Tells us the backstory and the WHY of it all

I love the thought that Erica puts into the episodes. She doesn’t just tell you about the crime; she goes all the way back to their childhood and really expands on their life. I’m into true crime because I want to know the WHY of it and I feel Erica does a great job with this. Obviously Murder and crime are hideous and awful, no one is saying it isn’t, but by knowing more about someone and their history sometimes you can connect the dots so to speak to see how they ended up on their situation. It’s not excusing anything, make no mistake. I feel a lot of people who are interested in true crime are interested in the human behavior and psychology of it; we want to know how and why someone gets to this point where they do this. And Erica and her team do such a great job of giving you all the details. Does she include her opinion? Sure. But I don’t feel she’s in your face about it and I have other podcasts that are (that I also greatly enjoy). It’s a discussion. She lays out the facts and tells you what she thinks about it. This is one of my favorite podcasts and I think she does a wonderful job.