I’m absolutely convinced the foster parents could pull the body out of hiding and these podcasters still would defend them.

I never suspected the foster parents until I listened to this podcast. The hosts bend over backwardsso far to make them look good, you'd think they are on their payroll. Foster parents are textbook narcissists and show clear characteristics of psychopathy. Finally, I challenged anyone to find ONE - and I mean ONE single response from the host Lia Harris that doesn't include the phrase "As I mentioned before AND "obviously". How does no one tell her how annoying that is?? EVERY. SINGLE. RESPONSE. So freakin annoying!

Repetitive information. Drags on way too long.

Kept trying to hang In there, but felt like I was wasting my time with so much dead time on air. Could have fit in 2-3 episodes at most. Dragged on excessively.

Stretched this story over way too many episodes

It’s clear you have already gone into the research with a former opinion.

Interesting but there’s repetition and at times it seems to drag. I found myself hanging on, waiting for the next real detail of the story. You will hear “we’ll come back to that at a later episode” about 100 times. I think the story is quite a mystery, very moving and sad. I do think this could have been condensed to 2 or 3 episodes.

Very well done and respectful towards both families.

The reporters know their stuff but this case is just not compelling. It’s more about what they DON’T say rather than the content itself. It contains some interviews with the custodial parents but not the birth parents, so it lacks the emotional pull. I just couldn’t connect with the custodial parents - mostly because their parts were played by actors and in the real interviews they did play, they seemed distant. We don’t even know their real names - not that I would know anyway - but it’s just another example of them being at arm’s length from us. They play the (911) call and say how emotional and scared she sounded. Not to me. It just sounded like a neighbor calling and not a distraught parent. (I don’t believe they did it - this is just an example of how there is no feeling or emotion to grab me as a listener.) Even more maddening - in every episode, the one reporter mentions some tidbit but then says “we’ll talk about that in a later episode” ... ok ... how about you not mention it or you at least address a small part to satisfy our curiosity in the moment and also whet our appetite for the later podcast ...? There is no resolution so there is no satisfaction at the end either. This is just a story with a middle and no real beginning or ending.