The Best True Crime Podcasts Of 2022

Publish date: 2024-05-14

When it won 2022's best true crime podcast in The Ambies, "Suspect" was barely done with its first season, per Apple. Hosted by Matthew Shaer and Eric Benson, "Suspect" first tackled the murder of Arpana Jinaga, which occurred in Redmond, Washington, in 2008, with no witnesses.

As described by Stylist, the story begins with a foreshadowing event — a Halloween party — followed by the discovery of the murdered 24-year-old Jinaga the morning after. With only forensic and circumstantial evidence to go by, "Suspect" follows the investigation and its many twists and turns, including the authorities' choice of prime suspect with no clear evidence: Emanuel Fair, who also happened to be the only Black man there, per Vulture (who also called it the best podcast of 2021).

The series swirls through an extensive list of gathered evidence that the case involved, including a psychic, and casts a critical eye over it all. Season 2 of "Suspect," which began in the latter half of 2022, examines the case of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews, who disappeared in 1984 and whose remains were eventually found by accident in 2019, as reported by CBS.

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