Father Wants Us Dead

Such an interesting and amazingly executed podcast!!!!

This podcast was so frustrating to listen to. The story is an incredibly salacious one but the circular telling of it is taken too far. Interrupting their own story lines constantly, it made the pod feel like a never-ending trailer and not satisfyingly detailed. Major questions they don’t ask, and then hard to keep track of whether they ever get answered, they do more paraphrasing of the people they interview than letting you hear those people talk. It feels like, for the 50th anniversary, they had nothing to add to the story so they tried to tell it more creatively and it’s just tedious… I’ve never heard of this murder before. After 3 episodes, I’m so tired of listening to this podcast, I’m quitting to go look the story up somewhere else.

I can see where the hosts are going here, but it feels like they have a lot to learn about the artistry of good journalism and podcasting. The story is interesting but begs to be told in a way that isn’t so expository. It just needs more nuance. And why are they saying each other’s names so much? It makes me feel weird. Hope they keep trying, I think they just need more practice writing and reporting.

Loved this podcast .. kept delivering from beginning to end . Easy to follow and not another true crime podcast that fills in time with unnecessary commentary. Considering listening to it all over again. Great job ladies 🥳