Love love season 3 and 1- not 2

I am so engrossed and don’t known what to believe at this point. Is she lying? Is he? So many lives ruined.

Interview with Kelly……Your interview with Kelly…. How in the heck anyone “prosecute” used Kelly’s statements to put anyone in PRISON, BLOWS MY MIND. It truly feels like Kelly is ABSOLUTELY involved in the murder,BUT I do NOT believe the story she is telling at all. Kelly makes too many statements, followed by- “whatever, you know” as a blank term for extremely serious allegations. Mental illness runs rampant through her family???? I pray that Kelly is put into PRISON, as she is not coming off as truthful at all.

Why are there ads when I’m a subscriber to I heart podcasts? So sick of hearing them!

Listen, I’m not saying Byron did or didn’t commit murder. However, aside from Kelly’s testimony, there’s absolutely no concrete evidence to support the claim that he killed her. When people ask, “Why would she lie?” or “It’s been 26 years, and she’s still sticking to her story,” consider this: if a lie you told 26 years ago led to someone being imprisoned for the rest of their life, would you all of a sudden want to come forward and confess? It’s likely because she was angry that he was moving out of state, starting a new life, and didn’t want anything to do with her. I wish someone had challenged everyone who blindly defended her, at least a bit, to see their response. Let’s not forget how Kelly herself impeached herself on the stand during her deposition when discussing her arrest history.

Too much bad audio and intrusive ads making it difficult to follow. I’m going to pass on this. Too bad.

I had never listened to this podcast before so I thought I would give it a try, starting with season three. I didn’t even make it 10 minutes due to the horrible audio of the phone call with that father. I listen to a lot of podcasts, I know that the audio shouldn’t sound that bad. These things make or break podcast for me, and this time it broke it.

The research into Anastasia’s case is thorough. There is circumstantial evidence that points to so many people not just Byron. The audio from the police interviews and phone calls do get pretty long at parts especially when it’s hard to understand from bad audio quality. Also the more episodes that come out the less interesting it gets. It seems like there is a decent amount of useless information given and a lot could have been cut to make a better podcast that does this case justice.

The host’s lisp is annoying.

Well done podcast. One of my favs

I love how Leah is able to show that the law is not black and white, there are shades of gray!

I found the first season very interesting. The third season literally put me to sleep with all the police interviews/audio. At times, it’s bad quality. It just gets so old. Why even have a podcast host. Just play the tapes. Boring

Every single criminal podcast on this channel ends up mentioning how racist every thing is. This is a podcast about a wrongfully convicted murderer who is white and the victims were all white…yet you just couldn’t help virtue signaling. And by the way Missouri is NOT considered the south, its the midwest and its always midwest and northern states (esp the ones that vote blue) are the most racist areas in the world. Dumb podcast

This podcast is good but I have to skip over all the police interviews. I may be one of few but I find it pretty useless when any podcast adds police interviews. A majority of the time they are too emotional or just plain hard to listen to be of any help to the listener. Between the interviews and the ads I listen to maybe 30 minutes of each episode. It also seems redundant here because she pauses the interviews to go over what was said.

Very well done and very interesting. I have a really hard time feeling empathy for Rodney’s situation since he was in fact a murderer previously. Maybe his conviction was Devine intervention given his extremely light sentence the first time.

I thought the podcast was interesting but was really turned off by a flippant comment the host made about OCD during Season 3 episode 1. She said the case made her want to pull her hair out. Trichotillomania is a form of OCD where someone has the compulsion to pull their hair out. It isn’t a joke and flippant comments about it reinforce the stigma surrounding this condition. If you wouldn’t make dismissive comments about bipolar disorder or schizophrenia then you shouldn’t about OCD either. It made her PSA about the suicide crisis hotline at the end of the episode seem really fake. It’s possible the host wasn’t aware, so I hope she will do better in the future.

Not bad, but found myself skipping through the police interviews. Hard to listen to on and on and on.

I’m so interested in this story, but the police interview audio is next to impossible to understand. I feel like I’m missing so much.

This podcast has changed my outlook on the death penalty. There’s just too many issues with our justice system to put people to death. There’s too much room for error. Hearing these men speak about forgiveness and spreading love with the cards they have been dealt has left me feeling grateful today, thank you for the work you’re doing with this show.

