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“I wish this could continue. It’s important to question our systems.”
Piecing it together via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
03/15/24
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“Would love to hear this story through a different podcaster as he’s so one sided.”
Kazzy25 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
02/08/24
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“Captivated by ‘Shadow of Doubt,’ I binged all 8 episodes. I question if some 1-star reviewers truly grasped the content, as my experience didn’t align with their critiques.”
Taco Cheese via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
01/17/24
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“Thank you for putting this disturbing case to air. Unbelievable that it went so far as to put parents in prison. I’m ashamed of our legal system. The incompetence of police, psychiatrists and psychologists is in full display. The whole court case needs to start from scratch again.
Several months...”Read full review »
Django D via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
01/13/24
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“This podcast makes it pretty clear from the first episode that it’s biased against the victim/survivor, offering very one sided evidence and using compelling language to cast thin doubt against the evidence shared in the podcast.
The author is more interested in having listeners question what...”Read full review »
sophtastico via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
01/09/24
“Listened to all episodes as it was a compelling case, but it’s definitely has a motivate (to cast a shadow of doubt on the case).
If you go in knowing this motivate, it’s interesting but if you think this podcast is going to cover evidence from the case from an unbiased position - that is not...”Read full review »
Podcastchloe via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
01/05/24
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“Fails to address the very well established phenomenon that victims (particularly young victims) will often not make a contemporaneous complaints. Padded with otherwise inadmissible opinion.”
Preheat 180 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
01/02/24
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“I was horrified as I listened to this - without even speaking with the victim, the producers of this podcast determined her abusers (who were found guilty and sentenced) to be innocent. To accuse a victim of making this up is appalling. I would give this zero stars if that was possible.”
Kb1234567890123456789 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
01/01/24
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“You should be ashamed of yourself. You even admitted you had doubts about the father’s innocence yet you victim blamed the whole way through. Disgusting journalism. Hope karma comes back for you after this.”
Moviesinsydney via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
12/28/23
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“Seduced by the perpetrators and victim blaming. “Emily” is NOT on trial. Bad bad bad. Total misunderstanding and misrepresentation of CPTSD.
Perpetrators and groomers are very very clever in covering their tracks and manipulating everyone around them.
The secure a conviction of this magnitude...”Read full review »
tycyfc via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
12/03/23
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“Really disappointing podcast coming from the same network that gave victims a voice.”
peopletoucher via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/01/23
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“Find the truth. The truth isn’t what the courts have said. Those two girls need help! So so Sad. I just cannot gage how this has come about. It’s a complete miscarriage of justice. The fact that the old police officer is with Emily gives me so many YUKS! We need a retrial. And that Mum needs...”Read full review »
Me9568 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
11/22/23
“Great job handling such a difficult subject. It is clear that these parents did not get fair representation during the trial. It is also terrible that this woman has to live her life believing these things happened to her because her psychiatrist mistreated her. I hope this podcast can result in...”Read full review »
ksefast via Apple Podcasts ·
Sweden ·
11/21/23
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“There is no doubt that the dad is abusive and the mother did not do enough to protect her children.
What is questionable doubt (I wouldn’t say reasonable) is the other half of the siblings living under the same roof that deny anything happened. What is also questionable is the evidence (the only...”Read full review »
J_anon* via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
11/19/23
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“This is very one sided. It is clear there is abuse within this family and this podcast questions the victim survivors and blames them for their abuse. Of course the parents say they’re innocent. There is no critical analyses of how the perpetrator responds to allegations-and it relies heavily on...”Read full review »
tscpodcaster via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
11/13/23
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“The sound quality of this is awful. I couldn’t get through the first part of the first episode. Why do I need to hear bugs in the background. It started to give me a headache so I shut it off. Please get proper equipment”
meloakins via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/06/23
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“The intention of the podcast is to create a shadow of doubt, but actually only makes them appear guilty. What a strange & dysfunctional family.”
ichibanrose via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/03/23
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“I believe the victims 100% despite the best efforts of the host to cast doubt on their stories. Disgusting”
Kelly Sutherland via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/02/23
“Filled to the brim with victim shaming and biased representations of a ‘poor father’ who has been mis-represented. The couple were charged in court with irrefutable evidence.
This podcast does exactly what it says it will do, which is to cast a shadow of doubt across the claims of victims who...”Read full review »
Claire Dalgleish via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/30/23
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“I don’t think this podcast should have been published. It has the potential to be so damaging to victims of sexual abuse. At BEST the father is an admitted physical abuser and was sexually inappropriate with his students… and I believe Emily that it was much worse than that. If he’s admitting to...”Read full review »
Justkeeptrying12345 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
10/28/23
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“Pedophiles are near experts in grooming everyone around the children they want access to. It’s devastatingly clear that this crucial fact has been completely omitted.
Shame on you for spreading such harmful, rubbish reporting.”
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Australia ·
10/17/23
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“If you’ve ever wondered how a girl that’s “REALLY good at sports” can possibly be a victim of sexual abuse, how parents who appear “super confused” when accused of abusing their children, can possibly be abusers, and you want to spend ~ 8 hours listening to a heavily biased, middle aged man (who...”Read full review »
Kirie via Apple Podcasts ·
Sweden ·
10/11/23
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“Couldn’t stop listening!”
Shebabolton via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/10/23
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“Probably the worst piece of investigative journalism I’ve ever heard. No balance in reporting, victim blaming and sensationalism. Shame on you The Australian for allowing this to be broadcast.”
