There and Gone: South Street

Overall, the editing & storytelling were good with compelling and emotional interviews with the family; the victims’ backstories laid out well. Where you lost me was the lengthy recording with the medium. The reason given was bc he’d mentioned the word “corruption” during your session, but there are other more valid ways to legitimize looking into potential corruption of a 20 year cold case. This gimmick was cringey and lessened the journalistic integrity of the series so much so that I skipped most of the last 2 episodes.

This show dives deep into the families affected by this horrible event. I have been obsessed with this case for years. What happened to these two. The show looks for answers while also very poignantly examining how this tragedy impacted two very close middle class families. Some very moving character studies. Unexpectedly compelling for reasons outside the usual whodunnit; this is sadly a most unusual case.

I enjoyed this podcast overall. The narrator has a good voice, is pretty well spoken and is not annoying at all. It is apparent that she genuinely cares and wants to help with this mystery. This podcast probably could have been less than half the length that it was without losing any vital information; it’s pretty drawn out. But that seems to be the case with all true crime podcasts, so not a big deal. The one frustrating thing about this story is that unless I am missing something, most of the suspects and suspected scenarios in this case are 100% the result of rumor mills and emotions, not facts and there seems to be no motive for anyone to harm these people. None of it seems to ever go anywhere. The fact that not one person has come forward or accidentally leaked knowledge about what happened after decades and after all “scary” suspects being dead just screams that this was probably a freak accident and not a “hit.” Many times people have accidentally driven into a body of water to not be found for decades despite searches and so on. I suspect that might be the case here. The final thing that took me out was the fact that this podcast team actually met with a “medium” or psychic to consult the two missing/presumed dead victims from beyond the grave. For me their credibility was all but completely lost once they start with that. I can’t take anyone seriously who invests in something like this. I almost couldn’t finish the show after that but I pushed through. Overall, I did like the show and would listen to another one by this team.

I like long form podcasts, especially involving unsolved crimes. I appreciated the amount of time spent speaking with family and friends. I also think it’s awesome that the FBI participated and sees the value in podcast journalism. I could’ve done without the twist in episode 9. Otherwise, it was an easy listen, gave a lot of insight and was well produced. I’m a fan of Andrea Gunning and will continue to enjoy her work.

I support getting unsolved stories out to the world in the hopes of finding new answers. This podcast, however, had so much filler and repetition that it got boring very quickly. The whole story could be wrapped up in 1-2 episodes, not 10. An entire episode spent on debating if the two victims were or were not a couple felt exploitative, not informative or interesting.

Tragic, fascinating story that on no planet needed 10 episodes to be told. As others have said, there’s so much filler here. Host interjects herself early and often with first person anecdotes and observations. Towards the end, she utilizes a psychic and is breathless with childlike wonder as the psychic does the usual psychic/carnival-barker gimmick; spoiler alert, just like every psychic in crime solving history before him, the guy doesn’t solve the case either. Grateful the podcast put the story on my radar. Feel awful for the families. Almost certainly was a random car jacking/murder or something arranged by the ex-husband.