“A few things that dampened the experience:
1. As with most Wondery productions, the theme music is too loud and never fits the genre. I always find it jarring and louder than the content.
2. It was a dramatized documentary, with the two head writers reading the script, but there was no clarity about why one spoke at one time or the other. It was a turn taking of sorts.
3. *spoiler* History buffs know the murder is unsolved, yet he final episode takes a spin into two unconnected characters in different time periods and after lots of backstory there’s supposed to be this big aha moment that made no sense to me and was very unclear. It left me feeling like I spent all this time with this podcast and there wasn’t a real ending. In fact, if it really was the person with the death bed confession, where were they throughout the first 5 episodes? How could so much time be spent on other suspects just to cut the story off that way. It could have been done differently.
Less drama, one narrator, and an ending that doesn’t feel so confusing would have made it four stars.”
Ari Ya via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/26/20