r/TrueCrimeMystery is a subreddit with 46k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses murder, true crime, missing person, case, and trial.
Welcome to the r/TrueCrimeMystery community. Submission topics accepted here cover a wide swath of the true crime landscape (including the unsolved cases of missing and murdered persons) but almost anything involving mystery and true crime falls under our umbrella as well.
No self-promotion or advertising
No paranormal or ghost mysteries
Popular Themes in r/TrueCrimeMystery
#1
News
: "Former daycare employee gets $4,500 for investigator in child sexual misconduct case"
9 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "What's the cold case you think about most — and why?"
5 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Help Needed: Seeking Police and Autopsy Records on John Battersby's Case"
2 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Hello! I am a criminology student who’s just created a true crime and unsolved mystery blog it’s called ‘The Unsolved Inquest’ across Substack, instagram and TikTok"
2 posts
#5
Ideas
: "My Biggest True Crime Theories"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/TrueCrimeMystery
#1
Murder
: "19 year old Richard Hourihan IV was Murdered in Glendale, Arizona in May 1997"
17 posts
#2
True Crime
: "What's with all these people doing their makeup while telling True Crime stories?"
11 posts
#3
Missing Person
: "Its been 25 years since 17 year old Paul David Sanders vanished from Mesa Arizona under suspicous circumstances"
5 posts
#4
Case
: "Inside The Chrystul Kizer Case: How justice failed a teenager who allegedly shot abuser in self defence"
5 posts
#5
Trial
: "During Robert Blake’s Civil Trial in 2005, Christian Brando Said: “He’s Going to Be Judged Someplace Else”"
3 posts
#6
Who Killed
: "Who Are You? Serial Killers Answer"
3 posts
#7
Victim
: "Victim who survived Harvey Carignan (The Want Ad Killer) speaks on podcast for the first time"
3 posts
#8
2005
: "During Robert Blake’s Civil Trial in 2005, Christian Brando Said: “He’s Going to Be Judged Someplace Else”"
2 posts
#9
Neighbor
2 posts
#10
Nancy Guthrie
2 posts
Flair Used in r/TrueCrimeMystery
#1
murder mystery
: "My mother is a murderer (part 2)"
51 posts
#2
non-murder mystery
: "Former WCSD employee sentenced to life for child sex crimes."
22 posts
Member Growth in r/TrueCrimeMystery
Yearly
+5k members(11.6%)
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Last updated: September 6, 2026