Podcasts with a true crime
theme are a recent trend. The 2014 true
crime podcast Serial broke podcasting
records when it achieved 5 million downloads
on iTunes quicker than any previous podcast.
As of September 2018, it has been downloaded
more than 340 million times. It has been
followed by other true crime podcasts such
as
Dirty John, My Favorite Murder, Up and
Vanished, Parcast series such as Cults,
Female Criminals and Mind's Eye, Someone
Knows Something, and many more.