2025 was a banner year for Murder Made Fiction: in addition to celebrating our anniversary, it was the first full year of the podcast. This gave Jenn and I the excuse to consider the diverse range of fictionalized true crime titles that debuted last year.

With that in mind, we wanted to celebrate a few titles (and cast stones at a few others) with the first annual True Crimey Awards.

After examining the full roster of what we covered between the Main Feed and the Patreon, here are the 2025 titles...