Cannot wait fir next season!

It shakes you out of the story to hear 2 minutes worth of ads multiple times per episode. It’s a shame because the story itself is interesting and narrated well.

Fantastic podcast, I was so enthralled with this story!

Binged this one today- wow….thanks for the telling of a story of a lady I never want to meet.

the ads are so overkill, my god. The first thing you hear and takes up the first full minute every time. Really off-putting

I wasn’t sure this would captivate me, but I binged it over just two days. Laura Beale’s detailed reporting layered across superb storytelling storytelling is spot on. This is a haunting, sad, slightly creepy saga where surprises unfold at every turn.

This was so good and important for people to listen to. They hit the nail on the head with the focus on empathy. Well done!

Ads dominate the story, I understand some ads but three times in one episode is ridiculous

So many ads. I am not even through the first episode. And I’ve struggling. Good voice but the ads are excessive and breaks up the flow too much. Distracting.

Another great podcast by Laura, such a calming voice and great journalism work!

Great story but the ads make it unbearable to listen.

Good story - way too many ads in relation to the length of the episodes. I fast forwarded 30 seconds at least 4 times at two points in the first episode alone. Stopped there and won’t be listening to the rest. Too bad because it seems to be a good story

Also, I agree, you have a great voice

Interesting podcast but wayyy too many ads, makes it hard to listen to.

The amount of ads on this podcast is ridiculous. I tried pushing through but there are way too many good podcasts with fewer ads than this one. Please don’t waste your time.

Amazing storytelling, editing & journalism.

Very moving and powerful storytelling.

Would love to listen to more seasons of this following other individuals. Very well done and tied everything together at the end!

This was a great podcast. Please do another series like this!

This podcaster is so thorough and thoughtful. By far, Laura Beil’s podcasts always inform and intrigue:

I CANT BELIEVE THERE IS ONLY ONE SEASON NOOOOOO

Laura is one of the best!

Oh man, this was a good one. I found myself rolling my eyes whenever Sarah was mentioned😂😂 good job though! Interesting podcast!!

I enjoyed the story. Loved there’s no “small talk” throughout the episodes. My issue is the ads. There are ads before and during the podcasts. Much too much

This podcast was great, it kept me in suspense. Laura does a awesome job speaking, she makes you feel like your watching it on tv.Hope you do more .

The show opened with an advertisement and was summarily closed. Are you joking? The level of entitlement, you’re competing with thousands of shows to hook a listener and you open with an obnoxious ad. Enjoy the one star.

Laura does a great job researching and reporting deviant personalities. The episodes are not too long, her voice is easy to listen to and she keeps it interesting. This show comes highly recommended, as do her other podcasts. You won’t be disappointed!

This podcast is completely captivating and I couldn’t wait to hear every episode. Highly recommended… also sad but really really good.

Very well done podcast!

One of the best podcasts made WELL DONE

This podcast seemed promising but ultimately I feel like I wasted my time. I felt for the people that she took advantage of, but I think the use of the word “victim” was a little over played. I still don’t really understand why Liz (I think that’s the right name, the wife in the couple) was featured so heavily nor do I understand her obsession with finding “justice” once she realized that Sarah was obviously a person with a severe mental illness. The show did spend some time talking about Sarah’s likely mental illness as well, but then often went back to the framing of “how could someone do this?” when analyzing Sarah’s behavior, as though we didn’t already have a clear answer. Overall I just didn’t find the story presented here to be that compelling. I often feel this way when a story is told from the perspective of the people being interviewed that just takes their view of the events completely at face value and without any further analysis or commentary. Of course it’s unfortunate that people were lied to and emotionally manipulated, but at the same time I think the victim complex of a lot of the people that were interviewed was a bit over the top.

Terrible ad placements - almost completely ruins what is otherwise an excellent piece of reporting

Sarah hurt and fooled some incredibly gullible people, and that’s not ok, but framing a story of an incredibly unwell person sent to jail for stealing a bike as “justice” is a joke. I’m sure Sarah won’t get the help Liz desperately wants for her now that she has a criminal record!

This story was compelling and well produced. But, OMG, the ads!!! I have never been so rudely jolted with no warning. No “and now a sponsor break”. Just an obnoxious blast of crappy, frenetic noise coming through my earbuds. Thank god for fast forward.

I find it funny , ironic , disgusting that a podcast about a person faking an illness is sponsored by commercials about a fake illness ( COVID) and trying to get dumb parents to get their 5 year olds vaxed …. Wow !!!

Finally a podcast with actual interviews and investigation, told without creepy music or radio announcer type voices. Interesting story because unlike 70yo murder cases, stories like this we can all identify with. Situations that any of us could potentially get into. Well told in chronological order. I would listen to another season if they do a similar story

I loved this story! It was unbelievable and really well told.

Some stories aren’t meant to be told like this. Too many moving pieces, extremely hard to follow, very little payoff in the end.

So I’ve never actually listened to a podcast before I gave this a try! I saw someone post a tiktok recommending it and thought, well why not? I’m really glad I did, I really enjoyed the story. It’s just CRAZY the lengths someone would go! If you’re looking for a story that keeps your attention, this is the one to listen to!

Good reporting, interesting story… waaaay too many ads.

Your team needs to explore the case of the chick that Vice wrote an article about. I won’t name anything here as it was all of the internet and someone did pass away. Reminds of me this story, the lies and deception and people this girl hurt!

Do I think several of her victims were gullible? Absolutely. But not all of them. And the gullible ones were still harmed. For her to prey on the weak and kind makes her more than ill and damaged, it makes her a criminal. People excusing her conduct need to check their morals.

Laura Bail is an excellent reporter and this story is fascinating. It’s so important to expose stories like this and bring them to light. Highly recommend this podcast series.

Human behavior at it’s worst…sad, intriguing and infuriating. I’m always amazed at the audacity of far how people will go to get want they want!

For what? The people who are going after her need to get a life and the judge should be disbarred.

Good content but way too many ads

Well produced and researched podcast, but there were too many obnoxiously placed adverts to enjoy it

What a scary story of a person preying on people’s kind natures. Excellently told, with a variety of different voices. Especial props for including a disabled voice on the show!

The story was heartbreaking. Hearing from so many people who were left heartbroken as this person went about her life with no concern of the pain she was leaving in her path. This podcast was well researched, written and read. Definitely worth five stars.

This podcast was OK. Certainly, aspects of the story are interesting. But overall I felt like it could have been edited down to 3 episodes instead of 6, and a lot of the writing is pretty terrible - melodramatic and full of pretty banal statements that are intended to be “deep.” Not much analysis here. And yeah, definitely need to skip through the ads.