Truer Crime

About Truer Crime

Do you ever listen to a true crime podcast and think, “that’s not quite right…?” Same. Crime stories are hard to ignore and even harder to forget. But the thing is... they’re stories. And getting a story right is all about how you tell it. Truer Crime talks about real people— murdered, missing, misled — with more nuance, more context, and more questions. Hosted by Celisia Stanton. Season 3 out now!

Publisher

Celisia Stanton

Category

true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 May 2021

Latest episode

27 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

55 of 94 episodes have a transcript.

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   27 Apr 2026

   Nobody Should Believe Me - S7 E1: The Catalyst

   Welcome to Season Seven of Nobody Should Believe Me. Andrea revisits the case of Maya Kowalski—the story at the center of the Netflix film Take Care of Maya–and the family’s high-profile lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. What became widely framed as a story about “medical kidnapping” began when hospital staff reported suspected medical child abuse after Maya arrived with a history of extreme ketamine treatments. How did a case of horrific abuse become a story about evil doctors kidnapping children? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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   23 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Relisha Rudd & The Fight for Missing People of Color

   In this bonus episode of Truer Crime, we return to the disappearance of eight-year-old Relisha Rudd. In 2014, Relisha vanished from a Washington, D.C. homeless shelter. She was not officially reported missing for eighteen days. More than a decade later, she has never been found. I’m joined by Derrica Wilson and Natalie Wilson, co-founders of the Black and Missing Foundation, to discuss their two-part YouTube docuseries, The Vanishing of Relisha Rudd: A Cold Case Re-examined, and the broader patterns that shape cases like hers. We talk about media disparities, reporting delays, public alert systems that aren’t always activated, and what it means to advocate for missing people of color inside systems that don’t respond equally. To learn more about the Black and Missing Foundation or watch the docuseries: bamfi.org hwb5k.org Find all action items, sources, and resources in the show notes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠truercrimepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Keep up with us through our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Truer Crime Substack Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow @truercrimepod on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow me @celisiastanton on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for my weekly newsletter, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sincerely, Celisia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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   19 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Celisia Introduces High Strange S2

   Celisia introduces the second season of High Strange, which explores firsthand accounts and credible witnesses to examine unexplained phenomena and challenge official explanations.

Inside a recent episode

Relisha Rudd & The Fight for Missing People of Color

Published 23 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Recently, the Black and Missing Foundation released a two -part docu -series on YouTube, titled The Vanishing of Rolisha Rudd, a cold case re -examined. The series revisits the case, including interviews with members of Rolisha's family, and re -looking at what went wrong and what questions we still have. […]

Who has been a guest on Truer Crime

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ben Entin
• Chad Goller-Sojourner
• Andrea Dunlop
• Beth Shelburne
• Rachel Monroe

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

2,585 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

1,288 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

63

Social presence

97

YouTube

0

Engagement

94

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