THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS
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From the 16th Annual Shorty Awards
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
This award honors the most effective and creative true crime or documentary podcast. Includes single episode, series and mini-series.
See previous winners and honorees here.
Winner
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
winner
Gooned
Gooned is a podcast about the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI), a network of profit-incentivized behavi…
Finalists
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
gold honor
Betrayal Season 2
This season of Betrayal focuses on one mother’s fight to find justice for her daughter and protecti…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen
“Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen” marked Paramount Audio’s first foray into a …
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
48 Hours
On air since 1988, reaching 36 seasons with no signs of slowing down, “48 Hours” stands as one of t…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
Burden of Guilt
Burden of Guilt tells the story of Traceyraquel Berns, a woman who spent decades at the center of o…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
Dateline: Missing in America Season 2
“Missing in America” is an original podcast series from Dateline NBC aimed specifically at helping …
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
Murder in Apartment 12
On the surface Murder in Apartment 12 is about the killing of Nona Dirksmeyer, a 19 year-old beauty…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
My Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty
The “48 Hours” franchise is a titan of true crime and within it lies great potential for spin-off c…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
The Girl in the Blue Mustang
Dateline’s six-episode podcast series, “The Girl in the Blue Mustang,” told the story of the murder…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
finalist
The Perfect Scam
Fraud is a billion-dollar industry affecting people of all ages, across all walks of life. Transnat…
Nominees
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
48 Hours: Post Mortem
As the main “48 Hours” podcast grew in popularity and gained more subscribers, it was clear that li…
True Crime & Documentary Podcast
Why Can't We Talk About Amanda's Mom?
“Why Can’t We Talk About Amanda’s Mom?” is a narrative podcast, and over the course of 8 episodes, …
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