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Deep Dive Detective - Tier List
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Feb 14th, 2025
I like deep dive investigative podcasts. This list is ranked based on my own preferences: if every podcast below released an episode on the same day, this list is which podcast I’d listen to first.
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Podcast | Description | Created By | Categories | Networks | # of Episodes | Total Reach Monthly | Total Reach Per Episode | Contacts | Gender Skew | Age | Income | Parental Status | Hosting Provider | Hosts | Top Country | Ratings | Curator's Notes | Expand | |||||
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"In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, is an award-winning investigative-journalism podcast th... | The New Yorker | -- | 88 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 131 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"When Elizabeth Short, also known as The Black Dahlia, was brutally killed in 1947, it gripped t... | TNT / Cadence13 | -- | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"Bear Brook, hosted by Jason Moon, is the critically-acclaimed true crime podcast from New Hamps... | NHPR | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 149 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"In 2007, NBA referee Tim Donaghy was arrested for betting on games he officiated. It was the bi... | Tenderfoot TV & Audacy | -- | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"When April Balascio was 40 years old, something she’d feared for decades was finally proven tru... | Pineapple Street Studios / Gimlet | -- | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"What is the internet doing to us? The Times tech columnist Kevin Roose discovers what happens w... | The New York Times | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"They steal billions: Cyber Hack investigates the alleged cyber gangs and the heists and hacks t... | BBC World Service | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"A documentary podcast series investigating the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student, Kristin ... | Chris Lambert | -- | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 83 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"Our newest podcast, “The Preventionist” is out now. Search for it wherever you get your podcast... | Serial Productions & The New York Times | 140 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 410 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Proof: A True Crime Podcast is a serialized investigation into cases of potential wrongful conv... | Red Marble Media | -- | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"For the past two years, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ronan Farrow has been following a tra... | Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy | -- | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"Veteran journalist Joe Nocera’s neighbor in the Hamptons was a therapist named Ike. Ike counted... | Audible | Bloomberg | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 61 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"We’re at our most vulnerable when we go to our doctors. But what happens when we can’t trust th... | Audible | 166 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 225 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Catlick is the lost story of how spies, villains, & midnight vigilantes nearly destroyed the So... | B.T. Harman | -- | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 3 Ratings | ||||||||||||
"In Feb 2018, an aspiring actress vanished from her Hollywood apartment. Rolling Stone journalis... | Tenderfoot TV & Audacy | -- | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 67 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"In 1983, Paladin Press, a fringe publisher, released a book called Hit Man: A Technical Manual ... | iHeartPodcasts | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Where the law of the land ends, the story begins. Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Ian Urbina ... | CBC | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Suspect is an investigative series about mislaid justice and the kinds of weighty decisions tha... | Audible | Campside | 86 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
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"Two days after Christmas, 2011, Russ Faria came home from game night to find his wife, Betsy, d... | NBC News | 86 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"In this 12-part narrative limited series, host Josh Dean investigates the shooting of Henry Jem... | Campside Media | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why... | BBC Sounds | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 229 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"S-Town is a podcast hosted by Brian Reed from Serial Productions, a New York Times company. The... | Serial Productions | -- | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 459 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"For nearly half a century, Bill Cosby brought warmth and laughter into hearts across the countr... | Los Angeles Times | -- | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"In the 1980s the “male exotic dancers” of Chippendales were everywhere, selling the promise of ... | Pineapple Street Studios / Gimlet | -- | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"When Tony Hathaway was arrested outside a Seattle bank in February 2014, it brought an end to o... | Apple TV / Campside Media | -- | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"For at least a decade, allegations of cheating have swirled around elections in rural Bladen Co... | Serial Productions & The New York Times | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"This is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best jour... | The New York Times | 2875 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 202 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"How did a man who claims he had 13 alibi witnesses get convicted of murder and serve 20 years i... | NBC News | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"In 2003, two half-starved brothers emerged from the wilderness, telling an incredible story of ... | Campside Media / Sony Music Entertainment | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
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"It’s 1990. The Berlin Wall just fell. The Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. And the sou... | Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 59 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"This story began with a mysterious gun in an airport bathroom and led to a German military offi... | The New York Times | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"In 2018, a group of Navy SEALs broke ranks and accused their chief, Eddie Gallagher, of murder—... | Apple TV / Jigsaw Productions | -- | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"Patients in search of a miracle cure end up in critical condition. The race is on to find out w... | Audible | 102 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"2022 Webby Award Honoree, Podcast Documentary Limited Series and Specials.
