What Makes a Killer

A look into the life and crimes of the world’s most infamous serial killers. Featuring interviews with family members, forensic experts, law enforcement, and witnesses. From John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer to the “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez and the Butcher of Plainfield, Ed Gein and "Son of Sam" killer, David Berkowitz – What Makes a Killer explores how they became killers.
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Too many ads but still decent
20/04/2022
Really quite interesting but too many ads at the wrong time ,adds also seem a little insensitive considering the topic
First thoughts
02/03/2024
The host sounds like a computer generated voice doesn’t sound very natural.
Great Listen
13/05/2023
Really polished and well put together. Good insights from good professionals. A great listen.
Just fine
10/09/2022
There is a lot of interviews from previous true crime docs. It’s ok. Easy listening. Nothing to make you go ‘huh, I never would of guessed’.
Outstanding Podcast
11/05/2022
Can’t wait for series 4!
Great episodes. Too many adverts.
16/01/2022
I’ve enjoyed all the episodes but there’s way too many adverts. It would be better if there were less adverts.
Great podcast spoiled slightly by incessant ad-breaks
18/09/2020
I’ve binged a whole bunch of episodes of this podcast in the last week and on the whole I really enjoy it! Each episode is interestingly written and told. However I agree with a large number of people who have complained about the sheer amount of ads this podcast has. It’s ridiculous and, quite frankly, shameless when you consider the sensitive nature of the topic(s) at hand.
Stop the intrusive ads!
30/07/2021
I’ve read other reviews and agree with the content being very good: even if lifted from Sky, it’s great to be able to listen on walks. As the ads are tailored for the American market, they’re utterly irrelevant for UK listeners. Very irritating, intrusive and sometimes cut in when someone’s speaking. Poor production.
Enjoyable but it’s lifted entirely from TV
23/06/2021
I really liked this podcast for the structure and the format. It’s professional and offers different expert opinion without being personal, in a way a lot of podcasts don’t. But I’m not exaggerating when I say it is COMPLETELY lifted from a TV show called ‘Britain’s Most Evil Killers’ and another called ‘Worlds Most Evil Killers’. The only original thing is the woman narrating instead of the man from the show, and some music. For every episode of this there’s a corresponding episode of the TV show that’s almost exactly the same. It’s a bit disappointing because I was so impressed by the quality, but now I just view it as an audible version of a very good documentary. I’m assuming this is legal and not copy right. It’s not original but it’s still good listening. Also the ads are absolutely ridiculous, it’s so disrespectful to go from dismembering a victim to advertising kitty litter in 5 seconds.
Interesting but please cut the music
16/10/2020
The dialogue is interesting and well presented but the music is very distracting and too loud and of a repetitive nature. The best parts are when the music isn’t present, it adds absolutely nothing to the ‘atmosphere’ of the story!
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- CreatorAudioboom Studios
- Years Active2019 - 2023
- Episodes71
- RatingExplicit
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