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“The journalists involved in this podcast are very light on sources, relying most heavily on interviewing police and police materials. Since the police in this case have been notoriously tight-lipped and reluctant to release any details, that leaves for very thin material spread out over way too many episodes. Worse, the hosts are incredibly eager to back up police narratives and justifications. The police themselves all but admit that there is overwhelming evidence, but that they are ill-equipped to solve a murder that does not involve obvious suspects. The hosts offer no criticisms or pushbacks. Beyond that, several times they often flirt with suggesting broad deteriorations of privacy rights and civil liberties to facilitate dragnets and search warrants without probable cause, rather than ask the obvious question: shouldn't competent detectives, with photos, video, and audio of the killer, in a small town, be able to solve this without these extreme measures?
As a podcast, even without ethical questions or objections to journalistic methods, the thing just drags on and on with few compelling breakthroughs. Most of the podcast is the two hosts giving basic and common sense play by plays of city and police press conferences. Episodes promoted as shocking breakthroughs (like 5) end up being nothing at all.
This is a tragic story, and the investigation could be pushed harder by serious, critical journalists. But we don't get any of that here.”Read full review »
MLucanus via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/22/23
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“Interviews & commentary well organized & polished. Hearing little anecdotes about the girls personalities is heartbreaking. I hope the girls story reaches the heart of everyone who hears it.”
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United States of America ·
02/05/20
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“Law enforcement hasn’t released any information. If you bothered to follow anything about the case, you would know that. Instead, you choose to use your time (that you really could’ve spent googling) leaving negative reviews. So painfully typical. This podcast is well done so far. I’m looking...”Read full review »
LysaLuna via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/07/20
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“This is a fascinating case, first heard about it on Crime Junkie and I’m glad there is a deep dive into it. I agree with other reviewers though, all of the commentary from the hosts and the peanut gallery is disruptive and confusing to the narrative. You have to pay close attention in order to...”Read full review »
halckey via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/07/20
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