox #4

80Pulse Score out of 100
5New on this chart

True Crime South Africa
Killer Audio Creations

Castbox #5

73Pulse Score out of 100
6New on this chart

Casefile True Crime
Casefile Presents

Castbox #6

84Pulse Score out of 100
7New on this chart

48 Hours
48 Hours

Castbox #7

76Pulse Score out of 100
8New on this chart

Dateline NBC
NBC News

Castbox #8

70Pulse Score out of 100
9New on this chart

True Crime with Kendall Rae
Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

Castbox #9

67Pulse Score out of 100
10New on this chart

RedHanded
RedHanded

Castbox #10

59Pulse Score out of 100
11New on this chart

Morbid
Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

Castbox #11

55Pulse Score out of 100
12New on this chart

SERIALOUSLY
Annie Elise

Castbox #12

57Pulse Score out of 100
13New on this chart

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast
Ray William Johnson

Castbox #13

64Pulse Score out of 100
14New on this chart

Snapped: Women Who Murder
Oxygen

Castbox #14

53Pulse Score out of 100
15New on this chart

Betrayal Season 6
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Castbox #15

49Pulse Score out of 100
16New on this chart

20/20
ABC News

Castbox #16

61Pulse Score out of 100
17New on this chart

Criminal
Vox Media Podcast Network

Castbox #17

50Pulse Score out of 100
18New on this chart

The First 48
A&E | Crime House

Castbox #18

47Pulse Score out of 100
19New on this chart

Forensic Files
HLN

Castbox #19

51Pulse Score out of 100
20New on this chart

Murder With My Husband
OH NO MEDIA

Castbox #20

46Pulse Score out of 100
21New on this chart

The Criminal Makeup
Danielle Kirsty

Castbox #21

42Pulse Score out of 100
22New on this chart

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Castbox #22

41Pulse Score out of 100
23New on this chart

10 to Life
Annie Elise

Castbox #23

32Pulse Score out of 100
24New on this chart

The Binge Crimes: What Happened to the Harrisons?
Sony Music Entertainment

Castbox #24

39Pulse Score out of 100
25New on this chart

Park Predators
Audiochuck

Castbox #25

43Pulse Score out of 100
26New on this chart

Crime, Conspiracy, Cults and Murder
Kallmekris

Castbox #26

36Pulse Score out of 100
27New on this chart

Burden of Guilt
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Castbox #27

33Pulse Score out of 100
28New on this chart

The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions
Sony Music Entertainment

