True Crime audiobooks

Are You There Alone? - Abridged

By: Suzanne O'Malley

Narrated by: Becky Ann Baker

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Suzanne O'Malley takes a close look at the Andrea Yates murder trial and discovers medical misjudgment, professional negligence, misapplied law, and a revelation that led to the overturning of Yates's conviction.

It took a jury less than four hours to find Houston housewife Andrea Yates guilty of the drowning deaths of three of her five... Read more

The Brass Wall - Abridged

By: David Kocieniewski

Narrated by: Greg Salata

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the tradition of Serpico and Prince of the City, a brilliantly reported true story of power and betrayal in the NYPD set against the worlds of the Mafia and big-city politics

In 1993, Vincent Armanti, Undercover Detective #4126 agreed to infiltrate a branch of the Luchese family responsible for the homicide of a beloved fireman. Already a... Read more

Kiss Me, Kill Me - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The dark side of love is no fairy tale….And while we may like to believe that crimes of the heart only victimize those who aren't careful, this shocking collection of real-life accounts will convince you otherwise.America's #1 true-crime writer, Ann Rule reveals how lovers become predators, how sex and lust can push ordinary people to desperate... Read more

The Menendez Brothers Murders - Abridged

By: Alfred Howard

Narrated by: Brain

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What drives two sons to murder their parents in cold blood? How does a family that seems perfect on the outside harbour such dark secrets? The Menendez Brothers Murders: The Shocking True Story of Family Killings that Shook the Nation dives deep into one of the most chilling cases of family betrayal in modern history.Discover the true story... Read more

Strange Piece of Paradise - Abridged

By: Terri Jentz

Narrated by: Margaret Colin

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the summer of 1977, Terri Jentz and her Yale roommate, Shayna Weiss, make a cross-country bike trip. They pitch a tent in the desert of central Oregon. As they are sleeping, a man in a pickup truck deliberately runs over the tent. He then attacks them with an ax. The horrific crime is reported in newspapers across the country. No one is ever... Read more

Crime Classics, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Lou Merrill & others

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Crime Classics was a true-crime radio docudrama that aired on CBS from June 1953 to June 1954. Created, produced, and directed by Elliott Lewis, the program examined crimes and murders throughout history. Founded in Lewis' own personal interest in famous murder cases, the program meticulously recreated the facts, atmosphere, and personages of... Read more

A Fever in the Heart - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Fever in the Heart dissects an explosive triangle that led to obsession and murder in a small town in the northwest of America. Ann Rule reveals the story of an alluring wife and the two men desperate for her love; a story with a bizarre and deadly twist that no one could have suspected. In this tale and “Mirror Image,” a true-crime story... Read more

You Belong to Me - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A former Seattle policewoman, Ann Rule has extensive experience of violent crime and brings this knowledge to bear in this collection of fascinating case studies. You Belong to Me focuses on one of Florida's most shocking criminals—Tim Harris, the poster-perfect "All-American" State Trooper who hid bizarre and fatal fantasies behind his badge of... Read more

The Orchid Thief - Abridged

By: Susan Orlean

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Orchid Thief is the true story of John Laroche, an obsessed Florida plant dealer willing to go to any lengths to steal rare and protected wild orchids and clone them, all for a tidy profit. But the morality of Laroche's actions do not drive the narrative of Orlean's strange, compelling, and hilarious book. She is much more interested in the... Read more

The Private Diary of an O.J. Juror - Abridged

By: Michael Knox & Mike Walker

Narrated by: Michael Knox

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A fascinating look at the O.J. Simpson murder trial from one of the original jurors.On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were violently murdered, leading to the arrest and trial of former NFL player, O.J. Simpson. The “ Trial of the Century” soon turned into a spectacle on both sides of the aisle— ... Read more

A Rose for Her Grave - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 16 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Rose for Her Grave tells the story of Randy Roth from the razor-sharp perspective of Ann Rule. Rule attended the Roth trial and includes gripping accounts and details from her personal files on the case. A Rose for Her Grave delves into the heinous crimes of the monster Randy Roth; a man who seduced and manipulated vulnerable women into... Read more

Death's Acre - Abridged

By: Bill Bass & Jon Jefferson

Narrated by: George Grizzard

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nowhere is there another lab like Dr. Bill Bass's: On a hillside in Tennessee, human bodies decompose in the open air, aided by insects, bacteria and birds, unhindered by coffins or mausoleums. At the "Body Farm," nature takes its course, with corpses buried in shallow graves, submerged in water, concealed beneath slabs of concrete, locked in... Read more

