The true crime genre continues to attract Australian podcast listeners. Now journalist Georgia Love and comedian Sammy Petersen have created a new show together, Not Another Crime Podcast, in partnership with iHeart, with a twist to the true tales presented.
Not Another Crime Podcast sees Georgia’s journalistic skills put to the test as she presents a true crime story to Sammy, which he is utterly clueless about. Each story also includes personal anecdotes paired with the duo’s close friendship creating a crime podcast different to what you have heard before.
Georgia said:
“I have always had a huge fascination with true crime, both through and prior to my work as a reporter. I love discussing cases with friends and thought that probably means others do too! True crime junkies may think they already have their favourite go-to podcast (so do I!), but this is something completely different to what’s out there. We don’t just tell true crime stories, we’ll be sharing a drink and a yap with our listeners while discussing the gossip, grit and gore of the crimes we find most fascinating. Sammy is the funniest person I know and this podcast was the perfect way to bottle up his energy and humour. We can’t wait to discuss the juiciest, most fascinating and most WTF crimes with our listeners – it is NOT just “another crime podcast” after all!”
Sammy added:
“G and I both realised how fascinated we were by true crime. I’ve worked on comedy podcasts for a long time but have always been drawn to true crime stories. We were both chatting about our favourite podcasts and G was already telling me the most interesting stories she knew of…then we started thinking ‘why aren’t there more light-hearted true crime podcasts?’ We wanted to create dinner party conversation for those people like us who are fascinated by what we are. Note: there will be no eating on the podcast.”
New episodes are out on a Monday, with a bonus episode Thursdays. The first two episodes are out now with the debut about The Parker-Hulme Murder Case. The Thursday features special guest and fellow podcaster Georgie Tunny.
Not Another Crime Podcast is available on the free iHeart app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Georgia Love and Sammy Petersen photo by Mark Gambino