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24 alternatives to This American Life - Anatomy of Doubt

Two crimes: one with shoddy police work, the other, stellar

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This American Life - Anatomy of Doubt launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hidden Brain - Broken Windows▲76

   How a theory of crime policing was born & what went wrong

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Reply All - 65: On the Inside, Part II▲60

   "A murder he claims that he didn't commit"

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Another Case Solved▲66

   The police work overtime fighting the big criminals!

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Crime & Guilt▲66

   Real stories from a a defense attorney.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Criminal - The American Dream▲67

   What if we hoped to grow up to be a criminal

   2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Fingered▲67

   Use contradictory testimonies to find the guilty criminal

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Criminal - 28: P.D.I.D.▲76

   A story about police and transgendered people

   2015 · feedproxy.google.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Allusionist 23: Criminallusionist ▲65

   Criminal's Phoebe Judge on the language of crime & lying

   2015 · theallusionist.org · its alternatives →

9. 9
   RadioLab - Reasonable Doubt▲74

   Exploring the story of Steven from the perspective of Penny

   2016 · waaa.wnyc.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Future Crimes▲62

    A harrowing deep dive into the dark underbelly of tech

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Merchants of Doubt▲57

    How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Reply All - 66: On The Inside, Part III▲70

    The one person who witnessed the murder

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Trial▲64

    Ordinary man wakes up one day accused of a crime

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Future Crimes▲64

    Inside the Digital Underground

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Criminal - It Looked Like Fire▲67

    An episode about a famous photograph

    2016 · thisiscriminal.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    This American Life - Return to the scene of the crime▲4

    Crime

    2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Reply All - Perfect Crime▲68

    Defying the logic of online reviews

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Serial - Hindsight, Part 2▲71

    Woulda, coulda, shoulda...

    2016 · dovetail.prxu.org · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Criminal Podcast▲115

    Real stories behind unbelievable crimes

    2015 · thisiscriminal.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Criminal - 41: Open Case▲65

    A couple of accountants try to solve a 1965 murder

    2016 · thisiscriminal.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    This American Life - My Damn Mind▲68

    The brain can betray you or benefit you. Act I w/ the NYT

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Infinite Lives▲61

    A serial killer and a policeman lay traps for each other!

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Suspicious Minds▲68

    Why we believe conspiracy theories

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Writing My Wrongs▲5

    Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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