“I love this case and the victims’ stories.
The problem is the host. He sounds goofy and out of touch so his personality doesn’t translate very well. Moreover, his constant reminiscing about being a reporter ‘back in the day’ is weirdly repetitive and dislodges the narration from the case.
Bad editing so the host’s investigator friend (I can’t even remember his name) is wooden and has no discernible personality besides dropping some facts from their research. At one point, I thought they were frenemies because their recorded conversations seemed so forced.
As a person in my 30s, each episode sounds like some interesting but loopy story told by my grandfather. If this series wants to capture the attention of listeners under the age of 50 then they should get a younger co-host to balance out the current host’s mature sensibilities.
Overall, I do give the producers their props for creating a podcast series on a very old, deep cold case which was clearly mishandled by LE in the 70s. I do like that the early episodes shine a bright spotlight on how LE mistreated the LGBTQ+ community in the 60s and 70s, as well as today.”
BU8 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/11/21