# List of Australian crime podcasts

This is a list of Australian crime podcasts from 2015 (the earliest podcast) to the present.

## Background

Podcasting, and in particular true-crime related podcasts which deal primarily with serial murders, kidnappings, disappearances, and unsolved crimes, became popular as a media format in Australia starting in 2016. While some podcasts are privately produced, many are created by investigative journalists within media outlets such as The Daily Telegraph, The Australian, ABC, or SBS. Most detail individual cases across a short series of episodes (e.g. Cop Tales at 1 episode) while others (e.g. Australian True Crime) issue individual, or sometimes serial, episodes on different cases weekly.
Most podcasts act to provide background detail on already well known cases (e.g. A Perfect Storm and the Chamberlain case) while also updating cases for recent developments, investigations, or trials (e.g. Claremont: The Trial). Others, particularly with cold cases, make appeals to the public for information (e.g. The Alibi). Many also work to provide extrajudicial perspectives on the cases they cover. More recently, "survivor" podcasts, hosted by ex-criminals who were victims of childhood sexual abuse (e.g. The Clink, The Stick Up) have become more common. Some are criticised as potentially complicating, or compromising, ongoing police investigations (e.g. The Teacher's Pet). Others can be seen as providing a form of entertainment from crimes or confirming societal or institutional unconscious biases.
Some shows have become well known internationally (e.g. Casefile) and others have gone on to provoke significant breakthroughs (e.g. Trace, which in 2019 prompted the parliament of Victoria to change legislation, which allowed the state coroner to then commence a new inquest into the Maria James murder case). A similar situation occurred with The Lady Vanishes which led to an inquest commencing in New South Wales in 2020. Another podcast, The Nurse, helped trigger a Commission of Inquiry in Tasmania in 2020. In February 2022, revelations from Shandee's Story prompted the coronial inquest into her disappearance to reopen alongside two wider inquiries into Queensland's state-run forensics lab.
In 2018, The Teacher's Pet won the Gold Walkley for excellence in Australian journalism. In 2019, Wrong Skin, won in two categories of the annual Australian Podcast Awards: Investigative Journalism & True Crime, and the inaugural Podcast of the Year. In 2020, Birds Eye View was awarded Podcast of the Year and Unravel: Snowball was awarded Best True Crime Podcast. More recently, The Nurse was awarded 2021's Best True Crime Podcast, The Greatest Menace won in 2022 (with The Last Outlaws winning Podcast of the Year), and Inside The Tribe won in 2023. In 2024, Breaking Badness won the best Documentary category and Unravel: Firebomb won best True Crime.

## List

| Podcast | Year | Topic/person covered | Host | Produced by |
| 12 Minute True Crime | 2022–2023 | various | Jay Walkerden | Podshape True Crime |
| A Perfect Storm | 2019–2020 | Azaria Chamberlain | John Buck | Seven West Media |
| A Shout from the Long Grass | 2018 | Stringybark Creek murders | Ralph Stavely | Victoria Police |
| All Aussie Mystery Hour | 2018–2020 | various | Josie Rozenberg-Clarke; Melissa Mason | Pedestrian Podcast Network |
| Annette: Cold Case Unlocked | 2019 | Annette Deverell | Carla Hildebrandt | Australian Community Media |
