Ten True-Crime Podcasts Nominated For 2025 Clue Awards.

The podcasts vying for top honors at the annual Clue Awards have been announced. They honor excellence and responsible storytelling in true crime content, across podcasting, television, film and publishing. Ten series are up for the outstanding docuseries and outstanding episode series prizes.

The podcast nominees include:

Podcast: Outstanding Docuseries

• True Crime News Presents: American Hustlers | Produced by Frequency Media, in conjunction with True Crime News

• In Esto Podcast with N Leigh Hunt | Produced by N Leigh Hunt

• Up and Vanished | Produced by Tenderfoot TV

• Who Killed Jennifer Judd? | Produced by ID and Ark Media

• San Miguel Kidnappings | Produced by Audible 

Podcast: Outstanding Episodic Series

• Courtroom Confidential | Produced by Via Fortuna Media

• True Crime News: The Podcast | Produced by Telepictures Productions, in partnership with Warner Bros Entertainment

• Crime Fix with Angenette Levy | Produced by Law&Crime

• Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime | Produced by Nancy Miller

• Betrayal: Weekly | Produced by Glass Podcasts, a division of Glass Entertainment Group, in partnership with iHeartPodcasts

There is also a podcast connection to the Clue Award’s annual America’s Greatest Detective award. The list of nominees include Sgt. Matthew Vartanian and Det. Andrew Houghton of the Elgin (IL) Police Department for their work on the 42-year-old cold case of Karen Schepers, and their subsequent hit cold-case podcast series, Somebody Knows Something.

Clue Awards nominees and winners are determined by an independent committee of industry professionals, including producers, network and streaming executives and other creatives, representing all sectors of the true crime genre. This year’s judges have not yet been finalized, but in 2024 the committee included high-level executives and acclaimed creatives from companies including NBCU, Wondery, Simon & Schuster, Investigation Discovery, Campfire Studios, National Center for Victims of Crime and Law&Crime Network, among others.

The awards ceremony will be held Sept. 6 in Denver, as part of the annual CrimeCon event. Actor and hip-hip legend Ice-T is set to host the ceremony. He has true crime cred, having starred in “Law & Order SVU” for the past 25 years.