Dear Cousin - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Here in 2025 we’ve heard the story before, especially on betrayal podcasts. Still this one is well written, narrated with honesty and authenticity, and the production values are high. I thoroughly enjoyed it, even knowing it’s likely outcome. Details were terrific in bringing it to life.

This entire show could have been consolidated into 1 episode and even then it would not have been very interesting. I guessed the ending from halfway through episode 1. I started listening at 2x speed to see if it would get compelling, but it never did. Skipped to last episode to confirm my suspicions and stopped. I feel for the author and understand that this was probably pretty traumatic back in 2003 when you didn’t hear about catfishing. But still. She has to be one of the most gullible individuals of all time to believe the asinine stories that were being fed to her. The plot “jumped the shark” when they alleged to crimes he wasn’t convicted of, and then wilder from there. Not worth listening.