This is a round-up of the best comedy mystery podcasts 2021. From cosy murder mysteries to surreal comedy crime dramas on Apple, Amazon Music, Audible & Spotify podcasts.
For more top 10 lists for mystery fans – including cosy British TV dramas, detective games for Nintendo Switch, best new thrillers on Apple TV+ and true crime shows on discovery+, see my posts listed below.
Best Comedy Mystery Podcasts 2021
Where the Stars Fell
From: Caldera Studios / Fable & Folly Network | Episode 1 Released: January 2021 | Apple Podcast rating: 4.4/5.
Description: Dr. Edison Tucker is having a very weird life. Not being able to die tends to color things that way. Lucille Kensington is the literary scene’s biggest enigma. That’s just the way she likes it…
When the pair find themselves sharing a cabin in the strangest town in America— Jerusalem, OR— they’re prepared for a housemate situation from hell. What they’re not expecting is tidings of a stranger sort: Ed is the antichrist, Lucy her guardian angel, and if they can’t find a way to work together soon, the rapture is set to take first the town, then the world… but neither of them know that yet. Welcome to Jerusalem, OR, where what doesn’t kill you is just another mystery. [Source: Apple Podcasts]
*Listen to Where the Stars Fell Podcast on Apple or Spotify.
OBITCHUARY
From: Morbid Network / Wondery | Episode 1 Released: July 2021 | Apple Podcast rating: 4.9/5.
Description: Each week hosts Spencer Henry (Cult Liter Podcast) and Madison Reyes sit back and read outlandish, hilarious, and sometimes scathing obituaries. Every Thursday they come to the table with bizarre history, strange funeral traditions, and so much more! Each episode ends with a ‘dumb criminals’ segment in which they each talk about hilarious run-ins with the law. [Source: Apple Podcasts]
*Listen to OBITCHUARY Podcast on Apple or Spotify.
Strange Air
From: Fable and Folly Network | First Released: September 2021 | Apple Podcast rating: 4.6/5.
Description: Ten years ago, Malcolm Smith was the host of “Strange Air”, a successful radio show about the paranormal. One night, during a live broadcast, Malcolm vanished into thin air. To this day, no one knows what happened. Now his daughter, Chase Smith, is in her last year of film school and she’s making a documentary about her father’s disappearance. [Source: Apple Podcasts]
*Listen to Strange Air Podcast on UK Amazon, US Amazon, Apple or Spotify.
The Land Whale Murders
From: Roi Gold Productions / Fable and Folly Network | Episode 1 Released: October 2021 | Apple Podcast rating: 4.6/5.
Description: A Gilded Age Comedy about Birders, Murders, and Confectionery Capers.
Episode 1: Eel That Heaven Allows – Our story begins with The Four Elementals – Maryanne Blud, Eugene Neddly, Hiram Blud, and Anjus Troop. A group of scientifically minded friends who find themselves drawn into a conspiracy!
Will Eugene be able to complete his bird release! Will Anjus get her plants planted? Will Hiram be able to warn his friends? And will Maryanne get her poems published? Find out in this comedy of Gilded proportions! [Source: Apple Podcasts]
*Listen to The Land Whale Murders Podcast on UK Amazon, US Amazon, Apple or Spotify.
The Secret of St Kilda
By: Michael Ireland & Naomi Clarke | Ep 1 Released: December 2021 | Apple Podcast rating: 4.6/5.
Description: In this supernatural thriller series, listeners will follow Lockie, a charismatic con man who escapes to St Kilda with the promise that this time he’ll change his ways. Unfortunately, the island and its unusual inhabitants have other ideas…
He seeks redemption and they seek a saviour, but you know what they say – no change without sacrifice. [Source: Apple Podcasts]
*Listen to The Secret of St Kilda Podcast on UK Amazon, US Amazon, Apple or Spotify.
Who is Cam Candor?
From: Trojan Cat Media, a Division of [REDACTED] Corp. | Ep 1 Released: September 2021 | Apple Podcast rating: 4/5.
Description: The most prolific fiction podcaster of all time disappeared without a trace in December, 2020. Investigative journalist B.K. Will looks into the mystery of Cam Candor in a gripping documentary. [Source: Apple Podcasts]
*Listen to Who is Cam Candor? Podcast on UK Amazon, US Amazon, Apple or Spotify.
Gather the Suspects
From: MadeUp Audio Productions | Ep 1 Released: March 2021 | Apple Podcast rating: 4.8/5.
Description: A cosy murder mystery set in Wales during a very boring apocalypse. Life in Prosperity heights during the apocalypse is boring. That is until the day-to-day tedium is shattered by murder! Serial slacker Jack Davies and his housemate‘s, Kara and Geraint, set out to solve the crime…
Will Jack be able to concentrate long enough to find the murderer? Will Kara kill Jack before they even find the killer? Will Geraint‘s English neighbours ever learn to pronounce his name correctly? Find out, in the first series of Gather the Suspects. [Source: Apple Podcasts]
*Listen to Gather the Suspects Podcast on UK Amazon, Apple or Spotify.
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More Top 10s for Mystery Fans
- 10 Best Crime Dramas, Mysteries and Thrillers on Apple TV+.
- Best New Detective Games for Switch (2023).
- Top 10 True Crime Documentaries on Discovery+.
- 10 New British Cosy Mystery TV Dramas for 2024.
- Top 10 True Crime Podcasts UK 2021.
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