Schwarzwald Hölle - Abridged

By: Bernd Leix

Narrated by: Mike Maas

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Familiendrama am Rande des Nationalparks Schwarzwald: Auf ihrem Bauernhof machen sich Vater und Sohn das Leben zur Hölle. Die Heimat verkaufen? Niemals! Ein heftiger Streit entbrennt. Das Unheil scheint unvermeidbar, aber eine Verwandte will das Schlimmste verhindern. Verzweifelt bittet sie den Karlsruher Kommissar Oskar Lindt um Hilfe. Ist es... Read more

Casino - Abridged

By: Nicholas Pileggi

Narrated by: Ken Weitzman, Fred Neumann & Ron Leibman

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Love, greed and betrayal in the Las Vegas mob.

From Nicholas Pileggi, author of the bestselling Wiseguy -- the #1 bestseller that later became the hit movie Goodfellas -- comes this brilliantly told tale of love, marriage, adultery, murder and revenge Mafia-style, the true story of how the mob finally lost its stranglehold over the... Read more

Chasing the Devil - Abridged

By: Sheriff David Reichert

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris & Author

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The riveting personal account of one sheriffs epic hunt for America's most heinous serial killer. For eight years, Sheriff David Reichert devoted days and nights to capturing the Green River Killer--the most notorious serial killer in American history. He was the first detective on the case in 1982 and doggedly pursued it as the body count... Read more

Blind Eye - Abridged

By: James B. Stewart

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A medical thriller from Pulitzer Prize–winning author James B. Stewart about serial killer doctor Michael Swango and the medical community that chose to turn a blind eye on his criminal activities.

No one could believe that the handsome young doctor might be a serial killer. Wherever he was hired—in Ohio, Illinois, New York, South Dakota—Michael... Read more

Mistrial of the Century - Abridged

By: Tracey Kennedy, Judith Kennedy & Alan Abrahamson

Narrated by: Judith Kennedy & Tracey Kennedy

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A behind-the-scenes look at the O.J. Simpson murder trial.In this insider' s look at one of the 20th century' s most infamous trials, ex-juror Tracy Kennedy discloses what life was like for himself and his wife in the days leading up to the O.J. Simpson trial, and how it subsequently differed so much from their... Read more

Hit and Run - Abridged

By: Nancy Griffin

Narrated by: John Slattery

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hit and Run tells the improbable and often hilarious story of how two Hollywood film packagers went on a campaign to reinvent themselves as studio executives -- at Sony's expense. Veteran reporters Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters chronicle the rise of Jon Peters, a former hairdresser, seventh-grade dropout, and juvenile delinquent, and his... Read more

Raging Heart - Abridged

By: Sheila Weller

Narrated by: Rodney Saulsberry

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A tumultuous story of love, obsession, provocation, and violence that featured in “ Trial of the Century.” Here is the intimate untold story of O. J. and Nicole Brown Simpson's tragic, turbulent marriage. Author Sheila Weller was granted unprecedented cooperation by Nicole's family and exclusive access to friends who... Read more

Mindhunter - Abridged

By: John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker

Narrated by: John E. Douglas

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Now a Netflix original series

Discover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas’ twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country’s most notorious serial killers and criminals.

In chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind... Read more

Under the Banner of Heaven - Abridged

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Jon Krakauer

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jon Krakauer’s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, he shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders. At the core of his book is an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon Fundamentalist... Read more

And Never Let Her Go - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Melissa Leo

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From America's most celebrated true-crime writer comes the heartbreaking real-life drama of a doomed young woman hopelessly trapped in a web of sexual intrigue, political manipulation, and emotional deception by her charming and successful—but ultimately deadly—lover.

The author of fifteen New York Times national bestsellers, Ann Rule, a former... Read more

If You Really Loved Me - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Ann Rule

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There was only one way to please her father: Murder his wife....

David Brown was the consummate entrepreneur: a computer wizard and millionaire by age thirty-two. When his beautiful young wife was shot to death as she slept, Brown's fourteen-year-old daughter, Cinnamon, confessed to killing her stepmother. The California courts sentenced her... Read more

Takedown - Abridged

By: Rick Cowan & Douglas Century

Narrated by: Christopher Meloni

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Seldom has the netherworld of the mafia been revealed with such fascinating detail and sheer suspense. Like the classics of the genre-from The Godfather to The French Connection toWise Guy-Takedown leads us to the inner ring of a conspiracy of corruption and terror that held the city in its grip for nearly fifty years. 

Rick Cowan was a young... Read more