This is a great podcast. It's nice to hear about all of the evidence that was ignored and left out by the Boulder PD and the media. Lou Smit was amazing. It's a shame that the family is still blamed after all of these years. People want them to be guilty. It's sickening and sad. Thank you for revealing the truth !

I went into this a completely blank slate and sought out a podcast during a long road trip to understand the case. Not only does this podcast do a poor job at laying out the basic facts of the case, but it is possibly the most biased piece of media I’ve ever consumed. I understand wanting the people in this family to be innocent, I truly do. But in order to debunk internet theorists, you actually need to engage with those arguments to deconstruct them and ultimately disprove them. There is no good-faith effort of doing that, at least in the first 3-4 episodes I could stomach before I turned it off completely. This bad faith effort doesn’t do the family justice and it certainly doesn’t do that little girl justice. Even if the father’s name is all over it, it feels like a great deal of the creative control and intellectual honesty was lost when they gained that level of access to the family. It felt like incoherent streams of consciousness from various people about what everybody at the PD did to handle the case did wrong. Meanwhile, the crime scene was completely messed up by the people in that home and nobody was like “man, in hindsight, that wasn’t a great idea.” The father was indignant and insulted that anybody would even DARE question his contaminating the scene. I can acknowledge that the trauma this man faced is something I can never comprehend, but the complete lack of introspection or humility this man displayed was staggering and very “rich white dude trying to control the narrative by any means necessary.” One person was described as a “Jonbenet expert” which is kind of bizarre, no credentials given. No book title, articles, or relationship to this girl — just a pundit for a six year old’s murder. Fine, whatever. Then the experts were saying the most moralistic garbage like “the father couldn’t have done it because he’s a god-fearing man.” That’s obviously not an uncommon thing for somebody say in true crime when being interviewed about a suspect, but it’s usually paired with genuine attempts to filter out all of the noise and get more clarity on the case. That is not done here. This is bad reporting. This is bad storytelling. Your media company should feel bad.

I do not know who killed the little girl. But this show needs to stick to the facts. It pushed hard toward an intruder and not the family. As a reporter or podcast author, you cant sway towards one side. I mean you can, but thats not fair reporting. Im not saying it was the family or not, idk, but a good podcast does not sway to one side, you report and look into stuff as an open book. The author even says, ‘a stubborn belief, that the killer came from the JBR family.’

There is so much out there on this case and this is by far the best version I’ve ever heard. I hope they find the person who did this before her dad passed. He deserves to have closure after a lifetime of this.

i listened to all the episodes because honestly i was curious as to what everyone would have to say here , but there’s so much bias and so much more that could have been said . so many suspects that literally make no goddamn sense . this could have been way shorter than it actually was . also i understand that it’s painful to be suspected of having killed your child , but i think they should have spoken way more about why the family was suspected . missed out on so so much . not worth the listen .

Major funding for this podcast was provided by the John and Patsy Ramsey Innocence Project.

This podcast strays so far from the facts it’s actually insulting that they thought people would fall for it

Opinions are called facts in this podcast. Spreads bad info and bias ‘reports’.

I learned a few new things. I had no idea John had received a heads up by one of his employees about the cops wanting to blame him for the murder of his daughter. I hear a different version of the “facts” each time I hear an interview. Some of the logic used to come up with the suspects is contradictory to the logic used to absolve the Ramseys. Apparently for some people the DNA can rule out the Ramsey family but doesn’t rule out some others. There are some far reaching suspects on the list. I suppose when it comes to solving the case it doesn’t matter how unlikely the suspect. The police really messed this up from the beginning, this little girl may never have justice. I would like to have the confidence to know her family is innocent but I’m not convinced. Either an intruder did it or a family member and only the culprit knows.

I’m ok with hearing everyone’s experience and take on this crime, including the Ramsey family. In 2023, I find it shocking it’s still unsolved. Enjoyed listening to the interviews. A lot of reviews mention the bias in this podcast. Maybe, but I am capable of keeping an own mind and making my own conclusions/assumptions.

I understand how sick people are but this is so sick but I am going to college to be a forensic scientist and I understand things like this happen but something about this case doesn’t sit right with me

I have this 2 stars because it is produced well but so could not make it beyond episode 3. This show is so full of bias and conspiracies, none of which are evidence supported.

Inaccurate content provided by cherry picked contestants an a Pro Ramsey game show.

This podcast is clearly biased in favor of the Ramsey’s. The “evidence” presented is presented so the Ramseys are presented favorable.

Couldn’t get past the third episode, the bias is loud and distracting from facts and evidence. Don’t waste your time starting it.

Don’t bother listening if you want a balanced take.

