Police credited the podcast with generating crucial tips from the public and prompting new witnesses to approach investigators.

Four men have been arrested in the 1982 rape and murder of 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp in Covington, Louisiana, after a true crime podcast reignited public interest and generated new leads. Louisiana State Police used modern DNA testing and witness ...

On a bonus episode (first released on May 6, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Buried in an evidence room, a DNA swab held the key to catching a serial sex offender. But no one tested it for years. Detective Annie Harrison finally put the pieces together in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Frank Racioppi is the owner of Ear Worthy, focusing on podcasts. There are well over 20,000 to 200,000+ true-crime podcasts in existence, with the industry expanding rapidly due to high ...

Scroll through true crime offerings on Netflix or Hulu and you’ll see it: our culture’s basic perception of the serial killer. Usually he’s a white man with a wife and kids, fooling everyone with his suburban mundanity. But what makes a serial killer ...

A podcast app used by millions of listeners in the U.S. chose to feature NJ.com’s investigative true crime series “Someone’s Hunting Us” as a new podcast to check out this week. The eight-episode podcast about a little-known serial killer and the women who helped take him down is featured atop the Apple Podcasts app and website,