Sarah Koenig poses with her award for top true crime podcast "Serial" at the 74th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony. Like true crime books, the best true crime podcasts plunge you into a world of murder, ...

Few things are as dependable in television as the annual onslaught of true-crime nightmares. Each year, a new crop of gruesome, devastating and, admit it, often fascinating documentaries about the ...