The First Degree - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Overall, I’m a fan of the regular episodes and think Alexis and Jac do an amazing job. However, I’ve recently been listening to several of their “Deep Dives” on Diddy and others, and it’s been very disappointing. They seem to treat every single tik tok story about anything as fact, when clearly a lot of it is just random people with random theories. I get Alexis and Jac are not real journalists, but c’mon - do a bit more due diligence. Way, way too many, “omg, did you see that tik tok about that thing that might have happened”.

If you want real reporting, check out channels like the BBC who have real, fact-checking journalists. If you’re cool with random gossip, stay here!

The regular episodes are great. The thought and research that goes into them is some of the best in the true crime realm. They will also follow up on previously covered cases when need be. What isn’t great are their Killing Time episodes. Since all the Diddy stuff came out it has been nothing but conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory from every corner of the internet and social media. They treat it all as fact and just to prevent a law suit they will toss in an occasional “allegedly”. It is one thing to talk about a case but it is another to give some of the wildest conspiracy theories life and thus, the continue to fester and grow larger and more ridiculous. I don’t want to unsubscribe to them but this sudden turn to everything that comes out about Diddy etc. is true, both on the pod and in the Facebook group may leave me no choice. Be better Jac and Alexis.

I have been listening to this podcast for a few weeks now, and I have to say I have referred it to my friends and family already! We are loving the Deep Dive: Diddy episodes and are floored but the allegations and information that is coming out! Please give us more! Not just on Diddy, the other cases are good as well.

Love these ladies. They really do the work before passing along information. They keep my attention throughout so a 50 minute show goes by very fast!