Scary Mysteries - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Excellent podcast - one of my favorites. I don’t get the reviews here asking for different stories - if you don’t like the alien or ghost or child murder ones, just skip them. The headings are very clear as to what will be covered, the show is wonderful partly because of the varied stories covered. I look forward to each new episode!

I very much enjoy listening to the cases and the stories but sometimes when he’s talking about victims in the cases whether they were a woman of the night or part of the queer community he seems to dehumanize them by referring to them as just a lesbian or a prostitute that was killed doesn’t address them by their name.

The stories are great, but the toneless, monotonous way the stories are read feels like you’re a student reluctantly reading your book report to the class, and would rather be somewhere else. A little more enthusiastic tone would make it more enjoyable to listen to.

I like that these are bite sized as I have ADHD and most of the other podcasts that cover these types of topics take 2 hours to say something that could be covered in 30 minutes. This may seem counterintuitive but I would love to see you add a deep dive 30 minute episodes) along with the short versions(10-15 min episodes) for people who want to learn a little more about the topics.

I listened to this podcast a few times, but not enough for it to have been memorable. But what is memorable is the way this podcast is using episode releases to psyche listeners out. They will post episodes that are 15 mins long, but all it will say is “this episode requires a premium subscription.” That’s not cool. Unsubscribed.