The Fall Line: True Crime - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I happen to adore Laurah’s comforting voice but more importantly, the care she and her team take with each case they cover. They’re doing the hard, important work and making a real difference while doing it. I’ve been a huge fan since the start.

The Fall Line is an excellent podcast because it does not seek to sensationalize a crime but presents it in a respectful way with regard to their victims. Money given on Patreon goes for counselling of the victim’s family who appear on the podcast. Host Laurah Norton’s heart is in the right place.

The reading by the host sounds unnatural. The pauses (or lack of), the lisping and the almost monotone reporting, is brisk and awkward. I actually really want to listen but am so distracted by how swift the info is coming at me that I cannot “settle in” to hear what the reader is reporting. I’m going to agree with others that it must be an auto-reader. Bummer.

Laurah brings empathy, humility, and expert research to each case she covers. It’s truly another level of true crime podcasting. This is the kind of show that the genre needs right now. -tz