Criminal
Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. Hosted by Phoebe Judge. Named a Best Podcast of 2023 by the New York Times. Part of the Vo...
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On the show
- Bridgett Davis1 ep
- John Moore1 ep
- Tanner Mansell1 ep
Also: Cecilia Gentili, Lauren, Valerie Bauerlein, Porcha Woodruff, Patricia Cornwell, Brett Murphy, Alexis Okeowo, 911 operator, Amber Dawn, Emily Clark
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- 🇺🇸United States · True CrimeHOME#15323K to 1.7M
- 🇮🇳India · True Crime#1125K to 131K
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · True Crime#2313K to 66K
- 🇨🇦Canada · True Crime#209.8K to 52K
- 🇦🇺Australia · True Crime#236.3K to 33K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
410K to 2.2M🎙 ~2x weekly·402 episodes·Last published yesterday - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
820K to 4.3M🇺🇸79%🇮🇳6%🇬🇧3%+5 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
451K to 2.4M
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/27/26 |  She Says Her Husband Cheated. The Law Won’t Let Her Divorce Him for a Year (with Jen Hamilton) | Earlier this year, labor and delivery nurse Jen Hamilton announced to her millions of followers on social media that her marriage was ending. Now, she’s trying to change the state divorce law that’s keeping her married. You can also watch this interview at youtube.com/criminalpodcast. You can find Jen Hamilton on Instagram and TikTok. Her book is called Birth Vibes. Phoebe is going on tour this fall! Get tickets and see all of our tour dates at thisiscriminal.com/live. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Check out our online shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 25m 43s | ||||||
| 10/23/26 |  Haywire | Two days before New Year’s Eve in 1975, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. 75 people were injured and 11 people were killed. The bombing has never been solved. Elon Green wrote “The Forgotten Bombing of LaGuardia Airport” for Slate Magazine. Bryan Burrough’s book is Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence. Tickets for our brand new live show, Don't Worry with Phoebe Judge, are on sale now! Learn more and see all of our tour dates at thisiscriminal.com/live. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 41m 28s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 |  Bulldozer | Muffler shop owner Marvin Heemeyer bought a 45-ton Komatsu bulldozer and parked it on his lot in Granby, Colorado. When someone asked him what he was planning to do with it, he said, “I think I'm going to bulldoze the town." Patrick Brower's book is Killdozer: The True Story of the Colorado Bulldozer Rampage. Tickets for our brand new live show, Don't Worry with Phoebe Judge, are on sale now! Learn more and see all of our tour dates at thisiscriminal.com/live. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 38m 51s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 |  He Talked About Killing Tupac for Years. Why Did It Take Three Decades to Bring Him to Trial? | Phoebe interviews journalist and podcast host Joel Anderson about why it took 30 years for prosecutors to bring someone to trial for the murder of Tupac Shakur. Earlier this year, Duane "Keffe D" Davis was convicted of first degree murder in the 1996 shooting death of the rapper - after having talked about his involvement in the crime for years. You can hear Season 3 of Slow Burn - about the murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. - here. You can also watch this interview at youtube.com/criminalpodcast. Phoebe is going on tour this fall! Get tickets and see all of our tour dates at thisiscriminal.com/live. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Check out our online shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 46m 01s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 |  Donor 106 | One night when Eve Wiley was 16, she started reading through her mother’s emails, and discovered a secret her mother had been keeping from Eve her whole life. “I always knew there was something. I just didn't know what it was.” Tickets for our brand new live show, Don't Worry with Phoebe Judge, are on sale now! Learn more and see all of our tour dates at thisiscriminal.com/live. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 47m 35s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 |  The Midnight Slider | In 2013, a small boat called the Midnight Slider was found floating empty in the waters off of Isle Madame in Nova Scotia. “Murder is not something that occurs in this neck of the woods very often. There’s always been a tradition of taking care of families, watching out, looking out for one another.” This episode was originally released in 2022. Tickets for our brand new live show, Don't Worry with Phoebe Judge, are on sale now! Learn more and see all of our tour dates at thisiscriminal.com/live. