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The most notorious mass murder in Ohio’s history happened on the night of April 21, 2016 in rural Pike County. Four crime scenes, thirty-two gunshot wounds, eight members of the Rhoden family left dead in their homes. Two years later a local family of four, the Wagners, are arrested and charged with the crimes. As the Wagners await four back-to-back capital murder trials, the KT Studios team revisits Pike County to examine: crime-scene forensics, upcoming legal proceedings, and the ties that bind the victims and the accused. As events unfold and new crimes are uncovered, what will it mean for all involved? What will it mean for Pike County?
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Love this podcast, but had to drop 1 star because there’s an ad break every 15 minutes. Literally. I had to skip 2 ad breaks during my 15-minute break at work this morning. Kind of ruined the whole break for me. Just wanted to vibe out for 15 minutes and listen to my murder podcast, but had to listen to Paris Hilton talking about her new single.
I honestly loved everything else about how the podcast was made EXCEPT THE SHEEE NUMBER OF ADS. You can’t listen to it when you’re doing something that fully occupies hands (doing dishes etc.) because you’ll hate that you can’t skip the ads. I hope they make another season during Billy’s trial.
Thank goodness for the skip forward feature. These episodes are about 20-30 minutes of well-reported content and 15-20 minutes of ads. I understand the importance of advertising, but this is too much.
The ads don’t bother me if you don’t want ads pay for the service 🤷🏻♀️ what bothered me is the unnecessary information. When listening to investigative journalism podcasts you don’t need 4 seasons repeating the same information OVER AND OVER. Tell the story, this is ongoing so yes cover the in between and the trial. I skipped so many seasons and episodes because of this.
I frankly refuse to continue this podcast. Between the constant ad breaks that take up half the episode, the glacial telling of the story, and the honestly incredibly disrespectful b-roll noises, music, etc, it’s painfully clear that the people at the heart of this case don’t factor into the story at all. This isn’t a podcast to keep their memories alive, it’s not an attempt to understand - it’s a rubbernecking drive-by. The ONE good thing I’ve heard is the interviews with relatives. It would be nice if they were allowed to talk without constant interruption.
I wanted to listen because I’m interested in the case, but it was excruciatingly slow. There are four 5-minute commercial/ad breaks in a 35-40 minute episode. Half of the actual podcast time is retelling the same info. The whole store could have been better told in about 4 episodes. To stretch it into this many episodes & seasons is unnecessary. Don’t waste your time.
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