Bravo, Leah! I have had this podcast on my phone for awhile and binged both seasons this week. I knew both cases peripherally but the reporting she did was outstanding in my opinion. It is obvious she spent a lot of time digging through files, documents and knocking on doors/calling everyone involved. I don’t typically write a review along with a rating but felt compelled here.

Wonderfully addictive!

Please listen to this podcast and get Keith Lamar’s Story out there!

I listen to every true crime podcast and this is my favorite! I’m sad that I finished in only a couple days!

Sadly, In a way, this is one of the best podcasts I’ve listened to, and I listen to a lot! I cannot believe how these people are treated, particularly if they have been wrongfully convicted like Rodney and Keith Lamar. I hope and pray and wish for the freedom of those that deserve it. The Justice system is corrupt and I don’t understand why those in positions of power are so determined to keep the innocent incarcerated and down. more needs to be done to stop this. Everybody talks about what a great country this is but if this is what the system is like it is not great at all, even when proven innocent people are still kept in prison. That is not America, that is not freedom. That is not great. Everyone needs to listen to this podcast and maybe more will be done to help those that need it.

Its 2023 and some things seem as though they will never change! Ive been in and out of several different institutions in my life and this is so scary because it’s absolutely true that this could happen to anyone in the “system” especially someone of color! People that are willing to do anything instead of admitting to wrong doing or making a mistake I firmly believe are thee worst people you can possibly come into contact with in this life because nothing and nobody mean anything but their pride! This podcast is absolutely amazing and yet so sad that its even necessary at the same time! I pray Keith gets a chance for a new hearing before its too late and the people that pushed all the wrong buttons receive their own karma! November has never seemed so close! Oh and also from the reviews I’ve read you can just tell the people that walk with their noses up at everyone and have never done a single thing wrong in their world!!! (Guilty people are always the very first to point fingers and point out failing in anyone else)

I love this podcast. The subject matter is hard to hear at times, but she is telling the truth. It is so well done. I like Keith, I believe him, I want him to get a second chance. He’s no saint, but I don’t believe he did the crime they want to kill him for. I don’t believe in the death penalty anymore because of things just like this! This man deserves a new trial and even freedom.

This story is a tale of corrupt prosecution and a blatantly racist justice system. We can not allow this appalling miscarriage of justice.

Leah Rothman approached Season 2 of The Real Killer Podcast with objectivity and a firm commitment to reporting the truth as she uncovered it. She has done a beautiful job of toppling over the house of cards that Ohio set up after the 1993 Lucasvillle Prison Uprising. They wanted to bury the truth of their inability to prosecute anyone due to their mishandling of the evidence (contaminating it all). Their only way out of their mess was to PAY informants—the very perpetrators of the crimes—to point fingers at innocent others. Keith LaMar is a beautiful human being, one of the most generous. His entire life is spent in service to others. Ohio intends to murder this incredible man in order to hide their misconduct. It’s time to tell the truth, Ohio. #justiceforkeithlamar

The depths at which Leah explores this case is just amazing. I’m so impressed at how many voices and perspectives were included throughout this series to show such a deep and complex picture. Thank you to iHeartRadio and Leah for creating space for these journalistic explorations to uncover truths that have been attempted to be buried for far too long. The ways in which Keith LaMar's voice and heart shines through each time he is in these episodes, it is incredibly touching. What a human.

Great story not sure if he’s innocent or guilty but I do know these lawyers that don’t care if the people there putting in jail/death row are innocent or not should definitely get in trouble at least a month in jail for every year the person they falsely convicted (because they knowingly held back evidence) spent in prison!! This has to stop!!!!!

I am an attorney specializing in the post-conviction representation of prisoners and I would love to have her on my team! She digs for documents, locates witnesses, and she is a good interviewer. More important, she is a good listener. I hope lawyers and investigators are listening and learning! Sean

This is pathetic journalism. A criminal doing what they do, manipulating and fleecing this reporter, and she weakly eats up. He spends the majority of time painting himself as the victim, while implying those who died in the riot deserved to do so because they are snitches. This clown is where he belongs.

The best path to justice in the U.S. for some comes from the journalism of podcasts and cellphone recordings. Even when the evidence reveals grave miscarriages, it’s still nearly impossible to put things right unless you have power and privilege. Talk about a tale of two systems.

Why don’t they mention the fact that Lamar single handedly took over the death row block at Mansfield correction and tried to kill Inmate Derek Evans?

