Happy Halloween, Witches!

I’m in a spooky Halloween mood and wanted to share my favorite true crime podcasts. Not for those that are prone to get nightmares!

Currently Listening To:

• Lore  (They now have an Amazon show too!) about the frightening history behind common folklore. Think witches, werewolves, and ghosts!

• Unexplained In the same realm as Lore, it’s a study of unexplained events that border on the paranormal and fringes of science.

• My Favorite Murder It’s honestly like sitting around with your friends and getting really morbid. It’s a casual retelling of certain murders with a really candid take. Karen is from the Bay Area and Georgia is a cat lady…so I feel like I know them already.

• Generation Why Another true crime duo. Two guys discussing true crime and giving their takes and theories. It’s very straightforward like Justin and Aaron.

• Disgraceland  Disgraceland is a true crime podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. Thirty minute episodes that trace the most insane criminal stories surrounding our most interesting and infamous pop stars.

I listen with these:

Finished and Enjoyed:

• Serial Like many people, this is the first podcast I got obsessed with and listened from start to finish. I’ve been a lifelong fan of NPR, so this podcast from This American Life was a natural choice for me. I loved Season 1 and Season 2 was important.

• Up and Vanished A missing beauty queen from a small town in Georgia. It’s an 11 year old case mystery with the largest case file in the state’s history. The narrator and a local attorney really give a local feel to the investigation.

• Heaven’s Gate About the cult, Heaven’s Gate. It’s a very interesting conversation about what makes a cult and how this one started.

• Dirty John (Wondery has a specific style to their podcasts which I don’t necessarily like, but I’m drawn into the story) From the LA Times, a collection of narrative and interviews to tell a story with a dark ending.

Finished and A Little Disappointed:

• S – Town Another podcast from This American Life. It resolves the complexities of life in a small town in the South. The podcast unexpectedly switches directions when someone winds up dead.

• Missing Richard Simmons Richard Simmons, the fitness guru, is a character. Always larger than life and then suddenly gone. The podcast tries to answer why Simmons has suddenly become a shut-in.

Trick or Treat,

Anne