disrespectful
I am honestly disgusted at the direction this podcast went in. What I thought was going to be an investigation into how a normal kid sadly descended into psychosis became a bizarre discussion of satanism (from what sounds like someone who actually believes summoning demons is real?????). The way the writer seemingly wrote a fanfiction about the last thoughts of this poor child on the night his psychosis took over made me feel physically ill. This entire podcast, they weren’t able to speak to anyone who actually interacted with tommy during the weeks his sickness started, so it was all basically the writer imagining what happened but not explicitly saying that’s what he was doing. I feel terribly for this poor family that their devastating story was handled with such a lack of care. True crime podcasts are a slippery slope, but if gone about the right way, they can be respectful and have a goal- whether it’s justice for the victims, or education on how to prevent the crime from happening ever again. I assumed the podcast would take this direction- explain what happened and maybe how to spot signs of psychosis in young adults. This could not have been further from what I experienced. Everyone involved should be ashamed.
Cobragirl1114 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/11/22
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The audio quality is frustrating. Constantly have to adjust. Music loud, narration soft, dove fades too low at times. Recorded interviews loud , etc. driving in car constantly adjusting. The storytelling is a bit cliche and cheesy at times reaching to be something and coming off silly.
Burrito7575 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 06/10/21
I had to stop listening because of the awful music. Too loud, ugly and intrusive.
southseagirl via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 06/13/21
The case is quite interesting. The writing and the narration are very good quality, however the production/sound mix are quite generic and the theme song is extremely cringy, it’s completely at odds with the themes and subject matter, it immediately takes me out of it.
JP360_1988 via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 06/13/21
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