The True Crime Awards 2025 Presents:
THE SHORTLIST
PODCAST: BEST SERIALISED PODCAST - SEASONAL
- Betrayal - Glass Podcasts
- Shadow World: Thief at the British Museum - BBC News & BBC Radio 4
- The Trial - Daily Mail
- Crime Next Door : The Salisbury Poisonings - BBC West
- Night Shift - Sony Music Entertainment & Campside Media
- Sport's Strangest Crimes Confessions of a Match Fixer - BBC Scotland
- Murder Mile UK True Crime - Audio Always
- An Assassin Comes To Town - Crime Next Door - BBC Scotland
- In Court - The Trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon - BBC South
PODCAST: BEST SERIALISED PODCAST
- Cocaine Inc. - The Times, The Sunday Times and News Corp Australia
- Inside Murder Trial: A Deadly Affair - Firecrest Films
- The Madman's Hotel - Chalk + Blade & Big Face Productions
- Cursed - Raw
- Unreliable Witness - Sky News
- To Catch a Scorpion - BBC
- The Price of Paradise - Wondery & Forest Sounds
- The Greatest Scam Ever Written - ITN Productions & Sony Music Entertainment
- Kill List - Novel & Wondery
- Operation Seal Bay - Lazerbeam
BEST EPISODIC PODCAST
- Crimes That Shook Britain: A Closer Look - Title Role
- Killers, Cults and Queens - Global
- Forensic Tales Podcast - Rockefeller Audio LLC
- UK True Crime Podcast - Audio Always
- Unbreakable- Hearst Networks UK
- Crime World - Mediahuis Ireland
- Drunk Women Solving Crime - Audio Always
- The Human Subject - Audio Always
PODCAST: IMPACT FOR CHANGE
- Casefile Presents: Troubled Waters - Casefile Presents
- Investigating Essex: Dying To Be Saved
- Betrayal - Glass Podcasts
- Who Killed Emma? - BBC
- Crime Analyst Podcast: Joanna Simpson: A Miscarriage of Justice
- To Catch a Scorpion - BBC
- Buried: The Last Witness - Smoke Trail Productions
- The Madman's Hotel - Chalk + Blade & Audible
PODCAST: OUTSTANDING INDIE PODCAST - PARTNERED BY CLUARANTONN
- REAL
- Ice Cold Case
- True Criminals - Audio Bleach Global
- IN ESTO - What really happened to Adrianna Hutto? with N Leigh Hunt
- UK True Crime Podcast - Audio Always
- Murder Mile UK True Crime - Audio Always
- Inside Forensic Science - Adventurous Audio Ltd
- Was There Ever A Crime? The Trials of Lucy Letby - Black Dog Woof! Woof! Productions Ltd
PODCAST: MOST CAPTIVATING HOST(S)
- Ice Cold Case
- Don't Blame the Mom
- Samantha Poling for Who Killed Emma? - BBC
- Coatbridge: The Disappearance of Moira Anderson - Chalk + Blade
- Marie Lennon and Andy Howard - BBC West
- UK True Crime Podcast - Audio Always
- Murder Mile UK True Crime - Audio Always
- An Assassin Comes To Town - Crime Next Door - BBC Scotland
PODCAST: TRUE CRIME ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - PARTNERED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF TRUE CRIME PRODUCERS
- Crimes Anatomy: The Heartbreaking Case of Saga Elneborg - Crimes Anatomy
- IN ESTO - What really happened to Adrianna Hutto? with N Leigh Hunt
- Missing in Hush Town - AnnLee Audio House & Fire Eyes Media
- Watching Two Detectives - Sarah Ferris Media
PODCAST OF THE YEAR
- The Trial- DMG Media
- Crime Next Door : The Salisbury Poisonings - BBC West
- Denise Didn’t Come Home - Sony Music Entertainment
- My Friend, The Serial Killer - Sony Music Entertainment
- UK True Crime Podcast - Audio Always
- The Price of Paradise - Wondery & Forest Sounds
- The Rise and Fall of Ruby Franke - Law&Crime Network
- Kill List - Novel & Wondery
- The Pitcairn Trials - Audio Always
-
Answers For Claudia - Audio Always
The True Crime Awards will take place on 5th June 2025 at the Hilton, London Bankside. If you'd like to join us for this prestigious event, tickets are currently available for purchase for either individuals, tables of ten or tables of twelve.
Please Note: There will be no shortlist published for the Production Company of the Year - Partnered by 911 True Crime Music, Podcast Network of the Year or Publishing Company of the Year - Partnered by Wondery UK. The Winners will be announced at the ceremony on 5th June 2025.