60 Best UK Crime Podcasts

1. UK True Crime Podcast

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
The weekly UK True Crime Podcast is the home of UK true crime. We examine lesser known UK cases in depth, talk to true crime authors, review products/shows, and interview other experts in the field of UK True Crime to offer you the very best insight and analysis.
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Play⋅ 5.3K⋅ 7.2K⋅ 2.2K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 26 min Get Email Contact

2. They Walk Among Us

UK
They Walk Among Us is an award-winning weekly UK true-crime podcast covering a broad range of cases from the sinister to the surreal.
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Play⋅ 8.2K⋅ 5.4K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 46 min Get Email Contact

3. Shaun Attwood's True Crime Podcast

UK
Crime and Punishment stories that will make your butt clench.
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Play⋅ 55.8K⋅ 166.1K ⋅1 episode / day ⋅ Avg Length 121 min ⋅ May 2019 Get Email Contact

4. Crime Time FM

UK
Regular crime, thriller & mystery interviews, features, and reviews hosted by Paul Burke and the editor of crime time, Barry Forshaw.
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Play⋅ 6.3K ⋅1 episode / day ⋅ Avg Length 50 min ⋅ Feb 2021 Get Email Contact

5. Seeing Red | A True Crime Podcast

UK
Seeing Red is a true-crime podcast, hosted by Mark and Bethan.Join us every Wednesday as we take it in turns to tell each other about true crimes we find interesting! Listen to us as we explore murders, heists, scams and much, much more, along with our theories about the unsolved cases.
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Play⋅ 3 ⋅1 episode / day ⋅ Avg Length 49 min ⋅ Jul 2018 Get Email Contact

6. Drunk Women Solving Crime

London, England, UK
Drunk Women Solving Crime is a true-crime podcast with a twist...of lime. Join writer/comedian hosts Hannah George, Catie Wilkins, and Taylor Glenn as they welcome top guests from comedians to crime writers to test out their drunk detective skills. Each episode sees the boozed-up panel tackle personal crime stories, solve true crime cases, and seek justice for your listener's crimes. When women sit around and drink we try to solve the world's problems.
Also in Women Podcasts, UK Women Podcasts
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Play⋅ 2.1K⋅ 9.2K ⋅2 episodes / week ⋅ Avg Length 57 min Get Email Contact

7. Blood Ties Podcast

London, England, UK
A Wansell family brunch is never deathly dull. Blood Ties is a weekly true-crime podcast hosted by true crime expert Geoffrey Wansell with his daughter, Molly. Tune in to listen to this podcast.
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Play⋅ 862⋅ 671 ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 32 min ⋅ Oct 2017 Get Email Contact

8. Murder Mile UK True Crime

London, England, UK
Nominated for the BEST TRUE-CRIME PODCAST award at the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is a uniquely different UK true-crime podcast, presented as an audio-guided walk of 300 of London's untold, unsolved, and (often) forgotten murder cases, all within and beyond the West End.
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Play⋅ 3K⋅ 4.1K ⋅4 episodes / week ⋅ Avg Length 43 min ⋅ Sep 2017 Get Email Contact

9. Dad And Daughter Do Death

Dad and daughter duo, Phoebe and Philip, are REALLY into true crime. As they're not able to get together because of Covid, they've decided to meet virtually every week and share the best True Crime stories from the UK and Europe.
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Play⋅ 103 ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 30 min ⋅ Feb 2021 Get Email Contact

10. Everyone Dies In Sunderland

North East, England, UK
The podcast is about growing up terrified in the eighties and nineties. Ah, the good old days. People left their front doors unlocked. Children played out in the street. Everyone got burgled. Children got murdered, like, most days. Then there was Mad-Cow Disease and the Animals of Farthing Wood. It was a truly terrifying time to be a child. And those children are adults now. Adults with children and mortgages and Senseo Machines and jobs with actual responsibilities.
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Play⋅ 449 ⋅9 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 57 min ⋅ Mar 2021 Get Email Contact