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 35m 59s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 |  Not Criminally Responsible | In 1992, a young man walked into a police station and said he wanted to turn himself in for a crime. When the police asked if there was someone at home who they could call, he said, “That’s who I killed. I killed my parents.” Mikita Brottman’s book is Couple Found Slain. Tickets for our brand new tour, Don't Worry with Phoebe Judge, are on sale now! Learn more and see all of our tour dates at thisiscriminal.com/live. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 43m 32s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 |  The Boyfriend Who Never Existed: Inside The "Bed Trick" Trial | Phoebe interviews author Izabella Scott about an unusual trial in England. One woman, referred to as Miss X, accused her best friend Gayle of posing as a man and tricking her into having a sexual relationship. But Gayle said there was no deception – and that Miss X knew who she was with the whole time. Izabella Scott's book is called The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Trial. You can also watch this interview at youtube.com/criminalpodcast. Phoebe is going on tour this fall! Get tickets and see all of our tour dates at thisiscriminal.com/live. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Check out our online shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 38m 05s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 |  Family Secrets, Part 2 | In June of 1985, police followed in pursuit as Fritz Klenner drove through the streets of Greensboro, North Carolina, with his cousin Susie Lynch and her two sons. When the chase eventually ended, it was like “something right out of a movie.” This is the second part of a two-part story. You can listen to Part 1 here. Jerry Bledsoe's book is called Bitter Blood. You can read more of Susan Spear's reporting in the Greensboro News and Record. We're going on tour - and it's a different kind of show than any we've done before. Tonight we'll be in Portland, ME. Find ticket links and updates at thisiscriminal.com/live. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 40m 45s | ||||||
| 9/11/26 |  Family Secrets, Part 1 | In 1985, college student Ian Perkins reconnected with a family friend, Fritz Klenner, who told him a secret. He said he was a CIA agent — and offered to let Ian come along on his next mission. To listen early to Part 2 of this story, sign up for Criminal Plus at patreon.com/criminal. Jerry Bledsoe's book is called Bitter Blood. You can read more of Susan Spear's reporting in the Greensboro News and Record. We're going on tour - and it's a different kind of show than any we've done before. Next week, we'll be in in Durham, NC, and Portland, ME. Find ticket links and updates at thisiscriminal.com/live. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 31m 02s | ||||||
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| 9/8/26 | organ traffickingkidney transplant+4 | Alexis Okeowo | Guardian | NigeriaU.K. | organ traffickingkidney transplant+5 | — | 33m 08s | ||
| 9/4/26 | true crimemurder+4 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkCatch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast | Harris CountyHouston+2 | informantHarris County+6 | — | 1h 04m 08s | ||
| 8/28/26 |  911✨ | 911 callsemergency services+4 | 911 operator | Vox Media Podcast NetworkCriminal+2 | Durham, NCPortland, ME | 911 operatoremergency calls+3 | — | 40m 02s | |
| 8/25/26 | therapy notesdata breach+5 | — | BBCVox Media Podcast Network+3 | Finland | therapydata leak+5 | — | 45m 34s | ||
| 8/21/26 | javelin throwingOlympics+4 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkOut of the Box: The Highs and Lows of a Champion Smuggler | — | Reg Spiersjavelin thrower+5 | — | 43m 48s | ||
| 8/14/26 | strange soundsapartment living+3 | Amber Dawn | Vox Media Podcast NetworkCriminal+5 | Enumclaw, Washington | strange soundsEnumclaw+3 | — | 53m 55s | ||
| 8/13/26 | updatespublic service announcements+4 | — | Criminal PlusPatreon+1 | — | Criminal PlusTom Cruise+4 | — | 46m 55s | ||
| 8/11/26 | volcanic eruptioncriminal trial+3 | Emily Clark | Australian Broadcasting Company | New Zealand | volcanotrial+3 | — | 28m 52s | ||
| 8/7/26 | apologyNew York City+3 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkMr. Apology | New York City | apologyvoicemail+3 | — | 51m 11s | ||
| 7/31/26 | premonitionstrue crime+3 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkThe Premonitions Bureau: A True Account of Death Foretold | — | premonitionsLorna Middleton+5 | — | 48m 52s | ||
| 7/28/26 |  She Killed Three People with Poisonous Mushrooms. Did She Mean To? | In 2023, a woman named Erin Patterson had her husband's family over for a lunch of beef Wellington. A week later, three people were dead. Phoebe interviews Guardian reporter Nino Bucci about what happened next. You can also watch this interview at youtube.com/criminalpodcast. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 28m 54s | ||||||
