“I’ve never written a review about a podcast before. But after listening to this, I feel a moral obligation to warn others about the absolute waste of time that this piece of “journalism” is.
The story itself is heartbreaking. What could have been a thoughtful, insightful, intentional piece of investigative journalism that helps to advance the solving of the case, is actually 8 episodes of absolutely nothing. You can count the number of facts that the hosts present on one hand.
The hosts are shockingly inept at telling a true crime story, and choose to focus 95% of the minutes on irrelevant, highly repetitive monologues from miscellaneous members of the town and how they felt in the aftermath of these murders. Worse, they overlay an absurd amount of the hosts’ own thoughts, feelings, and perspectives - which are not only irrelevant but frankly unintelligent.
If you’re like me, and you’ve enjoyed the “Gold Standard” of true crime podcasts like Serial, S-Town, etc., you’ll be floored by the absolute pile of word vomit that this podcast tries to present as the same category. This was one of the worst pieces of media I’ve ever encountered in my life. CNN and HLN should consider hiring one single editor who could have spared us of this.”
JackJB18 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/05/23