It’s less true crime and more “drink wine and trash the ex.” More on reddit.com

I'm with you. I have my frustrations with the show, but I'm rooting for it. I think Tiffany is sincere, and I think she wants it to be a force for good. What I really appreciate about the recent two-parter is the growth and self-reflection. At its best, this podcast can really help people. While NO ONE deserves what Amelia went through (I absolutely do not think she was to blame for her husband's behavior), by her asking herself those tough questions about why she ended up in the situation, why she stayed, etc., not only will help her to keep from repeating the pattern and to protect her children, but it may very well help someone else from the same fate. That takes emotional courage. More on reddit.com

I listened to the first few seasons a while ago and found the stories interesting enough, but fell off soon after. I gave it another shot recently with the latest season about Jessica P. and "Brody" and it was just awful. You can tell this small bit of popularity has gone to the host's head. She's taken to calling herself a "documentarian" and is calling the FBI to try to get them to press charges against someone for catfishing. She had an opportunity to speak to the catfisher and get their side of the story and completely fumbled it because she has no idea what good journalism and interviewing looks like. I believe she starts to think of her podcast subjects as friends and it turns into a really weird circle jerk of "exacctlyyyyyyy" instead of compelling storytelling. Also yeah, long, rambling accounts of unfiltered information from the victims that could easily be condensed, clipped, or summarized. I think she really prides herself as being someone who lets the victims' voices be heard, but she could still do that while having a sense of structure and not exhausting the listener with unnecessary details- IF she knew what she was doing, which she does not. /end rant lol sorry More on reddit.com

Ugh these church-centric stories on SWW and elsewhere all seem sadly similar.

There's a surprising naiveté of how abuse works and how to recover from it. There's a strong streak of misogyny coupled with a lack of agency for females. Many of the younger church members work, live & socialize exclusively with others from their church.

So, I wasn't surprised that Odessa pinned the blame on the "other woman" and expected more from her than she expected from her own husband..

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