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My favorite reviews
Are the ones who scream about free speech but then refuse to listen to anyone who has a political opinion that, perhaps, racism is bad. Life is gonna be hard for those folks.

Not for the faint of heart
But he makes it very clear what kind of content he’s putting out there. Love the black label episodes and the narration in general. So good!

Thank you Justin...
Thank you Justin for bringing us something

Great!!
This is my first true crime podcast, I have been looking for a true crime podcast to fill my time as I work my 7 hour shift everyday and this is excellent! The research and information that you find is on par and something about the way you tell it really makes time just pass right by at work. So thank you for helping me through my dull, mind numbing work day with an awesome, interesting show. My only critique is I would love for longer episodes, although I am content with the current length.

Yay
My new favorite podcast! The free Black Label content is highly appreciated in this crazy time

So great
Sometimes a little grittier than I am comfortable with, but Justin takes on tough cases and doesn't soften the story. Great podcast

So good
Binge worthy!!

Heather Heyer
Thank you for the episodes involving Charlottesville and Heather Heyer. I’m from Charlottesville and we live with that day. Also remember the state trooper helicopter that went down. They were lost two. The state police are obligated to give a clear and direct answer to what happened.

My new favorite!
This is my new favorite true crime podcasts hands down one of the best out there.

I love this podcast!!
Great podcast! Justin has an awesome voice.

One of my favorites
Due to my job I listen to an incredible amount of podcasts. This is one of my favorites. It is gritty and heartfelt.

Big Fan of this Man!
The crackling campfire lends just the right atmosphere for telling the stories presented. Justin is sincere and soulful while covering the well-researched topics. Calming voice that ironically keeps you on the edge of your seat because of the subject matter. Not a lot of ridiculous banter and self-congratulatory nonsense in the mix, which I find grating on other podcasts. Just straight up fact-checked narrative. A+++. If I could give more stars, I definitely would!

Just the way I like it
I’m super picky and I like straight up crime and gore not comedy and giggling about inside jokes (not really gory but he won’t leave out things if it does get intense). This is an amazing podcast. No talking for 15 mins in the beginning, and he respects the victims. Love it 😍

TR
Interesting content. Well presented. Please learn the proper pronunciation of the word “harrowing “.

Respect
Our host has his ear to the grindstone. He KNOWS what we want!

More details than other podcasts
The way the cases are told and the level of research done makes this one of the only podcasts for which I don’t mind listening to cases done by other shows! I also like that there are a lot of cases that I’m hearing about for the first time!

Awesome
Well researched, well written, and respectful of victims. One of my favorites!

Voice
The Mandalorian does true crime.

Thank you
Hello there! I have never subscribed to a podcast before, this one is more than worth it. Well researched, clear, and in depth approach. Thank you for this!!!!

How did I just find this?
I was just scrolling a Reddit feed and Obscura popped up as a good graphic pod with a host that’s not awful like some other graphic pod hosts. I only wish I’d found this show sooner. It’s well researched and gives gravity to the situations described. I like the straight forward narrative and the one host format more than I thought I would coming over from STM which is much different.

Woo hoo
This podcast is the bomb omg love love it love the music the speaker keep them Coming

Binge-Worthy
I’ll admit, it took about 2-3 episodes for me to get into this podcast. I’m glad I stuck it out , though, because I haven’t heard about a lot of the episode topics. Some of the clips do tend to go on a bit long but it’s not that big of a deal to me.

Hypnotic
His voice, the faint music, script, organization. He puts all the information together so perfectly that your mind easily creates the visuals. Due to the content I regularly listen on headphones. My favorite thing is that he explains the warnings only once, versus, when other podcasts will disclaim over and over and over kind of ruining the momentum of the telling. You’re not distracted by side chit chat because there are no co-hosts, or distracted by any laughing/ giggling. He takes us from point A to point B... beautifully.

Trauma
I like this show a lot. But why did you publish the James Byrd story at this moment? It’s too much.

Well Done, but..
This show is very thorough and well-researched, however, I have one issue with this podcast. When playing audio clips recorded by the perpetrator in focus, the clips go on way too long—it would be so much better if he just added in clips of these files as it gets old. This makes it particularly hard to listen to when he puts long clips of perpetrators spouting terrible ideologies of racism, misogyny, and worse—not only is it unnecessarily long and hard to listen to, but it also feels like it just gives these people a platform to spread their ideologies even more. I get it’s meant to expose the depravity of these people, but it’s to the point that it’s overkill.

Well Thought Out,
Researched, and produced. I’ve throughly enjoyed each, and every episode, and listen, because like many, I’m not just a survivor, but more than that. Be well, be safe, embrace life, because you never know where it will take you.

Well Done
He covers cases thoroughly and includes intense details. This is a top notch podcast.

Good storytelling and excellent source material
I find raw material such as 911 calls and FB live-streams to be compelling, and this show offers a good helping of that. Skilled writing frames the stories and shapes the drama of the material. There’s some seriously strong stuff here, no question. Some of the aural pictures are indelible — and that quality can cut both ways, of course!

Awesome
This guy is awesome. The stories are crazy. To make things better, he released his patreon content FREE OF CHARGE!!! Thank you sir and I will be supporting you once we can go back to “normal”