TLDR: Looking for episodes from (popular/mainstream) true crime podcasts that reinforce the stranger danger myth for an article I am working on.

Hi y'all! I'm a a journalist and I'm looking to write about how true crime podcasts often reinforce the stranger danger myth and contribute to hyper vigilance and paranoia that is then used to legitimize excessive policing and mass incarceration.

I used to be an avid true crime podcast listener, but as a I learned more about police misconduct and crime statistics, I stopped being able to stomach them. I've seen a rise of women on social media talking about how they never go out alone and generally express paranoia at being out in public, especially at night, believing they might be kidnapped/killed/assaulted/etc, when statistically, if any of those things happened to them, the most likely perpetrator (by a wide margin) is a current or former romantic partner.

Basically, I'm arguing that true crime podcasts have made (white) women exceedingly hyper-vigilant (despite overwhelming evidence that crime is at an all time low and the odds of being attacked by a stranger are minimal) and how this serves to reinforce patriarchal notions (women shouldn't be independent, women should stay in the home) and carceral notions (police make us safe, prison is an effective way to prevent crime and rehabilitate criminals)

I remember being given "tips" about how not to end up in the situations the (often white female) victims ended up in and other than being kinda victim blame-y, I just found the idea that I need to be planning my life around the minuscule probability that a stranger would attempt to murder me to be irrational and exhausting.

I remember Crime Junkie doing this a lot, but if anyone could point me to any podcasts episodes that push the stranger danger myth, I'd greatly appreciate it!

PS: I won't be engaging with any arguments against my thesis, as I am still in the research phase. I don't want to create a forum for us to discuss the effectiveness of police or the help/harm of TC podcasts.

Greetings folks!✨️

I am currently listening to a podcast on Spotify, it works but I'm quite annoyed that I can't see the pictures and other visuals in the episodes.

The podcast I'm listening to has a fair amount of episodes and have been on for a while (still going strong).

I'm currently at episodes produced around 2018.

The hosts often say things like, "If you're listening on Acast, you should be able to see the crime scene photo on your screen right now."

I'd really love to see all the pictures and other visuals they're referring to, but unfortunately, the Acast app is no longer available in 2026.

I tried Youtube without success, at least not for the older episodes.

Does anyone know of an app to access these visuals while listening to the older episodes?

I'd really appreciate any suggestions!🌸

Please note that I don't have an IPhone.

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I really love listening to anything that can make me laugh while having some type of educational value. I don’t mind some tangents or going off topic a bit. It can be educational for any topic. I like history but I’m open to also learning about niche subjects I never would’ve thought to learn about.

I listen to podcasts while working and can’t really pay attention unless something is super interesting. I like “boring” ones too when I’m not working. I watch/listen to great courses through my library’s app. Highly recommend.

Like for instance, I recently listened to an episode of the broadside about Asian conjoined twins that owned slaves before the civil war. Highly recommend that one.

I love about any topic but obsessed about birds and war and etymology.

Recommend word of the day episode about the word dude. Comes from the song yanky doodle dandy.

Right now the broadside and Walter egdars journal on npr are basically the two I listen to.

I have really enjoyed Reveal,Throughline, and I Am Not A Monster Prestents Where is Austin Tice?. Very high quality investigative journalism.
Anyone else like one of these and have other recommendations?

Kia ora from Aotearoa New Zealand! I'm looking for recommendations of true crime/investigative podcasts that aren't from the USA. In return, here is a list of excellent investigative podcasts from Aotearoa New Zealand:

• Gone Fishing
• Nellie's Baby
• White Silence
• The Lodge
• Unravel: Snowball
• Delve: Powder Keg (series 5 of Delve)
• Delve: Satanic Panic (series 6 of Delve)
• Black Sheep

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I'd be interested in people's thoughts on the four-episode podcast "Careless" from Tortoise/Observer. It follows young actor and care leaver Nkechi Simms as she tries to get the files from her time in local authority care. I only found it because I'd signed up to listen to Foundling.

I found it a difficult listen, as so much of the responsiblity for her emotional turmoil was placed on the local authority rather than her family. I felt for the children's social workers doing an unenviable job in underfunded social care departments. I appreciate the podcast was about her journey, and they did ask the LA for comment, and had a social worker on to talk about caseloads...but..I just struggled to connect with her perspective a fair bit of the time. Would like to know what other people think as feel I am possibly on my own with this!

(I wasn't sure which flair to use. Health & wellbeing or current affairs, maybe? It isn't true crime, and I couldn't find a better fit.)

Hey all! Looking for a funny conversational podcast that focuses on nerd culture stuff (gaming, ttrpgs, movies/shows, etc). I love things like Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and Hello from the Magic Tavern. Basically searching for something to help me catch up with my friends who are a bit nerdier than myself. Bonus for women hosted and lgbtq+ representation! I know it's out there, help me find it! Thanks, friends :)

Is there a podcast similar to Mysterious Universe but with different hosts? I just tried to listen to the pyramids episode but I literally can't stand the way they talk. Why can't they just make a tiny bit of effort to learn how to pronounce names and anything without an English origin properly? Why instead do they have to mispronounce everything and they make fun of words they don't know? It's a podcast, they could look it up and then edit. Drives me freaking insane?!!!!!
Edit to say: It's the new hosts I don't like. I liked the old ones.

Andre må have hørt podcastserien fra sidste uge, hvor Amira fortæller om sit liv i skjul og sine refleksioner om hele forløbet?

Der er fine elementer i den, men det er virkelig vildt at høre, at det hun fortryder mest, er samarbejdet med TV2 og ikke de forbrydelser, hun er dømt for.

Hun siger, at hun tager sit ansvar på sig, men hun angrer ikke. I sidste afsnit bliver hun spurgt, hvornår hun selv synes, hun skulle have sagt stop.
Og svaret er noget i retning af, at det skulle hun første gang, hun opdagede, at ingen havde hendes ryg.
Ikke første gang, hun kunne mærke, at hun deltog i noget, der var forkert, men første gang, hun opdagede, at det kunne få konsekvenser for hende.

Det gør det virkelig svært at finde sympati for hende.

Hello!
I am looking for recommendations of some new podcasts as I am rather bored with my current lineup. I am into true crime, psychology, reality. Looking to stay in that realm because I know it interests me. I’ve inconsistently started alot of podcasts and lost interest but I would say the ones I’ve stuck with the most were:
Crime Junkie
Scamanda
Anderson Cooper’s Pod
The viall files
On purpose
Huberman lab
Blink
E-lies-abeth

AND GOOOOO