Deadly Nightmares

I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts and what makes me LOVE this one is they have VERY talented actors playing out each story. It’s not cheesy and actually makes this way more captivating. It’s like an audio book, but with way more excitement and talent. I always anxiously await the next episode!

The recreations are over the top. Listening to several straight minutes of screaming and grunting from an actress recreating being assaulted is just gratuitous. It wrecks the entire podcast.

They should stick to just telling the stories. The re-enactments are confusing. You’ll be listening and engaged in the story, and all of a sudden some random lines come at you from an amateur voice actor in first person. This happens every 30-90 seconds. On top of that, the “background” music they choose to play is so loud you can’t hear narration or the words of the survivors. Then sometimes they just play eerie music loudly at the least appropriate moments. I listened to the first episode and couldn’t handle it. Skipped to the most recent ones and there is little improvement — still all the same issues. It’s totally disorienting. Really bad. Unfortunate because it’s a great topic.

Listen screaming for no reason hurts our ears. It’s a podcast. Most of us listen with headphones. TV success doesn’t translate to podcast success.