Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2018-11 to 2026-09.
The people on the most episodes about this topic over the trailing three months, excluding their own shows — ordered by VoiceRank, their score across the whole corpus. The chart tracks each one’s episodes month by month.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Criminal culpability is best demonstrated by behavioral red flags, consciousness of guilt, and illogical explanations for evidence.
30 people · 27 episodes
He asserts that evidence and logic in the Nancy Guthrie case suggest a personal motivation for the crime rather than a random act.
“it's always going to be either robbery or sexual. There isn't the slightest sign of either of those. So, this everything points to a more personal motivation.”
The Interview Room · Sep 2026 · 152 episodes · 11.1M views on this topicThe detective believes that the act of dragging a body after a murder indicates the perpetrator had enough prior experience and confidence to feel the need to hide the victim or facilitate further cri
“I've always one of the things I always look at is when we begin moving bodies you're upping the chances to be caught But ultimately we don't know enough we don't know what the DNA Source was”
The Interview Room · Sep 2023 · 1 episode · 53K views on this topicThe ransom note in the Guthrie case was likely a pre-meditated cover story written to frame the murder as an accidental death during a kidnapping.
“I think it was I think that if it was written by the offenders or offender I think it's offenders. It might have even been written before the crime. It was the cover story. The cover story is we went in to kidnap her and it was an abduction attempt for money and she died.”
The Lab · Jun 2026 · 45 episodes · 3.1M views on this topicThe host conveys the investigative conclusion that Joanna Stroop murdered Heather Stroop.
“neither Heather's husband nor her boyfriend killed her her mother-in-law Joanna did it turned out Steven's mother Joanna did not like Heather at all and she had told different people on several occasions that she did not think Heather was a good mother”
MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries Podcast · Jan 2025 · 68 episodes · 23.3M views on this topicThe host presents the view that Edward Mero is a killer based on circumstantial evidence and his own incriminating statements.
“The man called a teddy bear might be the grizzly killer responsible for the murders of two young women with whom he was friends.”
True Crime News · Mar 2026 · 56 episodes · 20.3M views on this topicMany homicide cases are compromised by law enforcement tunnel vision, poor scene management, or institutional corruption.
24 people · 22 episodes
The host believes the police investigation was incomplete because they did not properly secure the scene or find the cup containing the cocaine.
“So, first of all, um she was not dead when when the um first responders arrived. So, it's not like it was it wasn't a homicide scene and uh it becomes a homicide scene, but they did not know that right away. >> Yeah. >> And so, the scene wasn't processed. To my knowledge, it was not processed like a”
True Crime News · Jul 2026 · 93 episodes · 14.0M views on this topicThe investigation into Captain O'Mara's death was handled poorly, characterized by either extreme incompetence or an intentional effort to obstruct justice.
“At minimum, it was incompetence and complacency, but worst case scenario, it was intentional. They knew exactly what they needed to do to ensure that this case would never be solved.”
Derrick Levasseur · Jul 2026 · 73 episodes · 13.5M views on this topicThe demolition of the murder scene by the University of Idaho was an inappropriate interference in a criminal investigation.
“How many homicides did you investigate where you had an entity, whether a you know, university is a quasi-government, uh they take they get state money and private money would demolish a crime scene? I It's I can't think of any case. Can you? No. And >> It's outrageous.”
The Interview Room · Dec 2025 · 118 episodes · 9.1M views on this topicThe death of Ellen Greenberg was a homicide that has not been properly investigated by the authorities.
“This case has never been investigated since 2011. Police came that night, ruled it a homicide, let people take crap, never never corded it off as a crime scene, never investigated it. And now here we are in 2025. We're talking.”
Surviving The Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime · Oct 2025 · 80 episodes · 5.2M views on this topicThe host explains that multiple forensic investigations conducted by Dr. Colin Manok were incompetent and misleading.
“The Judgment said there is nothing in the autopsy findings to exclude the probability that Miss Cheney's death was a drowning in the bath following a fall and a head injury which rendered her unconscious a number of Highly significant observations and opinions of Dr manok materially misled the prose”
Casefile · Nov 2022 · 37 episodes · 3.3M views on this topicSuccessful investigations depend on careful forensic analysis, scene integrity, and the systematic validation of all physical evidence.
15 people · 15 episodes
Collecting evidence early in a homicide investigation is critical for potential future DNA analysis.
“the fact that that uh through a collaboration of uh retired and uh current detectives uh that we were able to finally uh receive Justice for Julia after 36 years and that's really what it's all about”
The Interview Room · Aug 2023 · 8 episodes · 1.3M views on this topicThe physical positioning of a body at a crime scene provides critical information that can reveal the circumstances and dynamics of a crime.
“the way that body is positioned can tell you volumes. And you know, and back in the day we would we would never remove the body.”
The Interview Room · Mar 2026 · 2 episodes · 774K views on this topicToxicology and medical examiner reports are time-consuming to finalize, but they are essential for understanding the manner and means of death, and rushing them could jeopardize the investigation.
“So it is time consuming unfortunately when in law enforcement we have to kind of wait until things are produced and the medical examination's completed and the report the finalized report is delivered. So we can't rush these things. We only get one chance to do it right.”
Surviving The Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime · Oct 2025 · 9 episodes · 216K views on this topicAuthorities investigating a suspicious death should handle the scene as if it were a crime rather than an accident until proven otherwise.
“You have to treat it like something nefarious happened. You know, you have to treat every case like that.”
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski: True Crime Today · Jul 2026 · 12 episodes · 66K views on this topicThe evidence demonstrates that the 911 call gap was used by the perpetrators to stage the crime scene.
“Prosecutors point out that Brendan knew that that those 15 minutes weren't chaos or panic or confusion. It was the time he needed to stage the scene and to make sure that by the time help arrived, Christine couldn't tell anyone what really happened and she wouldn't make it.”
Crime Junkie · Jun 2026 · 12 episodes · 1.9M views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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