11. The Mysterious Case of Fred the Head

UK
Fifty years ago, on March 26th, 1971, the body of a young man was found in a secluded spot, an island in the River Trent with extremely limited access. He was buried in a kneeling position, naked except for socks and a wedding ring. His hands and ankles had been bound. So began one of the UK's most baffling murder mysteries, a grisly crime that has remained unsolved to this day.
Also in Murder Mystery Podcasts
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Play 2 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 43 min ⋅ Feb 2021 Get Email Contact

12. CounterClock

To tell the story of a crime, you have to turn back time. Every season, Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra digs deep into a mind-bending mystery with the hopes of reigniting interest in a decades-old homicide case. 
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Play⋅ 33.1K⋅ 9.2K ⋅19 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 22 min ⋅ Nov 2019 Get Email Contact

13. You didn't let me finish!

A weekly UK true-crime podcast hosted by the BBC's former News, Crime Correspondent and author Ben Ando and journalist Victoria Mizzi are using lockdown as an excuse to exploit Ben's (at times grim) specialism. Free murder tips included!. Guaranteed to make your hole weak.
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Play 1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 39 min ⋅ Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

14. The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast

Wrexham, Wales, UK
Welcome to The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, which started off life as a weekly written blog in 2016, and has now made the jump into a weekly one man and his mic, a matter-of-fact straight-talking podcast. In it, the host Paul looks at and recounts in-depth true crime cases from the UK and Ireland - solved or unsolved crimes, but more often than not the lesser-known and obscure ones.
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Play⋅ 4.2K⋅ 6.7K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 66 min ⋅ Sep 2017 Get Email Contact

15. Morbidology

UK
Morbidology is a weekly true-crime podcast created and hosted by Emily G. Thompson, author of 'Unsolved Child Murders,' 'Cults Uncovered: True Stories of Mind Control and Murder,' 'Mysteries Uncovered: True Stories of the Paranormal and Unexplained,' and co-author of 'Unsolved Murders: True Crime Cases Uncovered.' Using investigative research combined with primary audio including 911 calls, interviews, and trial testimony, Morbidology takes an in-depth look at some of the world's most heinous murders.
Also in Crime Writer Podcasts
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Play⋅ 123.9K⋅ 5.7K ⋅3 episodes / week ⋅ Avg Length 45 min ⋅ Jun 2019 Get Email Contact

16. Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

Carlow, Ireland
Mens Rea is the legal principle of intent that must be proved in a number of crimes, such as murder. It means literally, 'guilty mind'. Mens Rea Podcast explores the most notorious crimes from Ireland and the UK and the court cases that followed. Join your host, Sinead, every fortnight when a new case is discussed.
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Play⋅ 1.8K⋅ 5.9K⋅ 1.7K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 54 min ⋅ Jun 2017 Get Email Contact

17. RedHanded

London, England, UK
RedHanded the podcast jumps head first into all manner of macabre madness. We cover everything from big time serial killers (and those you may never have heard of), to hauntings, possessions, disturbing mysteries, bizarre whodunits and basically anything that tickles our creepy fancy. So, join us, plug in, sit back and prepare for scares.
Also in Serial Killer Podcasts
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Play⋅ 18.5K ⋅2 episodes / week ⋅ Avg Length 43 min ⋅ Jul 2017 Get Email Contact

18. The Crime Pod

Join Samantha and Caitlin as they discuss true crime cases from across Scotland and the UK. Whether it be the most gruesome, infamous, or downright mysterious cases - they want to talk about it. And you definitely want to listen.
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Play 3 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 28 min ⋅ Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

19. Twisted Britain

Stirling, Scotland, UK
A fortnightly podcast about UK true crime with a touch of the weird and the macabre. Hosted by Bob, he takes a challenge every episode, from someone! to find a crime story related to a single word!
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Play⋅ 1.2K⋅ 1.2K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 53 min ⋅ Jun 2018 Get Email Contact

20. The Unseen Podcast

Manchester, England, UK
A Podcast dedicated to UK missing people and unresolved cases.
Also in Missing Person Podcasts
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Play⋅ 858⋅ 3.6K ⋅1 episode / day ⋅ Avg Length 26 min ⋅ Jul 2019 Get Email Contact

