“The story starts out pretending to be true crime, which (maybe this listener is wrong to believe) is a true story retold.
This starts out saying it’s probably the first major case of satanic panic (implying it was unjustified to call the murder a ritualistic killing). Then within a couple episodes, the show decides not to investigate other suspects, but dive deeper into demonic possession.
The second episode is titled “Paradise Lost”, although this is an old reference it is a very odd choice when speaking of satanic panic. That title was used for the West Memphis 3 documentaries, which is actually about satanic panic. The three convicted were presented as satan followers thanks to an “expert” (he obtained his certification from a company advertising in the back of a magazine. He probably also ordered some shoe shine hair polish and Little Orphan Annie’s decoder). Paradise Lost may have been a coincidental title, but felt like it was trying to garner fans through connecting to the West Memphis 3 case.
So much of the last couple episodes go into subjective interpretation that the author should have just written a fiction podcast.”
albyproulx via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/09/21