Great broadcast and so sad how long it takes our officers and judicial system to act when so many clues point to a person being guilty. I’m all for freedom but not as much as we have because of how hard it is to arrest someone with probable cause.

The “reenactments” with voice actors are extremely distracting and just bizarre. Each episode is highly repetitive of the previous, which I see a lot in journalistic podcasting now. The net new content of each episode is incredibly choppy. I also agree with what others have said - I don’t think Talina would want to be remembered like this. I also think that people like Jess who are armchair detectives and use true crime as a means to solve “boredom,” as is stated in the early episodes, is a highly problematic issue and is a major issue in this space. I am unsubscribing.

I’ve been listening to podcasts for 25 years in various genres. This is the most infuriating one I’ve listened to yet. Way too many ads, terrible breaks, lots of repetition, and the voice overs make you cringe.

Really interesting story so far. But, like some other have mentioned, the adds are insane! Particularly disturbing and the ones for bizarre prescription medications.

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This is a really great podcast. I have binged the first 6 and now I am waiting.

Please stop with all of the music, it is not necessary and too much of a distraction. Also, I thought the post was actually read by Talina- like she made a video recording not that an actor was reading a post she wrote. You should have clarified that- it makes a huge difference. So I was thinking she made a video then disappeared, not that a comment was posted to her account and you are reading it for theatrical purposes.

I loved every second of this podcast documenting the death of Libby Caswell. It is very apparent that her death needs to be investigated again and the truth set free.

The podcast itself is good. I’ve enjoyed past seasons. However Telliah just sounds like a miserable glass half empty type of person and I think it’s obvious what happened to her. Idk how she had many friends.

Interesting but so many ads it’s difficult to remain engaged.

can’t stand Jess. She is so judgmental and gets into everyone’s business and just accuses everyone. Obviously distracting from her own life. Podcast is so slow and the pacing is off

I’m not a subscriber to iHeart Podcasts so I have to deal with all of the ads. I would estimate there’s about 8-10mins of ads per show. At least I can fast forward through them

Absolutely think this is worth listening to. I wait every week for the next episode to come out. Talina was a good woman who trusted people she loved and was taken advantage of.

In most true crime, you’re rooting for the victim due to some tragic thing. Talina sounds awful. Entitled. Insufferable. Halfway through the 2nd episode and I don’t even care if they find her.

Made it to episode 4. Too much pointless info.

It wasn’t appropriate to reveal details about Talina’s personal life that weren’t relevant to the case and that Talina wouldn’t want broadcasted to the public. This is a major way she will be remembered and she deserves consideration in her portrayal.

Love this podcast!!

A great story ruined by a feminist rant over a couple girls with male phobia in episode 3.

If the first 2 seasons are as off track, slow and hard to follow as season 3, I’ll pass. This is season is focused on 80% BDSM culture that Talina Zar was into and 20% of her actual disappearance

I haven’t listened yet. Talina was my friend—I’m not sure I can listen.

There has been an arrest in the Talina Zar case. This podcast is now outdated.

Boooooooo

The story would have been interesting if the commercials weren’t so infuriatingly OFTEN. The list… each commercial (product) that was played over and over and over and over etc etc etc. Overkill is also a thing in marketing.

After listening to the trailer I was intrigued, but then it felt like every few minutes there was an ad playing the trailer for the same podcast making it difficult to get into the story.

The author repeats things too often like the Facebook post. If you are listening, you know what she posted. She repeats the opening info over and over again. We don’t need every tiny detail that has no significance on the events (her haircut). I lost interest in the podcast by episode 2.

there is legit 5 minutes of ads to start this podcast...and two other ad breaks in a 30 minute episode you guys know people can listen to and watch stuff that isnt absolutely filled with ads right?

