Best Podcasts of 2023

This year brought us podcasts that examined interesting characters - from the super famous to the terribly infamous. There were the meticulously investigated stories of people caught in a system stacked against them. And it provided us with many series told by hosts with very personal connections to the crimes they covered. 

But which titles truly stood out? All four crime writers present their top 10 podcasts for 2023.

In Crime of the Week: A lot of nerve swerve.

Lara's Top Ten

  1. Earwitness

  2. Suspect: Five Shots in the Dark

  3. The Retrievals  

  4. Blind Plea  

  5. Ghost Story  

  6. The Kids of Rutherford County  

  7. Fiasco: Vigilante

  8. Verified: Full Disclosure  

  9. Overlooked

  10. Admissible Sheds of Evidence 

Toby's Top Ten

  1. Fiasco: Vigilante

  2. You Didn’t See Nothin’

  3. Blind Plea

  4. Earwitness

  5. I’m Not a Monster season 2

  6. Alabama Astronaut

  7. Witnessed: Devil in the Ditch

  8. Ghost Story

  9. Chameleon: Dr. Dante

  10. The Retrievals

Kevin's Top Ten

  1. You Didn't See Nothin

  2. Earwitness

  3. I Am Not a Monster season 2

  4. Fiasco: Vigilante

  5. Witnessed: Devil in the Ditch

  6. City of Tents: Veterans Row

  7. Suspect: Five Shots in the Dark

  8. Blind Plea

  9. The Retrievals

  10. Overlooked

Rebecca's Top Ten

  1. You Didn't See Nothin

  2. Earwitness

  3. Witnessed: Devil in the Ditch

  4. The Retrievals

  5. Think Twice: Michael Jackson

  6. Fiasco: Vigilante

  7. Ghost Story

  8. Blind Plea

  9. Dear Alana,

  10. The Dream season 3