About This Episode
Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat host Crime Junkie, the world's most-listened-to true crime podcast, which premiered in 2017 and has amassed over 1.5 billion downloads. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, the show has become a cultural touchstone for crime enthusiasts globally, maintaining its #1 ranking on both Apple Podcasts and Spotify for four consecutive years through 2025.
Flowers, recognized as the #1 female podcaster, conceived the idea while working with Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana. The podcast emerged from her passion for investigative storytelling and her desire to bring attention to unsolved cases that might otherwise fade from public consciousness. Prawat, Flowers' lifelong best friend from Indiana, brings a complementary voice to the partnership. Her background working for a private investigator informs her perspective on the cases the team covers.
The show's format is straightforward yet compelling. Each weekly episode runs between 30 minutes and one hour, with Flowers narrating the narrative arc of complex cases while Prawat provides questions, insights, and emotional grounding. This dynamic creates an intimate listening experience—two friends exploring real crimes together rather than a distant, authoritative presentation. The hosts prioritize unsolved cases and missing persons, lending their platform to stories that might otherwise remain in files.