21. Bad People

London, England, UK
Dr Julia Shaw and comedian Sofie Hagen dissect the criminal cases that shock, intrigue and scare us the most.
Also in BBC Podcasts, BBC True Crime Podcasts
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Play⋅ 59.7M⋅ 39.6M ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 37 min ⋅ Jul 2020 Get Email Contact

22. The Troubles Podcast

Northern Ireland, UK
The Troubles were a period of time in Northern Ireland which many people today do not know a lot about. In this podcast, we will delve into each bombing and attack that happened during the 30-year period. This podcast will break down many of the attacks, bombings, and shootings that occurred and devote a full episode to each incident. It is important to remember that these episodes are written by me and I've made every effort to write as clearly as possible and without bias. That being said, this is a fairly dense subject matter and there will be errors and differences of opinions.
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Play⋅ 1.5K ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 36 min ⋅ Feb 2020 Get Email Contact

23. Big Mad True Crime

Tackling big cases, little cases, and everything in between. We get BIG MAD over true crime. Discussing the details of the cases you THOUGHT you knew.
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Play 1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 35 min ⋅ Aug 2019 Get Email Contact

24. Lady Justice True Crime

England, UK
Lady Justice is a weekly true-crime podcast that takes a look at fascinating cases both past and present.
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Play⋅ 2.6K⋅ 6.1K ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 55 min ⋅ Oct 2019 Get Email Contact

25. Its Murder Up North

True crime stories from the north of England, from the infamous to the obscure.
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Play 10 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 49 min ⋅ Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

26. Crimes Like These

UK
UK-based true-crime podcast. In each episode, we discuss a serial killer or case, including early life background, up to the present day. Episodes are released fortnightly on a Monday.
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Play⋅ 126 ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 72 min ⋅ Apr 2021 Get Email Contact

27. The Lazarus Heist

London, England, UK
Almost a perfect crime. The hacking ring and an attempt to steal a billion dollars. Investigators blame North Korea. Pyongyang denies involvement. The story begins in Hollywood.
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Play⋅ 59.7M⋅ 39.6M ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 29 min Get Email Contact

28. Assume Nothing

Northern Ireland, UK
Events previously accepted as factual, are re-interrogated. The teams assume nothing as they dig out old records and create fresh leads to find out what really happened.
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Play⋅ 95K⋅ 47.7K ⋅4 episodes / week ⋅ Avg Length 20 min ⋅ Nov 2020 Get Email Contact

29. Reporter

A podcast feed with exclusive investigations by journalists from The Times and The Sunday Times.The latest series: An industrial scandal, that became a financial scandal that led to a political scandal: this is the story of Lex Greensill and David Cameron. 
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Play⋅ 56 ⋅3 episodes / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 34 min ⋅ Jun 2019 Get Email Contact

30. The Missing

UK
The Missing is a new Podimo podcast that looks into the cases of the long-term missing and asks you, the listener, to help. Brought to you in association with charities Locate International and Missing People, every week we explore a different case, hear original interviews with family and friends, and ask the questions that need to be answered. Where did they go? What happened to them? And does anyone listening have any information? In the UK alone, a person is reported missing every 90 seconds. In this series, we ask you to become part of the search.
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Play⋅ 844 ⋅4 episodes / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 32 min ⋅ Nov 2020 Get Email Contact

31. Handcuffed Podcast

England, UK
Podcast Currently Under construction ! Handcuffed is a True Crime podcast. Every 2 weeks your host, Rena Tunechii will be sharing the most notorious, perplexing and confusing crimes known in the UK and the rest of the world. Listen as she delves into stories with the most bizarre twists and turns. She discusses how the cases tie into today's society alongside her guest co-host. They talk Serial Killers, Murderers, Crimes of Passion, Drug rings and many more stories to leave you asking questions at the edge of your seat!
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Play⋅ 685 ⋅ Apr 2019 Get Email Contact

32. The Outlines Podcast: UK True Crime

England, UK
A UK true crimes podcast with a regional focus.
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Play⋅ 729⋅ 1.2K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 43 min ⋅ Dec 2017 Get Email Contact

33. Gangster

Salford, England, UK
The rise and fall of underworld boss Paul Massey. A story of murder, drugs and gang wars.
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Play⋅ 426.3K⋅ 682K ⋅2 episodes / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 25 min ⋅ Apr 2021 Get Email Contact