| 7/24/26 |  The Comfort Kit | A few hours after Rachel Waters’ mother died in hospice care, police showed up at Rachel’s childhood home with a search warrant. “It had my name and the word ‘homicide’ on it.” For more, read Madeleine Aggeler’s article, ‘Oh my God, did someone accuse me of killing my mom?’ Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 40m 26s | ||||||
| 7/17/26 | emancipationland ownership+3 | — | Vox Media Podcast Network | — | George Dinningemancipation+3 | — | 35m 57s | ||
| 7/14/26 | double murder convictionjury interference+4 | Valerie Bauerlein | Wall Street JournalVox Media Podcast Network+1 | South Carolina | Alex Murdaughdouble murder+5 | — | 36m 03s | ||
| 7/10/26 | pregnancyarrest+3 | Porcha Woodruff | Vox Media Podcast NetworkApple Podcasts+3 | Detroit | arrestpregnant+3 | — | 38m 13s | ||
| 6/30/26 | forensic pathologycrime novels+4 | Patricia Cornwell | Vox Media Podcast Networkyoutube.com/criminalpodcast+5 | — | morgueforensic pathologist+4 | — | 27m 56s | ||
| 6/26/26 | body farmdecomposition+3 | — | Texas State UniversityCriminal+2 | — | body farmdecomposition+3 | — | 30m 40s | ||
| 6/19/26 | 911 callshomicide investigations+3 | Brett Murphy | ProPublicaCriminal+2 | — | 911 callshomicide+5 | — | 42m 40s | ||
| 6/12/26 | missing persondouble life+4 | — | CriminalVox Media Podcast Network+1 | — | Zac Brettlermissing person+4 | — | 48m 18s | ||
| 6/5/26 | true crimelaw enforcement+3 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkA Bullet, A Legend, A Lie+1 | — | Buford Pussermurder investigation+3 | — | 44m 31s | ||
| 5/29/26 | makeupbad news+4 | Lauren | Vox Media Podcast NetworkCriminal | — | makeupbad news+5 | PatreonJOIN25 | 45m 37s | ||
| 5/22/26 | break-insfarmhouse+3 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkCriminal+2 | — | break-infarmhouse+3 | — | 38m 59s | ||
| 5/15/26 | mountain climbinglegal issues+3 | — | — | Austria | mountain climbingAustria+3 | — | 32m 18s | ||
| 5/8/26 | government experimentfood safety+3 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkThe Poison Squad | — | Poison SquadDeborah Blum+3 | — | 42m 31s | ||
| 5/1/26 | E. coli outbreakfood safety+3 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkJack in the Box+1 | Seattle | E. colioutbreak+3 | — | 38m 35s | ||
| 4/24/26 | familyDetroit+4 | Bridgett Davis | Vox Media Podcast NetworkThe World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers | Detroit | Fannie DavisBridgett Davis+5 | — | 50m 55s | ||
| 4/17/26 | legal historycivil rights+3 | — | U.S. Supreme CourtCriminal+1 | — | Dollree MappDon King+5 | — | 38m 56s | ||
| 4/10/26 | marriagecourtroom drama+3 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkCriminal | — | Rhinelandermarriage+3 | — | 40m 56s | ||
| 4/3/26 | shark divingillegal fishing+3 | John MooreTanner Mansell | Vox Media Podcast NetworkCriminal+2 | — | shark divingillegal fishing+3 | — | 37m 26s | ||
| 3/27/26 | forensic medicinetrue crime+3 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkThe Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York | New York | Santa ClausBellevue Hospital+5 | — | 33m 53s | ||
| 3/20/26 | Dionne Quintupletstrue crime+3 | — | Chicago World’s FairOntario government+2 | — | Dionne QuintupletsElzire Dionne+3 | — | 54m 13s | ||
| 3/13/26 | identitycommunity+3 | Cecilia Gentili | Vox Media Podcast NetworkCriminal+2 | — | Cecilia GentiliArgentina+3 | — | 35m 25s | ||
| 3/6/26 | police accountabilityexcited delirium+3 | — | KFF Health NewsCurrent Affairs+7 | — | excited deliriumAngelo Quinto+5 | — | 59m 30s | ||
| 2/27/26 | true crimemurder investigation+3 | — | SmithsonianVox Media Podcast Network+1 | San FranciscoChinatown | Chol Soo LeeSan Francisco+6 | — | 47m 38s | ||
| 2/20/26 | Mary Surrattboarding house+4 | — | Vox Media Podcast NetworkThe Assassin’s Accomplice | Washington, D.C. | Mary SurrattKate Clifford Larson+5 | — | 42m 37s | ||
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Chart history for Criminal
Peaked at #8 in IS, top 10 in 1 of 49 tracked markets, currently #8 in IS.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| India | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| CL | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| United States | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| Canada | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| AE | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| KE | — | #22 | #22 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| Australia | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| TH | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| South Africa | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| PT | — | #25 | #25 | — |
| RO | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| SA | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| SG | — | #27 | #27 | — |
| Ireland | — | #28 | #28 | — |
| Norway | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| Denmark | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| NG | — | #30 | #30 | — |
Chart Positions
49 placements across 49 markets.
Chart Positions
49 placements across 49 markets.