“This show is very much stuck in the “Serial” model of things. Crystal is interesting and while the hosts of the show are sort of over the top and pushing too hard on pathos and purple prose, I enjoyed the ride. It became significantly less fun, however, as the bias of the hosts turned the podcast into a “we must exonerate Crystal Howell” soapbox. Crystal shot a sleeping man in the face. End of sentence. Even if she’s as innocent and traumatized and naive as the hosts want her to be, she STILL shot a sleeping person in the face. She’ll get out of prison with decades of life still ahead of her. I don’t doubt that she had a rough life, but the lack of objectivity is a little weird, bordering on propaganda. It’s really obvious in the most recent episodes that the hosts aren’t journalists on this story anymore; they’ve crossed the line into sort of surrogate parents who insist on Crystal’s innocence.”
Not A Parent Just A Fan via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/13/23