unsettling podcasts
Nothing jumps out, and that's the problem. The kind that gets under the skin and stays. Every show links to its kindred spirits. Find one you love, then follow the thread.
Dr. Death
Audible · True Crime
A charming surgeon leaves a trail of maimed patients. The system let him.
Rotten Mango
Stephanie Soo · True Crime
Stephanie Soo tells true crime like a friend who cannot stop researching.
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Pushkin Industries · History
Elegant little disaster stories about how smart people get things terribly wrong.
Criminal
Vox Media Podcast Network · True Crime
True crime told quiet and precise, more curious than lurid.
The Dropout
ABC News · True Crime
Elizabeth Holmes and the nine-billion-dollar lie, from first believer to final verdict.
The NoSleep Podcast
Creative Reason Media Inc. · Science Fiction
Original horror fiction performed like campfire stories for adults.
Casefile True Crime
Casefile Presents · True Crime
Anonymous, meticulous true crime with zero banter and total focus.
Dirty John
LA Times Studios · True Crime
A whirlwind romance curdles into coercion in this landmark true crime serial.
RedHanded
RedHanded · True Crime
Sharp British true crime with wit, rigor, and real empathy.
Sword and Scale
Sword and Scale · True Crime
The dark end of the true crime spectrum, unflinching.
Welcome to Night Vale
Night Vale Presents · Science Fiction
Community radio from a desert town where every conspiracy is true and mundane.
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
Esther Perel Global Media · Society & Culture
Real couples therapy sessions with Esther Perel. You will hear your own relationship.
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