Shameless disrespectful via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/26/23
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“A remarkable bit of work, thank you!”
polyorea via Apple Podcasts ·
Sweden ·
09/21/23
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“Extremely problematic, victim blaming/ shaming, with a real lack of insight into how trauma and dissociation affects a person. You are part of the problem further stigmatising and silencing victims of sexual abuse by producing such biased reporting. It was so clear you sided with the parents and...”Read full review »
Mattjoelle via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/19/23
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“Nothing but a hype to get ratings. Finding an doubt to make a pod cast. Shocking.”
Samboy sam via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/18/23
“Victim blaming with a complete lack of knowledge of the complexity of the family dynamics created by abusers. Excuse after excuse for why the court system is wrong, the psychiatric system is wrong, the sexual abuse support system failed the father and mother and ignoring longstanding allegations...”Read full review »
Bebe_G via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/12/23
“As others have said here, this is somewhat troubling to listen to. The inconsistent and unusual behaviour of the two sisters who accused their father seems to be used to suggest that their claims lack credibility. But all the behaviour described sounds like common behaviour for people who have...”Read full review »
Jesselovessmurfs via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/09/23
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“A completely one sided story told with sympathetic undertones by 2 convicted sexual perpetrators, supported by this journalist. The Australian, you should be ashamed.”
Squiddyrae via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/09/23
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“Poor understanding of psychology and psychoanalysis. Lack of transparency in regards to journalistic agenda. Smug, knowing tone. Crowbarring in his previous knowledge set and interests (Satanic blah blah). Catering to those who wish to non disclose.”
Hera mere via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/08/23
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“I went from initially thinking oh god how awful for her, to then thinking nah she was evil, then thinking bless her she actually believes this has happened to her and then at the end thinking did they do this or not! As someone who has been involved as a family member in a similar (not nearly to...”Read full review »
ggggggyggggfhhu via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/07/23
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“You get to the very end of this podcast and then the presenter tells you that he’s had an agreement with the mother and father from the very beginning that he’ll only tell their side of story. There is a real victim blaming mentality going on here and it’s shameful.”
catya37 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/05/23
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“It was very clear what the journalist narrating this podcast wanted you to believe. Not sure what the truth is but I do know what that despite what this podcast implied, looking happy in photos, not talking about abuse straight away, and other people not knowing about the abuse are not evidence...”Read full review »
Matric2079862 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/27/23
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“Extremely biased reporting. What a disappointment. No wonder victims choose to stay silent when monsters like you create these kind of podcasts. The evidence is there- black and white. Shame on you.”
Jessicatcat via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/27/23
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“I can’t believe this podcast made it past internal fact checking and ethics. The journalist is clearly obsessed with the idea of false accusations and hysteria and keeps raising the ‘satanic panic’ which is quite unrelated to what happened here. He completely ignores the fact that during the...”Read full review »
lizardladah via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/21/23
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“Imagine surviving an incredibly traumatic childhood, following through a full criminal trial process where re-traumatisation occurs, being on the stand for 13 days to give evidence, having your abusers found guilty, and then having to survive your abusers taking their appeal all the way to the...”Read full review »
Kat77887 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/20/23
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“So strange and bizarre! Why can’t we find any photos of the real people anywhere? In these days of social media share-all, I find it unbelievable there is nothing available. Additionally, I don’t hear victim blaming. Sounds like statements of facts on record to me. Very interesting.”
nancyccross via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/18/23
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“Victim blaming and completely one sided”
Gal66g via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/18/23
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“As many others have said, this podcast is very one sided and appears to be victim blaming. It was promising when I started it but by episode two I was waiting to hear from the side of the victim…. Which never eventuated.
This feels a bit like a witch trial against a poor women who was clearly...”Read full review »
Ash20487 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/10/23
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“While I believe wholeheartedly that the Father did something inappropriate, I don’t believe it’s quite as severe and sadistic as the daughter claims. I think her poor mother deserves better than to be thrown in jail for something she did not do and her lawyers should be tried for utter...”Read full review »
I am the real Brigit via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/09/23
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“An interesting perspective and covers from an interesting angle.”
Jennashelle via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/08/23
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“Bad taste in my mouth after listening to this - feels very confirmation biased.”
Fleurdeing via Apple Podcasts ·
Norway ·
08/07/23
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“As above”
Archaeologist down under via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/06/23
“In depth review of the case and evidence. The second to last episode will not play on any podcast player (Apple, Spotify, The Australian’s website, OmniStudios), so I spent a lot of time trying to listen. This is the second podcast published by Omni that has had major issues that I have tried...”Read full review »
JacksCompleteLackOSurprise via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/02/23
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“I don’t think this podcast showed good and fair journalism. Felt very geared to one side with hints of pretending to “believe victims”. Littered of victim blaming language.”
Aman-dahh via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
07/20/23
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“Very very disappointed that the Australian supported this victim blaming schlock . Precisely the opposite of what we expect from the Australian and it’s ground breaking and legislatively changing work with Headly Thomas Honestly I was enthusiastic to begin with this podcast but am actually...”Read full review »
fletcoo3 via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
07/19/23
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“I found this podcast compelling. I found that my view of what happened and who was telling the truth swinging from one side to the other. That to me says that both sides were presented fairly.”
Blondie and The Fro via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
07/19/23
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