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Parchment · 17-02-2017 1:32pm

Try The Unresolved Podcast - its great. He hasnt released any new episodes in a while but when he does they are EXCELLENT! Its up there with Casefile if you ask me.

I was terrified to be home alone after listening to his episodes on The Original Night Stalker.

eviltwin · 17-02-2017 1:43pm

True Crime Brewery covered the Rachel O'Reilly murder in their latest episode. Its rare to see Irish cases covered on US podcasts so I had a listen and they did a good job.

I'm not getting all the love for Casefile tbh, its much improved on its initial episodes but I still find him to be a bit monotone, almost like he's reading from a book than talking off the cuff.

steve_r · 21-02-2017 9:54am

Listened to an episode of the Storybreakers Podcast. http://www.thestorybreakers.com/

Apperently Final Destination was originally an X-Files script (http://www.brainjet.com/pop-culture/43962/heres-how-the-x-files-was-responsible-for-the-final-destination-franchise/), so they did a performance reading of it as X-Files characters which was quite good.

It appears that this is their thing, they have one up their which is a performance reading of a JJ Abrams superman script, recorded at the Dublin Comic Con.

CaoimheSquee · 21-02-2017 1:03pm

Absolutely addicted to Myths & Legends at the moment. And I believe Tanis returns tomorrow.
Tremendous

The Black Oil · 21-02-2017 11:06pm

And the intro theme/jingle to Bill Maher's show has gotten worse.

CaoimheSquee · 22-02-2017 11:14am

eviltwin wrote: »

True Crime Brewery covered the Rachel O'Reilly murder in their latest episode. Its rare to see Irish cases covered on US podcasts so I had a listen and they did a good job.

Listened to that this morning. Bloody hell, they sound half dead!
A part from a few annoyances with wrong pronunciations and also mixing up the use Fahrenheit and Celsius it was great to see the case being covered. It appears it was only in 2015 he had yet another appeal overturned, and the "other woman" is still standing by him. I remember well watching that Late Late Show episode.

Cienciano · 23-02-2017 10:23am

dastardly00 wrote: »

I think I'm slightly addicted to Casefile (I blame you Parchment :P)....
Over the last few days I've listened to the following episodes:
The Wanda Beach Murders (Case 1)
The Somerton Man (Case 2)
Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman (Case 3)
Donna Wheeler (Case 5)
Julian Buchwald and Carolynne Watson (Case 7)
The lengths someone would go to just to have sex...
Holly Wells and Jessica Chapam (Case 8)
The Eriksson Twins (Case 17)
What the absolute fcuk!
Peter Falconio (Case 44)
Port Arthur (Case 45)
As I was listening I was just hoping that all the killing would stop soon. Absolutely horrific.

You're going to start developing an Australian accent.

dastardly00 · 23-02-2017 12:51pm

Cienciano wrote: »

You're going to start developing an Australian accent.

G'day mate :pac:

Parchment · 23-02-2017 6:44pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

G'day mate :pac:

"Hop in me ute mate!"

emc2 · 23-02-2017 11:14pm

If you're listening to up and vanished there's big news! Go download the latest episode.

CaoimheSquee · 06-03-2017 10:29am

Anyone listening to "Missing Richard Simmons?"
http://www.vulture.com/2017/03/missing-richard-simmons-podcast-review.html

pilly · 06-03-2017 10:54am

Listening to My Favourite Murder at the moment, it's not what I expected. They take the piss out of murderers really, quite funny in a dark way.

_feedback_ · 07-03-2017 1:17pm

Listened to HODcast (Humans of Dublin) episode with Jacob Billsborough. He's a Dublin artist who suffers very badly from OCD.. Incredibly sad but interesting listening.

duffer247 · 08-03-2017 7:19pm

Started listening to Tanis after over dosing on true crime stuff Serial, Undisclosed etc. Picked up Tanis based on recommendation in here. Very interesting and well produced, I'm presuming it's a Radio Drama, as it comes across quite scripted?
Interested in others' thoughts on it

_feedback_ · 10-03-2017 10:03am

Have been listening a bit to Joe Rooneys Pod-a-Rooney and enjoying his style. I prefer him to Jarlath Regan..

Listened to his PJ Gallagher interview yesterday. Real laugh out loud at PJ describing working in a warehouse with Jason Byrne when he was young. They weren't being very productive so the company brought over a new manager from England to get the place in order. The lads tied up the new manager and put him in a flight case and couriered the flight case to the Olympia theatre!