| Australian True Crime | 2017–present | various | Meshel Laurie; Emily Webb | Australian True Crime Podcast |
| Bad Detective: The Rogerson Files | 2016 | Roger Rogerson | Mark Morri | The Daily Telegraph |
| Ballarat's Children | 2016 | Clerical paedophilia in Ballarat | Peter Hoysted | The Australian |
| Beenham Valley Road | 2019; 2021; 2022 | Kirra McLoughlin | Jamie Pultz; Tom Daunt | Six10 Media |
| Behind the Doors of Domestic Violence | 2023 | domestic violence | Dean Cooper | Queensland Police Service |
| Best Served Cold | 2020–2022 | various | Laura Elise; Tama Jay | Best Served Cold Podcast |
| Bikies Inc. | 2023 | Outlaw motorcycle gangs | Mike Phelan | Crime X |
| Birds Eye View | 2020 | Darwin Correctional Centre inmates | various | StoryProjects |
| Blood Territory | 2019 | Jim O'Connell | Mark Whittaker | Audible |
| Bloody Murder | 2017–2021 | various | Tara Sariban; Barney Black | Bloody Murder Podcast |
| Bloodguilt | 2021 | Richard Dorrough | Dan Box | Audible |
| Bondi Badlands | 2021 | Murders and disappearances in Bondi Beach | Greg Callaghan | The Age; The Sydney Morning Herald |
| Bowraville | 2016 | Bowraville murders | Dan Box | The Australian |
| Breaking Badness | 2023 | various | Gary Jubelin | Crime X |
| Bring Home Sandrine | 2022–2023 | Sandrine Jourdan | Graeme Crowley | Graeme Crowley |
| Bronwyn | 2024– | Bronwyn Winfield | Hedley Thomas | Crime X |
| Casefile | 2016–present | various | Anonymous | Casefile Presents |
| Catching Dad's Killer | 2024 | Disappearance of Bob Dickie | | Podschape True Crime |
| Chasing Charlie | 2020 | Paul Bryan Gill | Julia Robson | Fremantle Media Australia |
| Childers | 2020 | Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire | Paul Cochrane | Childers |
| Claremont Serial Killings | 2019 | Claremont serial killings | (not stated) | Post Newspapers |
| Claremont: The Trial | 2019–2020 | Claremont serial killings | Natalie Bonjolo; Tim Clarke; Alison Fan; Kate Ryan | The West Australian |
| Class Act | 2021 | Neil Lennie | Ashley Argoon; Genevieve Alison | Herald Sun |
| Closing the Net | 2021 | Online child abuse | Rodger Corser; Caroline Craig | Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation |
| Clunes Cluedo | 2019 | Nina Nicholson | Alice Mitchell | (not stated) |
| Cocaine Inc. | 2024 | Cocaine industry | Fiona Hamilton; David Collins; Stephen Drill | Crime X |
| Cold Case; Western Australia | 2023–2024 | various | Neil Poh | Western Australia Police |
| Conning the Con | 2021–2022 | Andrew Tonks | Sarah Marie Ferris; Emma Ferris | Evergreen Podcasts |
| Conviction | 2023–2024 | various | Craig Goozee | Three Ring Circus |
| Cops Crims and Cocaine | 2022 | various | Andrew Rule; Andrew Fraser | Crime X |
| Cop Tales | 2016 | Ross Edwards | Mark Morri | The Daily Telegraph |
| Cop That | 2020 | various | Jamie Pultz | Six10 Media |
| Court In The Act | 2023– | Murder of Lynn Cannon | Tim Clarke; Bernard Standish | The West Australian |
| Cowper | 2019 | Grafton bus crash | Mary Gardiner | Grafton Daily Examiner |
| Crim City | 2023 | various | Mark Morri; Josh Hanrahan | Crime X |
| Crime at Bedtime | 2024– | various | Jack Laurence | Mashed Pumpkin Production |
| Crime Insiders | 2023–present | various | Kathryn Fox; Brent Sanders | LiSTNR, Southern Cross Austereo |
| Crime Insiders: in Focus | 2021–2023 | various | Adam Shand | LiSTNR |
| Crime Interrupted | 2022 | various | (not stated) | Casefile Presents |
| Dad's Gone | 2021 | Jorn Jensen | (not stated) | Podshape |
