Show overview
The Bellingcat Podcast launched in 2019 and has put out 9 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode in the time since. That works out to roughly 5 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence, with the show now in its 2nd season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 34 min and 36 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 6.2 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2019, with 7 episodes published. Published by Bellingcat.
From the publisher
The Bellingcat Podcast takes an in depth look at investigations that used open source material and cutting edge investigation techniques to investigate a range of topics. Season 1 examines the downing of MH17, Season 2 focuses on the investigation that revealed the killers of two women and two young children executed at a roadside in Cameroon. --- For more information on our investigations please visit www.bellingcat.com To support our work and to access exclusive content please donate via www.patreon.com/bellingcat
Latest Episodes
S2 Ep 2The Hunt
EAfter discovering the nationality of a group of soldiers filmed committing warcrimes, a global team of open source investigators attempts to zero in on the spot where the killings took place. For any hope of justice, the team must uncover the identities of the soldiers and find out why four unarmed women and children had to die. For more information on this investigation and our other work please visit www.bellingcat.com To support our work please donate via www.patreon.com/bellingcat The Bellingcat Podcast is produced by Novel www.thisisnovel.co.uk
S2 Ep 1The Executions
EA horrifying video goes viral online, appearing to show women and children being gunned down by a death squad. The video is a mystery - no one is sure where or when it was filmed, who the victims are or why they were killed. With little to go on, open source investigators around the world start hunting for the killers. For more information on this investigation and our other work please visit www.bellingcat.com To support our work please donate via www.patreon.com/bellingcat The Bellingcat Podcast is produced by Novel www.thisisnovel.co.uk
S1 Ep 6Avenues to Justice
EIn the final episode of this season, we hear the stories of the families torn apart by shooting down of MH17. We explore the complex legal landscape left in MH17's wake and reveal the dark forces attempting to prevent justice from being served.
S1 Ep 5The Men On The Ground
EThe Bellingcat team use intercepted phone calls between separatist fighters and their Russian contacts to uncover the killers' actions on the day Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky.
S1 Ep 4Manhunt
EA set of secretly recorded phone calls contain the voices and code names of some of the shadowy figures believed to be responsible for shooting down Flight MH17. Bellingcat launches a manhunt.
S1 Ep 3The Murder Weapon
EArmed with reports that MH17 had been shot down by a surface-to-air missile, The Bellingcat team sets out to find the murder weapon and track down the killers.
S1 Ep 2A Pack of Lies
EFollowing the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a mysterious troll army storms social media and a state sponsored disinformation campaign launches. Bellingcat dismantles the lies one by one.
S1 Ep 1The People Who Fell From The Sky
EA commercial airliner is torn apart in mid-air above war-torn eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. How could this happen and who is responsible? Investigative journalism collective Bellingcat is determined to find out the truth.
Episode 0: Trailer
trailerSubscribe to The Bellingcat Podcast - Season 1 - MH17 now. Episode 1 launches July 17th.