美国各地警察部门正创制真实犯罪播客，以协助侦破谋杀案和长期未破获的冷案。[1]
加州Newport Beach警察局推出的关于逃犯彼得·查德威克的播客取得显著成效。[1]查德威克被指控杀害妻子并逃亡近四年，该播客在iTunes图表排名曾达第24位。[1]在播客推出后的10个月20天，查德威克在墨西哥被捕。[1]随后他认罪二级谋杀罪，被判15年至终身监禁。[1]
伊利诺伊州Elgin警察局制作的播客《Somebody Knows Something》于2025年推出，专注失踪人员卡伦·谢珀斯案。[1]谢珀斯已失踪超过40年，该播客首集播出仅数周后，失踪人员的遗体被发现。[1]
科罗拉多州Aurora警察局今年夏季发布播客，寻求2016年切尔西·亚塞尔谋杀案的线索。[1]亚塞尔在购物中心停车场遇害，该案至今未破获已长达10年。[1]截至7月底，该播客已被下载7184次，并产生多条线索。[1]
Police departments across the United States are producing their own true crime podcasts as a strategy to help solve murders and cold cases.[1] The approach has already yielded notable successes in several jurisdictions.
In California, the Newport Beach Police Department created a podcast about Peter Chadwick, who was accused of killing his wife and remained a fugitive for nearly four years.[1] The podcast proved effective, leading to Chadwick's arrest in Mexico approximately 10 months and 20 days after the show's release.[1] Chadwick was subsequently arrested in August 2019, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, and received a sentence ranging from 15 years to life imprisonment.[1] The podcast about his case ranked 24th on iTunes charts.[1]
In Illinois, the Elgin Police Department launched a podcast titled "Somebody Knows Something" in 2025 to investigate the disappearance of Karen Shepers, who had been missing for over 40 years.[1] Within weeks of the podcast's first episode airing, her remains were discovered.[1] The case was ultimately resolved through traditional police work.[1]
Colorado's Aurora Police Department released a podcast in the summer to seek leads in the 2016 murder of Chelsea Yasser, who was stabbed to death in a shopping center parking lot.[1] The case had remained unsolved for a decade.[1] By July, the podcast had been downloaded 7,184 times and generated multiple leads.[1]