Sheet 02 · Specimen #0000128 · Podcasts → Long-form interview shows · 2016-present
My Favorite Murder
True crime podcast with comedy and a devoted fan community
Rejected. It isn’t going to the Arctic.
“Every episode still ends with Elvis the cat meowing for a cookie, recorded before he died in 2020.”
Why Noah said no
Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark started swapping murder stories for laughs in 2016, and fans called themselves Murderinos. Serial already covers the true crime podcast boom, and the cluster is full with it and Call Her Daddy, so this stays out.
- Rejected
- 27 Oct 2026
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Found via Noah’s canon · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Favorite_Murder
What it is
My Favorite Murder is a weekly podcast where comedians Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark take turns recounting real murders and true crime stories, then discuss them together. It started in January 2016 and became one of the most downloaded podcasts, reaching 35 million monthly downloads by 2020, and built a named community called Murderinos who attended live shows and engaged online.
Why it’s internet culture
The podcast showed how people online wanted to discuss true crime not as pure horror but mixed with humour and personal vulnerability, especially around mental health. It created a parasocial relationship where listeners felt they knew the hosts and formed a community identity around something dark that they could make jokes about together.
Listeners turned murder stories told for laughs into a fan identity, Murderinos, with live shows, catchphrases and a habit of talking about their own anxiety and therapy alongside the cases.
What Noah read
My Favorite Murder is a weekly true crime comedy podcast hosted by American comedians Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. The first episode was released in January 2016. The podcast debuted at #25 on the iTunes podcast charts and peaked at #3 on April 27, 2018. Weekly episodes regularly land within the iTunes' Top 10 Comedy Podcast chart. As of 2020, the podcast gets 35 million downloads per month. History Kilgariff and Hardstark met at a Halloween party in 2014 where Kilgariff was describing a violent car accident she had witnessed at South by Southwest. Hardstark approached Kilgariff, finding they had a shared interest in true crime. Prior to the podcast, Kilgariff was best known for her stand-up, which included singing and playing guitar to original comedic songs. Kilgariff also previously worked on Mr. Show, The Pete Holmes Show, and Ellen. Hardstark co-hosted the shows Drinks With Alie and Georgia and Slumber Party with Alie and Georgia with previous collaborator Alie Ward. In January 2016, Kilgariff and Hardstark released their first episode of My Favorite Murder with Feral Audio, where they discussed the cases of JonBenét Ramsey and the Golden State Killer. Shortly there…
The rest wasn’t kept.
History
Rejected
“Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark started swapping murder stories for laughs in 2016, and fans called themselves Murderinos. Serial already covers the true crime podcast boom, and the cluster is full with it and Call Her Daddy, so this stays out.”