Unravel

As an American wonder why Aussies can do such a good job on their podcasts. Will be back for more.

Ollie had extraordinary psychological insight into Leslie. This was an engine that powered the podcast. But it also had a family element that is unusual. The final words from Greg are moving. I learned something about myself from this podcast.

I liked the story and felt for the victims but the actors’ exaggerated American accents for Lezley and Eric were a problem for me.

The narrator’s family entered into a bad business deal, and has used ABC as a weapon against the woman they blame, as well as her parents. The patriarch of the aggrieved family admits to hacking into the alleged perp’s email account. Rather than saving screenshots (which could imply some level of authenticity), he chose to copy/paste text from this account as well as other email accounts that he claimed to have hacked. The narrator accepts his father’s account without question. It is most likely that the father, clearly obsessed with his misfortune, fabricated his copy / pasted email evidence. While I don’t question that the family felt victimized, this is an extreme example of someone with an agenda spinning a self-serving, one-sided story. There is no evidence that the woman they blame ever made any money from her “scam”. In fact the podcast offers nothing resembling evidence for any of their accusations.