One of my favorites.

This is a well written podcast. I stepped away to listen to a different true crime (mixed with paranormal) podcast. After 137 episodes of that trash I forgot how much I appreciate Crime Junkie. The bad reviews about Ashley (the host) talking over Brit (the producer) kinda baffles me. Brit’s whole job as a “co-host” is simply to ask for elaborations, or read a snippet at times. I think they have great chemistry and seem like good friends.

I occasionally get frustrated by their criticisms of law enforcement (though some of their criticisms are fair) regarding the release of information that LE may have a valid reason not to show off, and missing persons cases when the LE doesn’t jump right into action. Expectations of how things should be handled are always more drastic than reality. They should consider doing a few episodes on how many “missing persons” show up in perfect health, a day or two after being reported and how much money is wasted searching for them before they reappear. They do usually point out that they are seeing things in hindsight that people working the cases don’t have, though. Even with a few criticisms, it’s one of the best true crime podcasts.