I couldn’t even get past the insufferable intro of the first episode, with the host reminiscing of her paranoia during the Covid pandemic panic. If that was meant to set the tone for this podcast, it was an immediate no from me, dawg.

so instead of making sourdough and posting cringe tik toks during lockdown, these ghouls hyperfixated on a stranger who explicitly asked for privacy then made a podcast about it...cool

This story is slow and hard to follow. It’s hard to connect to the characters and figure out what is going on because of so much filler information. I quit after episode 3.

Completely biased and anti science when it comes to the consequences of abortion.

Dumb podcast of internet trolls and bored women

Good job Melissa!

Usually don’t even listen to podcasts when i see “iheart” attached to it because i know it’s going to be full of ad’s but i was desperate and thought i would give this one a shot, surprise, can’t even get a grip on the narrative before a break for a toothpaste commercial or 4. Skip and never come back.

This isn’t a murder story it’s just two people discussing BDSM… worst podcast I’ve ever listened to! It’s two women discussing their sex slave sex lives..

Entertaining but also slow at times with information that seemed unnecessary to the case but was added to extend the series length. I don’t care about the Meth issue in Independence, MO or backstories as if to develop characters in a story. Cut to it. Short of the long is, Libby Caswell was classified as suicide, but we all think it was murder at the hands of her boyfriend.

This story could have been told in 2 or 3 episodes. Way too many commercials and redundancy in the story telling

Hearing how brainwashed and ignorant she was during the Covid media scare in the first couple sentences let me know I wouldn’t like the podcast. If you couldn’t do your research on a fake pandemic and went with the media hype then I don’t trust any investigation you did into this case.

This is very hard to get through with the excessive advertisements. Normally, I can hit the skip button about two times which equals a minute, but these ads are around three minutes if not more multiple times in each episode. I understand needing ads to help with fees, but also who listens to ads? We do have access to a skip button. Again, this is really excessive.

Talk about exciting! My, what a tangled web we weave. Kore has been hiding some very deep secrets. Along with possibly a few others from the Gorian community. Can’t wait for next episode.

The tone of episode 3 is pretty repulsive. I really. Have enjoyed the series otherwise but really, are we so ignorant about BSDM and kink in 2025 that an entire episode is dedicated to ostracizing a subculture? Really should have given that one a bit of thought, it makes me think the writers and hosts are uneducated and grossly privileged.

Season 3 is my fave yet!

There’s a big difference between an investigative true crime pod documentary and a fake radio play with voice actors reading from a script, which is what this is. And the story stinks too. Don’t waste your time with this nonsense

I actually liked the first two seasons. Season 3 is filled with unlistenable and supremely obnoxious people. These Facebook sleuths are a menace, and they should be harshly criticized for being narcissistic busybodies.

As much as I am enjoying this podcast, I am rather put off by the judgmental tone being put out regarding the Gorean subculture and the BDSM community. A person who enters into a Master/slave dynamic does not do so immediately out the gate. That level of submission and domination grows from a Dom/sub dynamic. The judgmental tone that I am getting from the women on this podcast is the reason that people have lost their children, their jobs, their standing within the non-kink community. The reason Marty was hesitant to share any information with them is because of the attitudes that were seeing displayed here. Just because this isn't your cup of tea doesn't mean you need to yuck on other people's yumm.

This story of Talina Zar is very slow and hard to follow. Also, half the time is dedicated to ads, which is obnoxious. These big corporate podcast groups have ruined a once interesting and independent form of media.

20% of the runtime is advertising

Thoroughly investigated. My only question that remains for me is why can’t they let the family pay for DNA testing on the sperm? If this person is identified, perhaps it would answer some lingering questions.

Insane story. I live right by wagoner. Never heard of this case, but these people are insane. I’m embarrassed stuff like this is going on around here

This could’ve been a great podcast, but it was very hard to follow with the narration all over the place, and the narrator had a very noticeable lisp, which made it hard to listen to over and over, I had to turn it off and just read what happened

Just started season 3, seems fine although there are excessive ads, what really made me stop listening is that they play ads 3x per episode for THIS podcast that i am already listening to. Too annoying not worth it for the meager entertainment