5 true crime podcasts you should listen to
Podcasts are extremely popular and for good reason! There are many topics that podcasts are made about, but the true crime category is especially popular. In this article, we’ll give you 5 podcasts worth listening to.
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What are true crime podcasts?
True crime podcasts or crime podcasts are non-fiction stories, the stories you hear actually happened and are therefore not fiction. There are true crime podcasts that follow a criminal case or a cold case and there are also those that are devoted to a well-known figure from the underworld.
The Taghi Podcast
There are a number of well-known figures from the criminal circuit that everyone has heard of. Ridouan Taghi is one of them and the main suspect in the multiple liquidation case Marengo. In the podcast of the parool crime reporter Paul Vugts follows this case. Together with Corrie Gerritsma, they discuss his childhood, the liquidations he is suspected of and his influence on the rule of law.
On April 9, 2011, Tristan van der Vlis caused a massacre in the shopping center around the corner in Alphen aan den Rijn. Despite all the research, 10 years later, there are still so many questions. AD Reporters Carla and Marco will talk to the police, the judiciary, eyewitnesses and mental health care. They also try to get the parents in front of their microphone, who still live around the corner from the Ridderhof. In this way they try to unravel the drama and understand what went wrong in Tristan’s head.
Holleeder – The Final
In this series, crime editor Jan Meeus discusses the criminal case against Willem Holleeder. In July 2019, he was sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in the murders of John Mieremet, Cor van Hout, Willem Endstra, Kees Houtman and Thomas van der Bijl. In 8 episodes, this podcast gives you an insight into the world of Holleeder and his victims.
In Gladbeck’s Hijacking, journalist Marcel van Roosmalen and his childhood friend Roel Gootzen take a road trip through Germany for a reconstruction of one of the most notorious bank robberies ever. That was in the German town of Gladbeck in 1988. The robbery was followed by a bloody hostage situation. What role did the media play in this high-profile hostage drama? Are there still unanswered questions? Marcel and Roel are looking for an answer to this in this six-part series. This podcast is a production of BNNVARA and NPO Radio 1.
The investigation into the murder of Nicky Verstappen was one of the cases that crime reporter Peter R de Vries was involved in. In this podcast by De Limburger they dive into the investigation and the suspect Jos Brech.
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