Top True Crime Podcasts in South Africa

The latest Apple Podcasts True Crime chart for South Africa, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked October 29, 2026.

1

Crime Junkie

Audiochuck

2

Rotten Mango

Stephanie Soo

3

Dateline NBC

NBC News

4

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Ballen Studios

5

48 Hours

48 Hours

6

True Crime with Kendall Rae

Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

7

True Crime South Africa

Killer Audio Creations

8

Morbid

Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

9

Betrayal Season 6

iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

10

RedHanded

RedHanded

11

Casefile True Crime

Casefile Presents

12

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast

Ray William Johnson

13

Serialously with Annie Elise

Annie Elise

14

Snapped: Women Who Murder

Oxygen

15

Murder With My Husband

OH NO MEDIA

16

20/20

ABC News

17

Ada

Casefile Presents

18

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

19

Park Predators

Audiochuck

20

Serial Killers & Murderous Minds

Crime House

21

Love Trapped

iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

22

Missing Debbie | Bed of Lies

The Telegraph

23

Into The Dark

OH NO MEDIA

24

True Crime South Africa

Killer Audio Creations

25

The Dropout

ABC News

26

10 to Life

Annie Elise

27

The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions

Sony Music Entertainment

28

Crimes Of Reddit with Sabrina Deana-Roga & Alexis Linkletter

Crime House

29

Crime, Conspiracy, Cults and Murder

Kallmekris | Daylight Media

30

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

31

Bear Brook

NHPR

32

Huisgenoot Ware Lewensdramas

Huisgenoot

33

Profiler: True Crime Africa

plotshift.co.za

34

Forensic Files

HLN

35

The Woman in the Woods

48 Hours

36

In The Dark

The New Yorker

37

The Poisoned Wife

The Australian

38

The First 48

A&E | Crime House

39

Murder, Mystery & Makeup

Audioboom Studios

40

Murder: True Crime Stories

Crime House

41

True Crime South Africa – die Afrikaanse weergawe

JacPod

42

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

43

Burden of Guilt

iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

44

The Deck

Audiochuck

45

Deceived: The Daybell Story

KSL Podcasts

46

They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

They Walk Among Us

47

The Criminal Makeup

Danielle Kirsty

48

Clues with Kaelyn Moore

Crime House

49

Crime Weekly

Stephanie Harlowe and Derrick Levasseur

50

Over My Dead Body

Audible Original

51

What Happened to Her

iHeartPodcasts

52

I Survived

A&E / PodcastOne

53

Dateline Originals

NBC News

54

Dr. Death

Audible Original

55

Something Was Wrong

Broken Cycle Media

56

The Lets Read Podcast

Audioboom Studios

57

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

58

The Most Wanted Olympian from Uncover

CBC

59

Dark Downeast

Audiochuck

60

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Grip Tape

61

Killer Psyche

Audible Original | Treefort Media

62

Psychopedia: True Crime & Criminal Psychology

Investigator Slater

63

True Crime Conversations

Mamamia Podcasts

64

The Bourne Investigation

Charley Bourne

65

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Heart Starts Pounding

66

Crime Next Door

BBC Sounds

67

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

68

Mile Higher

Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

69

Death of an Artist

Pushkin Industries

70

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

71

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Audible Original | Ballen Studios