| Dead Bodies | 2018–2023 | various | Dee Dee Dunleavy; Sharnelle Vella | Dead Bodies |
| Dead Wrong | 2018 | Jeffrey Brooks | Kate Kyriacou; Peter Hall | The Courier-Mail |
| Dig | 2022 | Rat Pack | Veronica Milsom | ABC Podcasts |
| Distinction | 2020 | various | (not stated) | Victoria Police |
| Dying Rose | 2023 | Aboriginal deaths | | Crime X; The Advertiser |
| Eight Minutes | 2018 | David Breckenridge | Nicole Hogan | The Daily Telegraph |
| Everybody Knows | 2021 | #MeToo in Australia | Ruby Jones | Schwartz Media |
| Expanse (2 series) | 2023– | Pink diamond heist; Blythe Star | Sinéad Mangan; Piia Wirsu | ABC |
| Eye Spy | 2021 | various | Natalie O'Brien | |
| Fairground Fuckups | 2022; 2024– | Amusement park accidents | | Piccolo Podcasts |
| Faith on Trial: Hillsong | 2023 | Hillsong Church | Stephen Drill; Andrea Thiis-Evensen | Crime X |
| Felon True Crime | 2016–2018; 2020; 2024 | various | (not stated) | Felon |
| From the Files | 2019–2020 | various | (not stated) | Casefile Presents |
| Frozen Lies | 2019 | Derrance Stevenson; The Family | Debi Marshall | Foxtel |
| Gate Crash | 2018 | Nathan Garriock | Nicole Hogan | The Daily Telegraph |
| Ghost Gate Road | 2020 | Vincent O'Dempsey | Matthew Condon | Whooshkaa Studios |
| Gone Girl: Abduction at the beach | 2016 | Cheryl Grimmer | Mark Morri | The Daily Telegraph |
| Grave Tales Australia | 2018–2022 | various | Chris Adams; Helen Goltz | Grave Tales |
| Guardians of the Dead | 2021 | various | Roger Byard | News Corp Australia |
| Hannah's Story | 2023 | Hannah Clarke | Melissa Downes; Jess Lodge | 9Podcasts |
| Homicide: with Rod Iddles | 2024– | various | | Podcasting CJZ |
| How I Survived | 2018–2020 | various | Beth Young | Pacific Podcast Network |
| I Catch Killers | 2020–present | various | Gary Jubelin | True Crime Australia |
| I Swear I Never | 2019–2022 | various | Nina Young; Bek Day | Kidspot |
| In the Shadows | 2023 | "Maria" | | Casefile Presents |
| Inside the NSW Police Force | 2020–2023 | various | Adam Shand | Adam Shand |
| Inside the Tribe | 2022–2023 | 12 Tribes | Tim Elliott; Camille Bianchi | Diamantina Media |
| Investigates | 2018–2020 | various | Mary-Ann Harris | Pacific Podcast Network |
| Just Married; The Anthea Bradshaw Mystery | 2024 | Anthea Bradshaw | | 9Podcasts |
| Killer Content | 2020–2022 | various | Emily Webb | Smart Fella |
| Koala Crimes | 2021 | various | Samantha Melanie | Koala Crimes |
| Lady Justice | 2022 | | Natalie O'Brien; Amelia Saw | True Crime Australia |
| Liar Liar | 2022 | Melissa Caddick | Kate McClymont; Tom Steinfort | The Sydney Morning Herald; The Age |
| Life & Crimes | 2017–present | various | Andrew Rule | True Crime Australia, Sunday Herald Sun |
| Little Boy Lost | 2017 | William Tyrell | Lia Harris | The Daily Telegraph |
| Little Girl Lost | 2017 | Leanne Holland | (not stated) | 7 News |
| Little Lost Girls | 2020 | Joanne Ratcliffe; Kirste Gordon | Suzie Ratcliffe | Podshape True Crime |
| Loose Ends | 2021–2023 | Singh family murders | Graeme Crowley | (not stated) |
| Loose Units | 2018–present | various | Paul Verhoeven; John Verhoeven | Pillow Talk Productions |
| Lost in Larrimah | 2018 | Paddy Moriarty | Kylie Stevenson; Caroline Graham | The Australian |
| Lost in Sydney | 2018 | various | Jake McCallum | NewsLocal |
| The Lost Ones | 2022 | various | Amber Wilson | |
| Matty | 2022 | Matthew Leveson | Loren O'Keeffe | Casefile Presents |
| Missing Niamh | 2024 | Niamh Maye | (host of Casefile) | Casefile Presents |