34. The Missing Cryptoqueen

London, England, UK
Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why? Jamie Bartlett presents a story of greed, deceit and herd madness.
Also in Financial Crime Podcasts
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Play⋅ 59.7M⋅ 39.6M ⋅2 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 32 min ⋅ Sep 2019 Get Email Contact

35. Square Mile of Murder

Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Square Mile of Murder is a true-crime podcast recorded and produced in Glasgow, Scotland. Join Taylor and Kat as they describe lesser-known, famous, and infamous crimes and make sarcastic comments and bad puns along the way!
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Play⋅ 271 ⋅4 episodes / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 56 min ⋅ Feb 2020 Get Email Contact

36. Partners in Crime

UK
You'd think two bestselling crime writers would just talk about crime, right? Not these. Sit back and enjoy fun, frolics, and laughs. After all, what's more, lighthearted than murder?
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Play⋅ 2.5K ⋅16 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 28 min ⋅ Jan 2018 Get Email Contact

37. Midweek Murders

UK
Midweek Murders is a True Crime Comedy podcast based in the UK made by Sandra and Joe. They talk about a different case every other week, where Sandra introduces the case and Joe explains forensic science. Mostly though, it's bants and beer.
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Play⋅ 15 ⋅ Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

38. British Murders Podcast

West Yorkshire, England, UK
A true-crime podcast that focuses exclusively on British murder cases and serial killers.
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Play⋅ 469⋅ 1.2K ⋅11 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 45 min ⋅ Nov 2020 Get Email Contact

39. True Crime Investigators UK

UK
The show is presented and researched by two former police officers, John and Sally. Now they are both retired and after nearly 28 years of marriage together, they review cases of interest, some solved, some undetected. Throughout this series they will be discussing the cases they are reviewing and interviewing relevant parties including Police Officers, suspects, witnesses and experts. So come with us on this journey, and let's see where it takes us.
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Play⋅ 1K ⋅2 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 70 min ⋅ Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

40. The Odd Pod UK

Ireland
A true-crime & oddity podcast hosted by two friends who love all things odd, creepy, and criminal.
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Play⋅ 88⋅ 148 ⋅ Feb 2021 Get Email Contact

41. True Crime Fix

South East, England, UK
Are you fed up with hearing stories where the victim is an afterthought? Established in December 2018 True Crime Fix gives the victims the loudest voice of all and focuses all of the cases around them. Episodes are released every other Friday on your chosen podcast directory. So come give the show a listen. Until then, stay safe, look after each other and live life to the fullest because you never know who or what might be coming around the next corner.
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Play⋅ 2.7K ⋅ Dec 2018 Get Email Contact

42. The True Crime Witch Podcast

Manchester, England, UK
Your host Emma takes you into the world of everything murderous, mysterious, and downright macabre.
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Play⋅ 7.2K ⋅5 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 23 min ⋅ Mar 2019 Get Email Contact

43. A Moment in Crime UK

A fashion blogger and a digital marketer discussing their fascination with a true-crime over a cup of tea. With some light-heartedness thrown in for good measure!
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Play⋅ 40 ⋅ Dec 2019 Get Email Contact

44. Who Killed Emma?

London, England, UK
A missing woman. A brutal killing. And a world of sex, rape, lies and murder. After four years of investigation, journalist Sam Poling confronts the man she believes killed Emma.
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Play⋅ 59.7M⋅ 39.6M ⋅1 episode / year ⋅ Avg Length 23 min ⋅ Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

45. Murder and More

Obsessed with true crime? Then you're in the right place! Each week I (your solo host, Kira) will delve deep into true crimes, from disappearances to murders and everything in between, mainly based in the UK.
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Play⋅ 5.4K ⋅1 episode / year ⋅ Avg Length 34 min ⋅ Oct 2019 Get Email Contact

46. Conversations with Criminals

Wimbledon, England, UK
Matt Price tries to get answers to some of the questions he may have had to answer if he'd taken violent revenge against the drug dealer who attacked his partner.
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Play⋅ 2.1K ⋅ Apr 2019 Get Email Contact

