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Crime Adjacent

by Chase Patrick

OK, profilers. Can you solve an unsolvable murder? Join host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick live on stage for Crime Adjacent, the world’s biggest true crime podcast. Every week, at shows across the country, Chase reopens the most haunting, enduring mysteries from the grim underbelly of American true crime and challenges you to solve them. “An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — Earworthy From the Zodiac to the Rest Stop Killer, the Michigan Nightstalker to the Cross Country Killer, each episode unfolds like a real investigation — like the whip smart, nerdy love child of Murder, She Wrote and War of the Worlds — and dares you to unravel the mystery and provide justice for those who need it most. It looks like a true crime podcast. It sounds like a true crime podcast. But what happens when the cosmology of our escapist entertainment looks terrifyingly like our real world? That’s Crime Adjacent. It’s a fully scripted, intimate, locked-room mystery that pulls back the curtain on our social obsession with true crime and what this fascination with humanity’s darkest impulses says about … us. “Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre.” — Podcasting Today Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick, a former crime reporter turned contributor for NPR, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s. He uses degrees in sociology and gender studies from UC Berkeley, along with an obsession with criminal profiling, true crime, and Jessica Fletcher, to explore why people commit crimes, why we are enthralled with them, and who, ultimately, pays the price. So listen closely, profilers. Because with every episode, a new crime is afoot and every detail matters. It’s not crime. It’s Crime Adjacent. New live shows every Wednesday from theaters across America. Weekly live behind the scenes insights for Crime Adjacent insiders at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacent Web site -- www.crimeadjacent.com Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick. It is produced & edited by Multitude.

Latest episodes

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Crime Adjacent Live Episode 597: Maine's Most Notorious Fugitive

In 1956, Thomas Keegan robbed a convenience store in Portland, Maine, and the clerk had a heart attack from the fright. Keegan was sentenced to life in prison, despite ne

Nov 4
36 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 596: The Rahway River Ripper

How fast can you run a half mile? If you're really booking it? 5 minutes? 6? Now imagine you see a loved one being attacked a half mile away. How fast could you get ther

Oct 21
43 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 595: The Betrayal of Matilde Freeman

Matilde Freeman, age 12, practically skipped out of her house in Stockton, California, on Oct. 8, 2022. Finally, she must have thought, finally. After years of bullying

Oct 7
26 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 594: The Miraculous Discovery of Emily Voss

On a quiet a Saturday afternoon in October 1980, someone crept into the Voss household in Scottsdale, Arizona, and snatched 2-year-old Emily Voss from her crib while her

Sep 23
46 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 593: The Iowa Farmhouse Massacre

On March 16, 2003, the bodies of the entire Banda family, along with two of their neighbors, were discovered in their farmhouse cellar in Ashton, Iowa. At first, police

Sep 9
26 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 592: The Live Stream Killing of Madison Park

You asked for it, and we are delivering. Today, we are finally revisiting the case you've urged us to cover: the murder of popular YouTuber Madison Park during her live s

Aug 26
32 min

A Quick Announcement from Mike

This is Mike, creator and writer of Crime Adjacent, breaking the fourth wall for a quick announcement I have been … dreading. Starting now, today, I’m making a change to

Aug 19
3 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 591: The Murfreesboro Five

In the span of four years in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from 2018 to 2022, five people died under suspicious or mysterious circumstances. A mother, a student, a police off

Aug 12
41 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 590: The Idaho Falls Hotel Murder

On October 11, 2024, 28-year-old Emma Girma checked into the Silver Pines Hotel in downtown Idaho Falls, Idaho, and never checked out. Her body wouldn't be discovered fo

Aug 5
55 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 589: The Disappearance of Xavier Barnes

On a Saturday night in 2004, 22-year-oild Xavier Barnes can be seen exiting the Iron Spike Saloon in Opelika, Alabama, with a phone to his ear. He looks one way. Then an

Jul 29
39 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 588: The Slow Motion Murder of Dorothy Strasberg

When 27-year-old Dorothy Strasberg met a charming stranger in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2020, it felt like a love story. The man swept her off her feet, won over he

Jul 22
51 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 587: The Perfect Murder

At about 10:45 p.m. on Thursday, October 14, 2021, David Keller answered a knock at his door only to find a naked person standing right in front of him. The naked person

Jul 15
44 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 586: The Murder of Jessica Murphy

On the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 4, 1987, 9-year-old Jessica Murphy disappeared from her cul-de-sac in the quiet, peaceful Willow Creek neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska.

