10 Podcasts like Dr. Death
The disturbing story of neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch, expertly told by journalist Laura Beil, is one of the best true crime series out there. If you’re looking for more engrossing podcasts similar to Dr. Death, check out the podcasts on this list, curated with the help of Podyssey’s community of true crime fans.
Last Updated: Jul 9th, 2021
1. The Baron of Botox
Over two decades, Dr. Fredric Brandt went from a small dermatology practice in Miami to being Madonna's personal skincare consultant and the go-to for public figures desperate to stave off aging. His clients loved him. Fashion magazines profiled him....Show More
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33:02 | Jan 14th, 2020
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On April 5, 2015, cosmetic dermatologist to the stars Dr. Fredric Brandt is found hanging from an electrical cord at his home in Coconut Grove, Florida. Who or what led to his untimely demise? Zola: ...Show More
2. Sick
Sick is an investigative podcast about what goes wrong in the places meant to keep us healthy. Sick's first season explores the complications of fertility medicine, one Indiana doctor’s abuse of power and the generations of lives he affected. Season...Show More
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23:42 | Oct 15th, 2019
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The first season of Sick starts with the story of a mother and son, a generation apart, who both struggled with infertility. And they learn a terrible secret about an Indianapolis doctor who abused hi...Show More
3. The Missionary
A young missionary named Renee Bach left her comfortable life in America to start a malnutrition program in rural Uganda. Folks back home and in Uganda praised her as a model missionary -- an example of the healing power of God’s message. But a decad...Show More
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39:12 | May 15th, 2020
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Renee Bach was 19 when she decided to follow God's calling to Uganda. Ten years later, she's accused of impersonating a doctor and she's blamed for the deaths of more than 100 children. We look into t...Show More
4. Reveal Presents
Reveal Presents is home to multi-part investigative series produced by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX. In season three, reporter Anayansi Diaz-Cortes investigates a mystery that has haunted Mexico for 8 years. In 2014, s...Show More
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American Rehab Chapter 1: A Desperate Call
21:59 | Nov 14th, 2020
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Penny Rawlings is relieved to finally get her brother into rehab at a place called Cenikor. She doesn’t realize that getting him out of treatment is going to be the bigger problem. This is the first...Show More
5. The Immaculate Deception
Fertility doctor Jan Karbaat was renowned for getting amazing results. Women who were desperate for children would visit him at his Rotterdam clinic and leave pregnant. But when the clinic closed, rumours began about the methods Karbaat used to achie...Show More
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30:41 | Mar 18th, 2020
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Jenny travels to the Netherlands to meet Joey Hoofdman and Marsha Elvers, who discover the shocking truth about the fertility doctor who treated their mothers. The Immaculate Deception is a story abou...Show More
6. Mens Rea: A true crime podcast
Mens Rea is the legal principle of intent that must be proved in a number of crimes, such as murder. It means literally, "guilty mind". Mens Rea Podcast explores the most notorious crimes from Ireland and the UK and the court cases that followed. Joi...Show More
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6 – The Kerry Babies Murder & familial false confessions
50:33 | Aug 6th, 2017
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In the year 1984, Ireland was a very different place. Contraception, Abortion and Divorce were illegal. The country was dogged by religious conservatism and was facing into a terrible recession. Amids...Show More
7. Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine
Join Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy for a tour of all the dumb, bad, gross, weird and wrong ways we've tried to fix people.
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48:35 | Aug 29th, 2020
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For millennia, people with vaginas were told that there was something wrong with them (if they were even spoken about at all). Their vagina smelled wrong, looked wrong, it was too wet or not wet enoug...Show More
8. The Dropout
Money. Romance. Tragedy. Deception. The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos is an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. How did the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire lose it all in the blink of an eye? How did the...Show More
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45:27 | Jan 23rd, 2019
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On the premiere episode of The Dropout, you'll meet a young Elizabeth Holmes. Convinced of her own destiny even as a young child, she would come to drop out of Stanford in her late teens, intending to...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9. Bad Batch
Patients in search of a miracle cure end up in critical condition. The race is on to find out what went wrong before more people get hurt. The trail leads back to a medical company with slick marketing and a charismatic CEO. And to a multibillion dol...Show More
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42:52 | Oct 23rd, 2019
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We’ll try anything to help our loved ones who are experiencing pain. John and Elaine both turn to a new medical treatment to help their mothers. But for one of them, it will go horribly wrong. Suppo...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10. The Shrink Next Door
Veteran journalist Joe Nocera’s neighbor in the Hamptons was a therapist named Ike. Ike counted celebrities and Manhattan elites as his patients. He’d host star-studded parties at his eccentric vacation house. But one summer, Joe discovered that Ike ...Show More
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Introducing The Shrink Next Door
02:37 | May 6th, 2019
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Veteran journalist Joe Nocera’s neighbor in the Hamptons was a therapist named Ike. Ike counted celebrities and Manhattan elites as his patients. He’d host star-studded parties at his eccentric vacati...Show More