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“Some people have noted that some reviews of this podcast are harsh. Indeed they are. The better question to answer is: are they fair?
I tend to give leeway to podcast hosts and hostesses regarding their narration skills. Yes, the narrator is sometimes repetitive. Does it ruin the podcast? No.
The story is compelling. It also is difficult to tell since it happened 50 years ago, records and memories are missing, and the main characters are dead.
The protagonist is Dorothy, the niece of the primary subject of the podcast who also wrote a book on the case. Suzanne is the antagonist and likely murderer or mastermind of the murder, and a fascinating subject. She is described convincingly as a feminist and psychopath who had a series of husbands whose deaths were suspicious and by whose deaths she profited handsomely.
I’m fine with the podcast. It does not bother me when stories that have no neat, tidy ending are told. Such is life in most cases, after all.
My criticism is, of all things, the product endorsement by Dorothy. I won’t mention it here, but it is rather unseemly to my way of thinking.
An additional criticism concerns the time Dorothy received a call from the son of Suzanne, the one who possibly was involved in the murder of Dorothy’s uncle. After hearing him freak out about what he knew about the murder, Dorothy begs off speaking with him until after she returned to a trip to Berlin. He committed suicide three days later. The woman who wanted to get to the bottom of her uncle’s murder hung up the phone with the one man who could set the story straight?!? Of course, she “regrets” that.
Anyway, I believe it’s a podcast worth listening to. I love Wondery and if they take some risks on podcasts now and again, that’s okay with me.”
scotus via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/20/21
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“This is a fine true-crime podcast EXCEPT for the overwhelming number of advertisements that disrupt the narrative. I listen to many podcasts with ads—but seem to be so many more than in other series.”
toobaf via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/17/21
“It’s like a paper that was supposed to be 20 pages but you’re done in five. Lots of padding...”
Insomniac4688 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
03/20/21
“What starts as a “normal” murder spirals into something far stranger and gripping than I expected. It’s a captivating listen to find out just who is telling the truth and who is telling the tale. Can’t wait for more episodes!”
hidden staircase via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/18/21
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