11 Podcasts Like Last Podcast on the Left (2026)
11 Podcasts Like Last Podcast on the Left (2026)
So you finished another Last Podcast on the Left series, you are emotionally exhausted, and the next episode feels very far away. We get it. LPOTL is a hard show to replace. Marcus Parks brings the research, Henry Zebrowski and Ed Larson bring the chaos, and somehow a multi part series on a serial killer turns into the funniest thing you hear all week. Cults, killers, hauntings, cryptids, UFOs, Jonestown: if it is dark, they have probably covered it, and they are still putting out new episodes every week.
Nobody does exactly what they do. But plenty of shows scratch the same itch, and this list is about matching the part of LPOTL you love most. For every pick you get what it shares with LPOTL, how it is different (because “it is basically LPOTL” is a lie every list tells), one episode to start with, and a link. We checked every feed on Apple Podcasts in October 2026, and every episode we recommend was confirmed in the show’s public feed.
Also, yes, we put ourselves at number one. It is our website. Rigging the list is the most conspiracy podcast thing we could possibly do.
1. The Conspiracy Podcast
Hi, it’s us. Jorge, Sean and Eric are three friends with more curiosity than credentials, taking on one famous conspiracy or dark mystery at a time. We are 170 episodes in, with new ones every Tuesday. We do the reading, tell the whole story, and then argue about it like it is our job, which, technically, it is now.
Why LPOTL fans like it: Three guys, one research heavy topic, and a lot of roasting each other along the way. Like LPOTL, we love a multi part series when a story deserves it, from Jack the Ripper to Waco to our multi part 9/11 series.
How it is different: We lean conspiracy first and true crime second, and we are a lot less gory. More “wait, who signed off on this?” and less detailed autopsy report.
Start with: Jack the Ripper Part One (EP 91), then WACO: Massacre Part One (EP 143).
Listen: Apple Podcasts or Spotify
2. Timesuck with Dan Cummins
Stand up comedian Dan Cummins takes one dark corner of history per week and goes all the way down: cults, serial killers, conspiracies, strange historical figures. Episodes are long and dense, and there is a shorter “Short Suck” series in between for when you only have one commute to spare.
Why LPOTL fans like it: It comes up again and again in Reddit threads where LPOTL fans swap recommendations, and it is easy to see why. Same topics, same dark humor, same commitment to the research.
How it is different: It is a solo show. You get one comedian telling you a story, not three guys yelling over each other, so it feels more like a very funny lecture than a hangout.
Start with: Episode 501, “The Ant Hill Kids: Most Brutal Cult Ever?” If you liked the cult series on LPOTL, this one will feel very familiar, and very upsetting.
Listen: Apple Podcasts
3. Small Town Murder
Comedians James Pietragallo and Jimmie Whisman pick a small town, spend the first chunk of the episode roasting what makes it tick, then get into a murder that happened there. New episodes come out every Thursday, and the archive is huge.
Why LPOTL fans like it: Real research, real cases, and hosts who refuse to show any respect for the killer. The part where they size up the town before getting to the crime is a whole genre of comedy on its own.
How it is different: It is almost all true crime. You will not get many demons or UFOs here, and the cases are usually lesser known local stories rather than the famous names LPOTL builds big series around.
Start with: “Bigfoot Murder Conspiracy,” set in Allen, Oklahoma, which is the rare episode where a cryptid sneaks into the title. Same hosts also make Crime in Sports, if you like their style.
Listen: Apple Podcasts
4. And That’s Why We Drink
Christine Schiefer and Em Schulz pair ghost stories with true crime stories every week, with a lot of goofy tangents in between. New episodes come out every Sunday, and they have been at it for more than 500 numbered episodes.
Why LPOTL fans like it: It covers both halves of the LPOTL universe, the hauntings and the murders, with two hosts who are clearly having a great time.
How it is different: The tone is much lighter and sillier. The episode titles alone tell you this is a cozy show, not a grim one, and the stories are shorter, self contained segments rather than five part deep dives.
Start with: “E497 An Everlasting Lemon Haunting and a Levitating Glitter Pinecone Phone.” Yes, that is a real title. No, we will not explain it.
Listen: Apple Podcasts
5. Morbid
Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley describe Morbid as true crime, creepy history and all things spooky, hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist. That autopsy background shows up in the best way: when a case gets into forensics, you are getting it from someone who has actually been in the room.
Why LPOTL fans like it: The topic list could be an LPOTL syllabus. Recent episodes include Heaven’s Gate, the Zodiac, Jack the Ripper and a two part exorcism story, and bigger cases get split into parts.
How it is different: Two hosts instead of three, and the comedy is warmer and gentler. It is a research show with jokes, rather than a comedy show with research.
Start with: “The Heaven’s Gate Tragedy,” a good test of whether you like how they handle a cult story.
Listen: Apple Podcasts
6. Behind the Bastards
Robert Evans researches the worst people in history and walks a guest, usually a comedian, through their life story across several episodes. Dictators, con men, cult leaders, crooked lawmen: if someone did a lot of damage, there is probably a Behind the Bastards series about them.
