“The Mansion Murders” podcast

[Anonymous]

Someone knows something sounds interesting! Will check that one out. "Crime Writers On" reviews a lot of true crime podcasts in case anyone wants to listen to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, well, skipping over the person who thinks we're awful people.....

I listened to the promo for the show today and found it off-putting. For one thing, she referred to Went as "a major character in the story." Or, you know, a murderer in a horrific case. Or to be more accurate, a suspected murderer. He's not a character in a story.

I listen to a fair amount of true crime podcasts. I think there is a lot to learn from true crime and the best podcasts manage to tell a coherent, compelling story that not only bears witness to a horrible crime, but also illustrates larger points in society. I'm thinking of who killed Alberta Williams, about an area in Canada where many many indigenous women have been found murdered. Or even Serial season 1 which may have been a wrongful conviction, or Up and Vanished which may have brought enough attention to a cold case to actually solve the case. Or Accused, which focused on false confessions, and the lack of progress in a cold case once the initial suspect was (rightly) found not guilty of murder, despite his (false) confession.

I think most of the better true crime podcasts come from existing media outlets, like Alberta Williams, or Breakdown from the Atlantic Journal Constitution, Accused from a Cincinnati newspaper, etc.

In fact, I just started listening to Dirty John today and that was done by the LA Times, I think. The bottom line is writing is what really distinguishes a good podcast. And the writing on the promo was.....not good. It sounded like Sarah Fraser just prattling on about interesting characters. Not a compelling, serious look into an open investigation.

Breakdown from the Atlanta Journal Constitution is one of the few I can think of that did the podcast before (and during) the trail (for season 2). I think it is a very tricky, nuanced path to walk before the investigation is concluded and the trial is over. Based on the promo, I am skeptical of the podcast. But I will listen because i think this is an important case and needs more attention.

I thought it was weird the way that the host was talking about Wint as if there was a possibility he wasn't involved?? I mean he clearly was.

The other thing I thought was interesting was how the host was saying there were things that were "off" about the family. I don't know what that could be referring to because they seemed like a normal family, albeit very very wealthy.

The former partner said they were clearing 200-300k per year in the 1990s which would probably be 600k in today's terms. This was also before the company was landing major contracts like Nats park, city center etc. I don't think there was anything fishy about their finances. I hope the girls are fully taken care of.

[Anonymous]

This weeks one was interesting. It doesn't seem like thefirls
We're taken care of based on the go fund me for a service dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Saw this podcast about the Savopoulos family and Veralicia Figueroa murders posted in another thread and thought people would be interested to listen along.

https://player.fm/series/the-mansion-murders

I downloaded this a few weeks ago but haven't started it yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone knows something sounds interesting! Will check that one out. "Crime Writers On" reviews a lot of true crime podcasts in case anyone wants to listen to it.

I've listened to both seasons, season three starts in November. Try "in the dark" too

[Anonymous]

I must be missing something regarding someone knows something. I listened to the first 8 episodes a key a boy who vanished in Canada about 50 yrs ago. After hours and hours and hours of listening to the podcast--- they had literally no information.

Do they get better? What's the draw to this podcast? It drags on with no leads

[Anonymous]

Listening to the one with the sister saying suspect is a great brother - but she admits she never speaks to him about anything about his criminal rap.

[Anonymous]

For those of you who listen to true crime podcasts, what are some good ones? My sister's murder remains unsolved and I would really like for someone to look into it. We can't afford a private investigator.

[Anonymous]

I heard something was off with the family - second hand. Could be simple little like divorce. Wint was surely involved. Very likely he had help. Finding them is critical before it happens again. If Wint gets off, he could easily do it again