| Missing or Murdered | 2020 | Katie O'Shea | Jay Walkerden | Podshape |
| Missing Pieces | 2024– | Samantha Murphy | | Podshape |
| Monster Trial | 2019 | Ivan Milat | Janet Fife-Yeomans | The Daily Telegraph |
| Monsters Who Murder | 2018–2023 | various | Amanda Howard; Robert McKnight | Monsters Who Murder |
| Mother's Guilt | 2022–2023 | Kathleen Folbigg | Jane Hansen | Crime X |
| Motive & Method | 2023– | various | Xanthe Mallett; Tim Watson Munro | |
| Murder Archives | 2018–2019 | Norma Rhys McLeod | Emma Curtin | Nearly |
| Murder Down Under | 2017–2018 | various | Benjamin Latter; Neah Dawn | (not stated) |
| Murder in the Land of Oz | 2018–2020 | various | Jessica Kate Ryan; Ellen-Rose Sorensen | That's Not Canon Productions |
| Murderlaide | 2019–2021 | various | Ann | Murderlaide |
| Mushroom Case Daily | 2024– | Erin Patterson trial | Kristian Silva | ABC Listen |
| My Dad and Son are Missing | 2020–2021 | Damien Dickie; Dylan Dickie | (not stated) | Podshape |
| My Father The Murderer | 2018 | Allan Ladd | Nina Young | Whimn |
| My Name is Cleo | 2021–2022 | Cleo Smith | Natalie Bonjolo; Kristin Shorten | The West Australian |
| My Sister's Secrets | 2022 | Alexandra Tapp | Virginia Tapscott; Steve Jackson | The Australian |
| My Sister the Murderer | 2024 | Brittney Dwyer | Ryan Dwyer | Podshape True Crime |
| Naked City | 2020 | various | John Silvester | The Age |
| Narelle Frazer Interviews | 2020–present | various | Narelle Frazer | |
| Neighbourhood Watch | 2021 | various | various | Western Australia Police; Neighbourhood Watch |
| Nowhere Child | 2019–2020 | William Tyrell | Caroline Overington | The Australian |
| On Guard | 2020–2021 | various | Ameila Saw | True Crime Australia |
| On This Day In Crime | 2020–2021 | various | Emoji Luke | On This Day In Crime |
| One Minute Remaining | 2022– | various | Jack Laurence | The OMR Jury |
| Pendulum | 2019–2020 | Margaret Kirstenfeldt | Paula Doneman | 7 News |
| Person of Interest | 2019 | Gaye Baker | Kate Kyriacou | The Courier Mail |
| Persons of Interest | 2024–present | various | | Western Australia Police Force |
| Phoebe's Fall | 2016; 2018 | Phoebe Handsjuk | Michael Bachelard; Richard Baker | The Age; The Sydney Morning Herald |
| Police Life: The Experts | 2024– | various | | Victoria Police |
| Police Tape | 2019 | various | Merrick Watts | True Crime Australia |
| Policing Australia | 2021–present | various | Jason Byrnes | Australian Police Journal |
| Prayed Upon | 2023– | Religious cults | Kate Kyriacou | The Courier Mail |
| Predator | 2019 | Leonard John Fraser | Michelle Gately | The Morning Bulletin |
| Predatory | 2023 | Child sexual abuse | Gary Jubelin; Madeleine West | True Crime Australia |
| Problem Child | 2019 | Keli Lane | (not stated) | Wicked Crime Podcast |
| Pseudocide | 2021 | Faked suicide | Alice Fiennes; Poppy Damon | Casefile Presents |
| Pushed | 2019 | "Annabelle" | Jack Morris | (not stated) |
| Real Crime: Interview | 2021–2022 | various | Adam Shand | PodcastOne Australia |
| Ron Iddles: The Good Cop | 2019 | various | Ron Iddles | Foxtel |
| Ron Iddles: The Ricky Balcombe Murder | 2018 | Ricky Balcombe | Greg Dundas | Geelong Advertiser |
| Rotten Apple | 2024 | Institutional abuse | Camille Bianchi; Amelia Saw | 9Podcasts |
| SBS True Stories (series 3) | 2016 | George Duncan; The Family Murders | Mark Whittaker | SBS |
| Searching For Rachel Antonio | 2016 | Rachel Antonio | David Murray | The Courier-Mail |
