Popular Reviews of Serial Killers

It's well produced, but that's about it. Everything is completely scripted, the music is terrible, and there are voice actors. Serial killers generally have pretty interesting stories, and if an interesting story is told well, you don't really need all the other crap. This show takes the opposite approach. Plus, I really don't find the psychology aspect of the show to be necessary. Unless you know nothing about true crime/serial killers, there's nothing to be learned from it. Vanessa often offers simple explanations despite the complex nature of psychology, but one can understand why - she's not a medical professional or any kind of expert (she doesn't claim to be either). Overall, it's just kind of cheesy and silly.

Well researched but I can't stand the over the top almost autotune like production. Their voices are grating and overly american and the way the hosts interact is so fake. Too scripted.

Parcast podcasts as a whole are a mixed bag. The only one I continue to follow is Serial Killers, since every other series of theirs that I listened to moved to Spotify, and they're really not good enough to follow. I've heard some people describe them as a middle school book report podcast, and that's not inaccurate. It sounds like they're reading full sentences from index cards sometimes. Their topics are fairly well researched, and they make for a decent time killer. The biggest problem with them is that they advertise every single title on every single podcast, even those podcasts that are exclusive to spotify. I didn't bother unsubscribing from 5 of their podcasts that moved to spotify, because I held out hope that maybe someday I'd get it back in my regular podcast app. Instead, I woke up one morning to over 20 new episodes downloaded to my app - they had sent half of one episode from a new series to every single one of their old/ defunct podcast listings with "listen to the other half of this, only on spotify!" as well as commercials for other new series. I had to manually delete every single episode and ad multiple times, since they sent those ads and half episode to every single podcast they'd once had public. They're an incredibly spammy company and while I understand the need to advertise their presence on spotify, it's excessive to send ads and partial episodes to every single series they run, regardless of relevance (especially when they include in the actual series episodes that they have more content on spotify. How many times can they fit the word spotify into one episode?). I was okay with some of their cringier sound effects and their recreations of events, but they really have no respect for their followers with their excessive advertisements.

If you’re interested in the backgrounds of serial killers, this podcast works. But honestly, I would say it’s okay at best. You could probably research all this information in the amount of time these podcasts take. The hosts are fairly monotone when speaking, so it’s easy to lose interest as well. And personally, I’m not a fan of the psychological aspect of it. I find psychology and human behavior very interesting, but having someone who has no credentials in the field just... feels strange. Besides, if you taken a psych class, you’ll see that everything Vanessa says is pretty basic, surface level stuff. You probably could’ve assumed it all yourself. Originally, I wrote that they need to put more warnings and I will say that as episodes go on, they do get better at giving trigger/content warnings so that’s cool. Honestly, I really wish they would also do a portion at the end that highlights any known victims and lets us know a little information about their life, even if it’s just a career or hobby. Sometimes I feel this podcast has a tendency to just brush victims off and focus a little too much on the killer. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. Don’t get me wrong, the whole show is about SERIAL KILLERS. I just feel that sometimes, purely focusing on the killer almost feels as a glorification and dehumanizes the people who lost their lives. I think an end segment where they at LEAST give all the names and ages of the victims as a memorial would be very nice and humanize them. Anyways, a Wiki trip could probably give you at least half the info these people give you. Good for information, but entertainment wise... not so much. There’s better podcasts out there. And I promise you, after listening to this podcast, you’ll NEVER want to hear the word “prolific” again...

I like the stories. But there is one thing that bugs me so much I can hardly listen to them back to back. The repetitive adjectives; such as prolific and notorious. Those two words are used so many times I lose track. There are more words out there why use the same ones over and over for every killer. It makes them less unique.

I am an avid listener of this podcast, I love the descriptions, and how everything is put into context: not ignoring the systematic racism and sexism in the police force explains a lot...However, I am sometimes taken aback by the passionate tone of writing when it comes to rape...? Why focus that much on the fear of the victim and the excitement of the killer, only when it comes to sexual assault, and not any other type of crime?Other episode are still very much worth giving a listen though!!

Very interesting. The armchair psychology turns me off a bit, but I do appreciate that they at least give a disclaimer about it. My main takeaway from this series is that people who do awful things almost never appear out of thin air. How are we preventing the circumstances that can lead to the crimes in this podcast?

Brilliant thanks for sharing. Perth WA

Love it , listen to it everyday ❤️

Simply the best and professional. No jokes, laughs or giving their personal problems.. it's scripted and informative

Adore this podcast! It’s my every night listen. Relaxing voices, amazing crime information & telling of stories!

For a scripted podcast it is very professional. Well researched and informative. If you want a serious podcast then this is the one for you

I absolutely adore Greg. He's the best podcaster I've ever heard. But unfortunately when I hear Vanessa, and I don't have anything against her, makes me annoyed. No chemistry between them, and let's be honest, he can do it perfectly on his own. I miss Hunted Places.

Fantastic podcast when Carter is not one of the hosts. His voice and inflection when narrating is completely unbearable. I hope he stops injecting himself in the podcast and let the original hosts do their thing.

One of my very favorite podcast! I listen WEEKLY!!

Very great podcast! Written and delivered properly without all of the opinionated information other podcasts have.

these podcasts are amazing it would be better if they could go into more detail about the killer of the episode

Just all around bad. If you have never heard a podcast before you might like this but anyone who listens to podcasts at all will hate this. Over produced, extremely poor research, both hosts have no personality. The show constantly switches music. And if you wanna hear 6 ads for a podcast. This is for you

Rating says 1 star, but it should be 0.This podcast is bad. It should have never been produced, somewhere between the dead space, overly dramatic script, and lack of details, this podcast never should have been produced. As well, the market for True Crime podcasts is already overly saturated, why do we need to support another large company like Spotify, throwing their dumb podcast out there, to overshadow GOOD podcasts by great people who have criminal psychology backgrounds and generate GREAT podcasts? we don't. This isn't worth your time other than listening for the first 2 minutes to laugh at how bad it is.

Where do I start. I think I would have enjoyed this but the wokeness of the episodes called it for me. Every episode talks about what a privilege is it to be white and white people get away with everything because of it. Over and over. Enough. Not everything is meant to be a lesson in what pieces of crap we are for being born white. I won't listen to any more episodes.