Fake Heiress

This woman was ballsy! So New York. Fascinating story and wonderfully told. I enjoyed the accents and fictional scenes. I forgot it wasn’t true. Storytelling straddling the line between fiction and non done right.

The story is fast-paced and interesting, though the acting and accents are kind of comically bad. The soundtrack is quite good. Overall, very entertaining and I liked that it wasn’t too long. It’s probably helpful if you’ve already read some of the articles that the podcast is based on.

This is an outstanding podcast telling the rise and fall of a con artist and how faking it till you make it never ends well. Well done BBC4

I put this on thinking I’d listen to it over a period of time, ended up binging the whole thing in one day

Wow. I was really ready to love this.... but, where do I start? I’m going to start with the good- it’s a fast paced ride, the music suits the material, it’s well researched. The bad- the vignettes are BEYOND HORRIBLE, the accents are Cringeworthy and borderline insulting. The audio isn’t mixed well so when listening to interviews that were conducted by phone, those sound like they are under water, the vignettes are generally too loud, and you have to constantly turn the volume up or down depending on what portion you’re actually listening to. I’m hoping it gets better but they should have just stuck to solid reporting and interviews to shape the story. The fictitious storyline that weaves throughout doesn’t help the reporting and in fact makes it harder to commit to listening to this podcast.