47. Behind The Investigation

London, England, UK
Behind The Investigation takes you behind the scenes of the genre-defining new crime drama exploring the gripping case of the murdered young Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
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Play⋅ 59.7M⋅ 39.6M ⋅ Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

48. Sublime True Crime

Wirral, England, UK
We are Dan and Elaine. Based in the North West of the UK, we are the co-hosts of Sublime True Crime, a podcast covering UK crimes. Just because true crime is a serious subject, it doesn't mean that a podcast about it needs to be. So we tackle the serious business of true crime with a light touch.
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Play⋅ 2.8K⋅ 736 ⋅1 episode / year ⋅ Avg Length 29 min ⋅ Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

49. The Case Files

London, England, UK
The Case Files reveals compelling real-life stories behind some of the most astonishing cases in recent legal history from murder to devastating medical negligence. With unparalleled access to those closest to the events, the series explores how, when faced with a battle for justice, people were able to use the legal system to right wrongs and get redress. Award-winning journalist Kate Gerbeau meets both victims and their lawyers to uncover how the law can help and who to speak to if it can't.
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Play⋅ 669⋅ 697 ⋅ Oct 2019 Get Email Contact

50. Where Is George Gibney?

London, England, UK
A famous Olympic coach charged with child sexual abuse never stood trial. Instead, he vanished. Reporter Mark Horgan travels across Ireland, the UK, and the US on his trail.
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Play⋅ 59.9M⋅ 39.6M ⋅ Aug 2020 Get Email Contact

51. UK Unsolved Crimes

Although many of the more well-covered and documented True Crime stories are based in the USA, the UK has its share of sad and terrible stories. Some of the stories covered I'm sure you and I have heard before, but I hope that this podcast will help educate myself and yourselves on the lesser-known unsolved cases, making sure no person is ever forgotten. Many unsolved cases are still being worked on by the Police, if there are any cases where someone has been arrested and has not been acquitted yet, then it will not be on this podcast, yet.
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Play 8 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 28 min Get Email Contact

52. Catching Melanie's Killer - A True Crime Podcast by ITV News

UK
When Melanie Road's body was found on a June morning in 1984, it prompted one of the largest manhunts in Britain. But the schoolgirl's killer wasn't found. How did a team of cold-case officers rebuild the inquiry after decades and bring justice to a family still in grief?
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Play⋅ 2.2M⋅ 2.6M ⋅ Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

53. The (not so) Perfect Crime

A True Crime Podcast bought to you from the U.K.Join us as we explore the in depth stories of perpetrators who did not commit the perfect crime.
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Play⋅ 1.8K⋅ 24 ⋅1 episode / year ⋅ Avg Length 32 min ⋅ Sep 2019 Get Email Contact

54. Forget Me Not: The Missing

UK
A podcast dedicated to telling the stories of those who have seemingly gone missing without a trace in the UK.
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55. The Doorstep Murder

Scotland, UK
A behind the scenes looks at the Alistair Wilson murder investigation, one of Scotland's most baffling unsolved cases. Presented by Fiona Walker.
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Play⋅ 1.9M ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 23 min ⋅ May 2018 Get Email Contact

56. Killt

Glasgow, Scotland, UK
We love to binge true crime podcasts. But where do you go to find out what to listen to next? In Killt, Louise Blain breaks down the very best true crime podcasts to listen to right now, and interviews a podcast creator to find out exactly what goes on behind the scenes of our favorite series.
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Play⋅ 119 ⋅ Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

57. Bobby on the Beat

Home for historic UK true crime. Delving into solved and unsolved murder cases from the UK from the 70s, 80s and 90s.
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Play May 2020 Get Email Contact

58. A British True Crime Podcast

A British True Crime Podcast covering some of Britain's most infamous as well as lesser known cases. Expect murder and unsolved cases from across the British Isles.
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Play Mar 2021 Get Email Contact

59. The Murder and Wine Club

A weekly UK true-crime podcast. The series deals with unsolved cases from the virtually unknown to well known. Grab a glass of vino as we delve into dark and macabre.
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Play⋅ 58 ⋅6 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 16 min ⋅ Mar 2021 Get Email Contact

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