Anne Emerson is an Edward R. Murrow and Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist with more than 30 years of experience. She is the host of Criminally Obsessed, a daily true crime podcast that can be seen on YouTube and heard wherever you listen to podcasts.
Anne has reported everywhere from global conflict zones to America’s most notorious courtrooms. She got her start in South Africa for ABC News during the country’s transition from apartheid – an experience that shaped her lifelong focus on power, accountability, and the human cost of crime.
With her trusted sources and depth of expertise, Anne brings authoritative insight to the cases dominating the national conversation. She became a leading voice in high-profile investigations through gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double-murder trial and her hit podcast and docuseries The Murdaughs: Murders, Money & Mystery. As the host of Criminally Obsessed, Anne has landed interviews with some of the biggest names in true crime, from Amanda Knox to Elizabeth Smart.
When she’s not chasing the next story, she’s back home in Charleston, South Carolina, with her family.