72

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

73

UK True Crime Podcast

Always True Crime

74

Detectives Don't Sleep

NOISER

75

Deep Cover

Pushkin Industries

76

Last Podcast On The Left

The Last Podcast Network

77

Sword and Scale

Sword and Scale

78

Dark Asia with Megan

Megan Lee, Bleav

79

My Mom’s Murder

AYR Media

80

Bone Valley

Lava for Good Podcasts

81

America's Most Infamous Crimes with Katie Ring

Crime House

82

Your Own Backyard

Chris Lambert

83

True Crime All The Time

Emash Digital

84

Not Just A Terrible Story

Terrible Story Productions

85

Unravel

ABC Australia

86

The Slippery

Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge

87

I Wish You Were Here

Michelle Cuervo

88

Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante

Wavland and Street Smart Audio

89

Black Effect's Bloodline Crimes

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

90

Nightmare Next Door

ID

91

Just Creepy: Scary Stories

Just Creepy

92

The Casual Criminalist

Cloud10

93

LOVE MURDER

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette

94

Criminology

Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford

95

The Girlfriends: Flight or Fight

iHeartPodcasts and Novel

96

Anatomy of Murder

Audiochuck

97

The Surgeon Of St Helena

Always True Crime

98

Murder in the Heartland

ID

99

Someone Knows Something

CBC

100

Scared To Death

Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins

101

True Crime Obsessed

True Crime Obsessed

102

Murder In America

Bloody FM

103

Homicide 360

Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger | Daylight Media

104

Serving Crime Podcast

SNG Productions

105

Atlanta Monster

iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV

106

Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

107

Crimes of the Times

L.A. Times Studios

108

Betrayal Weekly

iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

109

Outlore with Eleanor Neale

Eleanor Neale

110

COLD

KSL Podcasts

111

Lights Out

Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

112

Sea of Lies

CBC

113

Bang to Rights

Bang to Rights

114

Up and Vanished

Tenderfoot TV

115

American Nightmares: The Canal Murders

Gamut Podcast Network

116

Crime House 24/7

Crime House

117

Nightmares

Sword and Scale

118

The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart

iHeartPodcasts

119

Crime in America with Joe Budden

Prime Crime Productions

120

Huisgenoot Ware Lewensdramas

Huisgenoot

121

People are the Worst

Cloud10

122

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

CrimeOnline and iHeartPodcasts

123

Pretty Scary with Clair Buckley

Audio Always

124

Royal Swindle

Exactly Right Media and iHeartPodcasts

125

What to Carry, What to Burn

Blair Braverman

126

Australian True Crime

Bravecasting

127

Chameleon

Audiochuck | Campside Media

128

Trace of Suspicion

NBC News

129

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

130

What Happened to the McStays?

ABC News

131

Crime Scene

Sony Music Entertainment

132

Crime Junkie

Crime Junkie

133

Dead Famous

Mark Randell

134

Alone in the Woods

Eeriecast Network

135

The Case Of

ABC Australia

136

Unrestorable

iHeartPodcasts

137

Bad Blood: The Final Chapter

Sony Music Entertainment

138

REDRUM true crime

redrumpodcast

139

RUN, FOOL!

Ballen Studios

140

I Think Not!

I Think Not!

