I would give this podcast 5 stars. But, there are waaaaayyyy too many ads. It makes for an annoying listening experience.

I used to really enjoy coming for new episodes but having to skip through six minutes of ads in the beginning and then having like three or four ad breaks that are five minutes long is ridiculous. I get trying to encourage people to pay for no ads, but I can’t even enjoy the episodes to begin with.

First time listener here. Denise Leuthold case was almost an exact recitation of the Dateline episode. I’m sure the host can be more original. Also, several facts were incorrect so not sure how much research was done.

This podcast has some interesting cases, and the host really knows how to tell a story, lays down the facts, and gives her own theories, which i love to hear! HOWEVER, and even though i like the host’s style in storytelling, and how she gets straight to the point and doesn’t waste time trying to build suspense. But i notice a lot of times she doesn’t know how to pronounce a name of a person or a place, but you can easily just google the pronunciation right?! Another thing is when she gives examples of one of the people in the cases going to an interview or having a video or recording of them, the host just says “go watch it” which kind of makes me think, why not play some of the audio? I get she’s just here to tell the story but if you’re gonna mention a recording of someone and analyze their behavior or the way they talk, i’d kind want to hear it and see where you’re coming from. Another issue for me, which i see a lot of people have mentioned, the ads!! There are about 4-6 min ads in the beginning, 3-5 min in the middle, AND 3-5 min at the end of EACH episode!! That is waaay too much ads! Each episode is around 30-45 min long and half of it is ads. Which, more than once, made me think “is the whole story really covered in this episode? Is this the whole thing or was there not enough research done?”