Would prefer if Joe got in more non-comedians, but very good.

peteeeed · 10-03-2017 10:09am

_feedback_ wrote: »

Have been listening a bit to Joe Rooneys Pod-a-Rooney and enjoying his style. I prefer him to Jarlath Regan..

Listened to his PJ Gallagher interview yesterday. Real laugh out loud at PJ describing working in a warehouse with Jason Byrne when he was young. They weren't being very productive so the company brought over a new manager from England to get the place in order. The lads tied up the new manager and put him in a flight case and couriered the flight case to the Olympia theatre!

Would prefer if Joe got in more non-comedians, but very good.

agree on that , the Jarlath Regan one is too serious sometimes when it doesn't need to be

CaoimheSquee · 10-03-2017 4:44pm

duffer247 wrote: »

Started listening to Tanis after over dosing on true crime stuff Serial, Undisclosed etc. Picked up Tanis based on recommendation in here. Very interesting and well produced, I'm presuming it's a Radio Drama, as it comes across quite scripted?
Interested in others' thoughts on it

Yeah I think some of their actors let them down with giving away how scripted it is unfortunately. However the story can really get quite exhilarating as it goes on.
The very best way is to listen to it is in a short time. My problem with Tanis is they changed to bi-weekly and it can be quite complicated so picking up wher eyou left off from 2 weeks ago can sometimes be next to impossible as each week they reveal pieces of the puzzle or new clues with many many different characters - some fictional, some historical. I do love it though.

They also do the Black Tapes which I do enjoy but think is a bit inferior. It is straight out ghost and horror stories whereas Tanis tackles myths and legends with a modern twist. It reminds me of the Russian film Stalker with the eternal human quest for the unknown and what other worldly secrets have been found through the centuries.

I would say stick with it!!

Parchment · 20-03-2017 9:04pm

Today i listened to Itgalz Podcast - new Irish podcast. I guess its a female focused podcast for women, its fun and fresh. Nice to hear an Irish podcast with Irish women discussing matters close to them

I also listened to Part one of Casefiles Moors Murders. Casefile is untouchable in the True Crime podcast genre if you ask me.

steve_r · 21-03-2017 9:42am

Listened to NPR's Planet Money

Interesting discussions like how economists would control imigration and the economic logic behind money children recieve from the tooth fairy.

Newstalk were recomending Missing Richard Simmons which I plan on checking out.

peteeeed · 21-03-2017 9:45am

quickly kevin will he score
a new podcast about 90's football with josh widicombe is quite good, mostly about the mad stories footballers from the time have to tell , mat le tissier and paul merson have been on so far and a comedian elis james talking about bobby gould's time as wales manager

ILikeBoats · 21-03-2017 9:45am

Having finished all the brilliant "Casefile" podcasts I am now listening to a very similar and English based podcast called "They walk among us". Same idea.

I think I have discovered I prefer a narrative rather than a discussion.

kirk buttercup · 21-03-2017 10:40am

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Having finished all the brilliant "Casefile" podcasts I am now listening to a very similar and English based podcast called "They walk among us". Same idea.

I think I have discovered I prefer a narrative rather than a discussion.

I'm the opposite that's why I think I Prefer True Crime Garage. unfortunately at the rate I'm going I will soon run out of episodes

Parchment · 21-03-2017 12:04pm

kirk buttercup wrote: »

I'm the opposite that's why I think I Prefer True Crime Garage. unfortunately at the rate I'm going I will soon run out of episodes

i think i slightly prefer a narrative but i do have a soft spot for True Crime Garage - its a nice show to listen to.

siblers · 21-03-2017 12:07pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

I think I'm slightly addicted to Casefile (I blame you Parchment :P)....
Over the last few days I've listened to the following episodes:
The Wanda Beach Murders (Case 1)
The Somerton Man (Case 2)
Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman (Case 3)
Donna Wheeler (Case 5)
Julian Buchwald and Carolynne Watson (Case 7)
The lengths someone would go to just to have sex...
Holly Wells and Jessica Chapam (Case 8)
The Eriksson Twins (Case 17)
What the absolute fcuk!
Peter Falconio (Case 44)
Port Arthur (Case 45)
As I was listening I was just hoping that all the killing would stop soon. Absolutely horrific.

Also addicted to Case File, I think my favourite one is the Catholic Mafia podcast as it's essentially a battle of good v evil, where as all the other ones I listened to are just acts of evil.
I also just listened to the Snowtown Murders podcast..that was pretty tough to listen to, extremely messed up.

