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Over the years, Ive come to believe that true crime represents the bloody, beating heart of podcasting.

Or at the very least, the genre comes close to being that.

(Which means we have to bench shows likeMy Favorite Murder.)

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And finally, a quick shout-out toDr.

Death, which narrowly missed the list.

10.Last Seen

Last Seenis a complicated creature.

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On the other hand, though,Last Seens execution was … just okay.

Led byThis American Lifealum Jane Marie,The Dreamoffers an expansive study of the concept.

This is the stuff of tabloids, of flashing internet headlines.

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Riveting from the very first scene, McMahons investigation is a remarkable, elegiac, and damning document.

But the questions triggered by his horrifying crimes are far from answered: How did this happen?

Why wasnt he exposed sooner?

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The case hasnt been solved and the identities of the bodies remain unverified in the three decades since.

But theres absolutely nothing straightforward about where the story goes.

2.Bundyville

Listening toBundyville, theres a sense that youre getting a deep look into something ancient about America.

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1.Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo

Missing and Murderedis noteworthy for so many reasons.

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