Strictly Stalking

Love the show! Unfortunately Fred, the guest speaker from the dog walker episode, was absolutely insufferable to listen to. Hopefully upcoming guests will be easier to sympathize with.

I feel compelled to write a review as I just listened to another episode. I really enjoy listening to the victims and survivors tell their stories but there’s something that I just can’t get over…. I don’t know if it’s the editing of the show or not, but I find the questions to be very abrupt and not very empathetic or sympathetic. It feels like they’re reading questions off of a piece of paper instead of just flowing with the conversation. The questions almost force the guest to stop their story in their tracks. I also find the wrap-up to be very hurried. I think there’s room for improvement because I think this is an important podcast and I don’t want them to give up. May I suggest the hosts listen to the wrap-up of another podcast called FBI Retired Case File Review. I think they could really learn about steering the conversation better with questions and leaving the ending to the guest and focussing more on them. Other than that constructive criticism, keep up the good work!

I agree with the other commenter about how the hosts shouldn’t summarize the entire story prior to the guest telling their story, kinda ruins it knowing what’s to come. I went back and started listening from the first season and it seems more well put together and doesn’t tend to have the coles notes intro.

This used to be one of my fave podcasts that I would look forward to every week. For the last while, most of the stories have been based on influencers and content creators. I’m not saying that their stories aren’t important, it’s just turning into the same story week after week. Maybe I’m just old and can’t relate to this demographic.