True Crime audiobooks

Unwanted Spy

By: Jeffrey Sterling

Narrated by: J. D. Jackson

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The powerful story of a CIA whistleblower and political prisoner who refused to give up on his American dream
In 2015, Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced to prison, convicted of violating the Espionage Act. Sterling, it is now clear, was another victim of our government's draconian crackdown on alleged leakers and whistleblowers.
Sterling grew up in a... Read more

John Adams Under Fire

By: Dan Abrams & David Fisher

Narrated by: Dan Abrams & Roger Wayne

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

*NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*

“An expert, extremely detailed account of John Adams’ finest hour.”—Kirkus Reviews

Honoring the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Massacre

The New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln’s Last Trial and host of LivePD Dan Abrams and David Fisher tell the story of a trial that would change history.

History remembers... Read more

Waco: Booktrack Edition

By: David Thibodeau & Leon Whiteson

Narrated by: Robert Fass & David Thibodeau

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Waco: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *
The basis of the celebrated Paramount Network miniseries starring Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch--Waco is the critically-acclaimed, first person account of the siege by Branch Davidian survivor, David Thibodeau.
Twenty-five years ago, the FBI... Read more

To Have and To Kill

By: John Glatt

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

One by one, three waterlogged suitcases were pulled from the Chesapeake Bay. In each were body parts of a man. In a forensics room, the truth was discovered: William McGuire had been horribly murdered and dismembered.



William and his loving wife, a registered nurse named Melanie, had just closed on their New Jersey dream home. Little did William... Read more

Cries in the Desert

By: John Glatt

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In the fall of 1999, a twenty-two-year-old woman was discovered naked and bleeding on the streets of a small New Mexico town south of Albuquerque. She was chained to a padlocked metal collar. The tale she told authorities—of being beaten, raped, and tortured with electric shock—was unthinkable. Until she led them to fifty-nine-year-old David Ray... Read more

Dawood's Mentor

By: Hussain Zaidi

Narrated by: Mushfiq Khan

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Tired of being bullied, a scrawny, impoverished Dawood Ibrahim is looking for a saviour, Khalid Khan Bachcha, who would teach him the ropes of handling a bunch of hooligans. Instead, what he gets is a mentor who eventually transforms him into a cunning mafia boss.

In Dawood's Mentor, Dawood meets Khalid and they eventually forge an unlikely... Read more

Death of an Altar Boy

By: E. J. Fleming

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The tragic death of thirteen-year-old Danny Croteau in 1972 faded from headlines and memories for twenty years until the Boston abuse scandal—a string of assaults taking place within the Catholic Church—exploded in the early 2000s. Despite numerous indications, including forty claims of sexual misconduct with minors, pointing to him as Croteau’s... Read more

Atomic Spy

By: Nancy Thorndike Greenspan

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

"Nancy Greenspan dives into the mysteries of the Klaus Fuchs espionage case and emerges with a classic Cold War biography of intrigue and torn loyalties. Atomic Spy is a mesmerizing morality tale, told with fresh sources and empathy." --Kai Bird, author of The Good Spy and coauthor of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert... Read more

Tokyo Underworld

By: Robert Whiting

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting account of the role of Americans in the evolution of the Tokyo underworld in the years since 1945.

In the ashes of postwar Japan lay a gold mine for certain opportunistic, expatriate Americans.  Addicted to the volatile energy of Tokyo's freewheeling underworld, they formed ever-shifting but ever-profitable alliances with warring... Read more

Is Rape a Crime?

By: Michelle Bowdler

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction
TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020
Publishers Weekly, Best Books of 2020
New York Times New & Noteworthy Audiobooks
Lit Hubs Most Anticipated Books of 2020
Starred Review Publishers Weekly
Starred Review Shelf Awareness

"Is Rape a Crime? is beautifully written and compellingly told. In... Read more

Unspeakable Acts

By: Sarah Weinman

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman & Graham Halstead

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant anthology of modern true-crime writing that illustrates the appeal of this powerful and popular genre, edited and curated by Sarah Weinman, the award-winning author of The Real Lolita
The appeal of true-crime stories has never been higher. With podcasts like My Favorite Murder and In the Dark, bestsellers like I’ll Be Gone in the Dark... Read more

Dirty Dealing

By: Gary Cartwright

Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner

Length: 15 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Minutes into this rollicking good story, the central figure, Lee Chagra, comes alive: "[Lee] washed his morning cocaine down with strong coffee and remembered the time he had met Sinatra, how genuine he appeared." Everything you'll need to know and remember about Chagra—the son of Syrian immigrants to Mexico and an attorney who spun the world of... Read more

Deadly Dose

By: Amanda Lamb

Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The crime was unforgivable.