The Agent is the re... | Imperative Entertainment | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 7 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"From the creators of Root of Evil comes a new documentary series about the stories and family w... | Audacy Podcasts | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 10 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"Buried deep in the past of a quiet southern town lies the legend of Billy Sunday Birt, the most... | Imperative Entertainment | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"What does it feel like to pick up the phone and scam someone out of $50 million? This is the st... | Audible | Pineapple Street Studios | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Over My Dead Body is an anthology series about people who are pushed beyond their limits and do... | Audible | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Behind every Bone Valley season is a conviction: the right story, told with purpose, humanity, ... | Lava for Good Podcasts | 87 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Nice Try's second season, Interior, is all about the lifestyle products that have been sold to ... | Curbed | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"If you want to understand what’s wrong with our public schools, you have to look at what is arg... | Serial Productions & The New York Times | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"The story of and hunt for the notorious scam artist known as the Hollywood Con Queen. Chameleon... | Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Introducing... Hoaxed, the new series from Alexi Mostrous and Tortoise, who brought you Sweet B... | Tortoise Media | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"A documentary series from host Robert Evans investigating the Capitol insurrection. Stories of ... | iHeartPodcasts, Cool Zone Media, and Novel | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Articles of Interest is a show about what we wear. Produced and Hosted by Avery Trufelman" | Avery Trufelman | -- | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"Decades after Ted Kaczynski was caught, society is still asking some of the same questions abou... | Apple TV+ / Pineapple Street Studios | -- | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"An investigation into the widespread culture of sexual misconduct and abuse persistent in the a... | New Hampshire Public Radio | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Fans of the movie “Free Willy” are outraged to learn that the real whale who played Willy lives... | Serial Productions and the New York Times | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"When a small team of government investigators learns that ordinary citizens all around the U.S.... | Campside Media / Sony Music Entertainment | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 2 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"We are living in a golden age of deception. It feels like everyone has an angle and that, every... | Audiochuck | Campside Media | 164 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"The founders of WeWork thought they were on the brink of making history. The company was valued... | Audible | 118 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Thousands of women gave up everything to follow Mother Teresa, joining her storied Catholic ord... | iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 1 Rating | |||||||||||||
"It didn't seem to matter what happened at the teen treatment center. The state of Utah always g... | APM Reports, KUER and The Salt Lake Tribune | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"John Nuttall and Amanda Korody are scraping by on welfare and methadone in a basement suite wit... | CBC | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 2 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"What if someone close to you just … vanished one day? That happens to tens of thousands of fami... | Campside Media / Sony Music Entertainment | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 1 Rating | |||||||||||||
"College holds a mythic place in American culture, hailed as the best four years of your life an... | Audacy | 110 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"C-sections are the most frequently performed major surgeries in the world. So why do so many pa... | Serial Productions & The New York Times | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"From Serial Productions and The New York Times in partnership with ProPublica and Nashville Pub... | Serial Productions & The New York Times | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"An indigenous woman called Alberta Williams, who was killed on the Highway of Tears." | Princess Abedu | -- | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 0 Ratings | ||||||||||||
"Where is Cleo? Taken by child welfare workers in the 1970’s and adopted in the U.S., the young ... | CBC | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 55 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"In West Cork, it’s simply known as ‘the murder’. In 1996 French film producer Sophie Toscan du ... | yarn fm | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 21 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"The Last Podcast on the Left covers all the horrors our world has to offer, both imagined and r... | The Last Podcast Network | 1242 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 214 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
""Somebody Somewhere" is a true crime investigative podcast series from RainStream Media, Inc. ... | RainStream Media | -- | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gott... | Vox Media Podcast Network | 381 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 200 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
""Dirty John Season 2: The Podcast" is a 3-episode series that goes behind the scenes of the USA... | USA Network | L.A. Times Studios | -- | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 0 Ratings | ||||||||||||
"Between the years of 1967 and 1972 over 300 commercial airplanes were hijacked worldwide, with ... | Imperative Entertainment and Pegalo Pictures | -- | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 4 Ratings | ||||||||||||
"The disappearance of two of Lori Vallow’s children in Rexburg, Idaho in September 2019 would ex... | NBC News | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Helen and Olga are kindly old ladies who open their hearts and wallets to down-and-out men in L... | NBC News | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Two young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs set out to rid the world of smoking with an incredible n... | Audible | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"A strange letter appears on a city councillor’s desk in Birmingham, England, laying out an elab... | Serial Productions & The New York Times | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"The FBI investigates a money laundering company in Vegas - or did they create a conspiracy wher... | Campside Media / Sony Music Entertainment | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"A charismatic Russian woman arrives in the US on a mission to improve relations between the two... | Audible | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Welcome to one of the internet’s weirdest obsessions. Back in December of 2020, a nurse named T... | NBC News | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"🎙️ CONmunity Podcast (formerly Conning the Con) From Sarah Ferris Media When your gut says som... | Sarah Ferris Media | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman w... | Lionsgate Sound | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Kirat and Bobby have an unusual relationship. The circumstances of their individual lives mean ... | Tortoise Media | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Do you remember the first time you watched The Wizard of Oz? The familiar pair of red shoes tha... | Audacy Podcasts | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 2 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"'Best Podcasts of 2022' - Paste Magazine
It’s been 25 years since Anne Champion’s friend was k... | Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds picks a subject from history and examine it" | All Things Comedy | -- | 1457 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 133 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"In 2016, a popular high school senior mysteriously disappeared on the night before Thanksgiving... | Texas Monthly | -- | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 5 Ratings | ||||||||||||
"In order to tell the story of a crime, you have to turn back time. Every season, Investigative ... | Audiochuck | 134 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Season four, "Back to Bardstown", is coming Tuesday, March 26. A puzzling web of victims and su... | VAULT Studios | -- | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"Silvio Berlusconi was a charismatic multi-millionaire real-estate mogul who upended the Italian... | Audible | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Two murders, months apart, in Houston. The young victims knew each other, but did they also kno... | NBC News | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"How do you take down a criminal network that’s hidden in the shadows? How do you rescue child a... | The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network | -- | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 139 Ratings | |||||||||||||
"Finding Drago and Finding Desperado is an investigative mystery podcast, hosted by comedians an... | ABC listen | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
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"Jamie Loftus takes you through her year in the high-IQ Mensa society, from taking the test as a... | iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Deep in the Mojave Desert, there is a little town with a big name and a bizarre history: Califo... | LAist Studios | 178 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
"Buried cash. DEA moles. Sibling rivalries. Skydiving planes. Fast cars. And an exploding hash l... | Imperative Entertainment and Foxtopus Ink | -- | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 Ratings | |||||||||||||
""Best True Crime Podcast" Nominee, 2023 Ambies
Warsaw, Missouri, is a small, rural town of jus... | Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 1 Rating | |||||||||||||
"Season 3: The Disappearance of Mario Rossi - Set against the backdrop of NASCAR’s drug smugglin... | USA TODAY | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
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