141

PRETEND

Creative Babble, LLC

142

Unsolved Mysteries

Unsolved Media, Inc. + Audacy

143

Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast

CAKE MEDIA

144

The Snare

ABC News

145

Tales from the Break Room

Eeriecast Network

146

True Crime with Kimbyr

Kimbyrleigha

147

The Detective’s Dilemma

Casefile Presents

148

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Moms and Mysteries Podcast

149

Hot On The Case

Breanna Heim

150

Fear Thy Neighbor

ID

151

The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story

ABC News

152

Serial Killers: Real Life Documentaries

Peter Zahr

153

Invisible Choir

Reach Freaks

154

True Crime Garage

TRUE CRIME GARAGE

155

Last Seen Alive

Studio 222

156

CreepTime The Podcast

Sylas Dean and Stew

157

The Trial: Russell Brand

The Crime Desk

158

Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil

Dr. Phil McGraw

159

Scamanda

Lionsgate Sound

160

There and Gone: South Street

iHeartPodcasts

161

The Piketon Massacre

iHeartPodcasts

162

Hunting the Suicide Salesman

CBC

163

Legally Brunette

iHeartPodcasts

164

MANslaughter

Wondery

165

Unsolved

RTÉ

166

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

SPYSCAPE

167

Shadow of Doubt

The Australian

168

Disclosure Investigates

BBC Radio Scotland

169

CounterClock

Audiochuck

170

Cyber Hack

BBC World Service

171

To Live and Die in LA

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

172

The Truth About Natalie

Audiochuck

173

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter, Jac Vanek

174

Blood Trails

MeatEater

175

Wicked Crimes

Jan Roodt

176

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177

Swindled

Swindled

178

American Criminal

Airship & Evergreen Podcasts

179

Detective Perspective

Derrick Levasseur & Square Mile Studios

180

Crime Beat

Curiouscast

181

The Retrievals

Serial Productions & The New York Times

182

The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby

CBC + BBC World Service

183

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories | Daylight Media

184

MK True Crime

MK Media

185

Examined: The Backfire Effect

Pushkin Industries

186

The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole

Crime House

187

Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

Always True Crime

188

Crime Salad

Realm

189

Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast

Cryptic County

190

Five Miles From Home

NBC News

191

Every Town

Every Town

192

13th Juror Podcast

Brandi Churchwell

193

Nobody Should Believe Me

True Story Media

194

My Only Story

Deon Wiggett

195

Matty

Casefile Presents

196

Murder in Illinois

iHeartPodcasts

197

Ministry of Secrets

Sony Music Entertainment

198

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199

The Sinister Podcast

Sinistergan

200

They Run The Night

Auscast Network

201

Weird Little Guys

iHeartPodcasts and Cool Zone Media

202

Hands Tied

iHeartPodcasts

203

The Storyteller: Narcissist's Playbook

Isla Traquair

204

The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3

iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch

205

Big Mad True Crime

Big Mad Media

206

Dirty John

LA Times Studios

207

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

208

Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime

Nancy Miller

209

Scorned: Love Kills

ID

210

Serial Killer: A True Crime Podcast

Unreported Story Society

211

The Prosecutors

PodcastOne

212

The Real Dracula

Audible Original

213

Sandra Birchmore case — Matthew Farwell trial: Commonwealth Confidential

NBC10 Boston

214

Who Killed Angel Harris?

ID

215

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast

Rhapsody Voices

216

Truly Criminal

Truly Criminal

217

Crime Fix with Angenette Levy

Law&Crime

218

Evidence Locker True Crime

Evidence Locker True Crime

219

Generation Why: True Crime

Audible Original

220

Crimelines® True Crime

Crimelines True Crime

221

Canadian True Crime

Kristi Lee

222

Valley of Shadows

Pushkin Industries

223

The Disappearance of Katie Walker

AIIMS Creator Hub

224

Cults

Spotify Studios

225

Crime Curious

Crime Curious Podcast

226

Killer Kin

ID

227

Bronwyn

The Australian

228

GUILT

Brevity Studios

229

Dateline: Missing in America

NBC News

230

Ghost Story

Audible Original | Pineapple Street Studios

231

The Adults in the Room

libo/libo

232

Fatal Attraction

Urban One

233

Court Junkie

PodcastOne

234

Fatal Beauty

Sony Music Entertainment

235

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

236

Our True Crime Podcast

Our True Crime Podcast

237

Crime World

Crime World

238

I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin

News.com.au

239

Morrison Mysteries

NBC News

240

Prime Crime: Solved Murders

Spotify Studios

241

Killer Story

Sony Music Entertainment

242

DNA: ID

AbJack Entertainment

243

Down The Hill: The Delphi Murders

HLN

244

On the Case with Paula Zahn Podcast

On the Case with Paula Zahn Podcast

245

COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller

LUNASHARK®⁠

246

Voices for Justice

Sarah Turney

247

Strictly Stalking

Strictly Stalking

248

Strewth - Australian True Crime and Mystery Podcast

Mark

249

Small Town Dicks

Small Town Dicks | Audio 99 | Daylight Media

250

Murder & Mystery Mzansi | South African True Crime

Savannah

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