True crime has saturated the entertainment industry across all platforms, including YouTube, where there’s plenty of opportunity to satiate your true crime needs.
Down for a list of channels? YouTube is here for you and we know where to find them:
1. BAILEY SARIAN
YouTuber Bailey Sarian combines her two passions to provide mesmerizing, and factual, videos on everything from lesser-known unsolved mysteries to deep dives detailing the gruesome acts of serial killers such as The Son of Sam and Ted Bundy, all while delivering the perfect winged eyeliner to boot. Well, that goes for a perfect combination, eh? She also has a whole series called ‘Nameless’, which follows cases of unknown murder victims. Bailey Sarian’s videos are a feast for those who love the creepier things in life.
2. ROB GAVAGAN
Rob Gavagan is a YouTuber who offers up a really good mix of content. The areas which he excels at in particular are creepy stories, mysteries, unsolved crimes, and murders. He also takes submissions from followers, meaning his show is quite varied in its stories, and will definitely offer up cases you’ve not heard of before.
3. VINTAGE FILES
Vintage Files examine old crime scenes, cases, and murders, as well as a healthy dose of unsolved cases, so prepare to get your web sleuth on. Some true crime fans find the older cases a little easier to digest. Fans of true crime, this might be the channel you’ve been looking for in such a long time.
4. LORDANARTS
This YouTube channel looks at cases of missing people, murders, unsolved mysteries, and historical cases. The host of the show really puts a lot of work into the research, discussing cases you almost definitely haven’t heard before. This is such a perfect channel for fans and research-heads out there.
5. CRIME WATCH DAILY
Crime Watch Daily is a YouTube podcast that is probably the most TV-broadcast style of the bunch, with a very professional level of production. It has lots of interviews, excellent editing, and all of this will get you hook, line, and sinker. Journalist Chris Hansen leads the True Crime Daily podcast, a super in-depth examination of missing people, and criminal cases.
6. CRIMINALLY LISTED
Criminally Listed deserves a spot on your subscription. This is perhaps the most Millennial of all the offerings in this this edit: combining YouTube, true crime, and, as its title suggests, perfectly succinct lists. Plus, more true crime stuff that they investigate further.
7. MORBID MINDS
Warning: This is not for the faint-hearted. The Morbid Minds YouTube channel is all about the most morbidly fascinating cases, those that will have you both horrified and completely gripped. In here, they offer contemporary cases plus ones as old as time—they even have videos about Roman emperors.
8. BUZZFEED UNSOLVED: TRUE CRIME
Buzzfeed Unsolved Network has been at the forefront of true crime analysis since 2016.
The true crime videos on this channel also include a touch of humor – necessary light relief after watching way too many crime videos. Such an OG channel!