Why LPOTL fans like it: Multi part deep dives, a host who has clearly read everything, and a co host reacting in real time with growing horror. That is the LPOTL formula, pointed at history instead of horror.
How it is different: It is more history and politics than true crime or paranormal. You will learn a lot, but do not expect ghosts.
Start with: “Part One: Buford Pusser: The Worst Sheriff Ever,” about the Tennessee sheriff whose legend inspired the movie Walking Tall.
Listen: Apple Podcasts
7. Those Conspiracy Guys
An Irish show presented by Gordon Rochford that describes itself as history, comedy and true crime. The back catalogue goes back to 2014 and reads like a list of LPOTL greatest hits: Jonestown, the Manson Family, Heaven’s Gate, Ed Gein, Area 51, the Mothman.
Why LPOTL fans like it: Reddit users recommending it for LPOTL fans point out that it covers almost all the same topics, so you can look up the stories you already loved and hear them told a different way.
How it is different: The humor is drier and the episodes are long, sometimes close to three hours. New episodes also come out less often these days; the most recent one landed in August 2026.
Start with: “Jim Jones and The Jonestown Massacre.”
Listen: Apple Podcasts
8. Necronomipod
Necronomipod sums itself up as beer, serial killers, conspiracy theories, alien abductions and cults, which is honestly the most LPOTL sentence on this page. Alongside the main episodes, it runs “Necro Overtime” episodes that round up the latest weird news, from Bigfoot sightings to UFO files.
Why LPOTL fans like it: The topic mix is the closest match on this list. One week is a serial killer, the next is a UFO case from Brazil. Fans on Reddit have called it very similar to LPOTL.
How it is different: It has a looser, drinking buddy feel, and the news roundup episodes give it a current events side LPOTL mostly skips.
Start with: “Varginha UFO incident,” a good taste of their paranormal side.
Listen: Apple Podcasts
9. Cult Liter with Spencer Henry
Spencer Henry posts every Tuesday about cults, crime, televangelists and whatever else catches his attention, with the occasional haunting thrown in. It is part of the Morbid Network, so if you like Morbid, you are already in the neighborhood.
Why LPOTL fans like it: If the LPOTL cult series are your favorites, this whole show is basically that, every week, with a lot of jokes.
How it is different: It is mostly one host, and the vibe is chatty and casual, with call in style “hotline” episodes mixed in. Fewer serial killers, many more cults.
Start with: “The Waco Siege.” Then compare notes with our own two part Waco series linked above.
Listen: Apple Podcasts
10. Sinisterhood
Dallas comedians and best friends Christie Wallace and Heather McKinney cover true crime, cults, cryptids, unsolved mysteries and strange phenomena every Wednesday, with listener stories on Fridays. Heather is a licensed attorney, so the legal side of a case gets real attention.
Why LPOTL fans like it: Same huge range of dark topics, with comedians running the show and plenty of research behind them.
How it is different: It is calmer. In fact, it is one of the shows Reddit users suggest when someone asks for podcasts like LPOTL without the yelling.
Start with: “Episode 367: Wilson Castle: Vermont’s Haunted Estate.” Fun bonus: they also did a two parter on the Buford Pusser story, if you want to hear it from a different angle than Behind the Bastards.
Listen: Apple Podcasts
11. Astonishing Legends
Scott Philbrook and Forrest Burgess dig into hauntings, UFO encounters, cryptids and the unexplained, often across long, carefully researched multi part episodes that talk to witnesses and experts.
Why LPOTL fans like it: If your favorite LPOTL episodes are the paranormal ones, this is a show that gives those topics the full deep research treatment. Podchaser’s list of shows like LPOTL includes it too.
How it is different: It is the most serious show on this list. The hosts are friendly and have a sense of humor, but they take the stories at face value and let you decide, instead of tearing them apart.
Start with: “The Shag Harbor Incident,” about the famous 1967 UFO case off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Listen: Apple Podcasts
How we picked these
Every show here had to share at least two things with Last Podcast on the Left: the same dark subject matter (true crime, cults, the occult, the paranormal, conspiracies) and either real comedy or real research, ideally both. We read the threads where LPOTL fans recommend shows to each other and gave extra weight to the names that kept coming up. Then we checked every feed on Apple Podcasts in October 2026, so every show above is still posting new episodes, and every “start with” episode was confirmed in its public feed.
We left out the purely serious, narrated true crime shows. They are great, but if you came here from LPOTL, you probably want someone to make a joke at the killer’s expense. If you want the funnier side of the rabbit hole, see our list of the funniest conspiracy podcasts, and for conspiracy shows in general, our best conspiracy podcasts list.
Match it to your favorite kind of LPOTL episode
- The cult series: Cult Liter, Morbid, or Timesuck.
- The big serial killer series: Small Town Murder, Morbid, or Those Conspiracy Guys.
- The paranormal and cryptid episodes: Astonishing Legends, And That’s Why We Drink, or Necronomipod. Want a starter case? Read our explainer on Skinwalker Ranch.
- The government weirdness episodes: The Conspiracy Podcast or Behind the Bastards. Our MK Ultra explainer is a good place to begin.
- The three friends yelling at each other: The Conspiracy Podcast, obviously. We will not be taking questions.
