Pod Crashing One On One Episode 397 True Crime Podcasts Why And How Does It Work

Pod Crashing One on One.  Putting focus on why True Crime podcasts are so popular and what will it take to get you to host your own?  

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, what's going on? My name is Erro, host of
the weekly podcast pod Crashing, three hundred ninety seven episodes
that connect listeners to podcast specialists around the world. Now,
my goal has always been to inform our community with
subjects that deal with everything and beyond. Podcast hosts are
open and always filled with the spirit to spread their

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skills as journalists, medical specialists, true crime solvers, gamblers, motivators, spiritualists, actors,
and even the children of very famous people. I mean, seriously,
there's a podcast for every subject. The show pod Crashing
has been around with me since March of twenty nineteen.
The original goal was put into focus in helping up
and coming podcasters to have the right information about hosting

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as well as surviving. That idea went fifty four episodes
before adopting a new idea. Why am I not talking
directly with the podcasters doing it? The purpose of pod
Crashing one on one is to help you build your
own platform, promote it, and learn how to make money.
Episode number three ninety seven. Why are true crime podcasts

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so popular and unstoppable? Number one reason? It hits human
curiosity right in the heart. We want to know Mixed
in with all of that psychology and cultural trends. Humans
are always in the mood and addicted to mystery as
well as danger. We just can't get enough of stories
about life, death, and the unknown. True crime podcasts touch fear, justice, morality,

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as well as survival. It's a very safe way to
explore the dangers as well as the darkness without being
physically involved. It's all about storytelling. Podcasts allow listeners to
pace their way through the facts. Whereas a TV crime
show and newscast do all they can to throw everything
into a single episode, true crime podcasts make listeners feel

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like the host is physically sharing things with them. They're
giving them that inside secret. Now I've known to say,
oh really, Oh, please tell me more. True crime podcasts
create a connection inside our own communities. Fans bond together
and they create a series of theories, discussions, as well
as speculations, so much so that physical police departments are

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now talking to armchair quarterback true crime solvers. Coming up next,
Let's be honest. Everybody thinks they can host a true
crime podcast? How true is that? Hey? Thanks for coming
back to podcrashing one on one. Let's be honest. Everybody
thinks they can host a true crime podcast? What does

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it really require? First standing out on a very crowded
social media platform. It requires strategy, research, and consistent execution.
The journey should start with defining your niche. Real true
crime is broad. Decide what your angle is going to be,

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what your case focus is. Will it be a cold case,
what about an unsolved murder? Will you keep a local
edge to it or are you going to do some traveling.
Choosing a tone of your podcast is so important. Will
you come across as an investigative journalist, a narrative storyteller,
or use it as dark humor. Then comes the format.

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Oh it sounds like a radio station, doesn't it? The format?
Do you choose to dive in? And what's the total
cost and time that's involved? The question you should always
be asking, what's going to make my podcast different? Your
research has got to be accurate. You've got to fact check,

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and I mean FactCheck, fact check, fact check, show respect
to the victims. Use primary sources, which include government documents
and police reports. Other things to think about include production, setup, branding, engagement, growth,
and authenticity. If you've got two to five years to

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dedicate to a true crime project, now would be the
time to begin. I'm mariol and that's podcrashing one on
one