Castbox #28

44Pulse Score out of 100
29New on this chart

Murder In America
Bloody FM

Castbox #29

32Pulse Score out of 100
30New on this chart

Mile Higher
Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

Castbox #30

34Pulse Score out of 100
31New on this chart

Dark Downeast
Audiochuck

Castbox #31

40Pulse Score out of 100
32New on this chart

Profiler: True Crime Africa
plotshift.co.za

Castbox #32

27Pulse Score out of 100
33New on this chart

The Lets Read Podcast
Audioboom Studios

Castbox #33

37Pulse Score out of 100
34New on this chart

Into The Dark
OH NO MEDIA

Castbox #34

29Pulse Score out of 100
35New on this chart

Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Crime House

Castbox #35

25Pulse Score out of 100
36New on this chart

Sword and Scale
Sword and Scale

Castbox #36

38Pulse Score out of 100
37New on this chart

UK True Crime Podcast
Always True Crime

Castbox #37

27Pulse Score out of 100
38New on this chart

What Happened to Her
iHeartPodcasts

Castbox #38

28Pulse Score out of 100
39New on this chart

The Bourne Investigation
Charley Bourne

Castbox #39

29Pulse Score out of 100
40New on this chart

Killer Psyche
Audible | Treefort Media

Castbox #40

31Pulse Score out of 100
41New on this chart

Murder, Mystery & Makeup
Audioboom Studios

Castbox #41

28Pulse Score out of 100
42New on this chart

The Witness: In His Own Words
Yellow Path Productions

Castbox #42

21Pulse Score out of 100
43New on this chart

Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne

Castbox #43

31Pulse Score out of 100
44New on this chart

Betrayal Weekly
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

Castbox #44

23Pulse Score out of 100
45New on this chart

Detectives Don't Sleep
NOISER

Castbox #45

30Pulse Score out of 100
46New on this chart

Swindled
Swindled

Castbox #46

22Pulse Score out of 100
47New on this chart

Dateline Originals
NBC News

Castbox #47

29Pulse Score out of 100
48New on this chart

American Nightmares: The Canal Murders
Gamut Podcast Network

Castbox #48

25Pulse Score out of 100
49New on this chart

The Deck
Audiochuck

Castbox #49

36Pulse Score out of 100
50New on this chart

The Mile Zero Murders from Uncover
CBC

Castbox #50

23Pulse Score out of 100
51New on this chart

Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House

Castbox #51

19Pulse Score out of 100
52New on this chart

Last Podcast On The Left
The Last Podcast Network

Castbox #52

25Pulse Score out of 100
53New on this chart

The Poisoned Wife
The Australian

Castbox #53

19Pulse Score out of 100
54New on this chart

The Casual Criminalist
Cloud10

Castbox #54

21Pulse Score out of 100
55New on this chart

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
Heart Starts Pounding

Castbox #55

17Pulse Score out of 100
56New on this chart

CounterClock
Audiochuck

Castbox #56

18Pulse Score out of 100
57New on this chart

Something Was Wrong
Broken Cycle Media

Castbox #57

20Pulse Score out of 100
58New on this chart

My Mom’s Murder
Audible

Castbox #58

17Pulse Score out of 100
59New on this chart

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
Audible | Ballen Studios

Castbox #59

26Pulse Score out of 100
60New on this chart

I Wish You Were Here
Michelle Cuervo

Castbox #60

20Pulse Score out of 100
61New on this chart

Canadian True Crime
Kristi Lee

Castbox #61

21Pulse Score out of 100
62New on this chart

Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter
Crime House

Castbox #62

16Pulse Score out of 100
63New on this chart

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

Castbox #63

19Pulse Score out of 100
64New on this chart

Going West: True Crime
Dark West Productions

Castbox #64

18Pulse Score out of 100
65New on this chart

The Truth About Natalie
Audiochuck

Castbox #65

15Pulse Score out of 100
66New on this chart

Chameleon
Audiochuck | Campside Media

Castbox #66

16Pulse Score out of 100
67New on this chart

True Crime All The Time
Emash Digital

Castbox #67

17Pulse Score out of 100
68New on this chart

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics
SPYSCAPE

Castbox #68

15Pulse Score out of 100
69New on this chart

Trace of Suspicion
NBC News

Castbox #69

18Pulse Score out of 100
70New on this chart

Just Creepy: Scary Stories
Just Creepy

Castbox #70

21Pulse Score out of 100
71New on this chart

Crime House 24/7
Crime House

Castbox #71

15Pulse Score out of 100
72New on this chart

Love Trapped
iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

Castbox #72

16Pulse Score out of 100
73New on this chart

Clues with Kaelyn Moore
Crime House

Castbox #73

14Pulse Score out of 100
74New on this chart

Huisgenoot Ware Lewensdramas
Huisgenoot

Castbox #74

14Pulse Score out of 100
75New on this chart

America's Most Infamous Crimes with Katie Ring
Crime House

Castbox #75

15Pulse Score out of 100
76New on this chart

True Crime Conversations
Mamamia Podcasts

Castbox #76

19Pulse Score out of 100
77New on this chart

Dead Sleep True Crime for Bedtime
Tangelo Grove Studios

Castbox #77
78New on this chart

Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Castbox #78

17Pulse Score out of 100
79New on this chart

True Crime Obsessed
True Crime Obsessed

Castbox #79

22Pulse Score out of 100
80New on this chart

Death of an Artist
Pushkin Industries

Castbox #80

13Pulse Score out of 100
81New on this chart

Up and Vanished
Tenderfoot TV

Castbox #81

14Pulse Score out of 100
82New on this chart

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
Grip Tape

Castbox #82

16Pulse Score out of 100
83New on this chart

The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby
CBC + BBC World Service

Castbox #83

13Pulse Score out of 100
84New on this chart

Dark Asia with Megan
Megan Lee, Bleav

Castbox #84

13Pulse Score out of 100
85New on this chart

Crime Analyst
Laura Richards

Castbox #85

14Pulse Score out of 100
86New on this chart

Hot On The Case
Breanna Heim

Castbox #86

14Pulse Score out of 100
87New on this chart

The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook
Isla Traquair

Castbox #87

13Pulse Score out of 100
88New on this chart

I Survived
A&E / PodcastOne

Castbox #88

15Pulse Score out of 100
89New on this chart

Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil McGraw

Castbox #89

12Pulse Score out of 100
90New on this chart

Examined: The Backfire Effect
Pushkin Industries

Castbox #90

12Pulse Score out of 100
91New on this chart

Criminology
Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford

Castbox #91

14Pulse Score out of 100
92New on this chart

The Adults in the Room
libo/libo

Castbox #92

12Pulse Score out of 100
93New on this chart

Crime Next Door
BBC Sounds

Castbox #93

12Pulse Score out of 100
94New on this chart

Intrigue
BBC Radio 4

Castbox #94

14Pulse Score out of 100
95New on this chart

The Girlfriends: Flight or Fight
iHeartPodcasts and Novel

Castbox #95

12Pulse Score out of 100
96New on this chart

True Crime Campfire
True Crime Campfire

Castbox #96

11Pulse Score out of 100
97New on this chart

What Happened to the McStays?
ABC News

Castbox #97

25Pulse Score out of 100
98New on this chart

Crime Salad
BLACKCAT | Realm

Castbox #98

13Pulse Score out of 100
99New on this chart

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
True Crime Today

Castbox #99

17Pulse Score out of 100
100New on this chart

They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
They Walk Among Us

Castbox #100

16Pulse Score out of 100

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