The parents of this girl went out and she was alone ? At 6 ? What ?

I have followed this case literally since I was a child and have read all the books out there- Watched all the documentaries and shows. This podcast is absolutely the best. Lots of new information/evidence was divulged in this series that I had NEVER read or heard of before! Very impressed and it’s good to hear from her older brother, John. Prior to this, I always believed the older siblings (aside from Burke) were absolutely not interested in participating in anyway- this was refreshing. Good for them. She deserves justice, they all do.

The only thing this podcast left me wondering exactly how much the Ramseys paid them to make it…it’s so incredibly biased. Let me save you some time…every episode is just “The Ramseys didn’t do it.” The research is half-baked at best. Seriously, skip it.

The bias in this almost makes it unbearable to listen to. Instead of presenting facts you just listen to tapes of people saying the parents didn’t do it over and over. This podcast seems poorly researched. The facts that they do present only represent their theory. I could write 4 entire reviews of facts that just aren’t mentioned. I recommend listening to something else on this case.

This is by far an abridged version of the crime. This doesn’t even talk about the suspect of the family. This is Lou Smit version and doesn’t give full story. SHAME ON YOU!!

This podcast could have been completed in 4 episodes! The amount of time wasting and repetition is ridiculous

This was a great podcast! To all conspiracy theorists who are complaining that this podcast leaves out “evidence” of the family’s guilt…that’s because there was no evidence of their guilt! That’s why no charges were ever brought. Lack of evidence. I don’t know who the killer is, and neither do you.

Wait, what The edit makes it seem as if random opinions of bystanders is part of coroner & specialists findings &!!!! What up w that letter ?!!???!!🤪

This podcast is produced so well and is truly amazing quality. However, there is a clear agenda and side this podcast is taking. It is clearly a podcast for, if not by, the Ramsey’s, more specifically John Ramsey. I find it interesting to listen to all sides and all evidence and all circumstances. Not just the ones that outline a specific narrative. This smells a lot like the tv documentaries and series that are literally just produced to defend the Ramsey’s based on speculation and are completely devoid of facts. I don’t even think for sure the Ramsey’s did it. But this podcast is completely biased and it makes it hard to listen to.

Turned it off after the first 20 minutes due to the bias involved. Even the introduction calls this case “Witch Hunt”…enough said

A podcast sponsored by…. The Ramsey Family!

was this paid for by the ramseys? also why do you keep saying a stun gun was used on her? this is heavily disputed.

I hope the find out who did this!

Please. This essentially exonerates the parents within minutes. Skip this.

This podcast was so pathetic. It was repetitive, biased, often inaccurate, and obviously funded and supported by the Ramsey family. Do not waste your time. “Listen Carefully” was a very interesting podcast about this case, and I thought I’d listen to this to get a different perspective. I made it through 4 episodes, but I should have stopped after the 1st one. Pathetic.

Was this podcast produced by John Ramsey? The way this podcast misrepresents some facts while wholly neglecting to touch upon others, while relying entirely on commentary from the Ramseys' supporters and hirelings is very suspicious. The handwriting on the ransom note matched up with Patsy's up to 95% - this podcast says it did not match the samples provided by John or Patsy - an outright falsehood. Fleet White is never mentioned - why? Jon Benet's 33(!) doctor visits over the 3 years preceding her death, and her parents' refusal to provide any explanation for them, also never mentioned. This is a complete smoke job, and anyone with even the slightest bit of suspicion about the family would be better off not wasting their time.

Smear job against the media by the Ramseys. It’s just the father, and the defense team’s interviews being played.

Lots of different professional perspectives. They have definitely ruled out the Ramsey’s, which is frustrating. John himself is in this podcasts and he just seems way more concerned with proving himself innocent than with Jon Benet losing her life. Although I don’t know how I would act if I was accused of something so horrible for 20 years. It just sits with me weird that he doesn’t really ever talk about his daughter or who she was.

Not sure who bothered on this one.Literally all the evidence in the case points to the family.

I wish you would do a podcast the facts. The DA was in bed with the Ramsey attorneys. Such a cover up…spoiler alert…the parents did it.

I listened to the first 6 episodes (and will listen to them all) but I came to read the reviews to make sure I was not being unfair in my assignment. I wasn’t. This leaves of such huge pieces of evidence. It lies (or gives half truths) on many others. Patsys handwriting wasn’t a match…. Umm that’s no the case. It couldn’t be ruled out from what I’ve heard. Many other examples of moments I’ve had to stop and say WHAT!?! If you listen to to, just make sure you also listen to other NOT Ramsey purchased coverings. In the end, this poor girl was murdered and we are no closer to solving it now than we were 20 years ago.

