Why True-Crime Made Podcasts Mainstream

3 Reasons Why True CrimePodcasts are Popular 1. The Power of Story-Telling I confess. I’ve been hooked on True Crime podcasts since 2014 when Serial first hit the audio waves and became a global, podcast phenomenon. Episodes dropped weekly as journalist Sarah Koenig investigated the 1999 murder of high school girl Hae Min Lee. The […]