| Searching for Sarah Macdiarmid | 2021 | Sarah Macdiarmid | Vikki Petraitis | Casefile Presents |
| Secrets of the Underworld | 2021– | various | Neil Cummins | Podshape |
| Secrets We Keep | 2024– | various | Joey Watson | LiSTNR |
| Shadow of Doubt | 2023 | Child abuse | Richard Guiliatt | Crime X |
| Shandee's Story | 2021–2023 | Shandee Blackburn | Hedley Thomas | The Australian |
| Shot In The Dark | 2023 | Gwen Grover | Alison Sandy | 7News Podcasts |
| Silent Waves | 2019 | Raquel O'Brien | Raquel O'Brien | Casefile Presents |
| So What Do You Think? | 2021–2023 | various | Jay; Bee | Anchor |
| South Australian True Crime | 2021–2022 | various | Mart Norton | Austees |
| Spear Creek | 2019 | Mount Isa Murders | Kate Kyriacou | The Courier-Mail |
| Stalking Australia | 2020–2021 | various | Ann McMahon | |
| Stupid Crime | 2023– | various | | Podshape |
| The Alibi | 2015; 2019 | Denise Govendir; Eva Webel | Yoni Bashan; Claire Harvey | The Sunday Telegraph |
| The Bakersfield Three | 2023 | | Olivia LaVoice | Casefile Presents |
| The Children in the Pictures | 2022–2023 | Task Force Argos | Akhim Dev | Disclosed |
| The Clink | 2020–present | various | Brent Simpson | Podshape |
| The Confession | 2023 | Katia Pyliotis | Richard Baker | The Age; The Sydney Morning Herald |
| The Detective's Dilemma | 2022 | Sian O'Callaghan | | Casefile Presents |
| The Devil's Apprentice | 2023 | Jason Roberts | Anthony Dowsley | Crime X |
| The Disappearance of Des | 2019; 2021 | Desmond Carr | (not stated) | Podshape |
| The Dog Detective | 2021 | Pet kidnapping | Andrea Thiis-Evensen | News Corp |
| The Easey Street Murders | 2024– | Easey Street murders | Helen Thomas | Casefile Presents |
| The Evidence Locker | 2018–2023 | various | | Evidence Locker True Crime |
| The Frankston Murders | 2023 | Frankston murders | Vikki Petraitis | Casefile Presents |
| The Garden of Eden | 2023– | Death of Eden Westbrook | | |
| The Glitch | 2022 | Dan Saunders | Jay Walkerden | Podshape |
| The Greatest Menace | 2021 | Incarceration of homosexuals | Patrick Abboud | |
| The Invisible Hand | 2021 | Rhinoceros poaching in Southern Africa | Georgina Savage | Casefile Presents |
| The Labyrinth | 2021 | Janet Castrejon | | Casefile Presents |
| The Lady Vanishes | 2019–present | Marion Barter | Alison Sandy; Bryan Seymour | 7 News |
| The Last Outlaws | 2021 | Jimmy Governor | | |
| The Last Voyage of the Pong Su | 2019 | Pong Su incident | Richard Baker | The Age; The Sydney Morning Herald |
| The Lawyer, the Sniper and the NSW Police | 2022 | Police work culture | Lina Nguyen; Mark Davidson | |
| The Lighthouse | 2019 | Theo Hayez | David Murray | The Australian |
| The Mafia's Web | 2021 | Operation Ironside | Stephen Drill; Todd Hunter | News Corrp |
| The Man Behind the Rose | 2023 | Gordon Nuttall | | 7NEWS Podcasts |
| The Missing Australia | 2019; 2023– | various | Meni Caroutas | Podular |
| The Missing Campers Trial | 2024– | Russell Hill; Carol Clay | Penelope Liersch | 9 Podcasts |
| The Mushrom Cook | 2024– | Erin Patterson trial | | Crime X |
| The Night Driver | 2020 | Janine Vaughan | Hedley Thomas | The Australian |
| The Nurse | 2020–2021; 2023– | James Griffin | Camille Bianchi | (not stated) |
| The Rock Star & The Nanny | 2019–2020 | Penny Hill | Mary-Ann Harris | Pacific Podcast Network |
| The Stick Up | 2022–present | various | Russell Manser | |
| The Sting | 2022–2023 | Australian mafia | Colin McLaren | Podshape True Crime |