I have always been interested in the Ramsey case so I was eager to hear more when I saw this podcast. However, it quickly became clear that it is a very biased podcast, seemingly bank-rolled by the Ramsey family in order to clear their name. I’m shocked the podcast is putting out names of people who they accuse of possible involvement. Isn’t that defamation? The last episode I listened to dealt with people—not associated with law enforcement—stealing DNA from their “suspects” in various seedy ways. I don’t know who killed poor Jon Benet but this attempt makes the Ramsey family look more guilty, not less.

Biased and terribly researched and delivered.

I don’t have an opinion of whether it was a family member or an intruder, I think there is strong evidence for and strong evidence against both theories. Everything I’ve watched on the case bases their presentation on a biased view of what they think happened rather than logically debating the facts, evidence, theories, etc. This podcast is very biased and it assumes you accept the Ramsey’s weren’t involved and assumes that if you do think it was the Ramsey’s it’s bc you were biased by the media, instead of presenting what definitively absolves them. There are indeed a lot of seemingly “good” parents that kill their children (Chris Watts for example), so proposing they didn’t kill their child basically bc “they wouldn’t do that” is a weak argument. The problem for me is that the evidence is ambiguous in the JonBenet case (not to mention questionable due to the poor investigation by inexperienced police), so to accept it was an intruder, there needs to be definitive proof and I don’t think there is that. A good investigation would consider all possibilities and present the findings in an unbiased way. If they do have definitive it was an intruder they did not present it. It’s annoying they called “media” biased when podcasts are media and they are also biased in this podcast. I actually want to believe it was an intruder and therefore suggestible but nothing that has ever been presented accounts for all the factors that makes the intruder theory hard to swallow. I’m still undecided about what happened and I don’t think we will ever know.

This podcast is extremely one-sided, in accurate, and nothing more than Ramsey disinformation and conjecture. Terrible content produced by people who are either very dumb, or paid by the Ramsey’s.

I feel terrible for the family. I hate that people are still so suspicious of them & have such anger toward them. People don’t want the truth, they want to hear the family is guilty, even if that isn’t what happened. I’m thankful a podcast understands that and covers the investigation in the right way. Well done.

So incredibly biased. Feels like the Ramsey family paid someone to do this podcast.

A definitely Ramsey family-aligned perspective of the case, but the fundamental point remains valid: Forensic science (especially DNA testing” is better today than in 1996 and some of the DNA evidence should be tested again. Not sure we needed a whole series to make that pretty succinct point.

What if that flashlight is Michael Helgoth’s “favorite flashlight” that he lost? If they did fingerprints and DNA on the batteries they could compare it with Helgoth. Didn’t Smit think Michael Helgoth was the killer? He was killed maybe by co conspirator, not by suicide. Good luck.

I have done A LOT of research on this case and can say this podcast is leaving out a ton of important pieces of fact/evidence. Other things they are presenting as “fact” are not - example: the marks on Jon Benet’s body were from a stun gun. These marks may or may not be from a stun gun - some think they came from part of a toy train track in the basement near where she was found. I’m guessing Jon Ramsey was involved in the making/creating of this podcast due to how biased it is. One thing I have always asked myself, and do again after listening to this podcast, is why the Ramsey’s have spent SO much time, right from the very beginning, of trying to convince the world they are innocent? Why aren’t they trying to find the killer/pushing the police to find the killer? I think it’s because they already know who the killer is.

This was terrible! Zero research in terms of fact checking the random stuff John had to say and totally left out all the evidence that pointed to the family. I don’t care which side you believe but you have to share all the information not just what John is “cool” with. Maybe the worst podcast I’ve listened to on this case...

This is one of the most repetitive, exhaustive true crime podcasts I have ever listened to. The only reason I gave it two stars is because it has good interview clips, but every episode is exactly the same, with no advancing through the investigation. Please do not waste your time, you will end up feeling frustrated that every episode is essentially the same.

In one of the episodes, John says that he and Patsy were taking Jonbenet and Burke on a Disney cruise after they flew to meet his children on the morning of 12/26. The maiden voyage of DCL wasn’t until 1998. Disney did have a partnership with Premiere Cruise Line in the mid 80s, but that only lasted 8 years. Anyone know what cruiseline John may have been referring to?

Disappointing. Clips and information repeated many times. Follows dead end leads that weren’t worth anyone’s time. The ex-step sons of an ex-employee??? I was laughing right along with Clay (Cameron?) as he asked incredulously why in the world they would want to talk to him?! I did learn a little about the case, but that’s only because I knew nothing about it coming in.