ILikeBoats · 21-03-2017 12:09pm

siblers wrote: »

the Catholic Mafia podcast as it's essentially a battle of good v evil, where as all the other ones I listened to are just acts of evil.

Unreal stuff. The police man in that was a hero
It would be quite similar to the film Spotlight.

Wanderer78 · 21-03-2017 12:10pm

Steve keens - debunking economics

eviltwin · 21-03-2017 12:16pm

The Minds of Madness. It's another true crime one but features some interesting cases.

For anyone on facebook there is a group called Podcasts We Listen To where a lot of hosts post, great information on new and upcoming shows.

duffer247 · 21-03-2017 1:52pm

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Having finished all the brilliant "Casefile" podcasts I am now listening to a very similar and English based podcast called "They walk among us". Same idea.

I think I have discovered I prefer a narrative rather than a discussion.

Casefile was a slow burner for me but its a go-to podcast now. Although when he says "this episode involves crimes against children" I often skip on.
Not the greatest ad for Australia though is it!! Seems like there's always a weirdo in a vest driving a ute or a white holden!:pac:

duffer247 · 21-03-2017 1:58pm

Anybody listening to Missing Richard Simmons? I was drawn to it as I have vague memories of this fitness guy on tv and the idea of him just disappearing and subsequent investigation sounded great. 3 episodes in and hmmm, seems like Richard has become a recluse not sure there's a crime here.
Interested in others' thoughts

eviltwin · 21-03-2017 2:00pm

duffer247 wrote: »

Anybody listening to Missing Richard Simmons? I was drawn to it as I have vague memories of this fitness guy on tv and the idea of him just disappearing and subsequent investigation sounded great. 3 episodes in and hmmm, seems like Richard has become a recluse not sure there's a crime here.
Interested in others' thoughts

Yeah, I listened to a few but had to stop. It's a massive invasion into his privacy imo. I don't feel good listening to it anymore.

duffer247 · 21-03-2017 3:22pm

eviltwin wrote: »

Yeah, I listened to a few but had to stop. It's a massive invasion into his privacy imo. I don't feel good listening to it anymore.

@eviltwin Did you think it was any good? I found it bizarre to be investigating somebody and their private life when they're not dead or abducted or even technically missing.
The sinic in me felt it was a bit of a career move or publicity stunt by the producer/podcaster

CaoimheSquee · 21-03-2017 4:18pm

That's what I felt too, from episode one.
Either way we are going ot find out that someone is being held against their will or that someone really wants to be left alone.
The last episode was a total turn around and abrupt end that made me think they had been served with papers. Especially the on record statement that his opinion of the woman Theresa was that she was just doing her job.....Yikes
Definitely think it was for the best it was cut short.

eviltwin · 21-03-2017 4:20pm

duffer247 wrote: »

@eviltwin Did you think it was any good? I found it bizarre to be investigating somebody and their private life when they're not dead or abducted or even technically missing.
The sinic in me felt it was a bit of a career move or publicity stunt by the producer/podcaster

I thought it was a good podcast. I was about two episodes in when I found out Simmons was unhappy about the attention so at that point I stopped listening.

Parchment · 21-03-2017 10:26pm

I listened to Missing Richard Simmons - i didnt realise it was only going to be 6 episodes, so i listened to the last one today.

I kind of felt a bit off listening to some of it but i dont think they did anything too intrusive really. the guy doing the podcast actually knows Richard so it wasnt (in my opinion) as strange/invasive as some stranger looking into Richards whereabouts.

It was kind of interesting to listen to as i didnt know a lot about Richard but apart from that it wasnt a groundbreaking podcast.

CaoimheSquee · 22-03-2017 1:35pm

3 episodes in on this and thoroughly recommend. Excellent cast and instantly engaging story line (imo!)

Homecoming
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/nov/24/homecoming-podcast-catherine-keener-david-schwimmer

ILikeBoats · 22-03-2017 2:28pm

eviltwin wrote: »

The Minds of Madness. It's another true crime one but features some interesting cases.

This is good.
I like the theme music - half Goonies, half Stranger Things

The Black Oil · 22-03-2017 10:46pm

NPR's Embedded police shootings series is rather good. I think it's managing to be insightful and sensitive, given the subject.

siblers · 23-03-2017 2:44pm

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Having finished all the brilliant "Casefile" podcasts I am now listening to a very similar and English based podcast called "They walk among us". Same idea.

I think I have discovered I prefer a narrative rather than a discussion.

