True crime podcasts

It's time for crime - delve into some of our darker stories.

7 podcasts focusing on True crime

True crime podcasts

  • A dark green background with stars, the title "Gone Fishing" in bold letters with a red target overlay, and the tagline 'Mayhem. Murder... Maybe.' Below, a winding road with a red car and silhouetted trees.

    Gone Fishing

    Mayhem. Murder. Maybe... Did Gail Maney do it or not?

  • Promotional image for the 'Mr Lyttle Meets Mr Big' podcast. A moody black and white landscape is mirrored vertically and horizontally, creating a rorschach like effect with the name of the podcast in a vibrant green overlaid.

    Mr Lyttle Meets Mr Big

    David Lyttle told undercover police he was a murderer. But can he be believed?

  • An illustrated portrait of Peter Ellis that looks distorted by glass. A bold 'CONVICTION' sits on top.

    Conviction

    Who can you believe? Go deep into the Christchurch Civic Creche case.

  • A silhouetted figure stands in the "O" of the word "Lost". Clouds are in the top of the image and the ground is made up of a newspaper headline about a disappearance.

    The Lost

    The true stories of New Zealand's missing people... & those left behind.

  • A podcast cover for "Crimes NZ' with a podcast name on dark noisy background.

    Crimes NZ

    Jesse Mulligan talks with people about their relationship to major crimes in NZ.

  • A large open eye in black and white appears between a family photo with the eyes blacked out and an old audio recorder on the left, and the NZ parliament building on the right. Below are documents with stamps and images. Bold text in the centre reads 'The Service'.

    The Service

    At the height of the Cold War laws are bent to breaking point.

  • The words "Black Sheep" are displayed in a vintage font above a black sheep with a creepy red eye.

    Black Sheep

    The shady, controversial & sometimes downright villainous characters of NZ.

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    Title "Nellie's Baby" overtop old photographs and a dark hallway
    Mist shrouded bush covered hills fill the background, in front the text reads "Deer Wars" is a font reminiscent of Westerns along with a pair of crossed antlers
    A large open eye in black and white appears between a family photo with the eyes blacked out and an old audio recorder on the left, and the NZ parliament building on the right. Below are documents with stamps and images. Bold text in the centre reads 'The Service'.
    A podcast cover for "The Elephant in the Bedroom" with the tagline "sex. love. race." features a teal background with a repeating pattern of semi-circles. The title is in white and orange text at the top. Below the title are two hosts: a man in a colorful floral shirt and a woman in a beige top.

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    A grayscale illustration with a central depiction of an iceberg and a ship's bow featuring a spiral eye design. The background is filled with radiating lines and question marks. The names 'TIM BATT' and 'CARLO RITCHIE' are written in large black letters curved around the top of the image. The text 'DID TITANIC SINK?' is prominently displayed in large, green, textured capital letters at the bottom of the image. The overall design has a vintage, mysterious feel.
    The name of the podcast - Thrift, decorated with stack of coins and a plant
    The title of the programme "Nau Mai Town" in the style of iconic New Zealand road signs
    The words "Black Sheep" are displayed in a vintage font above a black sheep with a creepy red eye.

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