True Crime Podcast Podcast

Kyleigh & Grace reach a verdict. 

Grace & Kyleigh go to court. Three experts — researcher Kat Albretch, lawyer Laura Menninger, and professor Emily Murphy — help make sense of the tangled relationship between true crime media and criminal justice. 

What can you get at a true crime convention? Justice – or a really cool t-shirt. The hosts delve into true crime podcasting’s live event industry. Kyleigh sets out to see first-hand what happens when date-night and murder overlap. Grace sits down with the founder of CrimeCon to talk about the ethics of crime entertainment. Writer Rachel Monroe takes us inside a mega-hotel in Nashville.

It’s time to follow the money. Grace & Kyleigh attempt to figure out if and how anyone is actually making a profit in podcasting, or if they should start considering different career paths. But what are the ethical pitfalls that come with making a living off other people’s deaths? The hosts uncover the hidden power of the Apple algorithm, the surprising origin of true crime podcast advertising, and what SimpliSafe Home Security has to do with all of this. 

In college, Sara taught seminars instructing other young women on how to not get murdered: avoid parking lots after midnight, don’t stop for strangers, carry mace. Now she’s a devoted true crime podcast listener, one of the many women who make up nearly 75% of the genre’s fan base. 

Grace and Kyleigh delve into true crime podcasting’s glaring gender divide. Why are so many women — including domestic violence survivors — seeking out this content? What does this have to do with the historical origins of true crime? Why do we get so freaked out in parking lots? Media experts Dr. Ian Punnett and Dr. Kelli Boling sit down with the hosts to try and shed some light on these mysteries.