20 Best Investigative Journalism Podcasts

1. Tenfold More Wicked Presents

Tenfold More Wickeds Presents: Wicked Words is a unique blend of narrative, nonfiction, and true crime storytelling with in-depth interviewing. In each episode, host Kate Winkler Dawson interviews a journalist, writer or other professional about their best true crime cases. Explore the story behind some of history's most infamous cases. Now in its third season, past interviews include the filmmaker who investigated the Long Island serial killer, the forensic psychologist who spent years exploring the mind of BTK killer Dennis Rader, the author who makes a compelling case for the owl theory behind Kathleen Peterson's death and the author who later realized their beloved childhood babysitter was a serial killer. Tenfold More Wicked Presents: Wicked Words is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including historic true crime, comedic interviews and news, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include Buried Bones with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, Bananas and more.
Podcast exactlyrightmedia.com
Host Kate Winkler Dawson
Producer/Network Exactly Right
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 1.4KTwitter Followers 2KInstagram Followers 9.2K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 57 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. In the Dark

Reporter Madeleine Baran examines the case of Curtis Flowers, who has been tried six times for the same crime. In the Dark is an investigative podcast from APM Reports.
Podcast cms.megaphone.fm
Producer/Network The New Yorker
Email ****@apmreports.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 22.6KTwitter Followers 26.4K Frequency 4 episodes/month Avg Length 36 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Battlefront

Dustin Faulkner breaks down current events from a Conservative perspective. Additionally, there is a lot of investigative journalism in exposing what's truly going on in our country... much of which will shock you! Tune in every Sunday evening for a LIVE episode of Battlefront: Frontline
Podcast spreaker.com
Host Dustin Faulkner
Producer/Network Freedom First Network
Email ****@outlook.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 145 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 95 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

4. Long Story Short

Oklahoma Watch is a nonprofit news organization specializing in investigative journalism. Long Story Short, a weekly podcast sponsored by the Kirkpatrick Foundation, lets you hear directly from our journalists as they provide deeper insight into their recently published stories.
Podcast oklahomawatch.org
Producer/Network Oklahoma Watch
Email ****@oklahomawatch.org
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5 Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 23 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

5. Listen Frontier

Listen Frontier is a podcast exploring the investigative journalism of The Frontier and featuring conversations with those on the frontlines of Oklahoma's most important stories. At The Frontier, our mission is to hold public officials accountable, give a voice to the powerless and tell the stories that others are afraid to tell, or that illuminate the lives of people in our community. We will shine a light on hypocrisy, fraud, abuse, and wrongdoing at all levels in our community and state.
Podcast readfrontier.org
Host Ben Felder
Producer/Network The Frontier
Email ****@readfrontier.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 20.8KTwitter Followers 15.5K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 22 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

6. William Ramsey Investigates

William Ramsey Investigates, is an independent investigative journalism broadcast covering a variety of subjects including politics and para politics, true crime, history, conspiracies, religion, cults, exposing the occult, and more!
Podcast williamramseyinvestigates.com
Producer/Network William Ramsey
Email ****@protonmail.com
Apple Rating 4.1 / 5Twitter Followers 3.1K Frequency 30 episodes/year Avg Length 59 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

7. A Hateful Homicide

A Hateful Homicide is an American true-crime and investigative journalism podcast from Los Angeles California by Transgender and HIV Healthcare advocate Mallery Jenna Robinson. The true-crime and investigative journalism podcast focuses on the murders of Transgender, Gender Nonbinary/ Nonconforming, Intersex, Two-Spirit and gender expansive community members throughout the United States and abroad.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network Mallery Jenna Robinson
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 276Twitter Followers 113 Frequency 11 episodes/year Avg Length 55 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

8. IJ4EU Podcast

The Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) fund supports watchdog journalism on transnational subjects. We speak to the reporters behind cross-border investigations that have made headlines across Europe.
Podcast investigativejournalismforeu.net
Host Timothy Large
Producer/Network IJ4EU
Email ****@ipi.media
Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 45 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

9. Three Corners

The greatest investigative journalism the world has ever seen. Join Vincent and Domenic, Wednesdays 8-9 pm on SYN 90.7.
Podcast omny.fm
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Instagram Followers 114 Frequency 9 episodes/year Avg Length 46 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

10. Ripped From The Wall

Ripped From The Walls is AWOL's first podcast series. In this series, reporters for AWOL dig into hard-hitting, investigative reporting about controversies at American University and The District.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Producer/Network AWOL Magazine
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 19 min Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

11. Candid.

In association with WWPH, 107.9 FM, Candid is hosted by Anna Rubenstein and Christian Gobo. The show is dedicated to investigative journalism, reporting stories around West Windsor. Season one tells the story of the Teng family, the protesters who showed up at their house for 37 days, and the community's response to the whole ordeal.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Instagram Followers 24 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

12. The Tip Off

The podcast where we take you behind the scenes of some of the best investigative journalism from recent years. In each episode, we'll be digging into an investigative scoop- hearing from the journalists behind the work as they tell us about the leads, the dead-ends, and of course, the tip-offs. There'll be car chases, slammed doors, terrorist cells, meetings in dimly lit bars and cafes, wrangling with despotic regimes, and much more.
Podcast thetipoffpodcast.com
Producer/Network The Tip Off
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 205Twitter Followers 2.9K Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 27 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

13. Smoke Screen

Smoke Screen: Love, bribes, and spies in the tobacco industry. Victoria Hollingsworth tells the true story of corrupt practices behind the scenes at British American Tobacco. We hear from the very people who were caught up in this world as we sink deep into the dirty underbelly of the tobacco industry in South Africa.
Podcast auddy.com
Producer/Network Auddy
Email ****@auddy.co
Apple Rating 4.2 / 5 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

14. PCIJ's On the Record

News, conversations, and investigations by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network PCIJ
Email ****@pcij.org
Facebook Followers 47KTwitter Followers 125.5KInstagram Followers 3.1K Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 16 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

15. H2OiNSIGHT

H2OiNSIGHT An intellectual exploration of Entrepreneurial Theory Into Practice.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Host Rev Dr. Anthony S. Moorer DD Sr
Producer/Network Rev Dr. Anthony S. Moorer DD Sr
Email ****@yahoo.com
Facebook Followers 233 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

16. Murder on the Island

With this new podcast series, Capital Daily is finally ready to reveal its reporting, with new details from people who were there. With unexpected twists and turns. And with a glimmer of hope. Fifteen years after Lindsay's murder, a new story is ready to be told by investigative journalist Zander Sherman and Capital Daily.
Podcast murder-on-the-island-the-lindsay-buziak-story-presented-by.simplecast.com
Producer/Network Capital Daily and Zander Sherman
Email ****@overstorymedia.com
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