The true crime podcast hosted by Phoebe Judge and featuring stories of people who broke the law is Criminal.
Criminal premiered in 2014 and was created by Phoebe Judge, Lauren Spohrer, and Eric Mennel, who had worked together at WUNC in North Carolina. Judge serves as the show's host, while the series explores people who have committed offenses, been victimized, or become entangled in crime in more complicated ways.
The podcast is often confused with Serial, which is a separate investigative series built around individual cases, and Casefile, an independently produced true-crime podcast generally hosted by an anonymous narrator. My Favorite Murder is also distinct: it combines crime stories with comedy and conversation between Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark.
Criminal's broader approach is part of its identity. Episodes may examine a specific crime, a legal system, policing, punishment, or the experiences of people connected to wrongdoing, rather than simply retelling a murder case. The program is produced in association with Radiotopia and later became part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.