Can you recommend a really gripping podcast?

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very grateful for recommendations for gripping, distracting podcasts that will get me through five hours.

What sort of thing do you like? I found 'Ghost Story' to be something that kept me engaged.

“Flesh and code” about people who have relationships with AI, it was fascinating but sensitively dealt with.

Sweet Bobby if you haven’t already heard it.

Sweet Bobby
Believe in magic
Londongrad

I've just started listening to 'The Dream', all about MLMs in the US. It's fascinating so far

You can free audiobooks on BorrowBox with a library number, may depend where you live. I recently listened to two by Alice Feeney which were very gripping and absolutely insane but in a good way. They’re about 8 hours each.

Your Own Backyard. It’s a guy documenting his looking in to a girl that went missing from his hometown and what he uncovers leads to a trial and conviction!

Passenger list - about a missing flight drama style
titanic ship of dreams - not totally gripping but well told
the Lazarus heist
Toxic waste scandal

@itsmycheesewhats the dream on please

Oh great thanks everyone I will have a look at these. I’ve done sweet Bobby, serial, White House farm, listen for the lie

Scamanda, swindled , something was wrong .

Pretend is also really good. Javier did a deep dive into Frank abagnale of catch me if you can fame .

I use Podcast Addict but it will be available pretty much anywhere you get your podcasts - Spotify etc

Have you listened to ‘The gift’ it’s true stories of what has happened after someone took a DNA test to research ancestors. That’s a really good listen.
its a radio4 production

Foundling

I binged loads of episodes of Casefile True Crime episodes recently on a long drive and thoroughly enjoyed it.

If you’re open to something scripted rather than the conversational style, I really like the Short History of… series by Noiser. They are about an hour long per episode, some are multiple parts but not all. There are loads of varied subjects to browse through and I reckon most people could find five episodes that interest them in the back catalogue.

Root of evil is brilliant
also sweet Bobby

Sea of Lies

Teachers Pet

“Stranger on a bench” - these are lovely, although some heart-wrenching. Tom Rosenthal (singer-songwriter, not the comic/actor ) chats to people he meets and asks about their lives. He really draws people out of themselves, and asks questions with care and compassion.

Most of it is behind a paywall but it is a very interesting podcast

Another good one is the lady vanishes

To catch a Scorpion - absolutely gripping and brave journalism about people smuggling

Sherlock & co. Lasts a lot longer than 5 hours.