My Favorite Murder

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 thereafter, My Favorite Murder appeared on an episode of the Cracked podcast. In June 2016, Steven Ray Morris became the podcast's producer, making his first appearance in Episode 23 "Making A Twenty-Thirderer." In 2017, Feral Audio was shut down following abuse allegations made against the founder. In September 2017, My Favorite Murder moved to Midroll Media. On November 28, 2018, Kilgariff and Hardstark introduced their new podcast network Exactly Right (named after a phrase often said on the podcast by Kilgariff).