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20 Best Story Podcasts

These are the 20 Best Story Podcasts! Some of them are scary stories, some of them are mythical and fantasy stories. I was able to find a lot of great ones through Reddit. Many of these podcasts are audio fictions but some of them are just pure storytelling podcasts like Lore. The only consistent thread through all these podcasts is that they possess amazing stories!

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Created June 16, 2021

Updated October 19, 2023

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  1. 20 Best Story Podcasts

  2. Imaginary Worlds

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    Imaginary Worlds sounds like what would happen if NPR went to ComicCon and decided that’s all they ever wanted to cover. Host Eric Molinsky spent over a decade working as a public radio reporter and producer, and he uses those skills to create
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  3. Tales

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    Traditional fairy tales aren’t exactly suitable for kids. Women vomit spiders. Children get eaten. There’s even murder! Every week, we take you through the twists and turns of the dark origins of your favorite pieces of folklore. Tales is a Spo
    Audio DramaArts
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  4. Mythology

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  5. Myths and Legends

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    Jason Weiser and Carissa Weiser tell stories from myths, legends, and folklore that have shaped cultures throughout history. Some, like the stories of Aladdin, King Arthur, and Hercules are stories you think you know, but with surprising origin
    StorytellingArts
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  6. Welcome to Night Vale

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    Twice-monthly community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, where every conspiracy theory is true. Turn on your radio and hide. Never listened before? It's an ongoing radio show. Start with the current episode, and you'll catch on
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  7. Alice Isn't Dead

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    A truck driver searches across America for the wife she had long assumed was dead. In the course of her search, she will encounter not-quite-human serial murderers, towns literally lost in time, and a conspiracy that goes way beyond one missing
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  8. StoryCorps

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    Stories of the human heart. A candid, unscripted conversation between two people about what's really important in life: love, loss, family, friendship. When the world seems out of hand, tune in to StoryCorps and be reminded of the things that m
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  9. Good Idea

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    Good Idea is a brain-trust your brain can trust. It's also a comedy podcast! Join hosts Aiden Kinsella and Andrea Dennison in finding the creative, actionable solutions to your real life problems; we philosophize, spin stories, crack jokes, and
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  10. The White Vault

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    Explore the far reaches of the world’s horrors in the audio drama podcast The White Vault. Follow the collected records of a repair team sent to Outpost Fristed in the vast white wastes of Svalbard and unravel what lies waiting in the ice below
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  11. Death in the West

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    A history and true-crime podcast dedicated to the American West’s strange crimes and historically resonant intrigues.
    True CrimeHistory

  12. Limetown

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    Ten years ago, over three hundred men, women and children disappeared from a small town in Tennessee, never to be heard from again. In this podcast, American Public Radio reporter Lia Haddock asks the question once more, "What happened to the p
    FictionDramaTrue Crime

  13. RISK!

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    If you like The Moth, This American Life or Snap Judgment, take a walk on the wilder side with RISK! Your colorful host Kevin Allison (of the legendary comedy group The State) helms this surprisingly uncensored show where people tell jaw-droppi
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  14. Hello From The Magic Tavern

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    Arnie Niekamp fell through a dimensional portal behind a Burger King into the fantastical land of Foon. He's still getting a slight wifi signal, so he uploads a weekly podcast from the tavern the Vermilion Minotaur where he interviews wizards,
    Audio DramaComedy

  15. Sleep With Me

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    Insomnia? Mind racing at night? Worries keeping you up? Tune in for a bedtime story that lets you forget your problems and progressively gets more boring until you fall to sleep. So get in bed, press play, close your eyes, and drift off into dr
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  16. LeVar Burton Reads

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    The best short fiction, handpicked by the best voice in podcasting and presented in 3D immersive audio. In every episode, host LeVar Burton (Roots, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek) invites you to take a break from your daily life, and dive into a gr
    Arts & EntertainmentArts

  17. Modern Love

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    For 20 years, the Modern Love column has given New York Times readers a glimpse into the complicated love lives of real people. Since its start, the column has evolved into a TV show, three books and a podcast.Each week, host Anna Martin brin
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  18. Over My Dead Body

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    Over My Dead Body is an anthology series about people who are pushed beyond their limits and do unspeakable things.Season 4: Gone Hunting - When Mike Williams vanishes on a hunting trip, the authorities presume he was eaten by alligators but on
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  19. This American Life

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    Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture
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  20. Heavyweight

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    Maybe you’ve laid awake and imagined how it could have been, how it might yet be, but the moment to act was never right. Well, the moment is here and the podcast making it happen is Heavyweight. Join Jonathan Goldstein for road trips, thorny re
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  21. Noble Blood

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    Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.
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