The Piketon Massacre - Podcast Rankings and reviews

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 understand why podcasts need ads so it’s not the fact that they’re included. 6 minutes of skipping at the very beginning of the episode!? And 3 more ad breaks during the actual show? About 17 minutes worth per episode is excessive to me.

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.

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.

I think each episode might have 15 minutes of content. It has so many ads. I listen to a ton of podcasts. And many of them have commercials, but this is on another level. I am all for y’all making money. I get it. I understand it. This I cannot understand.. it is beyond. I want to listen to it, but by the time one ad break is over I’ve already forgotten what was said and by the time I mentally catch up there is another ad. Holy smokes!!! I wish I could do it!! 😢

I thought these reviews are probably way too harsh, I am going to give this a shot. I was wrong. It’s a shame because I actually liked the podcast. But my god, I have never heard a podcast that had this many ads. I’m not sure if this is the norm for “IHeartPodcasts” …podcasts? I don’t remember that being an issue with Svetlana! Svetlana!. Either way, I see the need for ads. Of course these people aren’t doing this for no pay, but this series is out of control with the ads. I can’t listen to it in the shower or basically anywhere that I can’t keep my finger hovering over the skip ahead button. Unfortunate.