True Crime Podcast Podcast

Kyleigh & Grace reach a verdict.  Snake River Killer Podcast Voices for Justice Podcast “I Used TikTok to Catch My Sister’s Killer,” Elle, 2020  “An Arizona Man was cleared in his stepdaughter's disappearance. His son is convinced he’s guilty.” NBC News, 2023 “Michael Turney acquitted of murder in death of stepdaughter Alissa Turney,” AZCentral, 2023 artwork: alexandre p. manko

Grace & Kyleigh go to court. Three experts — researcher Kat Albretch, lawyer Laura Menninger, and professor Emily Murphy — help make sense of the tangled relationship between true crime media and criminal justice.  “How Science Solves Crime ,” Time Magazine, 2002 “‘CSI’ is going ballistic,” Variety, 2002 “The CSI Effect,” U.S. News, 2005  “The Serial Effect,” Kat Albrecht & Kaitlyn Filip,...

What can you get at a true crime convention? Justice – or a really cool t-shirt. The hosts delve into true crime podcasting’s live event industry. Kyleigh sets out to see first-hand what happens when date-night and murder overlap. Grace sits down with the founder of CrimeCon to talk about the ethics of crime entertainment. Writer Rachel Monroe takes us inside a mega-hotel in Nashville. CrimeCon Sa...

It’s time to follow the money. Grace & Kyleigh attempt to figure out if and how anyone is actually making a profit in podcasting, or if they should start considering different career paths. But what are the ethical pitfalls that come with making a living off other people’s deaths? The hosts uncover the hidden power of the Apple algorithm, the surprising origin of true crime podcast advertising...

In college, Sara taught seminars instructing other young women on how to not get murdered: avoid parking lots after midnight, don’t stop for strangers, carry mace. Now she’s a devoted true crime podcast listener, one of the many women who make up nearly 75% of the genre’s fan base.  Grace and Kyleigh delve into true crime podcasting’s glaring gender divide. Why are so many women — including domest...

It’s Idaho, 2022. Four college students are murdered in their home after a night out. It’s Indiana, 2014. Two kids go for a walk in the woods and disappear. It’s Italy, 2007. An American girl named Amanda Knox goes to study abroad and almost never comes home.  What happens when a crime becomes a viral sensation? Kyleigh McPeek and Grace Carroll team up to investigate how modern true crime media ha...

In the last decade, something strange has happened to the way we talk about crime. The meteoric rise of the true crime podcast seems to be changing the shape of our culture, our understanding of criminal justice, and even our conception of truth itself. Why do some podcasts help solve murder cases while others seem to be slowly corroding the sanctity of the American legal system? In the first seas...