Listened to around 20 mins of the first episode of 'They walk among us', I'm not overly gone on the narrator, what I love about Casefile is the narrator's tone and general attitude, he comes across incredibly neutral and focusing only on the facts, almost never gives an opinion on the horrors of what is going on.
I found the guy doing 'They walk among us' as coming across a bit too 'sensitive'/'emotional' but I will keep listening to see if it grows on me..it's well written and I like the structure of these types of podcasts and I am pretty curious as to the outcome of the first episode.

30-03-2017 10:53am

Parchment wrote: »

I listened to Missing Richard Simmons - i didnt realise it was only going to be 6 episodes, so i listened to the last one today.

I kind of felt a bit off listening to some of it but i dont think they did anything too intrusive really. the guy doing the podcast actually knows Richard so it wasnt (in my opinion) as strange/invasive as some stranger looking into Richards whereabouts.

It was kind of interesting to listen to as i didnt know a lot about Richard but apart from that it wasnt a groundbreaking podcast.

I thought the fact he actually was 'friends' with him was worse!
Jeez, with friends like those, who needs enemies!

steve_r · 30-03-2017 11:19am

bubblypop wrote: »

I thought the fact he actually was 'friends' with him was worse!
Jeez, with friends like those, who needs enemies!

I felt the same. It's very morally and journalistically dubious.

ElChe32 · 30-03-2017 11:31am

I've almost finished Sh*t Town the Serial/This American Life production. It's pretty good story. All 7 episodes available to download.

https://stownpodcast.org/

duffer247 · 30-03-2017 11:53am

ElChe32 wrote: »

I've almost finished Sh*t Town the Serial/This American Life production. It's pretty good story. All 7 episodes available to download.

https://stownpodcast.org/

I'm on Ep3. Very interesting so far.
It's funny how the American male podcasters begin to sound alike between this guy/Up&Vanished/99%Invisible/Crimetown/Undisclosed etc.:o

ahlookit · 30-03-2017 12:01pm

duffer247 wrote: »

I'm on Ep3. Very interesting so far.
It's funny how the American male podcasters begin to sound alike between this guy/Up&Vanished/99%Invisible/Crimetown/Undisclosed etc.:o

They all want to sound like Ira Glass.

Or possibly the bloke on public radio in Parks and Rec

Parchment · 01-04-2017 4:39pm

I started listening to Unexplained. I added it to my feed a while back but havent got around to listening to it until now. Also i think i was putting it off as most of the paranormal-ish podcasts are total tinfoil-hat-wearer territory.

But Unexplained is exceptionally good ! so well produced, the guy has a great speaking voice and also its so well researched. I am working my way through the back catalogue. I was listening to an episode about a poltergeist earlier, i didnt realise how scared i was until a door banged due to a window being opened...i jumped! Its brilliant. Give it a go!
http://www.unexplainedpodcast.com/

siblers · 02-04-2017 8:18pm

I'm up to date on Crime Town and I also listen to Case File, any other podcasts worth listening to along those lines? Maybe more along the lines of Crime Town..not sure I could handle another podcast as grim as Case File (as good as it is)

mrsdewinter · 03-04-2017 9:16am

ahlookit wrote: »

They all want to sound like Ira Glass.

Or possibly the bloke on public radio in Parks and Rec

Oh, wow - took me a minute there to realise that's Hank Azaria. Nice one - thank you!

peteeeed · 03-04-2017 9:29am

russell brand has new radio show on radio x , listened to the podcast today , very funny

ElChe32 · 03-04-2017 9:31am

siblers wrote: »

I'm up to date on Crime Town and I also listen to Case File, any other podcasts worth listening to along those lines? Maybe more along the lines of Crime Town..not sure I could handle another podcast as grim as Case File (as good as it is)

True Crime Garage is one of my favourite podcasts of the genre.

Parchment · 03-04-2017 9:57am

siblers wrote: »

I'm up to date on Crime Town and I also listen to Case File, any other podcasts worth listening to along those lines? Maybe more along the lines of Crime Town..not sure I could handle another podcast as grim as Case File (as good as it is)

Generation Why can be ok - sometimes its a bit "flat" but its a good filler if your stuck for something to listen to. The Unresolved Podcast is really good too but he is erratic with putting episodes out.

Birneybau · 06-04-2017 2:00pm

mrsdewinter wrote: »

Oh, wow - took me a minute there to realise that's Hank Azaria. Nice one - thank you!

It ain't, it's Dan Castellaneta (Homer)

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