| Suburban Legends | 2023– | various | Shaun McMahon | True Blue Media |
| The Sydney Siege | 2021 | Lindt Cafe siege | | |
| The Teacher's Pet | 2018 | Lynette Dawson | Hedley Thomas | The Australian |
| The Teacher's Trial | 2022–2023 | Chris Dawson | Hedley Thomas; David Murray; Matthew Condon; Claire Harvey | The Australian |
| The Trap | 2021 | Domestic abuse | Jess Hill | The Trap |
| The Ultimate Sacrifice | 2024 | Wieambilla shootings | Melissa Downes | 9Podcasts |
| The Vanishing of Vivian Cameron | 2020 | Vivian Cameron | | Casefile Presents |
| The Zest is History | 2020–2022 | various | Josie Rozenberg-Clarke; Melissa Mason | |
| Their Name Is | 2022–present | Rhianna Barreau; various | | Ezra Magazine |
| Thin Black Line | 2020 | Death of Daniel Yock | Allan Clarke | ABC Radio National |
| Trace | 2017–2018; 2020–2022 | Maria James; Nicola Gobbo | Rachael Brown | ABC |
| Trial by Water | 2024 | Robert Farquharson | | The Age; The Sydney Morning Herald |
| Troubled Waters | 2024 | Louisa Ioannidis | Julia Robson | Casefile Presents |
| True Blue Crime | 2019–2021 | various | Shaun McMahon; Chloe Williams | True Blue Crime |
| True Crime Cheat Sheet | 2023 | various | Bek Day; Nina Young | |
| True Crime Conversations | 2019–present | various | Jessie Stephens | MamaM!a |
| True Crime Down Under | 2018–2019 | various | Bronnie Sprick; Loraine House | (not stated) |
| True Crime Island | 2016–2023 | various | "Cambo" | True Crime Island |
| True Crime Sisters | 2017–2019 | various | “Harry”; “Bill” | True Crime Sisters Podcast |
| True Crime Story Time | 2017–2019 | various | Casey; Samantha | True Crime Story Time |
| The Truth About Amy | 2024– | Amy Wensley | Ron Iddles | 7NEWS Podcasts |
| Twisted Minds | 2021–2022 | various | Amelia Saw | |
| UnderState: In Plain Sight | 2019 | Jonathan Dick | Adam Shand | PodcastOne Australia |
| UnderState: Lucille Butterworth | 2018 | Lucille Butterworth | Adam Shand | PodcastOne Australia |
| Unfiltered | 2023– | various | Raquel O'Brien | Casefile Presents |
| Unravel True Crime (5 series) | 2018–2021 | Mark Haines; Trudie Adams; Belinda Peisley; Lezlie Manukian; Juanita Nielsen | Allan Clarke; Ruby Jones; Gina McKeon; Ollie Wards; Keiran McGee | ABC |
| Unspeakable: Understanding sexual crime | 2017 | Sexual offence reporting | (not stated) | Victoria Police |
| Violent Times | 2019 | various | Mahmood Fazal | VICE Australia |
| Wanted | 2023 | various | Jack Laurence | |
| Warlord | 2016 | Farhad Qaumi; Brothers for Life | Claire Harvey; Yoni Bashan | The Sunday Telegraph |
| What happened to Zac? | 2019 | Zac Barnes | Jay Walkerden | Podshape |
| What's Missing | 2020 | Missing persons | Loren O'Keeffe | Casefile Presents |
| Where's William Tyrell? | 2019–2020 | William Tyrell | Lia Harris; Natarsha Belling | TenSpeaks |
| Who Killed Bob? | 2021– | Bob Chappell | Eve Ash; Colin McLaren | |
| Who Killed Dr Bogle & Mrs Chandler? | 2022 | Bogle–Chandler case | Peter Butt | |
| Who Killed Leanne Holland? | 2020 | Leanne Holland | Jamie Pultz | Six10 Media Group |
| Who The Hell Is Hamish? | 2019 | Hamish McLaren | Greg Bearup | The Australian |
| Who's to Blame? | 2024 | Emma Lovell | | Podshape True Crime |
| World's Dumbest Criminals | 2021–2023 | various | Tara Sariban | |
| Wrong Skin | 2018–2019 | Julie Buck; Richard Milgin | Richard Baker | The Age; The Sydney Morning Herald |
* ↑ Cases 19, 30, 55 unavailable for downloading
* ↑ Episodes 5–9 unavailable for downloading
* ↑ Currently unavailable for downloading