The suspected murderer—unbelievable.



One man's pursuit of justice—unstoppable.



The death of promising young pediatric AIDS researcher Eric Miller stunned the Raleigh, North Carolina, community, largely because of the horrific way he was killed. For months, Eric was slowly tortured as arsenic consumed his body.



No one... Read more

Trace Evidence

By: Bruce Henderson

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 16 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

For ten years, the California Interstate 5 highway was haunted by a dangerous serial killer. Incredibly skilled at staying ahead of the investigators as the bodies started to pile up, there wasn't enough evidence to charge the culprit with murder even once he'd been identified. Instead, they had to build a first-degree murder case in a few... Read more

Cellar of Horror

By: Ken Englade

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Serial killer Gary Heidnik's name will live on in infamy, and his home, 3520 North Marshall Street in Philadelphia, is a house tainted with the memory of unbelievable horrors. What police found there was an incredible nightmare made real. Four young women had been held captive—some for four months—half-naked and chained. They had been tortured,... Read more

Angel of Darkness

By: Dennis McDougal

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Randy Kraft was highly intelligent, politically active, loyal to his friends, committed to his work—and the killer of sixty-seven people—more than any other serial killer known. This book offers a glimpse into the dark mind of a living monster. "To open this book is to open a peephole into hell". —Associated Press. Read more

Killer in a White Coat

By: Charlotte Bismuth

Narrated by: Samantha Desz

Length: 13 hours

Abridged: No

“A taut exploration of America’s deadly battle with opioid addiction—an unnerving and inspirational firecracker of a book.” —Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author

For fans of Dopesick and Bad Blood, the shocking story of New York’s most infamous pill-pushing doctor, written by the prosecutor who brought him down.

In 2010, a brave... Read more

Dopeworld

By: Niko Vorobyov

Narrated by: Alexi Armitage

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In this irreverent ode to gonzo journalism, one writer travels the globe to explore the use of recreational drugs in cultures around the world.

After I got out of jail, I was determined to find out more about how the issue of drugs not only landed me there, but has shaped the entire world: wars, scandals, coups, revolutions. I read every book,... Read more

I Got a Monster

By: Baynard Woods & Brandon Soderberg

Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The explosive true story of America's most corrupt police unit, the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), which terrorized the city of Baltimore for half a decade.

When Baltimore police sergeant Wayne Jenkins said he had a monster, he meant he had found a big-time drug dealer—one that he wanted to rob. This is the story of Jenkins and the Gun Trace Task... Read more

Standoff

By: Jamie Thompson

Narrated by: Jamie Thompson & JD Jackson

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"This audiobook is fueled by the awesome combination of a compelling story, good writing, and a captivating narration...In a short audio note, the author says she hopes that listeners will be able to step into the shoes of the people portrayed. [JD] Jackson's excellent performance makes that easier." -- AudioFile Magazine

This program... Read more

El Jefe

By: Alan Feuer

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive account of the rise and fall of the ultimate narco, "El Chapo," from the New York Times reporter whose coverage of his trial went viral.

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is the most legendary of Mexican narcos. As leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, he was one of the most dangerous men in the world. His fearless climb to power, his... Read more

Judgment Ridge

By: Dick Lehr & Mitchell Zuckoff

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 14 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

On a cold night in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered by the discovery that two of its most beloved professors had been hacked to death in their own home. Investigators searched helplessly for clues linking the victims, Half and Susanne Zantop, to their murderer or murderers. A few weeks later, across the... Read more

The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm

By: Rich Estep

Narrated by: Mike Lenz

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Fox Hollow Farm, the infamous Indiana property where Herb Baumeister allegedly murdered at least eleven men, has a grim past and an unsettling present. This riveting book pieces together the story of the tragic case and explores the paranormal encounters that continue to this day, delving into the psyche of a suspected murderer and the... Read more

Closing Time

By: Anita Paddock

Narrated by: Perry Daniels

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Kenneth Staton was the well-respected owner of a jewelry store in Van Buren, Arkansas. Although crippled with rheumatoid arthritis and unable to walk without crutches, he had built his business through excellent watch repair work, fine quality jewelry sold at fair prices, and a dedication to his customers that surpassed all other merchants. He... Read more