What is podcast playlist?
Hosted by Leah-Simone Bowen, Podcast Playlist's podcast obsessed producers help you find the best podcasts out there. Each week we curate fresh, exciting and thoughtful stories to help you unearth new podcasts to add to your rotation. From true crime to comedy, from current affairs to audio fiction and everything in between.
Which true crime podcasts started the trend?
Serial was the podcast that started the true crime podcast trend. 1. Someone Knows Something "It's almost 19 years, eh. She didn't deserve this. Like, she's on my mind all the time, all the time."
Who are the pioneers of Canadian podcasting?
The team at Podcast Playlist would also like to pay tribute to one of the pioneers of Canadian podcasting. Bob Goyetche started his first podcast in 2004 -- and he played an important role in building the Canadian podcasting community early on. He co-founded the Podcasters Across Borders conference.
What is the new podcast unascertained about?
The new podcast Unascertained re-examines the unanswered questions in Soleiman's case, and how the prison system treats people with mental health issues. Yusuf Faqiri joins our host Elamin Abdelmahmoud in this episode to talk about his brother's case and what he hopes will come out of the podcast.
Podcasts featured this week
Trace the footsteps of a missing former beauty queen and learn the real origin behind 420. This episode is all about true crime. Criminal, Inside Psycho, Up and Vanished, Radio Diaries, Offshore, First Day Back. 54:20
1. Criminal
What does 420 actually stand for? HINT: It is not a police code or Bob Marley's birthday. Full episode link here.
2. Inside Psycho
Director Alfred Hitchcock had to commit a few crimes of his own to create a horror film based on the life of serial killer Ed Gein. Full episode link here.
3. Up and Vanished
A documentary filmmaker attempts to solve one of Georgia's longest running cold cases - a former beauty queen who disappeared from her home nearly 12 years ago. Full episode link here.
4. Radio Diaries
Revealing audio diaries from officers who work behind bars at North Carolina's Polk Youth Institution. Full episode link here.
5. Offshore
The story of one drunken night in Waikiki that had terrible consequences. Full episode link here.
6. First Day Back
Lucie and her husband Gerry were together for 13 years before she shot and killed him. Unfortunately, Lucie has no recollection of that night. Full episode link here.
Podcasts featured this week
Trace the footsteps of a missing former beauty queen and learn the real origin behind 420. This episode is all about true crime. Criminal, Inside Psycho, Up and Vanished, Radio Diaries, Offshore, First Day Back. 54:20
1. Criminal
What does 420 actually stand for? HINT: It is not a police code or Bob Marley's birthday. Full episode link here.
2. Inside Psycho
Director Alfred Hitchcock had to commit a few crimes of his own to create a horror film based on the life of serial killer Ed Gein. Full episode link here.
3. Up and Vanished
A documentary filmmaker attempts to solve one of Georgia's longest running cold cases - a former beauty queen who disappeared from her home nearly 12 years ago. Full episode link here.
4. Radio Diaries
Revealing audio diaries from officers who work behind bars at North Carolina's Polk Youth Institution. Full episode link here.
5. Offshore
The story of one drunken night in Waikiki that had terrible consequences. Full episode link here.
6. First Day Back
Lucie and her husband Gerry were together for 13 years before she shot and killed him. Unfortunately, Lucie has no recollection of that night. Full episode link here.
When was the CBC podcast published?
Originally published on February 21, 2020. (CBC Podcasts) The news has a way of making it seem like the world is a scary place. With every breaking news story that's come out since the start of this year, I'm almost convinced that it's true. You know... that we're all doomed.
Who is Detective Trapp?
Detective Trapp – Los Angeles Times' Christopher Goffard tells the story of homicide detective, Julissa Trapp, who worked on a case about four missing women in Orange County, California. In this clip we meet Detective Julissa Trapp.
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Video games, board games, tabletop roleplaying games, game shows, you name it — if you can play it, we’re playing a podcast about it.
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True crime and mysteries from the 19th century to today
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