The Binge Cases: Scary Terri - Podcast Rankings and reviews

This whole season is a must-listen for anyone in L.A. to truly get a sense of the corruption happening in City Hall. Tremendous investigative reporting with first-hand testimony from the people most Affected about current L.A. issues is rarely so accessible. The content is far more riveting than any drama, while still being handled with nuance & care. Primary sources are cited while being described in plain language so it is easy to understand on the first listen…but so outrageous that you will want to listen again!

So good! I love true crime podcasts and this fits the bill. If you enjoyed The Dream, Twin Flames or even Serial, give Puppy Kingpin a listen. I enjoyed it so much, I subscribed to listen asap!

Thank you so much for this incredible look into the for-profit puppy industry. The reporting was immensely detailed, yet easy to follow. I admire the dedication of people like Mindy who believe in the wellbeing of animals. She has dedicated so much time to help adopters understand where their dog is *actually* coming from. Not all breeders are bad, but there are clearly a ton who don’t care about the living conditions of dogs and put profit over the animal’s life. All my pets are adopted from rescue shelters or programs involving shelters. After listening to this podcast, I will put even more research into the adoption of my next pet.

I hope this podcast encourages more people to take action against the mistreatment of animals. I know I will :)

Denise Didn’t Come Home is an excellent piece of journalism! In a style that at times reminds me of David Ridgen (CBC), Anthony is a superb storyteller. If I could have binged it in one sitting, I surely would have! As it was, anytime I had a few minutes, I found myself hitting play, excited to hear where this story was going next. In the end, I was in tears & so invested, not only in the story, but in the relationships that make this not “just another true crime podcast.” I highly recommend giving it a listen. I’m off to look for more from Anthony Scalia!

I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts and this is easily in the top 2. Well done, fascinating story, twists and turns you’ll never see coming, and a sense of true care about the case - not just a reporter after a story. Listen to this one!

True crime stories give voice to victims and give a picture of the depths of pain and maybe even evil in our fellow humans. But this podcast gives voice to a man who rapes people. There is a place for that voice- for the man telling “his” story in his own words. But the woman in his story (and the children, I would image in subsequent stories) don’t get to talk. Not in that moment by moment calm as F way.
I think it’s messed up to call this podcast “My friend” and to have the reporter center himself in the story of man who gets to report his own story of true evil.
He is not your friend. He’s not a person. The person in the story of a woman being kidnapped, befriended, raped, manipulated, terrified, betrayed and more… is that woman.
Sure. Make this podcast. Listen to it. That’s within the freedom of the press I think. But please read the words of the people who don’t want his story told in his words.

I first tried the season my friend is a serial killer and found it unlistenable. I did listen to season 2 about Rama the cult leader and it was more interesting (for maybe 5 episodes, after that, s t r e t c h that thing) but the level of incredulousness by the host was astonishing. How many times did we hear that he was unable to verify, well, almost everything, and then tell us all about it. His heavy reliance on Liz the PR person, follower, and biographer was astounding because there was no meaningful counterpoint. The thing I found perhaps most disturbing of all, was the frequent use of the fact that people could leave whenever they wanted and that Rama kicked people out of his cult as some sort of proof that it wasn’t a cult. That’s exactly how cults operate and cult leaders strengthen their cults and the ignorance of the host and his lack of understanding of that is ridiculous. I didn’t know anything about Rama and his group and I know very little more after listening to 10 long episodes. I’m sure there are shorter, more concise, more informative ways to learn about this group. Perhaps the host’s involvement in a cult as a child has led him to a lot of misunderstandings of cult dynamics. It’s hard to come to grips with your own experiences, which were not all bad, and then try to explain another cult without a tremendous amount of bias. Don’t waste your time on this feed.