To call Lucasville an uprising is giving it undue legitimacy. Like it’s some civil rights battle. These rioters murdered and raped inmates and guards. They should all be executed.

As an Investigative Analyst, I tend to scrutinize investigative podcasts. This is a wonderful example of investigations and journalism. I was immediately hooked after the first episode. Skip through the ads, it isn’t difficult. Also, investigations take time and money! 😀

I quit episode two because there is 11 minutes of ads, introductions,and previews. I’m sure this is probably a great podcast if you’re OK with half of it being NOT the podcast!

In the first episode you literally said we will find out who the real killer is? I’m confused 🤔

The heart of this story is a powerful one, and would shine through more strongly if it weren’t for the insanely long, frequent and grating commercials, and the occasional sound effects and dramatizations. I really feel for Melissa, Rodney snd their loved ones, and that’s what deserves unencumbered center stage here. Cut the minor theatrics - god, and the commercial style/tone/layout/timing - and you have a more powerful podcast.

This was like listening to an advertisment podcast with short breaks of true crime story. The story itself is very well done, but I honestly could not keep up with it because of the constant interruptions. Each ad interruption is 3 minutes long! Why not offer an ad-free version like other channels?

This is a rly sad/ horrible crime! It’s rly heartbreaking to think of the amount of innocent people in prison. I hope the host does a second season on a new case.

I have listened to countless crime podcasts, watched all the top crime shows and this podcast is more intricate than anything I’ve ever read, heard or seen. While heartbreaking pales in comparison to the horrific events the victims suffer and the anger you feel towards our terminally flawed & unjust “justice system,” it does something no other crime podcast has ever accomplished, it leaves you feeling inspired and speechless. The unimaginable brings together two family’s destroyed by the same tragedy who suffer for decades only to become family to each other. It leaves you with a sense of hope that perhaps, they might have found a semblance of the long & overdue healing they so desperately deserve.

Great podcast, but 3/4 of the way through the 1st episode I had to stop listening bc the amount of commercials is absurd!! Too many interruptions!!

Seriously, this is one of the best true crime journalism podcasts I’ve listened to! Let me qualify this by saying I’m a true crime addict. If I’m not getting to the bottom of a murder on tv then there’s a strong probability I’ve got something unfolding in my ears. I’m talking podcasts. Lots of them. And of the countless podcasts I’ve enjoyed, I think I’ve been compelled to drop everything and write a raving review for only a couple (definitely less than five). I don’t pass out podcasting blue ribbons to just anybody with a microphone! Seriously, this story is so well produced and told in such a compelling way. So tragic, shocking, relatable, engaging. I find myself genuinely caring about every person in this story. So many lives effected by this savage crime. I’m feeling sad for their both families’ losses. Touched by their humility and their humanity. And inspired by their strength and fortitude. I wish I could hug each of these people. I’m on episode 7 and I’m just floored at the way this is unfolding. I had to stop and write this review because it is so well deserved! Listen to this one!!

So many wrongfully accused/innocent people in prison. I sat through a trial of my doctor. The whole thing was like being in the twilight zone. I know he’s innocent. But I’m prison. Such a broken system we have.

Great podcast. This murder sparked my interest since I’ve lived in St. Louis for 15 years but never heard of this case. I have however heard of Tommy Lynn Sells from the Ina murder which is very close to my hometown. Great storytelling from the host and impactful interviews. Only issue I have is the praising of the St. Louis prosecutor, anyone living in St. Louis knows what garbage of a prosecutor she actually is.

The podcast was interesting and kept my attention throughout. The offensive and misleading advertisements ruined what would’ve been an otherwise pleasant experience.

So great let’s get him out… when do we get the guy that he bashed over the head with a rock and put into a river back? It’s always the same story we don’t believe the police but the guy that is an admitted killer we say oh well sure he’s telling the truth. Give me a break. Maybe he didn’t do this, but he’s no innocent victim.

Interviewer was just ok and her first interview with the sister who was at the time 7 years old had an almost unbelievable memory of the incident. I had to stop because she seemed to want to dramatize every single moment.. it was just too much. Claiming she had a feeling something bad was going to happen that day and then fighting off the guy and then knowing to play dead - then to being carried out by a fireman and it seeing the most beautiful blue skies. I couldn’t help but wonder how much she had filled in on her own. Had to stop.

Great podcast until ep.11 and all the SJW garbage starts popping up. Why can’t these podcasters just tell the story