Jul 8
43 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 585: The Ohio Basement Killer

On Wednesday, June 17, 2015, Officer Danielle Peterson breaks down the front door of a house on quiet Lundy Street in the fancy North Arts District of Columbus, Ohio. Th

Jul 1
34 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 584: Alpine Divorce: Murder on the Trail

On Saturday May 8, 2021, hikers Libby Mitchell and Stacey Rose Anderson met on the Deer Mountain Trail in the Rocky Mountain national park in Colorado. They were before

Jun 24
27 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 583: The Ridge Hollow files

It was late at night on July 5, 2019, when the phone suddenly rang in the empty Ridge Hollow Recorder newspaper in Ridge Hollow, Colorado. Reporter Penny C. Johnson casu

Jun 17
37 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 582: The Happiest Sleuths on Earth

On March 20, 2021, the body of Alexia Russo was discovered inside her Anaheim, California, townhouse just blocks from Disneyland. The 33-year-old horticulturalist actual

Jun 10
41 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 581: The Temecula Hitchhiker Killer

On the morning of Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, the body of 21-year-old Monica Bixby was discovered behind bushes and berms along a desolate stretch of Highway 79 in Temecula, C

Jun 3
40 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 580: The Fairfield Sandwich Shop Murder

On the morning of Saturday, Jan. 3, 1998, the body of 17-year-old Samantha Carpenter was discovered in the kitchen of a popular sandwich shop in Fairfield, California.

May 27
47 min

Crime Adjacent Live Episode 579: The Cross Country Killer

On November 23, 1987, Bernard "Barnie" Jones arrives home from a business trip and tells his wife he feels "heavy" after a long flight and stress. The next morning, she f

May 20
53 min

Chart trend

Position in the Drama chart (US), last 90 days.

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#31

all-time peak

days in the top 50 since Jun 2025

Chart positions

Where Crime Adjacent ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Nov 6, 2026).

#125 NEW Drama US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

I just binged the first season in one day, it’s that good. Chase Patrick’s pleasant delivery (and the cute background music) balances the dark subject matter well. This pod is incredibly good and I can’t wait to hear more. Well done!

Jamie Cheval · Apr 2026

This is the only fictional podcast I’ve ever been able to listen to. It’s so well done that I legitimately had to look up if the cases are real. There’s something about Chase’s/Mike’s cadence as he tells the stories that is easy to listen to and makes you think any of these stories is truly possible. Excellent writing and performance. And I’m picky about my crime stories. This is like David Baldacci in podcast form but better, more believable, more realistic. Chase is much more relatable as a character and feels like a real person with real skills/faults, not the exaggerated perfect soldier/agent type of Baldacci, Patterson, Child, etc. Take a listen and you’ll see what I mean. 10/10 recommend.

KingRita · Dec 2025

I’ve been really enjoying this. It feels like a literary podcast with true crime and society in general as the main characters. “Chase” is the best.

Podcastqueenies · Nov 2025

What makes Crime Adjacent stand out is Chase Patrick’s personal stake in the story, his return to Ridgewood isn’t just investigative, it’s emotional. The storytelling is sharp and refreshingly human Chase doesn’t sensationalize, he questions, wonders, and at time struggles with what he finds. Crime Adjacent is an unmissable listen for anyone who loves a mystery that goes beyond the crime scene tape. It’s haunting, gripping and perhaps most unsettling of all true.

Nancy Nic · Jul 2025

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